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3 science-based startups from Argentina each raise US$1.75 million

Contxto – Many of the investment rounds we cover here at Contxto involve a lot of the same stuff: consumer...

October 6, 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

CASPR Biotech raises US$150,000 in financing with IDB Lab

Contxto – IDB Lab—the innovation arm of the Inter-American Development Bank—recently announced that it would finance Argentine biotech CASPR with...

July 13, 2020

Protera closes US$5.6 million Series A to commercialize food-preserving protein

Contxto – Today, biotech Protera announced it closed an investment to commercialize its AI-driven protein. European fund Sofinnova Partners led...

June 10, 2020

Biobot Analytics raises US$4.2 million to save lives every time you flush

Contxto – There’s treasure to be found in a city’s sewage. Well… maybe not the kind of treasure you’re thinking...

June 1, 2020

Chilean government will finance science startups with up to US$272,000

Contxto – Chile’s Corfo—a government agency commonly known for investing in startups—wants founders to unleash their scientific side. And what...

May 27, 2020

Vegan leather startup, Le Qara, among finalists at MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition

Contxto – The end of the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition for the “Launch” category took place yesterday (21). Eight participants...

May 22, 2020

Predicto AI wants to detect infections like coronavirus using a phone’s camera

Contxto – With the objective of detecting symptoms of coronavirus (Covid-19), there are startups in Latam working to integrate thermaltechnology...

May 9, 2020

Coffee plantations threatened by funghi saved by eco-friendly solution: killer shrimp

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Here’s one ever-expanding Brazilian-Colombian startup. Biotech Portunus has offices in Curitiba, Bogotá, and Austin (United...

May 1, 2020

Hi Technologies is rushing production of coronavirus test

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedd] Contxto – Brazil has likely been following Curitiba-based biotech Hi Technologies since its big reveal on March...

March 27, 2020