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Leal takes home first prize at Colombia Startup & Investor Summit 2017

Startup, Leal, a loyalty program that allows businesses to identify, retain and reward their best customers, was crowned champion at the fifth Colombia Startup & Investor Summit last week.

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Fintech

Google selects 8 LatAm fintech startups for new accelerator program

Google has hand selected 8 startups from Latin America to be part of its new Campus Latam Exchange Founders program.

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Startups Uncategorized

Facebook’s first innovation center opens in Brazil

On October 2, Facebook launched its first-ever global innovation center — and chose the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil as its home.

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Uncategorized

LatAm entrepreneurs enjoy outstanding regional mobility

Latin American entrepreneurs are enjoying new freedom to network in the region following certain key developments which have facilitated mobility in neighboring areas and overseas.

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South America

Loyalty programs drive Brazilian business revenues

According to the Brazilian Association of Companies in the Loyalty Market (ABEMF), registrations into Brazilian loyalty programs reached 89.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2016, showing a 17% increase in comparison with the same period of the prior year. The study was conducted on Brazil’s top six loyalty program companies: Dotz, Grupo LTM, Multiplus,

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South America Startups

Young entrepreneurship prodigy shares wins and fails

To become a booming tech hub, a city needs figures that inspire and shape their surrounding entrepreneurial ecosystem, growing along with it. Medellin, one of the top-growing epicenters of business disruption in Latin America, is no exception. One of such personalities is Carlos Alvarez, a young Colombian entrepreneur with a passion for global business. Only

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E-Commerce South America

Thanks to Tienda Nube, the future of Latin American ecommerce looks bright

Tienda Nube, an Argentinian startup, has raised US $7 million to make it easier for small and medium-sized companies to participate in e-commerce opportunities in Latin America.

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South America

Peru invests in promoting innovative tech for natural resource dependency

The Peruvian Ministry of Production announces the start of the Reto Bio, a program that will look to make the most of the country’s natural resources and promote innovative projects and businesses through technological and commercial development.

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South America Startups

Agrotech startup seeds are being planted in Brazil

As the world’s second largest food exporter following the US, Brazil has begun relying on agrotech startups and innovation to create smarter and efficient farming to keep up with the rising demands.  

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Startups

Paraguayan Keapo turns online shopping into a social activity

Established in 2012, Keapo is a Paraguayan app that seeks to revolutionize online buying and selling over the internet by integrating the powers of social media platforms –  like Facebook and Twitter. It connects users through their interests, by grouping sellers and buyers. Since its introduction, the app has gained a ton of praise from

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