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Solfacil raises US$4 million to save Brazilians’ money on electricity bills

Contxto – The future is green for one Brazilian startup. Both in terms of the problems it addresses and in...

July 22, 2020

Central Bank reconsiders authorizing WhatsApp payments in Brazil

Contxto – Yes, no, maybe so… The Central Bank in Brazil is proving to be a bit fickle when it...

July 22, 2020

Sharp Shark raises seed round with NEM Ventures to fight online piracy

Contxto – We live in an era where it’s commonplace to “copy-paste” anything online without paying or crediting authors. It’s...

July 22, 2020

Peiky US$1.3M round to prove Latam is where to launch global tech solutions

Contxto – Peiky, a startup with its heart in Colombia (more on this later) has raised US$1.3 million in pre-series...

July 21, 2020

Kiwibot delivery robots go B2B with Shopify and Ordermark

Contxto – Colombian Kiwibot’s delivery vehicles can now be found cruising up and down parts of San José, California. Through...

July 21, 2020

To save its personal trainers, Gympass launches virtual services in Mexico

Contxto – In many places, gym doors remain closed. But startup Gympass is finding more ways to expand its virtual...

July 21, 2020

3 startups bringing tech to the “new normal” in Latin America

Contxto – As the world steadily enters the new normal, the use of technology will only increase. Because we must...

July 21, 2020

Argentine banks unite to give Mercado Pago and fintechs a run for their money

Contxto – It’s no secret that marketplace giant Mercado Libre has been busy scaling its logistics operations and partaking in...

July 21, 2020

How has a law in Argentina shaken up last-mile delivery in Latam?

Contxto – Last Thursday the local parliament of Buenos Aires passed a law regulating certain aspects of last-mile delivery services....

July 20, 2020

Burn to Give raises Series A for US$8.5 million to scale

Contxto – Chilean insurtech Burn to Give is giving the Latam ecosystem plenty of reasons to celebrate. On Saturday (18),...

July 20, 2020