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Fashion startup, houpa, is in vogue with investors, raises US$2.3 million

Contxto – Fashion marketplace houpa is looking sharp! The startup recently raised R$12 million (around US$2.3 million) with unnamed investors....

May 27, 2020

Cybersecurity startup Mati raises seed investment with Spero Ventures

Contxto – Cybersecurity startup Mati recently raised an equity round with Spero Ventures. Other contributors included Kima Ventures, Dorm Room...

May 26, 2020

Fintech Brex raises US$150 million in Series C extension

Contxto – Brazilian-founded Brex raised an investment for US$150 million as an extension of a previous Series C round. Returning...

May 26, 2020

Fintech ADDI raises US$15 million through Quona Capital

Contxto – Funding may be tight within the current Covid-19 context, but some startups are still closing equity deals. This...

May 22, 2020

Startup survival mode may last 15 to 18 months, says Runa’s CEO

Contxto – Human resources is facing multiple challenges courtesy of Covid-19. Massive layoffs means HR staff have to carefully calculate...

May 21, 2020

Despite setbacks, SoftBank says it still has faith in its Latin American startups

Contxto – To say that 2020 has been a tough year for Japanese investor, SoftBank, is an understatement. Its first...

May 21, 2020

Zenklub raises US$3 million to bolster its mental health marketplace

Contxto – Healthtechs and remote care platforms are investors’ darlings as of late. Portuguese Indico Capital Partners led a seed...

May 20, 2020

InstaAgro supplies small Brazilian farmers, Rolesis Holdings supplies it with seed investment

Contxto – Marketplace InstaAgro closed a seed investment for US$600,000. Rolesis Holdings, a family office, led the round. The startup’s...

May 20, 2020

Hugo raises Series A, launches hugo Ventures to boost regional digitization

Contxto – Usually, an equity round entails a startup announcing its plans for scaling up, product development, hiring, and so...

May 18, 2020

VC ALLVP’s free pitch DeckCheckr seems suspiciously good to be true

Contxto – Mexican venture capital fund (VC) ALLVP has launched an initiative through which budding founders can send the pitch...

May 18, 2020