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Global VC firm SV Latam Capital raises $22 million for Fund II to invest in early-stage startups that are good for people and the planet Share Article LPs including Crystal and Chris Sacca, IPG and PayPal see big potential in SVLC’s thesis: investing in bold startup founders solving the planet’s greatest challenges in the 2020s SVLC Founder and Managing Partner Consuelo Valverde "The common denominator driving everything I’ve done during my career has been a desire to improve society and the planet. Instead of focusing on the technologies, we target difficult problems on a broad scale. ...

SV Latam Capital Raises $22M for Fund II SV Latam Capital, a San Francisco, CA-based, Latina-led venture capital firm focused on tech and science startups, closed Fund II, at $22m. Crystal Sacca, an early investor in Uber and Blue Bottle Coffee through Lowercase Capital and the co-founder of Lowercarbon Capital, and her husband, Chris Sacca, a legendary VC, company advisor and entrepreneur who invested in seed and early-stage companies such as Instagram, Twitter and Uber — have joined as new LPs for Fund II. Other LPs in Fund II include PayPal, IPG (Investment Placement Group), The Jul...

Korea's Kakao Buys Radish, Tapas Storytelling Apps for $950 Million Todd Spangler, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail UPDATED: Serialized fiction app Radish is being acquired by Kakao Entertainment, the entertainment arm of Korean internet giant Kakao, in a transaction valued at $440 million. In addition, Kakao Entertainment said it is buying Tapas Media, which says it has more than 3 million readers of its short-form online mobile content, for $510 million. More from Variety “Tapas and Radish are two amazingly powerful storytelling platforms, and we welcome them into the Kakao Entertainment...

Serial fiction app Radish acquired by Kakao Entertainment for $440M Serialized fiction app Radish will be acquired by Kakao Entertainment in a transaction valued at $440 million. Kakao Entertainment is owned by Kakao, the South Korean internet giant whose services include its eponymous messaging platform. Radish founder Seungyoon Lee will hold onto his role as its chief executive officer, while also becoming Kakao Entertainment’s global strategy officer to lead its growth in international markets. Radish claims millions of users in North America, and the acquisition will help Kakao Entertai...