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iFood wins its day in court and what it means for other startups

Contxto – The court has spoken and the verdict is in! A Labor Court in Brazil has determined that Brazilian...

January 30, 2020

Brazilian edtech, Gama Academy, raises US$710,000 to boost its program

Contxto – Edtech Gama Academy raised an investment for R$3 million (over US$710,000) and made the announcement this week. The...

January 29, 2020

Brazil’s Sapore acquires foodtech startups Lucco Fit, Shipp, and Zaitt

Contxto – Brazilian Sapore, a multinational restaurant company, is hungry for foodtechs. And no this isn’t just composition yammer. The...

January 29, 2020

Mexico’s HR startup Runa unleashes more features for its platform

Contxto – Runa, the HR startup from Mexico, has been busy as of late. In correspondence with Contxto, it shared...

January 28, 2020

Breaking: Mexico’s AlphaCredit to get investment worth US$125 million led by SoftBank

Contxto – We’ve just heard that Mexico-based fintech, AlphaCredit, has just got the go-ahead to close up to US$125 million...

January 27, 2020

In Brazil, Grow isn’t growing—it’s retreating and making layoffs

Contxto – Grow in Brazil is making a hasty retreat in various parts of the country. The micromobolity giant will...

January 25, 2020

Brazilian Leads2b raises funds for freebie version of marketing platform

Contxto – Brazilian marketing intelligence platform Leads2b is in 4 some money. The startup recently raised R$10 million (around US$2.4...

January 24, 2020

Top 13 podcasts every Latin American entrepreneur should listen to [2020]

Contxto – When we talk about entrepreneurship, we know that time is often a scarce asset. We also know that...

January 23, 2020

How outside narratives can create collateral damage in Latin America. The WeWork case

This week we had our Morning Coffee with Maik Schaefer, Founder & CEO of Mango Life When Adam Neumann, the founder and...

January 23, 2020

Latam’s startup ecosystem. How we got here and what’s to come, according to Polymath Ventures

Contxto – Last year, 11 startups from Latin America hit the US$1 billion valuation mark. And steadily, international venture capital...

January 22, 2020