Featured South America Startups

In conversation with Bot M.D: the AI healthcare startup supporting doctors in emerging LatAm markets

By Sophie Foggin September 17, 2018

In a world where time has never been more valuable, AI clinical assistant Bot M.D. is on a mission...

Featured South America

Robotex lands in Medellín with hope of kickstarting Colombian tech industry

By Alex Papas September 17, 2018

This weekend the globally-renowned robotics competition, Robotex, landed in Medellín, giving the...

South America Startups

Street Crime 2.0: New Apps to help you feel safer in Latin America

By Valentina Cullmann September 15, 2018

Residents, tourists, taxi drivers, or just in town for a business meeting, Google Maps or Waze...

Rappi Colombia Unicorn
South America Startups

Rappi delivers on early promise by becoming Colombia’s first unicorn

By Sophie Foggin September 12, 2018

Colombian-born Rappi has just become the most recent member of the exclusive club of Latin American...

Grin Scooter Startup Mexico City
Featured Mexico Startups

Grinners are winners: Mexican scooter startup Grin makes users “the owners of their own space”

By Sophie Foggin September 10, 2018

Grin is the mobility startup that has Mexico City's dwellers scooting about the city with an...

South America

Despegar falls victim to mass investor selloff, as real and peso continue decline

By Alex Papas September 10, 2018

Despegar, Latin America's largest online travel agency, recently fell victim to this year's global...

Featured South America

Argentina’s Trimaker expanding to Europe in the aim of taking 3D printing to the next dimension

By Arjun Harindranath September 6, 2018

Argentine 3D printer manufacturers Trimaker will be trying their luck in Europe as fortunes turn...

South America

Is Bogotá banking big on blockchain?

By Arjun Harindranath September 4, 2018

Gone are the days when cryptocurrency and blockchain were associated with drug dealers. Colombia is...

Christine Chang Startupbootcamp Mexico City
Featured Fintech Mexico Startups

“Innovation comes out of real need” : Startupbootcamp’s Christine Chang on Latin America’s fintech startups

By Sophie Foggin September 4, 2018

Christine Chang is the programme director at the innovation programme Startupbootcamp Scale FinTech...

Itau Paypal Brazil Partnership
South America

Brazilian bank Itaú Unibanco joins forces with PayPal to make online payments easier

By Sophie Foggin September 1, 2018

Officials at online payment service PayPal announced this week that they will be teaming up with...