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SoftBank considers US$230 million investment in Creditas

Contxto – Following recent investments in Clip and Rappi, SoftBank returns to the headlines. This time, the Japanese conglomerate is...

May 7, 2019

Nubank lands in Mexico, starts recruiting process

Contxto – The latest Brazilian startup spreading its wings abroad is Nubank, made apparent with its recent Mexico expansion. The...

May 7, 2019

Brazilian government signs measure to reduce bureaucracy for startups

Contxto – Last Tuesday, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a provisional measure to foster entrepreneurship through reduced levels of bureaucracy....

May 3, 2019

Latin America's top 10 tech hubs ranking in 2019

Contxto – Based on the rankings of tech hubs published by StartupBlink in 2019, it appears as though 16 Latin...

April 30, 2019

Brazil's Omie lands US$20 million Series B from Riverwood Capital

Contxto – A Brazilian ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) startup aiding small businesses, Omie, just raised US$20 million from Riverwood Capital...

April 25, 2019

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