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Oyster snags historic seed round to bring financial services to SMEs and freelancers

Contxto – Mother of pearl! Fintech Oyster is raising one of Latin America’s biggest seed rounds yet. Today (10) the...

September 10, 2020

Flapper to scale marketplace for private flights in more of Latin America

Contxto – While many commercial airlines around the world are filing for bankruptcy, Brazilian Flapper and its marketplace of executive...

September 9, 2020

6 Latam startups to participate in South Summit Madrid 2020

Contxto – Every year entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors from Latin America and Southern Europe come together at South Summit in...

September 9, 2020

PedidosYa is scaling its delivery-only grocery stores

Contxto – Uruguayan-founded, German-owned PedidosYa is upping its ante in the Dominican Republic. The startup recently announced the launch of...

September 8, 2020

Satellogic and Hypatia are making geospatial imagery more accesible for all

Contxto – In her time—when the Byzantine Empire was still around—Hypatia was known as a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. Murdered...

September 8, 2020

Petlove acquires Vetus to launch pet product marketplace

Contxto – The cat’s out of the bag, people. Today (4) news broke that Petlove bought fellow Brazilian startup Vetus...

September 8, 2020

With Rappi Care, users can request Covid-19 tests straight to their door

Contxto – One might refer to the Rappi delivery app for a pizza run or to pick something up at...

September 8, 2020

Repassa closes US$2 million to scale thrift store and save the planet

Contxto – Fast fashion is quickly draining our natural resources. According to the United Nations, almost 20 percent of global...

September 8, 2020

Übank is bringing its fintech specialty to the US—savings for non-savers

Contxto – Chilean Übank specializes in something Latin America seriously lacks: savings. But it’s expanding beyond the region and will...

September 8, 2020

Investments for Peruvian startups drop 40% during first half of 2020

Contxto – There’s no two ways about it: investment deals for startups in Peru have slowed down. Recent findings by...

September 7, 2020