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    • Report: VC funding in Latin America more than doubled YoY to a record $4.6B in 2019 across 440 deals, compared to ~$2B invested in 2018 across 463 deals (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

    Mary Ann Azevedo / Crunchbase News: Report: VC funding in Latin America more than doubled YoY to a record $4.6B in 2019 across 440 deals, compared to ~$2B invested in 2018 across 463 deals  —  I’ve been tracking venture funding in Latin America since 2017.  Overall, it has not only been increasing-it has exploded. Report:

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    • Report: India had 227M active internet users in rural areas, more than the 205M in urban areas, for the first time, as of November 2019 (Times of India)

    Times of India: Report: India had 227M active internet users in rural areas, more than the 205M in urban areas, for the first time, as of November 2019  —  BENGALURU: For the first time, India has more internet users in rural areas than in urban cities.  The latest report by the Internet & Mobile Association

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    • GigaSpaces, which develops in-memory data analytics software, raises $12M led by Fortissimo Capital, bringing its total raised to $53M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

    Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: GigaSpaces, which develops in-memory data analytics software, raises $12M led by Fortissimo Capital, bringing its total raised to $53M  —  GigaSpaces, a startup developing in-memory computing solutions for AI and machine learning workloads, today announced it raised $12 million. GigaSpaces, which develops in-memory data analytics software, raises M led by Fortissimo

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