Governments can often be criticized for being slow in the innovation game, but it cannot be refuted that once a government agency is behind the push – it tends to create a waterfall effect where…
Latin America is made up of 650 million inhabitants but the region has been slowly gaining pace to becoming a tech hub of the future. According to the latest study by EY, countries such as…
SEA challenging MercadoLibre’s dominance in Latin America Details: The market for e-commerce is growing in Latin America SEA might look to capitalize on its mobile game Free Fire, through its subsidiary Garena to drive more…
Shopee makes its move into Latin America Details: Shopee is one of the largest e-commerce platforms in Southeast Asia The company launched a pilot initiative in 2019 in Brazil, but is now expanding The company…
Fernando Hurtado de Mendoza is a partner at Kennedys Law in Lima, Peru. He is qualified as a lawyer in Peru before the Lima Bar Association (2005) and as an arbitrator before the Lima Chamber…
Softbank to pour in US$1 billion into Latin American Tech Companies Details: Softbank is a Japanese conglomerate with a fund of US$ 5 billion The company has already invested $ 2.3 billion in companies like…
Shopee moves into the Mexican market, after Brazil Details: Shopee just opened its Brazil office after running a pilot program in the country Company has now expanded to Mexico Shopee will offer free shipping throughout…
Malaysian Venture Capital Firm acquires Chile-based Yapo.cl Details: Frontier Digital Ventures acquired Chile-based Yapo for approximately US$19.5 million. Yapo.cl, founded in 2011 has up to 8 million users monthly Frontier will capitalize on the growing…
Ignacio Tornero (founder and CEO) and Emilia Chen (Partner and China Director) of East Consulting share their motivations for establishing the cross-border consultancy looking to support companies working between Asia and Latin America, their insights…
Aik Lam Khor, Head of Innovation Advisory at IPI Singapore, an innovation-focused subsidiary of the country’s enterprise development government agency, Enterprise Singapore, reflects on his career and some key highlights and learnings from his time…
TechLATAMAsia is a bilingual platform focusing on bridging the gap between Latin America and Asia in the tech space. Our aim is to provide insights into these two tremendously dynamic and exciting emerging market regions...
Uruguayuan entrepreneur and Chipsafer founder and CEO Victoria Alonsoperez reveals how she developed the start-up’s flagship livestock tracking device, which is cost-effective, rechargeable and non-invasive; the rationale behind the decision to relocate their HQ to…
Startups in Bogota attracted up to US$650 million worth of investments in 2020 Details: Startups based in Bogota attracted up to US$650 million worth of investments in 2020 Main beneficiaries were startups in Edtech, Healthtech…
The Live Green Co Launches Plant-Based Ice Cream Details: The Live Green Co, is a two year old Chilean startup launched by Priyanka Srinivas The company was part of Start-Up Chile‘s program The company retails…
Quick Summary High demand for tech startups in the country 6th largest economy in Latin America and the Caribbean One of the fastest-growing startup scenes in Latin America according to TechCrunch Lots of opportunities to…
Exclusive interview with Roberto Musso, founder and president of Digevo Group, a Chilean digital start-up group, about the successful development of his company over the past 26 years, the real meaning of the concept of…
Ronald José Iriarte Suárez, chief international officer at Bolivian clean energy and ecomobility startup MOBI, shares his passion for clean energy, his experience working in South Korea, and his advice to entrepreneurs and start-ups looking…
The venture capital ecosystem in Chile is on the rise with various successful exits over the last couple of years driving the appetite for more investment and interest from the the public and private sector….
The venture capital ecosystem in Peru is still relatively nascent, but advances has been made over the past years as the country moves towards innovating. In 2020, the country’s startups received up to USD 46…
Exclusive interview with PengYi Labs founder and CEO Rob Moya, originally from Costa Rica, who shares how his love for Asia developed, why he chose Singapore as the new headquarters for his software design and…
Marcos Vinicio Vargas, founder and CEO of Costa Rican AI healthcare company, Ainnova Tech, gives us an insight into the entrepreneurship scene in Costa Rica as part of our Perspectives series. Marcos has been an…
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