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
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
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