Welcome to our new The Exclusive deep dive content about our Latin American ecosystem. We’re giving our registered newsletter users a sneak-peek of these soon-to-be paid for articles. Contxto—Politics, football, and Tesla’s current stock price all have one thing in common with SoftBank—Latin America’s largest foreign investor—; you should never mention them in conversation unless […]
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Latin America launches united regional space agency, ALCE
Contxto – Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s Secretary of External Relations, has just announced that his country signed a landmark agreement with Argentina to create the Latin American and Caribbean Space Agency (ALCE, the abbreviation of its name in Spanish). This is one large step for Latin America… and perhaps an even larger step for Latin American […]
Posted inBrazil
Take Blip piggybacks on Whatsapp to US$100M investment
Contxto – Take Blip has taken the Latin American communications sector by storm. The startup just closed its Series A funding round with US$100 million, led by US private equity firm Warbug Pincus. The company connects corporate customer service tools like CRM (customer relationship management) software with communications platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger. […]
Posted inBrazil
2Morrow Sports receives a R$1.5 million investment, disrupting sports market
Contxto – Brazilian startup 2Morrow Sports has hit a home run, landing a R$1.5 million of financing from OutField Capital, an investment fund focused on companies working in the sports arena. 2Morrow Sports offers solutions that rev up the traditional team-supporter relationship. Its proprietary platforms go the extra mile by analyzing consumer behavior using customer […]
Posted inSoapbox
What are the ground rules for competing after Covid?
Today’s Soapbox opinion was written by María José Contreras de Velasco, who is charged with promoting a culture of competition from COFECE. Contxto – The health crisis caused by Covid-19 has forced us to reinvent our habits. We now buy our groceries, exercise, take classes, and work, all without leaving home. As we adapt, companies […]
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Fintech was about going digital, why are challenger banks addicted to plastic cards?
Contxto – Some might think that the story of fintech in Latin America is that of an underdog: A rebellious bunch of disruptors playing by their own rules and trying to conquer a game as old as time. However, the most recent strategy adopted by challenger banks doesn’t portray them as dissidents – in fact, […]
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Three factors to understand the success (and failure) of a startup
Today’s Soapbox opinion was written by Daniela Arias, co-Founder of Naranja Media Podcast and Empréndete Contxto – While many of us would like to be the next Steve Jobs, Jeff Bezos, or Mark Zuckerberg, the behind the scenes story of how a startup became a great company cannot be further from those first impressions of […]
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Mexico is the go-to market for expanding Latin American startups
Today’s Soapbox opinion was written by Jia Li Tan, an Investment Professional at ALLVP. Contxto – On September 16, Mexicans around the world celebrate “Día de la Independencia”; the anniversary of the country’s independence from Spain. It is the day when the whole of Mexico celebrates and takes a day off work. It was on […]
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Venezuela and its network of value-creating entrepreneur-migrants
Today’s Soapbox opinion was written by Eduardo Morrison, a corporate lawyer with banking experience, specialized in crypto and blockchain. Contxto – Due to its profound political and social crisis, Venezuela has seen an unprecedented migratory phenomenon in recent years. This massive outflow of people has resulted in the birth of a wave of entrepreneurs filled […]
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Should I develop an app for my startup? The answer lies in how many friends you have
Contxto – It might sound weird in an article about whether you should develop an app for your startup, but: Are you familiar with Dunbar’s Number? It stipulates the number of relationships that we can really sustain at once: 150. British anthropologist, Robin Dunbar, studied non-human primates and came to the conclusion that there is […]