- Miami, Florida, United States
Founded in 1999, Miami-based B2B trade portal 1hemisphere.com provided small- to mid-sized business users (SMEs/PyMEs) from Latin America, the Caribbean, the U.S. and Canada with a a range of affordable e-commerce software and online tools, business support services, import-export data, logistics and fulfillment support, plus the latest news on business and trade developments throughout the Americas.The trilingual web portal -- available in Spanish, Portuguese and English and produced by a team of researchers, writers and translators based in Miami -- included the 1hemisphere News channel, which delivered to opt-in subscribers daily e-mail news digests of breaking stories on business and trade developments culled from news sources throughout the region, as well as links to extensive country trade surveys and reports, detailed country-by-country breakouts of information on import and export regulations and links to industry chambers and government agencies regionwide.1hemisphere's senior management team included: Jose Matto, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Michael P. Eastman, President and Chief Operations Officer; Henry Yaniz, Senior Vice President; Michael Tangeman, Chief Information & Content Officer; Carmen Batista Wales, Vice-President, Sales; and Jorge Carvalho, Vice Presdient, Business Development.1hemisphere.com raised $1 million in initial funding before ceasing operations in 2001.