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Koibanx raises seed round with an eye set on Mexico

Contxto – Last Thursday (1), Koibanx announced it had closed a seed round for an undisclosed amount. For those of...

October 8, 2020

Satellogic launches Global Consortium of Geospatial Imagery with major institutions

Contxto – The Argentine satellite whizzes behind Satellogic recently launched their very own Global Consortium of Geospatial Imagery with major...

October 7, 2020

Two new Latin American-ish unicorns forebode ominous news for the region

Contxto – The world announced two new unicorns into the ecosystem just this week, and both have a distinctly Latin...

October 7, 2020

Raise venture capital in a week? Horus says, “Challenge accepted”

Contxto – It’s time to turn our eyes back to Brazil (again) because agtech Horus Aeronaves has raised an investment...

October 7, 2020

Wheel the World joins Plug and Play Travel & Hospitality’s portfolio

Contxto – Previously featured on our Market Map for Latam startups serving people with disabilities, Wheel the World is making...

October 7, 2020

Urban mobility app 99 to debut WhatsApp ride-hailing feature

Contxto – Booking a private ride over the 99 app in Brazil will now be as simple as sending a...

October 6, 2020

Brazilian Big Data and AI expert, Cortex, closes US$30 million SoftBank-led round

Contxto – What started in June as a SoftBank-led investment round for Cortex has resulted in the Brazilian “growth intelligence...

October 6, 2020

3 science-based startups from Argentina each raise US$1.75 million

Contxto – Many of the investment rounds we cover here at Contxto involve a lot of the same stuff: consumer...

October 6, 2020

“Women investing” is no longer a wish in Mexico’s VC ecosystem, it is now a non-profit

Contxto – Mujeres Invirtiendo—a group dedicated to building a venture capital (VC) industry in which more women participate in investment...

October 5, 2020

MUY tags US$18M to scale cloud kitchens and restaurants in Mexico

Contxto – MUY is hungry for growth. The startup closed US$15 million almost a year ago, launched into Mexico, and...

October 5, 2020