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We are excited to announce the 20 GPs that have been selected, out of 150+ applications, to present at the inaugural RAISE LATAM by our Selection Committee (Amkan Ventures, Attom Capital, Coolwater Capital, Inversiones el Trueno, Fondo de Fondos, Illumen Capital, Plexo Capital, Screendoor & talipot*) Selected GPs: ALIVE Ventures, BFF, big_bets, Canary, Carao Ventures, Clocktower Ventures, COMETA, Cortical Ventures, Dalus Capital, DOMO.VC, Hi Ventures, Iporanga Ventures, K50 Ventures, Kayyak Ventures, Bread, MAYA CAPITAL, Nascent, ONEVC, Space Capital and Vertex Ventures US. Congratulations to all our Selected GPs. See you in Costa Rica!

Andreessen Horowitz mentioned Lazy AI as one of the world's top AI web app builders! https://lnkd.in/eMwh664V

Croct is live on Product Hunt! https://lnkd.in/d5xsZxA4

Wasp is becoming Rails for JavaScript. Wasp now has as many GitHub stars as Rails did at the same age (four years). The adoption curve is quite different though. 

What a beautiful brand, Jota!

Jota emerges from stealth mode and announces an $8.9M funding round. big_bets MAYA CAPITAL HOF Capital Alter Global Norte Ventures Bogari Capital https://lnkd.in/dcmzdh2Y

Could an algorithm save more lives than your doctor? Explore how "Dr. Algorithm" could support doctors by improving accuracy, reducing costs, and making healthcare more accessible for everyone. Is this the next step in the evolution of medicine?

VTEX (NYSE: VTEX) announces the acquisition of Newtail. Congratulations on the journey, Gabriel Monteiro, Rafael Amorim and Diego Bonna! It’s been a pleasure working with you over the years and witnessing up close the creation of one of the leading retail media players in Latam. Wishing you all the best as you embark on this even bigger dream of building a global retail media network! https://lnkd.in/dzFscckY

Imagine building the next Salesforce, Friends, or Pokémon—all from your living room. Crazy? Not anymore. Over the past decade, we’ve seen the Creator Economy disrupt industries one by one. From YouTube replacing traditional media to Shopify empowering millions of small businesses, the barriers to entry are falling faster than ever. What other industries could be transformed by these same forces?

Every major tech breakthrough sparks a software revolution, disrupting industries—and pharma could be next. With AI designing molecules and cutting inefficiencies, the trillion-dollar pharmaceutical giants are ripe for disruption. Could tech pharma be the next fintech?