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Argentine legaltech Kleros believes the future of legal disputes rests online

Contxto – Maybe this is just my hypothesis, but no sector seems immune to the blockchain revolution. The judiciary is...

November 26, 2019

Revitalizing the Peruvian mining industry through startups in Latin America

Contxto – Mining companies Buenaventura, Gold Fields, and Nexa, alongside the National Society of Mining, Oil and Energy (SNMPE) have...

November 25, 2019

Peruvian agrotech Agros takes home the gold in MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge

Contxto – A Latin American startup was among the four global winners at MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge on November 23....

November 25, 2019

As Bitcoin celebrates its 10th birthday in Argentina, lawmakers begin cryptocurrency regulation debate

Contxto – With economic uncertainly all around, now even the Argentine Senate is considering to regulate cryptocurrency as a judicious...

November 25, 2019

Argentine fintech Ualá raises US$150 million in Series C led by Tencent and SoftBank

Contxto – Proceeding its recent mobile app launch, earlier today the Argentine fintech Ualá announced that it has raised US$150...

November 25, 2019

Brazilian tax breaks for startups in the works… hopefully

Contxto – The Brazilian government wants to beef up its startup ecosystem. The proverbial old-school, best-practice handbook dictates that this...

November 25, 2019

Fraud Alert: Music fans and investors still in the dark over Weeshing scandal

Contxto – While anti-austerity protests continue to rock Chile, one startup by the name of Weeshing may have started to...

November 25, 2019

SoftBank leads US$140 million round in VTEX to fulfill global expansion goal

Contxto – “All your customer experiences. A unified commerce platform”. This is the claim headlining VTEX’s product description page. The...

November 25, 2019

Colombian startup Finaktiva snags US$9 million for credit solution

Contxto – Colombian online loaner Finaktiva recently wrapped up a Series A round for US$9 million through debt and equity....

November 23, 2019

Startup hub “Chilecon Valley” shows major potential

Contxto – Most innovative country, most sophisticated banking industry, a leader in technological development. They do say some nice things...

November 23, 2019