Infocheck, a Chilean startup has managed to simplify and expedite risk assessment for companies and SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) through an online platform. This fintech provides detailed market reports automatically and in real-time to its B2C clients through its website, and for its B2B clients, it does so through wholesale plans.The company raised a round of USD$350,000 through the Broota crowdfunding platform.
Thailand’s Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin said the country expects to receive investment of at least US$5 billion from Tesla, Google and Microsoft. “Tesla would be looking into an EV (electric vehicle) manufacturing facility, Microsoft and Google are looking at data centres,” he said, without detailing whether the US$5 billion was expected to be a combined investment or made individually by each company.
The Mexican fintech company Mundi announced a new Series A-2 financing round totaling USD$15 million, with Haymaker Ventures being the main investor. Mundi also announced its rebranding with the goal of becoming the first fintech platform to simplify international trade in Latin America. They offer solutions for international payments and collections, foreign exchange, currency coverage, and cargo insurance, as well as a set of free tools to enhance clients’ operability.
Martech keeps taking larger bites out of marketing budgets: 17.3% last year, 19.9% this year, 23.5% next year, and 30.9% five years from now, according to the latest CMO Survey. This despite barely more than half (56.4%) of current tools being used and nearly half (48.8%) of the survey respondents reporting worse-than-expected results. Oddly enough, marketers rate selecting marketing technologies as the thing they do best.