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Costa Rican Sports Sonar raises US$400,000 seed round

Contxto – Launched in Texas but originally from Costa Rica, Sports Sonar is a sports-tech startup hoping to increase engagement...

August 26, 2019

Sólides lands US$3.5 million to expand HR platform

Contxto – Brazilian cloud-based HR management platform, Sólides, recently raised US$3.5 million from DGF Investimentos. With this, Sólides now joins...

August 26, 2019

U.S. toolmaker Stanley Black & Decker buys stake in IguanaFix, an Argentine home repair startup

Contxto – In spite of the risks surrounding the Argentine peso sharply declining, some U.S. companies are investing in Argentine...

August 23, 2019

Update: More Latin American startups entering Y Combinator’s Summer Batch 2019

Contxto – A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a story about Covela, a Mexican insurtech that recently became part...

August 19, 2019

Checkars lands US$1.3 million led by Jaguar Ventures

Contxto – Folks, the mobility and marketplace spree isn’t slowing down any time soon. Following SoftBank’s US$70 million investment in...

August 19, 2019

Agrosmart from Brazil wraps up US$5.5 million Series A

Contxto – Certain farming methodologies once revolved around fears of the supernatural and bird migrations. Nowadays, though, farmers are using...

August 17, 2019

Argentine proptech Alquilando raises US$1.1 million Pre-Series A

Contxto – Rosental Inversores, NXTP Labs and ArFintech recently invested US$1.1 million into the Argentine proptech, Alquilando. The startup’s online...

August 16, 2019

RD Station from Brazil raises US$50 million Series D from Riverwood Capital

Contxto – Brazilian SaaS developer RD Station (Resultados Digitais) recently wrapped up a Series D round worth US$50 million led...

August 15, 2019

Brazilian pharmaceutical giant Eurofarma debuts VC fund, Axon Ventures

Contxto – There’s a new VC fund in the neighborhood inviting early-stage startups over for dinner. Established by Eurofarma and...

August 15, 2019

Argentine funds come together to discover new unicorn

Contxto – What happens when directors from eight major Argentine funds gather in the same room? In-depth discussions about co-investing...

August 14, 2019