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3 science-based startups from Argentina each raise US$1.75 million
Contxto – Many of the investment rounds we cover here at Contxto involve a lot of the same…
Bossa Nova tags US$885,000 for new sports tech fund
Contxto – “I truly believe in the molding, values, and lessons you learn through sports regardless of whether…
Jüsto snags extra US$5M to scale grocery deliveries in Latin America
Contxto – Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, many households in Mexico bought their groceries online for the first…
Fintech a55 snags US$2M to scale lending solutions to SaaS businesses
Contxto – Five months later and once again fintech a55 raised funding. This week, the lending startup announced…
Vozy closes US$800K to scale voice AI services into Mexico and Peru
HyperNoir – Automated (dull) voice responses are becoming a thing of the past in customer service. With voice…
Pachama closes US$5M to build carbon neutral companies with AI
Contxto – Argentine sustainability startup Pachama is reeling in US$5 million to help more companies reduce their carbon…
Advent raises US$2 billion for seventh private equity fund for Latin America
Contxto – Last Tuesday (29) private equity firm Advent International announced it raised US$2 billion for its fund…
Used car platform Kavak hits US$1.15B valuation. First-ever unicorn from Mexico
Contxto – Used car platform Kavak announced it reached unicorn status yesterday (30). In an interview, the startup…
Alude offers a free real estate platform and it just raised US$3.3M with big-name VCs
Contxto – Get this: proptech Alude was launched in Brazil in 2019 and its team currently consists of…
AI startup Fligoo closes US$7.1 million to launch into Brazil
HyperNoir – Argentine-founded, San Fran-based, Fligoo is headed to Brazil to scale operations. The AI and big data…
Mobility startups in Colombia are pushing for more electric vehicles
Contxto – Mobility is one of the biggest challenges within the Latin American region. Before the Covid-19 outbreak,…
FreteBras raises US$17M to make freight more eco-friendly
Contxto – FreteBras recently snagged funds to lighten the load freight puts on our environment. The Brazilian startup…
Cerby closes US$3.5 million to get cybersecurity onto shady Shadow IT
Contxto – As amazing as working from home and digital accounts are, together, they represent a major risk…
VTEX raises US$225M to become unicorn and speed up global scaling
Contxto – The second unicorn to emerge amidst the pandemic is here. Today (28), VTEX announced it raised…
Brazilian startups in Silicon Valley close US$2 million plus in funding over 2 years
Contxto – Brazil’s ecosystem is growing—and that’s not necessarily within its borders. Brazilian entrepreneurs and venture capital (VC)…
