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.
28
Jul

Mapfre Deepens Northeast Push With $1.54B Safety Insurance Acquisition

Safety Insurance Group Inc. (NASDAQ: SAFT), the Boston-based property and casualty insurer led by Chairman and CEO George Murphy,
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28
Jul

Reid Hoffman and Mark Pincus-Backed AI Lab Prentis in Talks to Raise $100M at $1B Valuation

Prentis, an AI lab founded in April 2026 by CEO Ritankar Das alongside LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and Zynga
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27
Jul

AI Video Unicorn Runway Adds Latin America's Monashees After SoftBank, General Atlantic

Runway, the New York-based generative AI video platform valued at roughly $5.3 billion, has secured a minority investment
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27
Jul

Cascade Raises $3.5M to Help Construction Firms Find and Win Projects Before They're Public

Cascade, a New York-based startup founded in 2025 by CEO Hannia Zia and CTO Joana Ferreira, announced on July
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27
Jul

Berkshire Hathaway Completes $8.5B Acquisition of Homebuilder Taylor Morrison

Berkshire Hathaway, the Omaha, Nebraska-based conglomerate led by CEO Greg Abel, completed its acquisition of Taylor Morrison Home Corporation
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27
Jul

Brighteye and Day One lead Imagi's US$4.5M seed to teach vibe coding in schools

Imagi, an edtech company based in Stockholm and New York, announced on July 23 that it raised US$4.5
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26
Jul

Notion Buys AI Reranking Startup ZeroEntropy, Open-Sources Its Models

Notion has acquired ZeroEntropy, a San Francisco-based AI search infrastructure startup co-founded by Moroccan engineer Ghita Houir Alami,
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26
Jul

Colombia's Siigo Raises $103.5 Million as Banks and Global Investors Back SME Software Push

Siigo, the Colombian enterprise software company that serves small and mid-sized businesses across Latin America, has secured a $103.
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24
Jul

Stripe nears US$10B deal for OpenRouter to expand into AI infrastructure

Stripe is negotiating to buy OpenRouter at roughly US$10B, nearly eight times its May valuation, and it matters because a payments company is paying an extraordinary premium to own the layer where enterprises choose their AI models.
4 min read
24
Jul

AmEx lifts outlook after US$19.6B quarter and 40% Gen Z growth

American Express beat Wall Street on profit and raised its revenue outlook, yet the stock fell, and the gap between those two facts is the most instructive thing in the report.
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