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The Latin American Companies That Belong to Y Combinator’s W22 batch

26 companies from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Panama and Peru were selected for the accelerator's winter batch.

February 16, 2022

Jüsto acquires Freshmart, Peru’s leading online supermarket

Mexican grocery e-commerce company Jüsto announced it has acquired Freshmart, the main online supermarket in Peru. It is the first...

October 13, 2021

Emptor, leading Latin American identity verifier, expands to Costa Rica

Contxto– Emptor, an automated identity verification and background check provider, has announced its expansion into Costa Rica. The future is here!...

October 15, 2020

Healthtechs Yana and Live 4 Life join to expand employee wellbeing

Contxto – Collaborations have been an important step for expansion this year. Startup Yana has not been the exception. Thanks...

October 9, 2020

Yana con Live 4 Life, healthtechs juntas para el bienestar de los empleados

Contxto – Este año, las colaboraciones han sido un paso importante para la expansión. La startup Yana no es la...

October 9, 2020

Advent raises US$2 billion for seventh private equity fund for Latin America

Contxto – Last Tuesday (29) private equity firm Advent International announced it raised US$2 billion for its fund for Latin...

October 1, 2020

Visa Everywhere Initative announces 10 startup finalists

Contxto – The Covid-19 pandemic and social-distancing measures have left a big dent on small and medium-sized businesses. To help...

September 18, 2020

Delivery Hero buys Glovo ops in Latin America for up to US$272 million

Contxto – Spanish food delivery platform Glovo is tapping out of many parts in search of profitability, including Latin America....

September 17, 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

Crypto was meant to open up the world. So why is fintech AgenteBTC specializing in Peru and Bitcoin?

Contxto – Carolina Herrera, CEO of AgenteBTC, wrote to Contxto to tell us about AgenteBTC. A Peruvian fintech founded in...

August 24, 2020