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Escale lands a US$22.6 million deal co-led by QED and Invus

Contxto – Last week, the budding Brazilian startup, Escale, closed a US$22.6 million Series C round led by QED Investors...

April 19, 2019

iFood, Brazil’s largest delivery app, funds new AI learning center

Contxto – What do companies like GrubHub, Delivery Hero and Doordash all have in common? Each of them utilizes emerging...

April 10, 2019

SoftBank hires JPMorgan and Third Point executives for its Latin American fund

Contxto – As of today, SoftBank’s Innovation Fund is beginning to shape up seeing how the firm recently announced three...

April 9, 2019

10 startups improving healthcare in Rio de Janeiro

Contxto – Brazil continues to strengthen itself as one of the most important economic hubs in Latin America. This is...

April 9, 2019

Brazilian edtech, ClipEscola, lands undisclosed round from InvestTech

Contxto – If any startup realizes how knowledge is power, it’s the Brazilian firm ClipEscola. The educational communcation platform just...

April 2, 2019

Brazilian startup Youper helps users achieve happiness

Contxto – Mental health can be so underrated. Bad experiences, traumas and negative emotions can obstruct our pursuit of happiness....

March 28, 2019

Brazilian pet care app, DogHero, nabs US$7 million from Rover

Contxto – A U.S. pet-sitting marketplace named Rover led a US$7 million round for Brazilian pet care app, DogHero. As...

March 20, 2019

Loft holds second funding round in less than one year, raises US$70 million

Contxto – Loft, the rapidly-growing real estate marketplace, raised US$70 million during a historic Series B round. Their goal: to...

March 20, 2019

Globant plans to increase cloud operations in Latam following Avanxo acquisition

Conxto – Cloud technology may become a new standard in Latin America following a partnership between two major entities. That’s...

March 19, 2019

Brazil’s Itaú teams up with Google and Apple for a grand BigTech-bank alliance

Contxto – Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco recently paired up with Google and Apple to implement transactions from smartphone devices. Such...

March 14, 2019