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Brazilian biotech startup, PluriCell, raises US$1 million to combat cardiovascular disease

Contxto – PluriCell recently raised US$1 million from Libbs Farmacêutica to continue developing its regenerative cell therapy for cardiovascular diseases....

June 8, 2019

NotCo expands to Argentina, rumors about new meat-alternative

Contxto – Following its recent distribution partnership with Brazil's Grupo Pão de Açúcar, the Chilean foodtech company NotCo is planning...

June 7, 2019

Loggi raises US$150 million, becomes Brazil's newest unicorn

Contxto – Loggi, the Brazilian logistics startup, announced this Wednesday that it raised US$150 million. This new round, led by...

June 5, 2019

Brazilian fintech platform, Conta Azul, announces 25 job vacancies

Contxto – Conta Azul (meaning "Blue Account" in Portuguese) is a Brazilian fintech startup connecting small businesses with financial services...

June 3, 2019

Celcoin lands US$1.5 million from Vox Capital

Contxto – Last week, the payment startup from São Paulo, Celcoin, closed a BR$6 million (approximately US$1.5 million) round from...

May 31, 2019

Brazilian Sign Language app, HandTalk, raises US$750 thousand in Google competition

Contxto – Earlier this month, Google AI Impact Challenge awarded HandTalk with a grant worth US$750 thousand. The app and...

May 30, 2019

10 Brazilian startups turning screws and iron into amazing gadgets

Contxto – Nothing feels more empowering to entrepreneurs and developers than seeing their project come to fruition. For software engineers,...

May 28, 2019

NotCo, the Chilean foodtech startup, partners with Grupo Pão de Açúcar in Brazil

Contxto – The Chilean startup famous for its vegan mayonnaise, NotCo, announced last week that it will partner with the...

May 27, 2019

Rappi to launch in three more Brazilian cities following SoftBank round

Contxto – Following the US$1 billion SoftBank round that increased Rappi's valuation to around US$3.5 billion post-money, the last-mile delivery...

May 25, 2019

HR platform, Matchbox Brazil, closes US$250 thousand round led by Superjobs Ventures

Contxto – One step closer to modernizing Brazil's human resources industry, Matchbox Brazil just raised BRL$1 million (approximately US$250 thousand)...

May 23, 2019