Leveraging Technology To Respond to Earthquakes Damages – The Mexican Example
19th September 2017, 1:13 pm – Mexico was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, 32 years after the 1985 Mexico earthquake that caused more than 10,000 deaths. While technology and scientific…
The Future Of Energy In Emerging Markets
In Africa, providing reliable electricity is one of the continent’s main challenges. Even if energy production could meet the huge demand of its 1.5 billion inhabitants, the energy supply, including…
ROAD TRIP INTO CHILECON VALLEY : Discover the tech ecosystem landscape of Chile!
In the past two years, I got the chance to witness the Chilean startup scene. From Valparaiso to Puerto Montt, passing by Santiago and Concepcion, this article takes a look…
Why having real values is essential for a thriving company culture
Many people talk about strong company cultures. One of the ways to create such a culture is to have a clear set of values that are used in the organization on…
Global Acceleration Program Comparison – where to go for the best deal
While contemplating the package for the next batch of ventures in the Seedstars Growth Program, we wanted to understand exactly how our offer compared to all the other acceleration, growth…
An Alternative Investment with WorldCover
WorldCover is a socially conscious alternative to traditional investment avenues. Started in 2015 by Chris Sheehan and Shiliang Tang, they have focused on using finance as a “tool for good in the world,” to…
$290m in funding of 88 MENA Startups in H1 2017
MAGNiTT’s MENA funding report card reveals a pick up in Q2 investments: $290m invested in 88 disclosed deals across the region in the first six months of the year! H1…
The Seedstars Developer Toolbox
At Seedstars Labs, we have been building web products since 2012 and have kept refining over time our methods and tools. Because sharing is caring we wanted to share our…
M&A Foundations: Financing Acquisitions
This is part two of a four part series on mergers and acquisitions, remember to read Part I here. When choosing how to finance a deal, the CFO will consider…
M&A Foundations: Auctions
This is the first of a four part series on mergers and acquisitions. Auctions are a very important topic for all M&A practitioners for the following main reasons: Auctions are…