Apptite is the Brazilian startup aiming to take the everyday stress of preparing meals out of an average week. The app aims to connect local chefs with hungry customers looking for healthy, home-cooked food from Monday to Friday. The idea behind the service came about as a result of a local chef who had her own
Recently named one of 2018’s top 35 entrepreneurs for the Spanish MIT Technology Review, Brazilian-born Matheus Goyas is the brains behind AppProva, the application designed to improve students’ chances of achieving success in their exams at school. Since co-founding the app in 2012, Goyas has played an important role in the digital transition of Brazilian
Although they speak the same language as innovation giants Brazil and Portugal, the entrepreneurs of former Portuguese colonies have long since struggled to acquire funding, due to the developing nature of both their countries and startup ecosystems. Support for entrepreneurship in Lusophone Africa is notably lower than across the rest of the continent, which can
In the last 12 months, the number of fintech startups in Latin America has grown from 703 to 1,166, according to the Inter-American Bank of Development (BID) study “Fintech in Latin America: Growth and Consolidation.” Just five years ago, however, fintech was a relatively unknown concept in the region. But, thanks to rapid advances in technology
Electric scooter startup Bird has announced its expansion to the continent of Latin America. Launched in the US in 2017, the company has raised a total of US $415M in funding over five rounds and, in September 2018, reached its 10 millionth ride. With scooters already available across the US and in several European cities,
Bolsonaro’s recent victory in the 2018 Brazil election is still on everyone’s mind. It has created an environment of uncertainty for companies of all sizes across the country, and while the country’s elite and companies like Banco de Santander have benefited from the buzz around the controversial elections, others are a bit skeptical of what
Valued at US $360 billion this year and expected to grow to $558 billion by 2019, the global space tech industry is becoming an increasingly attractive market to buy into, particularly in Brazil. According to industry experts, space in Brazil is currently in the throes of an innovation boom, with capabilities greater than ever, as
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
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