Canal-AR NXTP Labs' AgTech Acceleration Program for 2017 has begun. After receiving more than 130 applications from various innovators in Latin America, the accelerator selected the first 15 startups from Argentina, Uruguay, Peru and Colombia.
Start-Up Chile The S Factory, a program for female founders, will have a new generation of global entrepreneurs. Each will receive $15K USD and go through a pre-acceleration process of 4 months to prototype their idea.
Miami Herald Cargo42, a B2B marketplace for the trucking industry leveraging the sharing economy, is the Challenge Champion and the People’s Pick in the Miami Herald Business Plan Challenge.
Start-Up Chile Recorrido.cl is a platform to compare and buy bus tickets in Chile. The company has more than 30 bus companies affiliated to their web page and more than 7 million users.
TechCrunch Cornershop, a grocery-delivery app that operates in Chile and Mexico, raised $21 million in a financing round led by Accel for expansion and to get ahead of looming competitors like Instacart.
BNamericas The IFC has invested $3 million in Moni, a Buenos Aires-based FinTech platform, to expand its credit and bill payment products to underbanked consumers in Argentina.
Launchway Media With Argentina's startup culture booming steadily, we thought we'd compile a list of the leading Argentine tech startups in the market today.
VentureBeat If you’re interested in landing a job at a startup in Latin America or just learning more about how you can work remotely from Latin America, here’s a breakdown of each of these options as well as a list of the top tech hubs in Latin America to help you get started.
TechCrunch The fintech startup scene in Brazil is hot. There are now 244 fintechs in Brazil and the number of startups in the sector tripled in the last two years.
Americas Quarterly Long-term changes in Latin America are fueling a growing interest from investors. Investment funds looking south are drawn by high-quality startups, increased access to the internet, and the opportunity to offer solutions to established regional industries.
The Sociable Who would have thought that a virtual farm animal could cause such a stir in a children’s game that it would cause the kids’ app ratings to drop? It’s easy to overlook how a small difference between cultures can affect whether or not people from that country will like your product or service.Â
Silicon Valley Bank Agricultural production in Latin America will have to grow 80% by 2050 to meet an expected 35%+ population increase. Tech companies are inventing breakthrough solutions.
