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Prosperia, a startup that seeks to prevent chronic diseases with artificial intelligence, raises US$2M

July 14, 2022
Prosperia, the Mexican startup that offers B2B services for pre-diagnosis through artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent illnesses caused by chronic diseases, raised US$2 million in a seed round. The company has focused on the prevention of blindness, which becomes a consequence of chronic diseases such as diabetes. The healthtech has two products: a risk calculator, which are intelligent questionnaires that patients can fill out online only. The other product is an eye health assessment  analyzed on the platform with Prosperia’s AI algorithms.
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Brazilian proptech startup Loft, which was valued at $2.9B last year, lays off 380 employees

July 14, 2022
Loft aims to serve as a “one-stop shop” for Brazilians to help them manage the home buying and selling process. Last year, Loft acquired a Mexico City-based startup, TrueHome, and entered that market in what it described as the “start” of its international expansion. The company had become the real estate e-commerce platform with the highest revenue in emerging markets outside China.
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Brazilian motorcycle rental startup Mottu revs up with $40M to help more Latin Americans become couriers

July 7, 2022
Mottu, a São Paulo-based motorcycle rental startup, has raised $30 million in equity in a Series B round of funding, and also had secured $10 million in debt financing. Mottu started operations in early 2020 with a fleet of 200 motorcycles in its home city of São Paulo. By year’s end, it was up to 1,000 motorcycles and $2 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR). Today, the startup operates in eight Brazilian cities and Mexico City with a fleet of 10,000 motorcycles.
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