Carousell (company)Carousell is a Singaporean e-commerce company that allows users to purchase and sell used goods via the online marketplace of the same name. Headquartered in Singapore, it also operates in Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Carousell is available on both iOS and Android devices. HistoryCarousell was founded in Singapore on 14 May 2012, by co-founders Quek Siu Rui, Lucas Ngoo, and Marcus Tan.
ProsusProsus N.V. is a Dutch investment group that invests and operates across sectors and markets with long-term growth potential. It is among the largest technology investors in the world. Prosus has invested across multiple areas of the technology sector, including social networking, gaming, classifieds, payments, financial technology, educational technology, food delivery, real estate listings, and ecommerce.
Alec OxenfordAlejandro Carlos "Alec" Oxenford is an Argentine entrepreneur and diplomat. He co-founded OLX, and co-founded Letgo, a mobile classified ad app in the United States, and is the Ambassador of Argentina to the United States. Personal lifeRaised in Argentina, Oxenford received a BA in Business Administration from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina and an MBA from Harvard University.
Fabrice GrindaFabrice Grinda (born 3 August 1974) is a French entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the venture-capital firm FJ Labs and serves as a founding partner. Grinda is the co-founder and former CEO of Aucland, Zingy, and OLX and is a frequent conference speaker on trends in technology, emerging markets, and investing. StudiesGrinda was born in Boulogne Billancourt in France and grew up in Nice, where he graduated high school C Massena in 1992.
NaspersNaspers Limited (formerly Die Nasionale Pers) is a South African multinational, internet, technology and multimedia holding company headquartered in Cape Town. The company has interests in online retail, publishing, real estate, and venture capital investment. Naspers' principal shareholder is its Dutch-listed investment subsidiary, Prosus, which owns approximately 49% of its parent as part of a cross-ownership structure.
Hi5hi5 was an American social networking service based in San Francisco, California. It is owned by The Meet Group. Users could create a profile and provide personal information including interests, age, photos, and hometown. Users could also send friend requests via email to other users. When a person received a friend request, they could accept or decline it, or block the user altogether.Multiply (website)Multiply was an American then Indonesian social networking service with an emphasis on allowing users to share media – such as photos, videos and blog entries – with their "real-world" network. The website was launched in March 2004 and was privately held with backing by VantagePoint Venture Partners, Point Judith Capital, Transcosmos, and private investors. Multiply had over 11 million registered users.CraigslistCraigslist (stylized as craigslist) is a privately held American company operating a classified advertisements website with sections devoted to jobs, housing, for sale, items wanted, services, community service, gigs, résumés, and discussion forums. Craig Newmark began the service in 1995 as an email distribution list to friends, featuring local events in the San Francisco Bay Area. It became a web-based service in 1996 and expanded into other classified categories.Avito.ruAvito is a Russian classified advertisements website with sections devoted to general goods for sale, jobs, real estate, personals, cars for sale, and services. Avito is the most popular classifieds site in Russia and is the biggest classifieds site in the world. In January 2019, it had more than 10.3 million unique daily visitors. On average, Avito's users post more than 500,000 new ads daily, and the overall ads are about 60 million active listings.
MarketplaceA marketplace, market place, or simply market, is a location (physical or virtual) where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods. In different parts of the world, a marketplace may be labelled a souk (from Arabic), a bazaar (from Persian), a fixed mercado (Spanish), an itinerant tianguis (Mexico), or a palengke (Philippines).
AmsterdamAmsterdam (Dutch: [ˌɑmstərˈdɑm] ; lit. 'Dam in the Amstel') is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands. As of 1 January 2026, it had a population of 941,873 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the urban area and 2,480,394 in the metropolitan area. Located in the Dutch province of North Holland, Amsterdam is colloquially referred to as the "Venice of the North", for its large number of canals, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Crisis in VenezuelaSocioeconomic and political conjuncture in 21st century VenezuelaLead figuresMaría Corina MachadoEdmundo GonzálezLeopoldo LópezJuan GuaidóJuan Pablo GuanipaHenrique CaprilesÓscar Pérez †Juan RequesensRoberto MarreroHenry Ramos AllupJulio BorgesDelsa SolórzanoAntonio LedezmaLilian TintoriManuel RosalesHenrique Salas RömerLorenzo Mendoza Domingo Hernández LarezManuel Cristopher FigueraBaltazar Porras Raúl Biord CastilloJuan CaguaripanoFreddy SuperlanoJesús TorrealbaTomás GuanipaCarlos OcarizAndrés VelásquezYon GoicoecheaMiguel PizarroDonald TrumpMarco RubioDan CainePete HegsethHugo Chávez #Nicolás Maduro(until 2026)Delcy RodríguezDiosdado CabelloYván GilJorge RodríguezVladimir Padrino LópezTarek William SaabElvis AmorosoIván Hernández DalaGustavo González LópezTareck El Aissami(until 2023)Cilia Flores(until 2026)Nicolás Maduro GuerraJorge ArreazaElías JauaHéctor Rodríguez CastroAristóbulo Istúriz #Néstor ReverolCarmen MeléndezLuisa Ortega Díaz(until 2017)Tibisay Lucena #Jorge García Carneiro #Pedro Tellechea(until 2024)Alex SaabIris VarelaErnesto VillegasFreddy BernalCaryslia RodríguezMaikel MorenoGladys GutiérrezCasualties and losses374+ deaths in protests12,620+ detentions9,100,000+ displaced as of 17 May 2025An ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis began in Venezuela during the presidencies of Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro and Delcy Rodríguez.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.