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To reduce plastic consumption, Solubag reels in Shark Tank investor

Contxto – Garbage litters the streets, oceans, and landfills. As a result, governments are steadily banning the consumption of single-use...

September 10, 2020

Übank is bringing its fintech specialty to the US—savings for non-savers

Contxto – Chilean Übank specializes in something Latin America seriously lacks: savings. But it’s expanding beyond the region and will...

September 8, 2020

NotCo launches e-commerce site in São Paulo

Contxto – The Not Company—better known as NotCo—is on the move once again with another trick up its product-placement sleeve....

September 3, 2020

Latin America’s fintech scene is just getting started, says KoreFusion report

Contxto – Last Wednesday (26) KoreFusion, a San-Fran-based consulting firm specializing in all-things financials and payments published its 2020 Latam...

September 2, 2020

Gamification of finance: Fintech Alfi eyes government agreements

Contxto – Fintech Alfi is a self-financed operation looking to innovate in more ways than one. Firstly, it is gamifying...

August 27, 2020

Rayo wants to rally US$2.3 million to consolidate logistics ops in Mexico and Chile

Contxto – E-commerce growth is putting the pressure on logistics efforts. And Latin America has plenty of startups that are...

August 27, 2020

Algramo launches in NYC to fight single-use plastic—and help forgetful customers

Contxto – “If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere,” or so the saying goes. And so...

August 26, 2020

Global 66 raises funding to scale remittance platform

Contxto – Chilean fintech Global 66 announced it raised US$3.25 million in January of this year.  But more recently, the...

August 25, 2020

She Loves Tech wraps up its first edition in Chile

Contxto – She Loves Tech—a global competition to encourage female entrepreneurship—wrapped up its first-ever edition in Chile. 10 startups were...

August 25, 2020

Foodtech Live Green Co’s meteoric rise is not about plant-based products but massive culture shifts

Contxto – The Live Green Co is a foodtech company based out of Santiago which has experienced 3X growth during...

August 19, 2020