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UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund invests ~US$28,600 in startups working with blockchain

Contxto – The UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund is upping its ante. Last Friday (19), it announced it made its largest investment...

June 22, 2020

UV-wielding robots may be the answer to ridding hospitals of Covid-19

Contxto – The world continues to scramble and find ways to detect and disinfect itself of coronavirus. Many of these...

June 18, 2020

Redpoint eventures leads US$2.3 million investment in marketing startup Arena

Contxto – Shove off Facebook, Brazilian startup Arena wants to give e-commerce and media businesses back control of their customers'...

June 17, 2020

Pipo Saúde raises US$4.6 million through Kaszek Ventures and Monashees

Contxto – Startups in the insurance sector continue to take the spotlight. Last week, Kaszek Ventures and Monashees co-led a...

June 16, 2020

Protera closes US$5.6 million Series A to commercialize food-preserving protein

Contxto – Today, biotech Protera announced it closed an investment to commercialize its AI-driven protein. European fund Sofinnova Partners led...

June 10, 2020

SoftBank and Correlation One conclude AI program in Latam

Contxto – SoftBank and Correlation One have officially concluded their joint Data Science for All (DS4A) program in Latin America....

June 3, 2020

Entu, the digital waiter serving restaurants in Colombia

Contxto – Governments in Latin America are easing lockdowns as slowly and carefully as possible. Within that setting, there too...

May 28, 2020

Chilean government will finance science startups with up to US$272,000

Contxto – Chile's Corfo—a government agency commonly known for investing in startups—wants founders to unleash their scientific side. And what...

May 27, 2020

VTEX makes acquisitions to add logistics and AI services to e-commerce platform

Contxto – Certainly startups in e-commerce are among the big winners of the coronavirus pandemic. Reliance on digital means to...

May 21, 2020

Gupy raises US$6.8 million to make its AI platform HR's best friend

Contxto – Brazilian HR startup Gupy raised R$40 million (around US$6.8 million) and made the announcement this week. Oria Capital...

May 15, 2020