Tag: Bogota

  • US, main investor in historic year for Bogota-based startups

    US, main investor in historic year for Bogota-based startups

    BOGOTA, Colombia, March 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — An analysis carried out by Invest in Bogota shows that during 2021, startups based in the capital of Colombia carried out 115 capital raising operations, equivalent to 69.6% of the transactions of startups nationwide. In total, Bogota-based ventures raised resources for more than US$ 1,596 million. This figure, an annual record high in terms of capital…

  • The US, Bogota’s main ally in Foreign Direct Investment in 2019

    The US, Bogota’s main ally in Foreign Direct Investment in 2019

    BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ –During 2019, Invest in Bogotá (IIB), Colombia’s capital investment promotion agency, supported 48 greenfield Foreign Direct Investment projects, its highest number for a calendar year since its institution in 2006. Overall, IIB supported the arrival of investments from 25 countries in 2019. For this year the United States was the main ally for the city…