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Ayenda raises US$1.2 million to modernize hotels, SoftBank joins round

Contxto – Colombia’s premier digital hotel chain, Ayenda, recently raised US$1.2 million in a seed round led by SoftBank beside...

March 13, 2019

Delivery drivers face off Rappi and Glovo, launch their own app

Contxto – In a bid for autonomy and labor rights, delivery drivers from Rappi and Glovo in Córdoba, Argentina have...

March 12, 2019

Brazilian audio startup Ubook prepares for IPO in Toronto

Contxto – Brazilian audiobooks company, Ubook, is preparing an IPO in the Toronto Stock Exchange. They hope to raise between US$8...

March 2, 2019

Jeff Bezos and other funds to invest US$30 million in Chilean mayonnaise startup

Contxto – The Not Company is making headlines again. What’s different this time? Well, last time we covered them, Jeff...

March 1, 2019

Uruguayan startup, Kezmo, combines Slack and Trello all in one

Contxto – I like to consider myself to be the Mexican equivalent of Marie Kondo. That’s to say, I’m kind...

February 28, 2019

Amazon to meet the Amazon, starts selling directly to Brazilian consumers

Contxto – Well, it was about time. Seattle’s e-commerce giant, Amazon, is finally stepping up its Latin American game. Last...

February 12, 2019

Latin America’s promising future for proptech

Contxto – Latin America has witnessed very interesting trends in the real estate industry over the past few years. Institutional...

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

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