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Big funds for Brazilian renewable energy maverick Delfos

Contxto – Brazilian tech firm Delfos recently raised over 1.5 million reais (around US$400 thousand) following first-round investments from EDP...

February 11, 2019

GoPro to move operations to Mexico due to increasing US-China trade tensions

Contxto – GoPro’s stock price ticked up after the company’s latest earnings report. Apart from revealing its first profitable quarter...

February 10, 2019

Agibank considers IPO in NYC, once again

Contxto – Brazilian tech companies continue to push the envelope as Agibank probes an initial public offering (IPO) in New...

February 8, 2019

Rappi acquires booming Mexican startup Payit

Contxto – Big moves mean big purchases, best exemplified by Colombian last-mile delivery startup Rappi. The thriving company recently bought...

February 7, 2019

Chile rejects Amazon’s Alexa due to name complications

Contxto – It looks like Amazon isn’t undefeatable after all. In an attempt to register its virtual assistant “Alexa” in...

February 7, 2019

Colombian government declares moto-taxi startup Picap illegal, founders push back

Contxto – Picap, the Colombian moto-taxi app, finds itself in hot water after Colombia’s Ministry of Transport declared it to...

February 7, 2019

Crehana raises US$4.5 million to accelerate growth in Latin America

Contxto – Peruvian online education startup Crehana recently raised US$4.5 million to continue transforming creative and digital industries in Latin...

February 6, 2019

Adianta lands US$2.18 million round led by DGF Investimentos

Contxto – Latin American investors rejoice as Adianta becomes the latest Brazilian startup set to receive a hefty investment of...

February 5, 2019

Brazilian Gympass to receive US$190 million investment from SoftBank

Contxto – Good things are in store for Gympass, Brazil’s potentially newest unicorn. Following the recent news of SoftBank expansion...

February 4, 2019

Colombian logistics startup, Liftit, raises US$14.3 million from monashees and the IFC

We show results, not projections. Ángel Celis, Liftit Co-founder Contxto – The Colombian delivery platform, Liftit, raised a US$14.3 million...

February 2, 2019