Last month Mendoza became the first Argentinean province to allow the presence of Uber as a transport service. The provincial senate voted in favour of adopting a new transport law (Ley de Movilidad), which for the first time grants ride-hailing apps in Argentina the right to operate under specific regulations. Those regulations will require Uber
Inoovi is the Brazilian crypto startup hoping their IVI tokens can link football fans and cryptocurrency. The startup identifies football fans as the effective ‘investors’ of the sport: buying merchandise, tickets to matches and in turn generating billions in sales per year, keeping the game alive. Similarly, cryptocurrency investors are what help sustain the digital
For a long time, Peru has been building momentum as a major startup hub in Latin America. From TechCrunch to The Next Web, Peru has been making headlines with its continued startup success. The countries most recent successes include the news that a Peruvian entrepreneur won a major innovation competition at MIT, in addition to the
Amazon’s smart virtual assistant Alexa is making its way to Mexico and is also learning Mexican Spanish along the way. It is the first Spanish-speaking country that will receive a localised voice that caters specifically for Mexican users, prior to the technology’s release in the country expected later this year. According to Amazon’s developer blog,
A new collaboration to offer debit card payment for music streaming platform Spotify Brazil has seen Brazilian fintech startup EBANX join forces with payment services company Worldline. Previously, the music streaming service’s premium subscription was limited to those in the country who had a credit card or used the boleto bancário. This is a traditional
The Peru Venture Capital Conference (PVCC), the country’s largest entrepreneurial capital event, will hold its second annual conference in September 11th, 2018 at Lima Convention Center. This year’s iteration is expected to attract more than 800 attendees, connecting all of the most important players involved in Peru’s up-and-coming startup ecosystem with local and international investors. Organized by BID
BrainHi is the lucky first Puerto Rican artificial intelligence startup that has just been chosen to be part of San Francisco-based accelerator YCombinator. Originally part of government-funded Puerto Rican accelerator Parallel18’s fourth generation of startups, the country’s native BrainHi works as a virtual receptionist for health service providers. The startup aims to provide a service
Technology entrepreneurs in Latin America are enjoying a financing bonanza. In 2017, investment in venture capital within the tech sector reached $1 billion, double the amount of 2016, according to data from the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA). This trend is set to continue as international and regional investors continue to
Bolivia wants to become the Saudi Arabia of lithium. The government, led by President Evo Morales, has shelled out almost $500 million over the past 10 years with the aim of developing an internationally competitive lithium industry and profiting from the country’s vast reserves of the metal – estimated at one quarter of all lithium supplies
Founded in 2014, Bolivia Tech Hub is an early stage incubator that serves as one of La Paz’s only support systems for the city’s tech community, helping entrepreneurs to learn, develop and collaborate on new projects. From her temporary base at this year’s LatAm Internet Governance Forum in Argentina, Pamela Gonzales, co-founder of the Tech