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Two years after the launch of the Latin America Fund I, Softbank Group Corp. has announced $3 billion more for the Latin America Fund II. This adds up to a total of $8 billion that the Japanese investing conglomerate has committed to the region. Since the creation of the LatAm Fund I in 2019, Softbank […]

Contxto -The emerging luxury hospitality startup, Casai, has received a round worth US$48 million, becoming the largest Series A raised by a Mexican company and one of the largest in Latin America. That funding will be divided into US$23 million in equity funding while US$25 million will be in debt financing from Andreessen Horowitz, a […]

Contxto – Startups in Paraguay are as interesting as this often ignored corner of the Latin American ecosystem is. Yet, there is a common trend to be seen as in the rest of the region. It was one we detected almost exactly a year ago when we wrote a market map of fintech startups in […]

Contxto – Booking a private ride over the 99 app in Brazil will now be as simple as sending a WhatsApp message. This is following an iconic partnership between the two companies.  The new 99 feature won’t even require the transportation app to be downloaded on a device. This will allow patrons to save storage […]

Contxto – Every year, over 462,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer across the Americas. Of these, nearly 100,000 will die. These grim numbers seem to leave little room for hope, but luckily Latin America has a host of breast cancer startups looking to stop the disease in its tracks.  So, to mark Breast Cancer […]

Contxto – What started in June as a SoftBank-led investment round for Cortex has resulted in the Brazilian “growth intelligence company” acquiring the most Big Data and AI funding in Latin America’s history with R$170 million (over US$30 million), according to the company’s website. Also read: Cortex lands R$120 million in SoftBank-led round to boost […]

Contxto – Some might think that the story of fintech in Latin America is that of an underdog: A rebellious bunch of disruptors playing by their own rules and trying to conquer a game as old as time. However, the most recent strategy adopted by challenger banks doesn’t portray them as dissidents – in fact, […]

Contxto – Last Tuesday (29) private equity firm Advent International announced it raised US$2 billion for its fund for Latin America. A familiar name in the region, Advent has been investing in companies from the region since 1996.  Correspondingly, this is the seventh fund Advent raises for the region. “We continue to see compelling investment […]

Our ecosystem is on the move and so are our Market Maps. Don’t get caught off guard and sign up for this, and even more, content moving to our upcoming premium platform, New Money: powered by Typeform Contxto – The concept behind what logistics startups in Mexico do may seem easy to glean at first. […]

Welcome to our new The Exclusive deep dive content about our Latin American ecosystem. We’re giving our registered newsletter users a sneak-peek of these soon-to-be paid for articles. powered by Typeform Contxto – Covid-19 crippled an entire industry in a way no Trump tweet or Kylie Jenner Insta-story could’ve ever done. There are now two […]