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Latin America’s promising future for proptech

Contxto – Latin America has witnessed very interesting trends in the real estate industry over the past few years. Institutional...

February 11, 2019

GoPro to move operations to Mexico due to increasing US-China trade tensions

Contxto – GoPro’s stock price ticked up after the company’s latest earnings report. Apart from revealing its first profitable quarter...

February 10, 2019

Chile rejects Amazon’s Alexa due to name complications

Contxto – It looks like Amazon isn’t undefeatable after all. In an attempt to register its virtual assistant “Alexa” in...

February 7, 2019

Colombian government declares moto-taxi startup Picap illegal, founders push back

Contxto – Picap, the Colombian moto-taxi app, finds itself in hot water after Colombia’s Ministry of Transport declared it to...

February 7, 2019

Adianta lands US$2.18 million round led by DGF Investimentos

Contxto – Latin American investors rejoice as Adianta becomes the latest Brazilian startup set to receive a hefty investment of...

February 5, 2019

Red Bull sponsors “futuristic” filmmaking competition

Contxto – Calling all Latin American videographers and aspiring futurists – don’t miss your opportunity to compete in Red Bull’s...

February 1, 2019

SoftBank launches US$5 billion Latin American venture fund

Contxto – Bloomberg News announced in January that Softbank Group Corporation will launch a Latin American investment fund headed by...

February 1, 2019

Beat is ready to compete for the Mexican private transport market, challenges other platforms’ margins

Contxto – Talk about risk-taking – last Wednesday, Beat became the latest company to join Mexico’s on-demand transportation industry. Now, Beat...

January 31, 2019

Fashion marketplace, GoTrendier, gets US$3.5 million to scale operations to Chile and Argentina

Contxto – GoTrendier, the fashion marketplace startup from Mexico, recently raised US$3.5 million from various investors to launch operations in...

January 30, 2019

Capria VC to Invest in Mexico’s Adobe Capital and Chile’s Fen Ventures

Contxto – Say hello to Capria’s newest partners, Adobe Capital of Mexico and Fen Ventures of Chile. These up-and-coming organizations...

January 28, 2019