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Darwin Startups launches hardware accelerator for Brazilian startups

Contxto – The hardware industry is on the rise in Brazil. Just take a look at our recent Market Map...

July 5, 2019

Rappi partners with Voopter to offer airline flight tickets

Contxto – Choosing generalization over specialization, Rappi has suddenly jumped into the airline travel industry. Thanks to a new partnership...

July 4, 2019

Argentine circular economy startup Arqlite wins New York City competition

Contxto – The biggest takeaway from my short-lived farming career in Spain was that linear models are often wasteful. Simply...

July 4, 2019

Brazilian Loud Voice Services lands US$1.5 million

Contxto – Very few times have I ever read about a startup, proceeded to watch its promotional video, and be...

July 4, 2019

Digital travel agency, Instaviagem, scores R$2 million

Contxto – Personally, I love covering startups innovating tourism, made evident by my past coverage of Selina, Jubel, Airkeep, among...

July 3, 2019

Nubank scraps waiting list for credit cards

Contxto – What used to take up to three months for prospective Nubank credit cardholder will now require a whole...

July 3, 2019

Brazilian media startup JOTA lands US$1.7 million from Astella Investimentos

Contxto – As the industry landscape becomes financially harsher on media outlets, a new spark of hope has suddenly risen....

July 2, 2019

17 South American sports-tech startups innovating wellness and fitness

Contxto – One of the hottest niche industries within the startup ecosystem is sports-related technology. Innovations involving fitness routines, personal...

July 2, 2019

Straight from Bogota, Mensajeros Urbanos lands in Mexico

Contxto – At first I thought Mensajeros Urbanos sounded like a tennage parkour crew. Eventually, I found out that it...

July 2, 2019

DHI Telecom acquires Chilean WiFi startup Trinus

Contxto – The latest Latin American startup to be acquired by a much larger entity is Trinus from Chile. The...

July 1, 2019