The creative spirits. The underdogs. The resolute. The independent thinkers. The fighters and the true believers. This ethos describes the founders we partner with, as well as Sequoia’s relentless drive to help them succeed.

Link: https://medium.com/sequoia-capital/the-sequoia-fund-patient-capital-for-building-enduring-companies-9ed7bcd6c7da

Another perk of giving away NFTs through a social media competition — aside from the organic content it generates for the brand — is that it makes the process of acquiring an NFT much more accessible to the average consumer, says Roxanne Barretto Iyer, Clinique’s VP of global consumer engageme

Link: https://www.voguebusiness.com/technology/cliniques-first-nft-ties-to-loyalty-and-products-as-uses-expand

Pipefy, a “low-code” workflow management SaaS startup, announced today that it has raised $75 million in Series C funding. SoftBank Latin America Fund led the financing with a $50 million contribution, bringing Pipefy’s total raised to $138.7 million since its 2015 inception.

Link: https://techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch.com/2021/10/26/softbank-bets-big-on-pipefy-which-just-raised-75m-for-its-low-code-workflow-management-tool/amp/

Oct 21 (Reuters) – When Sebastian Kanovich co-founded Latin American digital payments startup dLocal in Montevideo in 2016, he struggled to get global retailers to take him seriously. Five years on, it’s a different story.

Link: https://www.reuters.com/technology/tech-stampede-investors-hunt-latin-american-unicorns-2021-10-21/