Playdom, the fast-growing social gaming company in Silicon Valley, announced today that it has acquired Buenos Aires-based game development studio Three Melons. The terms were not disclosed.
Playdom’s General Counsel Brad Serwin said in an interview that his company is …
After an uproar in Latin American media, three Argentines involved in a book that portrays the social network in a cynical and satirical light had their Facebook profiles restored today.
The author of the book Faceboom, Juan Faerman, had his …
Santiago, Chile-based Austral Capital is one of a growing number of Latin American VC firms making names for themselves. Thanks to aggressive support from the Chilean government, the less than two-year old company has funded several Chilean start-ups, including Atakama …
The latest game company to raise a round of funding reflects the global reach of the industry. Chile’s Atakama Labs has raised $4 million from two Chilean venture capital funds, Austral Capital and COPEC-UC.
The company hasn’t announced its games, …
Silicon Valley investors are accustomed to searching for the next great start-up to nurture. In Uruguay, the country’s only venture capital fund is itself a start-up.
Prosperitas Capital Partners’ co-founder Pablo Brenner told me last week on a visit to …
Venture capitalists may soon be asked to go way outside their comfort zone.
Endeavor, the New York-based non-profit that seeks to promote entrepreneurship in the developing world, launched the Mentor Capital Program (MCP) last week here in Montevideo, the capitol …
Colombia is the surprise winner in the Latin American venture capital landscape, according to a new report from the Latin American Venture Capital Association. VentureBeat was able to secure an advanced copy to bring you a sneak peak. See a …
A new proposal from Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has the country’s tech community scratching their heads. Her pitch: to effectively double taxes on technology products that are not manufactured or assembled in the province of Tierra del Fuego, …
Google’s Latin America director has defected to Argentine IT services company Globant. Gonzalo Alonso will fill the newly created position of vice president of operations.
Globant, which specializes in software development and maintenance outsourcing services, was founded in 2003 and …
