Colombian grocery delivery app Mercadoni raises $6.2M

Mercadoni, a grocery delivery app and service operating in Colombia, Argentina and Mexico, has raised $6.2 million in Series A funding, one of the largest Series A rounds in the region. The startup lets you order groceries for delivery, in a promised turn-around of under an hour. It already claims 250,000 users and ready for […]

Three computer vision experts join TechCrunch’s Tel Aviv event

Who’s going to be the next Mobileye? Computer vision is a hot topic for the tech industry, and especially in Israel. It seems like Israeli entrepreneurs are one step ahead when it comes to developing computer vision technology. That’s why we’re excited to announce that three computer vision experts are going to join us on […]

Anatomy of a managed marketplace

Ezra GalstonContributor Ezra Galston is a venture capitalist with Chicago Ventures. More posts by this contributor: The Middleman Strikes Back The Trillion-Dollar Market To Remake Business Applications Managed marketplaces (also known as end-to-end or full-stack marketplaces) have been one of the hottest categories of venture investment over the past several years. Recent examples of high-flying managed marketplaces […]