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Argentine ride-hailing Sara LT arrives to Colombia

Contxto – Here’s a gutsy move for you: bringing a ride-hailing app into Colombia on the eve of Uber’s January...

January 20, 2020

Fintech Flink wants to make investors out of millennials

Contxto – The new feature fun continues. Fintech Flink will be releasing an additional option for its app. As of...

January 17, 2020

B2W buys delivery Brazilian startup Supermercado Now

Contxto – Brazilian online retail company B2W did some shopping this week. It has added to its cart and proceeded...

January 17, 2020

Mexico’s Genius Foods gobbles up foodtech seed round led by Redwood Ventures

Contxto – Just up the road from Contxto’s main offices in Guadalajara, the venture capitalists (VCs) at Redwood Ventures announced...

January 17, 2020

Bolivian fintech, Blink, turns taxis into ATMs

Contxto – There’s a middle ground when it comes to transitioning between cash and electronic payments, as I’ve recently found....

January 16, 2020

Latam looks to tech for drinking water solutions, here are two

Contxto – Access to clean, drinking water is still a major problem in many parts of the globe. And in...

January 16, 2020

AI startup, Olivia, raises funds to aid Brazilians’ finances

Contxto – Olivia is an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that’s proved its mettle in the United States. But for its...

January 16, 2020

Uh-oh, Rappi faces lawsuit, accused of stealing trade secrets

Contxto – PR at Rappi has had a rough couple of days. Maintaining a positive image after laying off 300...

January 16, 2020

The Economist wants you at Finance Disrupted LATAM to plot the fintech revolution

Contxto – Full disclosure: I love The Economist. When I need crisp and intelligent analysis on what’s going on in...

January 15, 2020

14 biotechs rewriting Argentina’s startup DNA

Contxto – Argentina’s startup ecosystem is already highly developed in various industries. There’s Mercado Libre in e-commerce and Ualá in...

January 15, 2020