Alan Colmenares has more than 20 years\’ experience working within the technology industry as a writer, sales professional and venture capitalist. He\’s a graduate of Lehigh University and currently resides in South America. He publishes a bilingual blog on digital innovation called Tropical Gringo.

stories by Alan Colmenares

Matterform offers low-cost 3D scanning, finds crowdfunding success

With a little over 24 hours left on its fundraising campaign on crowdfunding site Indiegogo, Canadian startup Matterform has substantially surpassed its goal for its low cost 3D scanner called the Photon.

VivaReal raises funding to tackle Brazilian real estate market

VivaReal, a Latin American real estate portal we wrote about in 2010, announced that it has pulled in its first round of institutional funding for an undisclosed amount.

Greg Waldorf, an investor and board member of real estate portal Trulia, …

Now for something completely different: Colombian internet entrepreneurs

Alan Colmenares is facilitator for the Founder Institute program in Colombia, a contributor to VentureBeat and writes about Latin American startups at TropicalGringo.

Latin America is home to some notable startup success stories from countries such as Brazil, Argentina and …

Microsoft continues to emphasize "the cloud"

Microsoft held a meeting for financial analysts today to present the company’s strategy for its consumer, enterprise and small and medium business markets. A clear theme ran throughout the presentations: Microsoft’s continued emphasis on the industry transformation taking place around …

Ask.com joins the Q&A party

Search site Ask.com launched a Q&A service today, making it the latest in a host of companies to do so, including Quora, Yahoo and Linkedin. The new version of the site will integrate the company’s search technology with a new …