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Edtech Ubits raises funds to bet on employee education, Stanford co-invests

Contxto – Investing in education seems like a promising bet for venture capital (VC) funds as of late. But can...

August 4, 2020

0% human interaction; MUY opens its first contactless restaurant in Colombia

Contxto – Colombian MUY is taking the next step in bringing technology to the food and beverage industry. Last Wednesday,...

August 3, 2020

Delivery startup, iVoy, experiences data breach, over 127,000 accounts exposed

Contxto – What a week it must have been over at Mexican logistics startup, iVoy. When your users’ data has...

August 3, 2020

Cornershop forges partnership with Emptor to automate background checks

Contxto – As Chilean-Mexican Cornershop looks to scale throughout Latin America, it needs help carrying out background checks for its...

August 3, 2020

How Latam startups are saving local corner shops

Contxto – No neighborhood in Latin America is complete without at least one corner store. Or tienditas, as we call...

July 31, 2020

ImagineX enters Upward accelerator, raises US$300,000

Contxto – Upward hosts an accelerator program to promote agetechs and proptechs that are innovating our way of living and...

July 31, 2020

David and Goliath, how this YC startup is taking on Rappi

Contxto – “Don’t do it,” acquaintances told Justo founders, Rodrigo Segal and Nicolás López, when they said they wanted to...

July 31, 2020

Why EBANX sees big potential in its payment processing service in Uruguay

Contxto – Fintech EBANX launched operations in its ninth Latin American country, Uruguay, this week. Correspondingly, merchants there will now...

July 31, 2020

Edtech Classpert closes US$965,000 looking to boost content before Covid bonanza ends

Contxto – Even prior to the coronavirus outbreak, Iporanga Ventures had seen potential in edtech Classpert and its online content....

July 31, 2020

Insurtech ARCA closes US$1.2M seed round with Magma and LEAP

Contxto – In Mexico, insurance is viewed as costly and filled with confusing jargon. So the natural thing people do...

July 30, 2020