As cities in emerging markets grapple with increasingly traffic-clogged and dangerous streets, Urbvan, a startup providing private, high-end transportation shuttles in Mexico, has raised $9 million in
It’s not easy to raise growth-stage capital in Latin America, but it’s getting easier. As startups begin to flourish in the region’s largest markets, available funding is evolving to suit the ne
Imagine a country with 100 million mobile phones, but just 15 percent of residents have a credit card. A country where more than half of the population is under age 27, but less than half has Internet
Rocket Internet, the Berlin-based e-commerce incubator, is today announcing the latest chapter in its strategy to build out businesses in emerging countries. Linio, an Amazon-style e-commerce marketpl
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.linio.com">Linio</a>, the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.rocket-internet.com">Rocket Internet</a>-incubated e-commerce portal that has aspirations to be the Am
Another Rocket Internet-incubated e-commerce company gets a significant cash injection today: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.linio.com">Linio</a>, the so-called 'Amazon of Latin America', has rai