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…
Logistics startup, Liftit, raises US$12M Series A
Liftit has just raised US$12M from undisclosed investors in its most significant funding round to date. The Colombian…
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…
Colombian startup Mambot wins IBM’s BlueCode 2018
Mambot is a Colombian startup that has developed an intelligent Virtual Assistant to improve communication for people with…
Datagran raises US$2.3M from international investors
Datagran combines machine learning with human creativity to build a more automated marketing process. The Colombian startup, which…
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…
Private investment firm Ardian opens first LatAm office in Chile
In a press release published on LAVCA, Ardian, a private investment firm with over US$71B in assets worldwide,…