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Nubank is laying the groundwork to conquer (hearts) in Colombia

Contxto – Entrepreneurs David Vélez, Cristina Junqueira, and Edward Wible launched fintech Nubank in Brazil in 2013. But it’s only...

September 28, 2020

Flapz to launch private flights marketplace in Chile and Mexico

Contxto – Private jet marketplace Flapz wants to spread its wings into new countries.  Five entrepreneurs launched the startup in...

September 28, 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

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

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

EBANX’s Leve to connect e-commerce US vendors with Brazilian consumers

Contxto – Whaddya get when you cross a fintech unicorn with a large e-commerce market? An international logistics company. Enter...

August 21, 2020

Conquering the US: Atexto’s plan to take over machine learning in the American market

Contxto – Atexto—an AI-powered voice-text analysis company—is mustering its army of bot trainers.  Atexto is the machine learning data and...

August 17, 2020

NotCo plans launch of its plant-based products in the United States and Asia

Contxto – Foodtech NotCo is said to be closing in on a US$85 million investment, and recent news from the...

August 4, 2020

Travel startup isibit to scale into Colombia and Brazil, after joining Y Combinator

Contxto – Many borders are closed and planes are parked. But Covid-19 can’t stop travel startups from going out into...

August 4, 2020

David and Goliath, how this YC startup is taking on Rappi

Contxto – “Don’t do it,” acquaintances told Justo founders, Rodrigo Segal and Nicolás López, when they said they wanted to...

July 31, 2020