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City backed business incubator Ruta-N announced yesterday a deal with the University of Wisconsin (USA) to establish a $2+ million laboratory in part of the space recently abandoned by Hewlett Packard. The initial term will be for three years. The venture expects to count on...

In 1941, the artist Pedro Nel Gómez, followed by the architect Juan Wolff in 1942, floated initiatives to make the Medellin river the center for life and development in Colombia’s second largest city. Nothing much happened until urban planners Carlos Julio Calle and Luis Fernando...

In some countries, motorcycles are a luxury and a pastime. However in other countries, such as Colombia, they are basic transportation for millions. Cold or hot, rain or shine, motorcycles are on the road in Colombia 24 hours, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Latin America’s most...

Colombian digital signage company Enmedio has received a funding round of up to $4 million USD in the next 24 months by Madrid-based Axon Partners Group. Enmedio uses digital screens placed in public and private locations to display advertisements, news, information and...

The electoral campaigns are heating up in Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. Finance Colombia endeavors to speak with every serious candidate willing to offer us their time. This year, we were able to sit down first with Bogotá’s Libertarian candidate, Daniel Raisbeck. The Libertarian...

Surgery sounded like it was going cost Edward Janssen an arm and a leg. Even though he had medical insurance, his deductible created out-of-pocket expenses that would force the 58-year-old construction worker from Kansas to go to great pains to come up with the $80,000 to pay for...

Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are the main driving force behind the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean, their main barrier to growth is a lack of access to resources. The financing gap for SMEs in the region is estimated at between $210 billion and...

Hipercept, a global provider of strategy, technology and operations services to the alternative assets industry, has announced that it has been selected by Taliance to serve as its channel partner for North and South America. Taliance’s real estate software solution suite,...

Medellín has come a long way from its notorious and rapidly receeding past decades. What is the secret to their success in turning around their urban society, shedding old manacles and gaining a reputation as one of the world’s most innovative cities? Finance Colombia recently...

Finance Colombia has learned that global IT giant Hewlett Packard will be closing its Medellin offices in the Ruta-N business incubator, and other commercial offices based in the city. The California based computer and services company has been in a period of uncertainty for some...