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Transformify Partners with Laboratoria to Empower Young Women and Girls in Latin America

Transformify

At the same time, they will be able to enhance their skills, having access to the e-learning opportunities provided by our partners and available to all Transformify users worldwide. In 2 years we have trained more than 400 students in Peru, Chile, and México. It will enable them to acquire the skills of high demand on the market.”

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2011 Edition

VC Cafe

ISRAEL CORP UNIT TO BUILD $680 MLN PERU POWER STATION. Israel Corporation unit Cerro del Aguila SA has agreed to build a 510-megawatt hydroelectric power station in Peru at an investment of $680 million. ISRAEL’S BIRD-FUNDED GOUT TREATMENT GETS FDA APPROVAL.

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Astranis to Bring High-Speed Internet to the Remotest Corners of the Earth

ReadWriteStart

To address this issue, space-based internet startup Astranis has partnered with satellite services provider Orbits Corp to launch and operate a dedicated satellite for the Philippines. Astranis differentiates itself from other satellite internet providers by partnering with local telecommunications and internet service providers.

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Remittance Cash Pickup Not Possible During Lockdown? There’s Another Way.

YoungUpstarts

Ria will also continue to provide cash home delivery services in Armenia, the Dominican Republic, Hungary, Morocco, Nicaragua, Peru, the Philippines, and Vietnam. You can rely on Ria to be your trusted partner for remittances throughout this difficult time.

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Startups Seeking Sherpas

Genuine VC

The second was a trip where we hiked the “ Inca Trail ” in Peru to Machu Picchu. However, it wasn’t until we started NextView a few years ago did I (along with my partners) find sherpas who possessed an extremely generous willingness to help in building our firm, and I discovered a kind of advisor which was really different.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

Many international entrepreneurs are looking at what is working in the USA and cloning them in various countries, our venue partner in Rio De Janeiro, Peixe Urbano (which means “Urban Fish” in Portuguese) is based upon the Groupon model. Many startups are Silicon Valley clones.

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An Entrepreneur – Not Just a Man (and Woman) with a Plan

Growthink Blog

Take Peru, where over the past 25 years more than 1.5 Other examples of “philanthropic” entrepreneurs include Gary McDougal – a former Partner at McKinsey - who later in his life re-engineered the broken Illinois welfare system and made it a model nation-wide. Thank heavens for all of them - according to a famous M.I.T read more.

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