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Nubank acquires Easynvest to launch into investment market

Contxto – Freshly funded with an alleged US$300 million, Brazilian Nubank is reaching into new fintech verticals. Today (11), the...

September 11, 2020

SoftBank to invest US$2 billion in Latin America in 2020

Contxto – Luis Moreno, the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently sat down with Marcelo Claure, CEO at...

September 11, 2020

Google to disperse US$945K for Black Founders Fund in Brazil

Contxto – The Black Lives Matter movement can be felt throughout Latin America but nowhere more so in Brazil. In...

September 10, 2020

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

Parnity raises US$250,000 to perfect networking platform for freight forwarders

Contxto – Freight forwarding is anything but straightforward. When it comes to international logistics, delays in customs, messy paperwork, nasty...

September 10, 2020

Oyster snags historic seed round to bring financial services to SMEs and freelancers

Contxto – Mother of pearl! Fintech Oyster is raising one of Latin America's biggest seed rounds yet. Today (10) the...

September 10, 2020

Flapper to scale marketplace for private flights in more of Latin America

Contxto – While many commercial airlines around the world are filing for bankruptcy, Brazilian Flapper and its marketplace of executive...

September 9, 2020

6 Latam startups to participate in South Summit Madrid 2020

Contxto – Every year entrepreneurs, businesses, and investors from Latin America and Southern Europe come together at South Summit in...

September 9, 2020

PedidosYa is scaling its delivery-only grocery stores

Contxto – Uruguayan-founded, German-owned PedidosYa is upping its ante in the Dominican Republic. The startup recently announced the launch of...

September 8, 2020

Satellogic and Hypatia are making geospatial imagery more accesible for all

Contxto – In her time—when the Byzantine Empire was still around—Hypatia was known as a philosopher, mathematician, and astronomer. Murdered...

September 8, 2020