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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

Nowports, the Mexican startup for international logistics, joins Y-Combinator’s W19 batch

Contxto – Nowports, the sprouting Mexican startup that aims to transform the freights and shipping industry, joins Y-Combinator’s 2019 Winter...

March 17, 2019

Google Launchpad Accelerator debuts two Latam projects

Contxto – Google understands that Latin America is on a hot streak. To support the next generation of innovative products,...

March 15, 2019

Facebook and Start-Up Chile inaugurate new innovation center

Contxto – Over 600 Chilean entrepreneurs will soon become part of Facebook’s new Innovation Lab Santiago in collaboration with Start-Up...

March 14, 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

Ayenda raises US$1.2 million to modernize hotels, SoftBank joins round

Contxto – Colombia’s premier digital hotel chain, Ayenda, recently raised US$1.2 million in a seed round led by SoftBank beside...

March 13, 2019

MercadoLibre raises US$750 million from Paypal, plans to grow in Mexico

Contxto – The Argentine e-commerce giant, MercadoLibre, recently launched a press release announcing the offering of US$1 billion of common...

March 13, 2019

Delivery drivers face off Rappi and Glovo, launch their own app

Contxto – In a bid for autonomy and labor rights, delivery drivers from Rappi and Glovo in Córdoba, Argentina have...

March 12, 2019

Costa Rica’s President starts talks with Silicon Valley to boost the country’s tech industry

Contxto – The President of Costa Rica is on a mission to attract more U.S. enterprises to the Central American...

March 11, 2019