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Brazilian startups in Silicon Valley close US$2 million plus in funding over 2 years

Contxto – Brazil’s ecosystem is growing—and that’s not necessarily within its borders. Brazilian entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC) firms in...

September 28, 2020

Yummy closes seed round to go beyond food delivery in Venezuela

Contxto – Food delivery startups are always up to something in Latin America. Yet, Venezuela is the one country that’s...

September 28, 2020

EmCasa closes US$3.5 million to consolidate real estate platform in São Paulo and Rio

Contxto – Real estate startup EmCasa closed R$20 million (~US$3.5 million) with Monashees, Caravela Capital, Pear Ventures, NBV, and the...

September 25, 2020

Rappi raises over US$300 million

Contxto – It’s official: Rappi is raising big funds. We’d previously reported that the Colombian unicorn had rallied US$155.8 million...

September 24, 2020

Lending fintech Quasar Flash raises US$4.5M to accelerate credit analysis for Brazilian SMEs

Contxto – In an ideal world, accounts receivable departments always have a steady cash flow because customers pay for everything...

September 23, 2020

LinkedIn’s 2020 top 10 startups to work for in Mexico

Contxto – Tech companies in Latin America compete not only to obtain a larger market share and investments. Attracting and...

September 23, 2020

Movile leads US$11.4 million investment in Zoop to scale B2B fintech services

Contxto – Fintechs continue to bring flexibility to the financial system of Latin America and investors are fueling the change....

September 22, 2020

SoftBank, General Atlantic bet US$107M on facial biometrics startup, Acesso Digital

Contxto – Humanity’s biggest nemesis in 2020, Covid-19, has highlighted the importance of facial recognition technology. As a result, startups...

September 22, 2020

Rede Vistorias closes US$1 million to scale survey platform for real estate industry

Contxto – Investing in real estate can be a high-stakes game. Consequently, it’s important that decision makers have every bit...

September 22, 2020

Brokerage platform Ideal raises US$18.4 million with Kaszek Ventures

Contxto – Brazil continues to be a hotbed of investments in investment startups. Today (21), Ideal, a brokerage platform announced...

September 21, 2020