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Contxto – With Latin America growing as an important axis for the entrepreneurship ecosystem, hardly a day goes by without a breaking news story about a regional startup funding round. And even more frequently, new unicorns in Latam. At Contxto, we’re always trying to showcase what’s going well in Latin America. With the same purpose, […]

Contxto – Whaddya get when you cross a fintech unicorn with a large e-commerce market? An international logistics company. Enter Leve Express, EBANX’s logistics arm. The parent company initially released Leve to connect Chinese vendors with Brazilian consumers in February of this year. But yesterday (20), EBANX announced its launch into the US market.  For […]

Contxto – Flexibility is a flavor investors always crave and they just sunk their teeth into a piece of cajú (that’s Portuguese for “cashew”). Yesterday (5) news broke that fintech Caju raised R$13 million (~US$2.5 million) in a seed round co-led by Canary and Valor Capital. Other participants include angel investors like Ariel Lambrecht (co-Founder […]

Contxto – Fintech EBANX launched operations in its ninth Latin American country, Uruguay, this week. Correspondingly, merchants there will now be able to process debit and credit cards through the startup’s system. EBANX was already handling payments in its native Brazil as well as Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico. EBANX and potential […]

Contxto –  São Paulo-based fintech Liber Capital knows there’s more to lending than what it’s current operations allow. Consequently, today (23) it announced it will buy a majority stake in fintech Adianta to dilute the risk when lending to businesses. As is, Liber Capital offers companies a lending platform for their accounts receivable departments. However, […]

Contxto – It’s no secret that marketplace giant Mercado Libre has been busy scaling its logistics operations and partaking in a large share of Latin America’s e-commerce. In the process, its fintech arm, Mercado Pago, has also been growing. Thus, multiple traditional banks have noticed and are taking cards in the matter.  They’ve recently come […]

Contxto — The private equity sector has been progressing rapidly in Brazil. With economic stability firmly established, dropping interest rates, and low country risk, the local market is already an attractive option for venture capital in Brazil. However, storm clouds gather ahead. Brazil was going through rough economic waters even before the Covid-crisis. We shan’t […]

Contxto – Chilean-Mexican Cornershop continues its expansion. Yesterday (7), the grocery delivery startup announced the official launch of operations in Dallas and Miami. This marks the first time the startup enters the United States. Add it all up and Cornershop can now be found in seven countries: Chile, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Canada, and the […]

Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows William Shakespeare  Contxto – There’s no denying that coronavirus (Covid-19) is making for unusual partnerships among startups in Latin America. Many of which under “normal circumstances” may not have taken place at all. The question is, will these matchups live on beyond the pandemic? Or are they just […]

Contxto – Even when you “grow up,” school is never really over. Especially if you’re in the healthcare sector. Docs, nurses, and other medical professionals need the latest updates to offer the best care possible. Just the same, medical students need reliable information to ace those tests and become the best professionals they can be. […]