Argentine fintech Pomelo raises $9M to build a payments infrastructure in Latam
LatamList – Pomelo is a Buenos Aires-based startup that after just three months of existence raised an impressive…
Pierpaolo Barbieri: We’re going to lose money for 5 or 7 years, but we’re in this for the long-run
LatAm List (La Voz) – Pierpaolo Barbieri is 32 years old and is a historian. About two years…
Amazon to invest $800M in data centre in Argentina
LatAm List – Seattle-based tech giant Amazon is preparing to invest $800M in a 10-year project in Argentina.…
SoftBank appoints new Managing Partner for LatAm fund
LatAm List – Japanese tech giant SoftBank will open an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by Andy…
Argentine startup Satellogic expands to Europe
LatAm List – Satellogic, an Argentine geo-spatial tech startup that specializes in nanosatellites, recently presented its services to…
New legislation accelerates e-scooter expansion in Buenos Aires
LatAm List – Last week, a bill was passed to regulate e-scooter traffic and rentals in Buenos Aires,…
MercadoLibre acquires machine learning startup Machinalis to improve recommendations
LatAm List – When you go on to MercadoLibre to try to buy a drill, you will immediately…
Buenos Aires chosen for Google environmental initiative
Google recently launched the Environmental Insights Explorer, an environmental initiative to measure the carbon emissions of a city from all…
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…
Agtech accelerator, Yield Lab, creates LatAm program in Buenos Aires
There are over 260 active agtech startups across Latin America, from Argentina to Mexico. After Argentina declared that…