Ecuador tiene su primer unicornio... y es una fintech

Actualización Semanal. Semana 23 del 2022. 06/06/2022. Update Semanal

Jun 13, 2022

¡Hola!

Este es el resumen semanal con algunas noticias de la industria y tendencias, podcast y tweets.

Antes de comenzar, quiero darle la bienvenida a los nuevos suscriptores, cada vez seguimos creciendo y se vienen novedades interesantes :)

Si son nuevos por acá, les dejo las dos últimas entrevistas que he realizado:

Las siguientes entrevistas son sobre Producto, con un Product Manager de Crehana y la fundadorea de Tiendada, si quieres ser de los primeros en leerlo, suscríbete:

¿Qué está pasando?

Startup ecuatoriana Kushki levanta US$ 100MM a una valuación de US$ 1.5Bn, con lo cual se convierte en el primer unicornio ecuatoriano - Tech Crunch

“…The raise comes after a year in which Kushki saw 200% revenue growth, he said, declining to reveal hard revenue figures. It also follows a quarter in which the company grew by 100% year over year.”

Zara se uné a la Startup Lanzatech, una startup que ha desarrollado la tecnología para convertir las emisiones de carbono en etanol, que luego sirve para generar más prendas - Zara Newsletter

We understand the challenges of the fashion industry, so we work to find solutions, seeking new alliances, processes and materials that help limit our impact. Innovation and collaboration are fundamental in advancing toward the sustainability of the textile industry. Lanzatech x Zara is the first sustainability innovation hub collaboration, which we are using to work on different projects that help us promote and scale initiatives to make our products more sustainable.

Arabia Saudita planea invertir US$ 1 Bn por año en el descubrimiento de tratamientos para retrasar el envejecimiento - MIT Tech Review

“The Saudi royal family has started a not-for-profit organization called the Hevolution Foundation that plans to spend up to $1 billion a year of its oil wealth supporting basic research on the biology of aging and finding ways to extend the number of years people live in good health, a concept known as “health span.”

Apple lanzará su servicio de Buy Now, Pay Later - Financial Times

“Apple is jumping into the buy now, pay later market, adding another challenge to fintech companies such as Klarna and Affirm that are already grappling with investor pressure, slower ecommerce growth and rising interest rates.The iPhone maker announced the move as part of a range of product updates at its annual developer conference on Monday, alongside a new version of its custom processor for desktop computers, M2”.