Startups from Paraguay (beta)
HyperNoir – Startups in Paraguay are as interesting as this often ignored corner of the Latin American ecosystem…
YVY: The Brazilian Nespresso of cleaning products
Contxto– YVY is a startup from Brazil specialized in cleaning products that provide maximum efficiency with a minimum…
MAT: The newest competitor in the Colombian ride-hailing app saga
HyperNoir – Amidst a troubling year for ride-hailing apps in Colombia, MAT makes its appearance with an innovative,…
Watch out Nubank? Ank marks Itaú’s foray into fintech
Contxto – Itaú, Brazil’s second-largest bank, has ventured into the world of fintech with its launch of an…
Proptech Wiggot get US$800K to bring AI real estate to more of Mexico
Contxto – Guadalajara, Mexico-based real estate startup, Wiggot has closed a round of US$800,000 bridge financing. This story…
RobinFood all-in with data-driven food services after US$18M investment
Contxto – RobinFood, parent company of Colombian foodtech brand MUY, has landed US$18 million of debt financing from…
SoftBank’s Latin America fund will decide the future of fintech
Welcome to our new The Exclusive deep dive content about our Latin American ecosystem. We’re giving our registered…
SME financial platform Xepelin raises US$2.5 million seed round led by Ideas Impact VC
Contxto– On October 1, Xepelin, a Chilean financial platform created for SMEs to grow, raised a US$2.5 million…
Latin America launches united regional space agency, ALCE
Contxto – Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s Secretary of External Relations, has just announced that his country signed a landmark…
Healthtechs Yana and Live 4 Life join to expand employee wellbeing
Contxto – Collaborations have been an important step for expansion this year. Startup Yana has not been the…
Take Blip piggybacks on Whatsapp to US$100M investment
HyperNoir – Take Blip has taken the Latin American communications sector by storm. The startup just closed its…
2Morrow Sports receives a R$1.5 million investment, disrupting sports market
Contxto – Brazilian startup 2Morrow Sports has hit a home run, landing a R$1.5 million of financing from…
Rappi seeks to improve cash solutions and reconciliations with help from SafetyPay
HyperNoir – Just after wrapping up a funding round that exceeded US$300 million, the Colombian delivery unicorn, Rappi,…
What are the ground rules for competing after Covid?
Today’s Soapbox opinion was written by María José Contreras de Velasco, who is charged with promoting a culture…
Koibanx raises seed round with an eye set on Mexico
HyperNoir – Last Thursday (1), Koibanx announced it had closed a seed round for an undisclosed amount. For…
