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B2W buys delivery Brazilian startup Supermercado Now

Contxto – Brazilian online retail company B2W did some shopping this week. It has added to its cart and proceeded...

January 17, 2020

Mexico’s Genius Foods gobbles up foodtech seed round led by Redwood Ventures

Contxto – Just up the road from Contxto’s main offices in Guadalajara, the venture capitalists (VCs) at Redwood Ventures announced...

January 17, 2020

Bolivian fintech, Blink, turns taxis into ATMs

Contxto – There’s a middle ground when it comes to transitioning between cash and electronic payments, as I’ve recently found....

January 16, 2020

Latam looks to tech for drinking water solutions, here are two

Contxto – Access to clean, drinking water is still a major problem in many parts of the globe. And in...

January 16, 2020

AI startup, Olivia, raises funds to aid Brazilians’ finances

Contxto – Olivia is an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that’s proved its mettle in the United States. But for its...

January 16, 2020

Uh-oh, Rappi faces lawsuit, accused of stealing trade secrets

Contxto – PR at Rappi has had a rough couple of days. Maintaining a positive image after laying off 300...

January 16, 2020

Latam has two more satellites in space, courtesy of Argentina’s Satellogic

Contxto – Today two additional twinkles were added to the night sky thanks to Argentinian spacetech startup, Satellogic. Their names...

January 16, 2020

Silicon Valley’s Twilio buys Brazilian startup, Teravoz

Contxto – This week, Brazilian startup Teravoz announced it’s been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Twilio. While it’s unknown how much...

January 15, 2020

Pachama snags investment to support reforestation efforts

Contxto – Not too long ago, global headlines grieved the burning of the  Amazon rain forest. A few months later...

January 15, 2020

The Economist wants you at Finance Disrupted LATAM to plot the fintech revolution

Contxto – Full disclosure: I love The Economist. When I need crisp and intelligent analysis on what’s going on in...

January 15, 2020