Y Combinator’s Winter 2018 cohort includes Runa HR, an automated payroll platform in Mexico, Ropeo, a Colombian on-demand fashion service, Flint, a mobile wallet operating in Mexico, Qulture.rocks, a Brazilian enterprise performance management platform, and Tributi (formerly ImpuestoCorrecto), a Colombian automated tax filing platform.

(TechCrunch) Here are 64 startups that launched today at Y Combinator’s W18 Demo Day 1. Biotech, robotics, and fintech startups took the spotlight today at Y Combinator’s  26th Demo Day. This batch features 141 total companies from 23 countries, with presentations spread over two days. The house was packed at Mountain View’s Computer History Museum with wealthy investors forced to stand in the back or sit on the floor. Meanwhile, marijuana soda, wind turbine-cleaning drones, and indestructible panty hose startups demoed their products in the break room and parking lot. Read more…