Talana, the Chilean startup specializing in providing human resources solutions announced the successful raising of a USD $8 million investment in a funding round led by Venturance and Altis. Since its foundation in 2016, Talana has established a strong presence in the market with over 5,500 clients in Chile and Peru, catering to a user base of more than 400,000 collaborators through its products and services.
The Chilean startup YAPP and Columbia insurance company Seguros SURA have joined forces to offer an innovative solution in the healthcare field in Chile. Thanks to this agreement, more than a quarter of a million people with collective health insurance will now receive direct and online reimbursements when purchasing medications from independent pharmacies. This move is particularly significant because independent pharmacies make up 73% of the pharmaceutical market in Chile. Thus, the alliance significantly expands the options for Seguros SURA’s policyholders, who typically receive 65% coverage on the cost of their medications.
We’ve seen a small uptick in financial activity in the past week or two, although it could reflect nothing more than the end of summer. In any case, here’s news that customer engagement platform Engageware is buying Argentina-based Aivo, which provides AI-driven conversational technology to call centers. Price was not announced.
Salesforce is buying Airkit.ai, which builds low-code, AI-powered e-commerce customer service agents. You might have thought Salesforce could already do that, but presumably Airkit does it better. It doesn’t hurt that the company founders sold a previous business to Salesforce, the company was partly funded by Salesforce Ventures, and the product is already listed on AppExchange. Price was not announced.