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Brazilian retailer, Via Varejo, acquires fintech Airfox

Contxto – More often than not, it’s banks that buy out fintechs. But this time around it’s a little different....

May 25, 2020

VTEX makes acquisitions to add logistics and AI services to e-commerce platform

Contxto – Certainly startups in e-commerce are among the big winners of the coronavirus pandemic. Reliance on digital means to...

May 21, 2020

Acqui-hiring: Latin American companies’ best digital strategy for the Covid era

Today we had our Morning Coffee with Dario Palacio Isaza, CEO and Founder of SINDYK. Contxto – Digital acceleration already...

May 21, 2020

8-figure acquisition of architecture platform, ArchDaily, explains how (and what) new media is kicking ass

Contxto – It’s not which fish is bigger, it’s which one has the bigger appetite. The latest international acquisition of...

May 6, 2020

Squid buys Duopana to enter new frontier in influencer marketing

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Influencers (apparently) need their space. But not to distance themselves from their followers. Au contraire,...

April 27, 2020

Trust busted! Mexico’s anti-monopoly body fines WeWork and SoftBank US$138,000

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Like a crummy telenovela, Cofece—Mexico’s anti-trust institution—walked in to find that San Francisco-based, WeWork, and...

April 27, 2020

Colombian fintech Avista tenders to an oft-ignored market after aqui-hire of IdeasLab

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Colombian fintech Avista has been busy lately. First, it raised a debt financing round for...

April 22, 2020

Cybersecurity startup, Auth0, is bulking up digital defenses with latest acquisition

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – It’s always worth paying close attention to what a startup’s acquisition is, as it usually...

April 16, 2020

Despegar lays off 400, Best Day acquisition called into question

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – As you read this, trips around the world are being canceled, flights are grounded, and...

April 14, 2020

Canadian Constellation continues expansion into Brazil, acquires Kurier

[wd_hustle id=”InArticleOptin” type=”embedded”/] Contxto – Vela Software—which belongs to Canadian Constellation Software—is buying its way into the legal market of...

April 13, 2020