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A Mercado Libre facility in Sāo Paulo State, Brazil. Jonne Roriz/Bloomberg/Getty Images.
True Value

Mercado Libre Is Growing 30%-Plus a Year: Its Stock Is Too Cheap

By Anita Ramaswamy · Apr 21, 2026 6:04am PDT
Latin America’s largest tech firm, e-commerce and fintech juggernaut Mercado Libre, is on sale. The company’s share price has dropped 9% over the past 12 months even as its business has continued to rocket along at a 30%-plus revenue growth rate. Investors are skittish about growing competition posed by Singapore’s Sea Ltd. in Mercado Libre’s... Latin America’s largest tech firm, e-commerce and fintech juggernaut Mercado Libre, is on sale....
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen at the company's 2025 summit. David Becker/AP.
The Briefing

Adobe and Google Cloud Head to Vegas

By Martin Peers · Apr 19, 2026 3:00pm PDT
If you’ve never visited Las Vegas, this week might be the time. Adobe and Google Cloud are both having big shows there this week, with Adobe kicking off its customer summit tomorrow and running through Wednesday. Google Cloud Next, conveniently, starts Wednesday and runs through Friday. Come for one, stay for both!The two companies might be in... If you’ve never visited Las Vegas, this week might be the time. Adobe and Google Cloud are both...
Wonder CEO Marc Lore. Kimberly White/Getty Images.
Dealmaker

Marc Lore’s Wonder Preps a Pre-IPO Round

By Cory Weinberg · Apr 16, 2026 3:17pm PDT
E-commerce veteran Marc Lore hasn’t been shy about his food delivery startup’s IPO aspirations. In recent months, he has written on the whiteboards in Wonder’s Midtown Manhattan office the date when it should be IPO-ready: March 31, 2027, according to a person close to the company.First, however, the company will try to tap private investors... E-commerce veteran Marc Lore hasn’t been shy about his food delivery startup’s IPO aspirations....
Art by Clark Miller
The Big Read

E-Commerce Startups Are Back From the Dead

By Ann Gehan · Oct 10, 2025 9:24am PDT · 1 comment
Lately, venture capitalist Ben Lerer has found himself experiencing a bit of déjà vu: Once again, there’s a whole nest of thriving e-commerce startups worth his attention. When I reached him a couple weeks ago, his firm, Lerer Hippeau, was just putting money into two of them: Elm Biosciences, a new skin care startup, and Stiller’s... Lately, venture capitalist Ben Lerer has found himself experiencing a bit of déjà...
Art by Clark Miller.
E-commerce

‘Everyone’s Desperate’: Consumer Startups Bet on Mobile Big Brother Billboards

By Ann Gehan · Nov 29, 2024 10:00am PST · 2 comments
When Huel, a London-based startup that sells protein bars and powdered meals, was plotting an expansion push into America earlier this year, the company’s executives knew they needed to make a splash. Huel’s $200 million in annual revenue came from online sales mostly in Europe—in the U.S., it hoped to win over customers in... When Huel, a London-based startup that sells protein bars and powdered meals, was plotting an...