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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

Colombian fintech, Alegra, crowdsources ~US$75,000 through stock exchange half-way house 

Contxto – Stop your timers! We have a winner. It has been barely just 58 days from the November 20...

January 22, 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

Pachama snags investment to support reforestation efforts

Contxto – Not too long ago, global headlines grieved the burning of the  Amazon rain forest. A few months later...

January 15, 2020

Latin Leap offers scaleups from Asia a leg up in Latin America

Contxto – We often talk about accelerators and venture capital (VC) firms that help startups from Latin America soft-land in...

January 14, 2020

Startup Atexto raises investment to expand voice bot training

Contxto – Last Friday, Redwood Ventures announced its participation in an investment round for an undisclosed amount in a press...

January 13, 2020

Brazilian Kenoby raises US$4.9 million to give HR some AI tech

Contxto – Kenoby, the Brazilian HR startup can kick its recruitment technology into high gear as it’s recently closed an...

January 13, 2020

Brazilian Prosumir raises US$370,000 for solution that fights energy waste

Contxto – Brazilian Prosumir is making history with equity crowdfunding platform, EqSeed. Why? Because this startup is the first on...

January 8, 2020

Introducing WeBoost, the newest venture capital firm for Latam startups

Contxto – Chile may make headlines because of its wave of socio-political unrest. But there’s more going on than your...

January 7, 2020