Based in Bogotá, Polymath Ventures builds companies from scratch that caters to the middle class in emerging markets. LATAM.tech talks to founder Wenyi Cai about building a company that builds companies. Latin America has challenges almost as numerous as it does salsa bars. With much of the continent still very much reliant on a parallel
Latin America will be at the forefront of fintech next year with Peru and Colombia tipped to host the first continental editions of one of the world’s most revered financial sector conferences. Finnovating will bring their global event Unconference to Latin America for the first time following strong interest from startups and banks alike. The
Recently voted the 4th most attractive Brazilian startup to work for by LinkedIn, Docket is the online platform that allows for fast and affordable document registrations. As a business, its three main aims are to facilitate finding, managing and analysing documents. Having received acceleration from Google Launchpad, the three-person team that started out in 2016
Is the belief that professional and personal lives should be kept separate outdated? Startups across Latin America are working to prove so. For years, research has suggested that employees who did not establish a clear boundary between their work and home lives were less likely to be able to relax and switch off in their
In this series we look to the graduates of Founder Institute’s Bogota program. Among the many accelerator programs in Colombia, Founder Institute Bogotá was originally brought to the country by Alan Colmenares in 2009. The program is back after a five year hiatus, under new director Mads Schmidt Peterson. “I am proud to present the
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