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Santander InnoVentures re-brands as Mouro Capital and gains US$400M for startups

Contxto – Santander InnoVentures, the investment arm of Spanish bank Santander, is undergoing some serious innovations of its own.  On...

September 14, 2020

Nubank acquires Easynvest to launch into investment market

Contxto – Freshly funded with an alleged US$300 million, Brazilian Nubank is reaching into new fintech verticals. Today (11), the...

September 11, 2020

Top 5 most innovative countries from Latin America

Contxto – There has never been a better and worse time for innovation than 2020. While Covid-19 has pushed many...

September 11, 2020

SoftBank to invest US$2 billion in Latin America in 2020

Contxto – Luis Moreno, the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently sat down with Marcelo Claure, CEO at...

September 11, 2020

Google to disperse US$945K for Black Founders Fund in Brazil

Contxto – The Black Lives Matter movement can be felt throughout Latin America but nowhere more so in Brazil. In...

September 10, 2020

Parnity raises US$250,000 to perfect networking platform for freight forwarders

Contxto – Freight forwarding is anything but straightforward. When it comes to international logistics, delays in customs, messy paperwork, nasty...

September 10, 2020

Flapper to scale marketplace for private flights in more of Latin America

Contxto – While many commercial airlines around the world are filing for bankruptcy, Brazilian Flapper and its marketplace of executive...

September 9, 2020

Petlove acquires Vetus to launch pet product marketplace

Contxto – The cat's out of the bag, people. Today (4) news broke that Petlove bought fellow Brazilian startup Vetus...

September 8, 2020

Repassa closes US$2 million to scale thrift store and save the planet

Contxto – Fast fashion is quickly draining our natural resources. According to the United Nations, almost 20 percent of global...

September 8, 2020

SoftBank and Oyo launch joint venture in Latin America

Contxto – SoftBank is raising its stake in the tourism and hospitality industry of Latin America.  Last Friday (4), news...

September 7, 2020