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17 South American sports-tech startups innovating wellness and fitness

Contxto – One of the hottest niche industries within the startup ecosystem is sports-related technology. Innovations involving fitness routines, personal...

July 2, 2019

Straight from Bogota, Mensajeros Urbanos lands in Mexico

Contxto – At first I thought Mensajeros Urbanos sounded like a tennage parkour crew. Eventually, I found out that it...

July 2, 2019

DHI Telecom acquires Chilean WiFi startup Trinus

Contxto – The latest Latin American startup to be acquired by a much larger entity is Trinus from Chile. The...

July 1, 2019

Decelera organizes “deceleration” program in Playa del Carmen

Contxto – Sometimes it’s important for founders to slow down and take a breather, at least that’s what Decelera says....

June 29, 2019

Mototaxi startup Picap launches pilot in Mexico and Brazil

Contxto – I’m fascinated by controversial apps. It’s such an intellectual challenge to write about them. Having to think from...

June 28, 2019

Costa Rica Insect Company encourages you to eat more crickets

Contxto – Did you know that insects are anthropods, just like shrimps and lobsters? So what’s stopping us humans from...

June 28, 2019

Puerto Rican Guilty closes round from Aurora Angel Network

Contxto – Operating under the name Guilty, a Puerto Rican fashion-tech startup just formalized an undisclosed round from Aurora Angel...

June 28, 2019

Creditas processes 800 thousand loan application requests during first half of the year

Contxto – We cover a lot of fintech excitement at Contxto. Every day there seems to be another Latin American...

June 27, 2019

Cirsys from Peru uses social robot IRBin to educate people about recycling

Contxto – Humans may not be the most intuitive recyclers. No matter how many times you demonstrate how to separate...

June 27, 2019

Grin reaches 10 million rides, outshines Bird and Lime in Mexico City

Contxto – I love Grin. Not just in terms of product but also execution. In fact, the startup is killing...

June 27, 2019