If you ever had a dream of taking your business to the shores of South America, Puerto Rico-based accelerator Parallel 18 is looking for international startups with a vision to expand its business to the United States and Latin America. Applications for Parallel 18’s (P18) sixth generation are open until October 15th. The Puerto Rico-based accelerator is
Colombia Startup 2018 is now underway having announced the final eighteen startups for their summit this November. The finalists were chosen from 300 startups that applied and will be offered the chance to present their innovative ideas before investors in the hope of scaling them to new heights. The startups run through the gamut of
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
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
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
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