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Foody to launch healthy meal deliveries in Mexico

Contxto – Healthy food has a bad rep. Often perceived as "expensive" or "boring," it's hard to compare a salad...

May 28, 2020

Micro-mobility startup Grow accused of not paying employees

Contxto – What's worse? Unemployment or being employed but not getting paid? It appears this is the dilemma workers at...

May 27, 2020

Fashion startup, houpa, is in vogue with investors, raises US$2.3 million

Contxto – Fashion marketplace houpa is looking sharp! The startup recently raised R$12 million (around US$2.3 million) with unnamed investors....

May 27, 2020

Escale buys Cobmax, proving CX is more important than ever

Contxto – Customer acquisitions startup, Escale, acquired customer-acquiring Cobmax (say that three times fast) and made the announcement last Monday...

May 27, 2020

What makes a delivery app like Rappi successful in Latin America?

Contxto – The Colombian delivery app, Rappi, is making headlines for many reasons. Whether because it raised US$1 billion in...

May 27, 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

Cybersecurity startup Mati raises seed investment with Spero Ventures

Contxto – Cybersecurity startup Mati recently raised an equity round with Spero Ventures. Other contributors included Kima Ventures, Dorm Room...

May 26, 2020

Fintech Brex raises US$150 million in Series C extension

Contxto – Brazilian-founded Brex raised an investment for US$150 million as an extension of a previous Series C round. Returning...

May 26, 2020

Data breach scam shows cryptoexchanges have a big hackable vulnerability

Contxto – It's always an underlying question for crypto-currency watchers: Is user data safe in the hands of the decentralized...

May 26, 2020

The government is unwittingly killing the use of cash in Peru

Contxto – If Covid-19 weren't enough to deter users from using cash, now the government in Peru is (unintentionally) pushing...

May 26, 2020