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Plasticoin, the cryptocurrency that wants to clean up Uruguay’s coast

Contxto – Two entrepreneurs want to clean up beaches using crypto. As a result, they’ve joined forces with the Uruguayan...

January 24, 2020

Woot P-400T! First Mexican designed and built military aircraft boosts poor southern state

Contxto – Mexico has just witnessed the creation of a purely Mexican-manufactured military-grade airplane—the Pegasus P-400T V3. This means that...

January 23, 2020

Fintech C6 hits milestone and makes incoming product announcement

Contxto – Another Brazilian fintech to reach a significant benchmark in customer growth is C6. The startup from São Paulo...

January 23, 2020

Brazilian OmniChat raises investment to expand communication API

Contxto – Brazilian communication startup OmniChat announced this week that it’s raised a seed investment. While the exact amount wasn’t...

January 23, 2020

Top 13 podcasts every Latin American entrepreneur should listen to [2020]

Contxto – When we talk about entrepreneurship, we know that time is often a scarce asset. We also know that...

January 23, 2020

Latam’s startup ecosystem. How we got here and what’s to come, according to Polymath Ventures

Contxto – Last year, 11 startups from Latin America hit the US$1 billion valuation mark. And steadily, international venture capital...

January 22, 2020

At last! Devopsdays is coming to Guadalajara, Mexico

Contxto – Admirers of DevOps that live in Guadalajara (or the surrounding areas) are in for a real treat next...

January 22, 2020

It’s official: fintech Nubank has 20 million customers

Contxto – For Brazilian fintech Nubank, January 20, 2020 will be a date to remember. As that’s the day it...

January 22, 2020

Colombian fintech, Alegra, crowdsources ~US$75,000 through stock exchange half-way house 

Contxto – Stop your timers! We have a winner. It has been barely just 58 days from the November 20...

January 22, 2020

Maria Teresa Arnal leaves Google Mexico to join Stripe

Contxto – Goodbye Google, hello Stripe! Venezuelan executive María Teresa “Mariate” Arnal is leaving her role as Managing Director at...

January 22, 2020