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Global emerging market startup accelerator Seedstars has named its nine most promising startups from Latin Amercia in front of over 200 guests at Medellin’s Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (UPB). These nine early stage companies will represent the region at the Seedstars...

Last week Accenture (NYSE: ACN) opened its first NanoLab in Ruta-N in Medellín. The NanoLab will immerse local Accenture customers in the latest emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence, extended reality, quantum computing, robotics, cybersecurity, blockchain,...

Bogotá-based real estate company Habi today announced that it has closed a $5.5 million pre-seed round led by Tiger Global Management, with participation by investors Homebrew and Zigg. Reshape Holdings, FJ Labs, Supernode Ventures and other investors. According to its website,...

Colombia’s Ministry of Information Technology & Communications (MinTIC) has published information and documents related to the Dominio.Co project, instructions on submitting a proposal to manage and serve as the registrar for the .CO top level domain. US based Neustar...

Bancoldex, Colombia’s development bank, has announced a new $50 million line of credit for microenterprises and small businesses to finance projects that reduce greenhouse gases, adapt to climate change, or mitigate environmental impact. The credit like has a term of up to 3...

Montevideo, Uruguay based IT software outsourcing firm UruIT continues its growth, opening offices in Colombia’s capital of Bogotá; this after expanding into the Andean nation with Medellín offices in 2016. Primarily serving North American corporate clients from sales offices in...

Sempli, the Colombian online lending platform for small businesses, announced this week that it has secured $8 million USD in Series A venture capital, the round being led by Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO. Existing and new investors joined the round, including BID LAB (The...

Colombian President Ivan Duque was present in Cartagena today to give the opening address to ANDICOM, Colombia’s largest and most important ICT (Information & Communications Technology) event. Duque announced the creation of an entrepreneurial ecosystem initiative led by...

Colombia’s Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio, or Superintendence of Industry & Commerce, akin to the US Federal Trade Commission, has announced a punitive fine on Uber Colombia SAS, Uber’s Colombia subsidiary, after Uber officials and lawyers allegedly blocked access...

Earlier this month, according to various eyewitness reports, around 100 independent Rappi delivery contractors burned their trademark orange merchandise totes in front of Rappi’s offices in the north of Bogotá.  Rappi delivery contractors are not employees but independent...