Increase raises US$3M from new investors
Argentine startup, Increase, made headlines in April 2018 when they won Google Demo Day in San Francisco. The…
Amazon opens first customer service center in Bogotá
Amazon has slowly been making inroads in Latin America, starting with delivery centers in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, and…
Amazon to launch Alexa and Echo in Mexico
The Seattle-based e-commerce giant recently revealed that its voice-controlled virtual assistant, Alexa, would soon launch for the Mexican…
Argentina launches digital literacy classes in 15 community centers
The program is called “Soy Digital,” and its mission is to teach digital literacy to one thousand young…
Chilean foodtech NotCo receives US$3M investment
Chile is the third-largest market in the world for mayonnaise – with a population of just 17 million…
Viajala opens Santiago office and goes after US market
Viajala, Latin America’s largest metasearch company, owes some of its success to the Start-Up Chile program that gave…
Parallel 18 announces its fifth generation of startups
Since Sebastian Vidal helped found Parallel 18 in 2016, the Puerto Rican accelerator has supported 120 startups for…
Rappi expands to Chile and plans next move in Central America
Rappi was the first startup in Latin America to receive investment from Andreesen Horowitz in 2016. The Colombian…
Socialab partners with Ruta N and Comfama to support entrepreneurship in Medellin
Socialab is a Chilean innovation platform that brings together creative “changemakers” to solve global problems. With offices in…
Chilean SaaS startup Nubox to acquire Argentine competitor Colppy
Nubox is Latin America’s leading provider of Small Business Accounting Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), with more than 60,000 businesses using…