Western Hemisphere

Western Hemisphere delivers concise, curated news and insights on capital markets, investment trends, and venture activity across the Americas for forward‑looking investors.
05
Aug

Deel Acquires Israeli Deepfake Security Startup Clarity in $40-50 Million Deal

Deel, the global workforce and payroll platform co-founded and led by CEO Alex Bouaziz, announced on August 3 that
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05
Aug

Decade Raises $85M in Latin America's Largest Seed Round to Bring AI Wealth Management to Brazil

Decade, a wealth management platform combining artificial intelligence with human financial advisors, emerged from stealth on August 4 announcing an
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05
Aug

Vensure Acquires TecsPal, the Uruguayan Startup That Scaled to $35M Without Outside Capital

TecsPal, a Montevideo-based company that manages the full lifecycle of technology equipment for distributed workforces, has sold 80% of
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04
Aug

Freehand Raises $75M to Put AI Agents in Charge of Fortune 500 Supply Chain Spend

Freehand, a San Francisco company building autonomous AI agents that manage supply chain spending for large enterprises, announced on July
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04
Aug

P-1 AI Raises $50M Series A Led by NEA to Scale Its AI Hardware Engineer

P-1 AI, a San Mateo, California startup building an artificial intelligence engineer for physical systems, announced on July 29
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04
Aug

Horizon3 Raises $250M Series E at $2B Valuation as AI Cyberattacks Escalate

Horizon3, the San Francisco cybersecurity company behind the NodeZero autonomous penetration testing platform, has raised an oversubscribed US$250 million
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03
Aug

Atlas Air Worldwide Completes 49% Investment in Iceland's Air Atlanta

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, the New York-based air cargo operator led by CEO Michael Steen, announced on August 3
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03
Aug

Khosla Ventures Leads $310M Series B for Mining Startup Mariana Minerals at $1.5B Valuation

Mariana Minerals, a San Francisco startup applying autonomous software to mining and refining operations, has raised a US$310 million
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03
Aug

Strategy Sells 1,638 Bitcoin for $105 Million as Dollar Reserve Reaches $4 Billion

Strategy Inc. (NASDAQ: MSTR), the Virginia-based software company turned corporate bitcoin holder, sold 1,638 bitcoin for roughly $104.
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03
Aug

Rent-to-Own Startup Duppla Raises $60M Led by Patria Investments

Duppla, a Bogotá-based startup that helps Colombians buy homes through a rent-to-own model, has closed a financing
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