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Foodology tastes victory at Harvard Business School’s New Venture Competition

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Harvard grads and fellow Colombians Daniela Izquierdo and Juan Azuero have many reasons to celebrate,...

April 22, 2020

Socialab and SAP are offering US$5,000 for socially responsible startups

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Funding is scarce right now startups, so here’s a chance to raise some mullah. Software...

April 22, 2020

Nubank splurges US$3.8 million to help cash-short customers

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Nubank is following the admirable lead of other Latin American unicorns and taking big steps...

April 21, 2020

Data analytics startup raises US$247,000 to keep businesses abreast of regulatory issues

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – In Brazil, an investment for R$1.3 million (little over US$247,000) injected some gasoline into startup...

April 21, 2020

Julian Coulter becomes Google Mexico’s Managing Director

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Google Mexico’s search for its new Managing Director is over! After nearly three months since...

April 21, 2020

Fintechs face tough layoff decisions, but not all are honest about it…

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Not even fintechs are immune to coronavirus (Covid-19). In recent weeks, three startups, Créditas, Neon,...

April 20, 2020

SMEs in Brazil need a “lending hand,” in comes Mercado Libre US$114 million in hand

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – News is buzzing about the insufficiency of government-funded credit and support packages for small business....

April 20, 2020

Vocational skills platform raises funding to teach you what other edtechs don’t

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Edtechs are quite in vogue lately. And literally investing in education looks like a promising...

April 20, 2020

Covid-19 is teaching banks to go digital or go home

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Traditional, brick-and-mortar businesses aren’t the only ones paying the cost of refraining from going digital....

April 18, 2020

Take your temperature with this Covid-crisis entrepreneurial poll

Contxto – I’ve been going on about how important clear and concise data is in these times of uncertainty. The...

April 17, 2020