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To track or not to track? The ethical dilemma of monitoring isolation via IoT

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedded"/] Contxto – Startup In Loco is giving the government of Brazil a hand in tracking general levels...

April 6, 2020

Delivery startups detect symptoms of unemployment due to coronavirus

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedded"/] Contxto – The HR department at Brazilian iFood's offices must be very busy lately. No, not making...

April 6, 2020

VCs admit what we've known (and feared) all along

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedded"/] Contxto – We knew it and so did Twitter: coronavirus (Covid-19) and the current state of affairs...

April 6, 2020

Short-attention span? This edtech is offering 5 minute classes

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedded"/] Contxto – Brazilian edtech, Descomplica, is making a serious investment in its own future. Up until now,...

April 3, 2020

Survive isolation, turn your business into an e-commerce

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedded"/] Contxto – Fintech startups have taken cards into helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) cope with their...

April 2, 2020

Work out at home, keep gym instructors employed

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedd] Contxto – Being stuck indoors sounds like the perfect excuse to no longer work out since the...

April 1, 2020

Pandemic couldn't stop Brazil's Superlogica from scoring hefty investment… it has delayed other plans though

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedd] Contxto – Subscriptions are nothing but twenty-first-century rentals.  Superlogica from Brazil knows this well. Recently the company...

March 31, 2020

How mental health startups are coping with 500% quarantine spikes to help you cope

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedded"/] Contxto – Food and grocery delivery startups aren't the only ones seeing a rise in activity due...

March 31, 2020

Sweden's Sinch to expand into Latam thanks to acquisition of Wavy

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedd] Contxto – Swedish cloud-computing and telecom company, Sinch, made a significant move into the Latam region the...

March 31, 2020

Proptech Loft conjures safety net for its workers. But who's paying for it?

[wd_hustle id="InArticleOptin" type="embedd] Contxto – The Covid-19 contingency has shown us, the economy can bend in unforeseen ways. Banks granting...

March 30, 2020