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Ayenda sees recovery in hotel bookings as lockdowns relax in Colombia

Contxto – When hospitality startup Ayenda Hoteles closed US$8.7 million last October, it never imagined (nor did we) just how...

September 25, 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

Awake raises US$500K, travel industry isn’t dead for investors

Contxto – Who says travel startups are taboo for venture capitalists (VC) right now? Not Colombian Awake Travel, who recently...

July 29, 2020

Loft to raise US$68 million investment vehicle to shop for properties in Brazil

Contxto – Loft wants to buy more real estate in Brazil but needs the money to do so. As a...

July 28, 2020

Meet the 12 startups that will participate in Finance Forward Latin America 2020 Accelerator

Contxto – Today (23), Village Capital, alongside PayPal and the MetLife Foundation, announced the next group of fintech startups that...

July 23, 2020

To save its personal trainers, Gympass launches virtual services in Mexico

Contxto – In many places, gym doors remain closed. But startup Gympass is finding more ways to expand its virtual...

July 21, 2020

3 startups bringing tech to the “new normal” in Latin America

Contxto – As the world steadily enters the new normal, the use of technology will only increase. Because we must...

July 21, 2020

Hugo pilots drone deliveries and launches delivery-only grocery store

Contxto – Salvadoran Hugo has been very busy throughout 2020. Last we wrote about the delivery startup, it closed its...

July 15, 2020

CASPR Biotech raises US$150,000 in financing with IDB Lab

Contxto – IDB Lab—the innovation arm of the Inter-American Development Bank—recently announced that it would finance Argentine biotech CASPR with...

July 13, 2020

Zippedi revamps robots to fight Covid in retailers

Contxto – Chilean Zippedi’s robots just got more tricked out. The startup recently added new features to its retail bots...

July 4, 2020