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Silicon Valley’s Twilio buys Brazilian startup, Teravoz

Contxto – This week, Brazilian startup Teravoz announced it’s been acquired by Silicon Valley-based Twilio. While it’s unknown how much...

January 15, 2020

Pachama snags investment to support reforestation efforts

Contxto – Not too long ago, global headlines grieved the burning of the  Amazon rain forest. A few months later...

January 15, 2020

The Economist wants you at Finance Disrupted LATAM to plot the fintech revolution

Contxto – Full disclosure: I love The Economist. When I need crisp and intelligent analysis on what’s going on in...

January 15, 2020

Mexico’s Bitso foresees exponential crypto-remittance growth from 2.5 to 20% of total transactions this year

Contxto – It was just a matter of time, but that doesn’t make it any less impressive. Just under two...

January 15, 2020

Sports streaming startup Fanatiz raises US$10 million

Contxto – Chilean-founded Fanatiz scored a major goal following its recent Series A for US$10 million. Miami’s 777 Partners made...

January 14, 2020

Brazil’s Esallabs brings innovation to… floriculture?

Contxto – There’s no industry or consumer good that isn’t transformed by technology, as one company from Curitiba has come...

January 14, 2020

Three tourism startups walk into a global competition… Klustera, Rutopía, HackPacking emerge finalists

Contxto – Unbeknownst to most, over the past three months, tourism startups from all over the world have been duking...

January 14, 2020

Startup ContratistaVisible combats corruption with platform in Panama

Contxto – Latin America’s public sector is in dire need of a serious touch of technology for more transparency. And...

January 14, 2020

Latin Leap offers scaleups from Asia a leg up in Latin America

Contxto – We often talk about accelerators and venture capital (VC) firms that help startups from Latin America soft-land in...

January 14, 2020

Mexican fintech, Resuelve tu Deuda, resolves to expand after ~US$24 million round

Contxto – Mexican fintech Resuelve Tu Deuda has raised a round worth $453 million pesos (approximately US$24 million) consisting of...

January 13, 2020