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BeGreen raises US$3 million to open more urban farms in Brazil

Contxto – Food waste is often the outcome of transporting fruit and veggies from rural areas to supermarkets and restaurants...

September 18, 2020

ReStudio raises US$1.4 million to scale digital twin tech to Chile’s mines

Contxto – Chilean ReStudio is venturing into two new areas with its 3D and digital twin tech. Thanks to the...

September 18, 2020

Goldman Sachs leads US$22.5 million investment in fintech iugu

Contxto – Collections departments have their work cut out for them: endless accounts and invoices to keep track of and...

September 14, 2020

Santander InnoVentures re-brands as Mouro Capital and gains US$400M for startups

Contxto – Santander InnoVentures, the investment arm of Spanish bank Santander, is undergoing some serious innovations of its own.  On...

September 14, 2020

SoftBank to invest US$2 billion in Latin America in 2020

Contxto – Luis Moreno, the President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) recently sat down with Marcelo Claure, CEO at...

September 11, 2020

Google to disperse US$945K for Black Founders Fund in Brazil

Contxto – The Black Lives Matter movement can be felt throughout Latin America but nowhere more so in Brazil. In...

September 10, 2020

Parnity raises US$250,000 to perfect networking platform for freight forwarders

Contxto – Freight forwarding is anything but straightforward. When it comes to international logistics, delays in customs, messy paperwork, nasty...

September 10, 2020

Oyster snags historic seed round to bring financial services to SMEs and freelancers

Contxto – Mother of pearl! Fintech Oyster is raising one of Latin America’s biggest seed rounds yet. Today (10) the...

September 10, 2020

Repassa closes US$2 million to scale thrift store and save the planet

Contxto – Fast fashion is quickly draining our natural resources. According to the United Nations, almost 20 percent of global...

September 8, 2020

Neon raises US$300 million to hone in on micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil

Contxto – Big growth plans means big funds are needed and Neon recently banked just that. Today (2) the fintech...

September 2, 2020