With Brazil gripped by economic crisis and financial growth at an all-time low, numbers of Brazilians flying both nationally and internationally have significantly reduced in recent years. This drop in air travel and general lack of disposable income has created a demand for holiday discounts and bargains that Belo Horizonte-born entrepreneur Max Oliveira spotted early
Next week, Latin America’s leading Fintech event – Finnosummit – will return to Miami for its second edition, bringing together leading industry experts, investors, innovative startups, and financial institution executives. The conference – organised by Finnovista, in association with LAB Ventures – aims to provide an inclusive space for over 400 participants to explore Fintech potential
With the amount of geographic info available constantly increasing, data collection technology is developing at unprecedented rates. On a global scale, the Geographic Information System (GIS) market was valued $9,835.50 in 2017 and is predicted to grow by approximately 10% within the next five years. However, the team at AmigoCloud noticed that the use of
E-commerce giant Amazon is in talks with the Chilean government to house and mine huge quantities of star data generated by the country’s state-of-the-art telescopes. Reuters reported that the potential agreement could have benefits for both parties. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera is looking to reduce Chile’s economy on copper mining, of which it is the largest producer in
Taking the Brand India image worldwide, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is partnering with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNECLAC) to organise the eighth edition of its flagship event, the India-Latin America and
Last week, nearly 1,000 entrepreneurs, investors, and corporate and government representatives gathered together in Lima, Peru for the country’s largest entrepreneurial capital event, the Peru Venture Capital Conference. The annual event aims to bolster the country’s budding startup ecosystem by creating opportunities for its eager new generation of founders. Sitting among the crowd, the energy
With an average of 550,000 new businesses starting each month, raising your head above the crowd, and getting brand visibility in today’s crowded startup ecosystem is becoming a real challenge. After investing blood, sweat, tears and a shed load of capital in their projects, every startup out there wants to spread the world about their
The ecommerce foundation launched the Latin America ecommerce Report 2018 on September 6th which highlighted the continent’s position as one of the top regions in the world for ecommerce growth. One of the reasons behind this growth is both the increased population and the higher rate of internet penetration across the continent, with an average of 59
ESPACIO announces today the launch of LATAM.tech, an English-language news publication devoted to startups and innovation around Latin America. This will be the space where Latin American entrepreneurship and innovation can have their say. Although enthusiasm and optimism runs high among many of the ecosystems, the numbers still don’t match up on a global scale
Latam.tech introduces a new column today called Non-Starters: a dedication to terrible startup ideas that have no chance of getting off the ground. At a time when fake news has begun to dominate the headlines, Latam.tech has decided that if we can’t beat ‘em, we might as well join them. The result is ‘Non-Starters’, a