Halifax-based accelerator, Volta, has announced five early-stage tech startups entering its latest cohort.

The startups were selected from a pool of 14 during a pitch event in Halifax this week.

Volta said 51 full-time employees have been hired through cohort companies, and $5.5 million in investments have been raised, including $3.4 million in funds closed and $2.1 million pending.

Volta’s cohort startups have also apparently received a cumulative $587,500 in grant dollars.

Riddl was one of the 32 startups selected to participate in New Brunswick-based accelerator Propel’s Phase 2 of Incite. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574362813.9591174/Five-startups-in-Volta’s-new-cohort-each-receive-$25,000-investment?ref=audio_experience

Alluva at 500 Startups: What it was really like being a part of Batch 25In March of 2019, Alluva was accepted into Batch 25 of 500 Startups.

What you expect versus what you getThe lessons, mentorship, guidance, and insights you get as part of a 500 Startups’ Batch is widely known.

500 Startups is a family, made up of those that run the company itself, and all the startups that have graduated from their batches.

The many sessions and activities that run for four whole months as part of a Batch at 500 Startups will leave you exhausted, yet exhilarated.

500 STARTUPS MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE ABOVE POST. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574361007.1405146/Inside-Batch-25-at-500-Startups?ref=audio_experience

Learn Trading BasicsLearn the basics of Forex trading by doing plenty of research beforehand.

This is not an easy balance for new Forex traders, chiefly because Forex trading, for the most part, is made up of short-term trades.

Practice Certain Trading DisciplinesOnce you have created your trading method, made your plans, and established your routine, stick with them.

Additionally, be sure to follow all rules and regulations strictly while participating in Forex trading.

Don’t take shortcuts, but methodically approach your Forex business. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574359205.8465288/Trading-Mistakes:-Learn-the-Basics-to-Avoid-Them-–-Business-Ideas?ref=audio_experience

Guest author: Nima Pourshasb, CEO and co-founder of minuContxto – It certainly does feel that, finally, the Latin America moment has arrived.

Latin America suffers from the typical symptoms of a young venture capital ecosystem.

You will meet local funds who have little experience, seldom have partners with operational backgrounds, and have had few, if any, exits.

The result is that well-funded local startups have started building teams outside of Latin America.

International investors with entrepreneur-friendly term sheets and the capacity for leading later rounds are competing with local funds and standardizing deal terms. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574357408.4505506/Latin-America’s-startup-ecosystem-is-taking-off,-but-it-is-not-for-the-faint-of-heart?ref=audio_experience

New funding: Seattle-based MontyCloud brought in $2.85 million for its AI-driven software platform that helps companies work across multiple cloud computing providers.

Company background: MontyCloud helps customers manage and monitor their cloud services, automate maintenance tasks, and manage governance, compliance, and provisioning.

The startup currently supports Amazon Web Services (AWS) and plans to add Microsoft Azure and other cloud platforms in the near future.

Cloud veterans Venkat Krishnamachari, Kannan Parthasarathy and Venkat Hari founded MontyCloud last year.

“MontyCloud helps customers efficiently manage their cloud-based applications providing policy-based management and governance consistently across all of their cloud environments.”Krishnamachari honed his cloud expertise at AWS as well as Microsoft, where he deployed Azure in Asian countries. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574355606.321776/Microsoft-and-Amazon-vets-raise-$2.85M-for-multicloud-management-platform-MontyCloud?ref=audio_experience

This post will help you learn to think like a CFO and how best to pitch your business investment case with the highest odds of success.

First of all, there are many different scenarios in which the business may require capital.

The ways capital can be invested in the business are limitless, and the asks from the team are endless.

Here are examples of the best ways to pitch for internal funds, for each of the scenarios above:Pitching for Strategic CapitalLike in any investment, your CFO is going to be most focused on the potential return on investment (ROI).

Your company should develop a template business investment case form that everyone asking for capital should fill in. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574353807.5872614/How-to-Pitch-a-Business-Investment-Case-to-Your-CFO?ref=audio_experience

The rise in the number of Latino consumers in recent years offers small businesses a potentially growing customer base.

Seven out of 10 Latin American consumers believe that innovation can come from national or global companies in equal measure.

Similarly, eight out of 10 Latin American consumers don’t associate innovation with cost.

Keep Latino American Consumers Engaged and Give them ControlFinally, control by the consumer is an important factor moving forward.

The answer lies in offering innovations that can really connect with the desires, motivations and mindset of Latin American consumers. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574352009.9756198/Things-to-Know-to-Appeal-to-Latino-American-Consumers?ref=audio_experience

In times like these, it is important that you consider implementing new approaches to business growth and elements to your business to help it succeed in an everchanging market.

Even those that are household names and operate worldwide are constantly driving to expand and grow, which means your business must do the same.

Here are a few ways you can expand your business, even as a startup.

If you are struggling to amass a following, promoting a few of your posts can help to get your business’s name out there and drive business growth.

—Expanding your business as a startup can be a challenge, but there are plenty of ways that you can drive business growth that won’t disrupt your finances or interrupt your current workflow. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574350205.8464155/The-Startup-Magazine-How-to-Expand-Your-Business?ref=audio_experience

Nazara Technologies, a leading interactive gaming and sports media company, has announced that it would invest up to $20 million in 2020 in startups associated with this segment across India, Africa, and the Middle East.

Nazara plans to infuse risk and growth capital in the selected startups besides offering mentorship via the founders of the companies in its current portfolio of investments and its leadership team.

The startups will also have access to local payment options with readymade legal infrastructure to expand into the above geographies, apart from access to Nazara’s network of 100 million-plus monthly active users in India.

In the past, Nazara has looked at speed-scaling 13 startups and provided them with growth capital.

The company plans to apply a similar model for the next set of startups, while aiming at targeted mentorship for business model refinement and go-to-market strategies. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574348406.3143485/Nazara-Technologies-plans-to-invest-$20-million-in-e-gaming-startups?ref=audio_experience

Even though a larger chunk of beauty products are targeted at the female demographic, the male demographic is also getting a lot of attention by beauty product manufacturers.

The beauty industry currently offers plenty of opportunities for anyone who is interested, whether as a beauty product manufacturer, make up artist, or even a certified beautician.

In this article, we have rounded up some tips that will help you start your own beauty business.

Register your businessEven if you are operating your beauty business from your home, you need to register your business at the appropriate government agency.

If you are serious about owning a successful beauty business, you must build a brand that you can leverage to market your skills. | To read full story, visit https://startuparound.com/read/1574346619.801953/How-To-Start-Your-Own-Beauty-Business?ref=audio_experience