Sophie Foggin

Sophie Foggin
Brazil Foodtech Startups

Brazilian startup Apptite connects local chefs with neighbouring customers through healthy homemade food

Apptite is the Brazilian startup aiming to take the everyday stress of preparing meals out of an average week. The app aims to connect

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Brazil Startups

Brazil’s AppProva leads “teaching evolution” using digital assessments for school children

Recently named one of 2018’s top 35 entrepreneurs for the Spanish MIT Technology Review, Brazilian-born Matheus Goyas is the brains behind AppProva, the

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Accelerators Interviews South America

“We want more women to become digital leaders,” says founder and CEO of Chicas Poderosas

Among other factors, years of male-orientated marketing surrounding the tech industry have meant that female employees are often few and far between in

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Ecosystem Events Peru South America Startups

LatAm’s biggest players in innovation, entrepreneurship and investment to meet at Seedstars regional summit

The Seedstars Latin America regional summit begins today, December 4, in Lima, Peru. Having been scouted out by the Seedstars Team, the 12 chosen

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Accelerators Brazil Ecosystem Headline Incubators Startups

Innovation in Lusophone Africa: Could Brazil provide the boost it needs?

Although they speak the same language as innovation giants Brazil and Portugal, the entrepreneurs of former Portuguese colonies have long since struggled to

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Colombia Startups

#KnittingACountry: The startup selling knitted boots whilst making a social impact

At the age of 24, Linda Castro was diagnosed with an autoimmune genetic disorder called Graves’ disease whilst studying gastronomy at university. Aside

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Brazil Mexico Startups

Amidst controversy, Bird electric scooters break into Latin America

Electric scooter startup Bird has announced its expansion to the continent of Latin America. Launched in the US in 2017, the company has

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Colombia Ecosystem Events

Colombian entrepreneurs set to meet their match at this year’s Unbound Miami Innovation Festival

Colombia’s most successful tech entrepreneurs will meet next week in Miami for the fifth annual Business Matchmaking Forum, taking place from 30-31 October.

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Brazil Society and Tech

Space tech: Could Brazil become the new industry epicentre?

Valued at US $360 billion this year and expected to grow to $558 billion by 2019, the global space tech industry is becoming

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Argentina Startups

Internet access for the blind: Linguoo on a mission to make the web a more inclusive virtual space

Having existed for almost 30 years, the internet has become a tool that most users tend to take for granted. However, what would

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