MercadoLibre acquired Machinalis, a startup applying machine learning to product recommendation. Machinalis emerged from the math & computation department at la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba (UNC).

Carao Ventures led a US$800k seed investment in Singularities, an enterprise AI platform for customer behavior insights. Singularities is based in California and with main operations in Costa Rica. (Carao…

ChileGlobal Ventures, the venture capital branch of ​​Fundación Chile and Entel, will look for Chilean and LatAm startups focused in delivering solutions through Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Data Analytics, or Tangible Technologies. Companies can apply for up to US$500k of financing through  #GeneracionImpacto. 

1Doc3 is a digital health platform providing individualized medical information to over 1.5 million Spanish-speaking users per month. In this interview with founder Javier Cardona, we learn how 1Doc3 is innovating around access to medical information and care: “the digital revolution in the health industry has not even started, and we are playing the leading role.”

Yogome es un startup mexicano de edtech que levantó una ronda de US$6.6m serie A. En nuestra entrevista con Manolo Diaz, CEO y co-fundador de Yogome, nos explica cómo se construye una marca global de edtech, la razón por la cual dirigen su marketing hacia los padres, y los planes que tienen para lanzar productos para escuelas y maestros.

Apli is a Mexican startup connecting workers to flexible job opportunities that just raised US$1.5m. In this interview with Co-founder and Co-CEO Vera Makarov, we learn how Apli is innovating the traditional recruiting process for service and retail jobs in Mexico, and why she thinks improving turnover and absenteeism in small businesses is a US$100b opportunity in Latin America.

Canary and Yellow Ventures invested R$1.5m in Gupy, an HR platform digitizing the recruitment and new hire selection process for Brazilian businesses. (Startupi) Tornar o processo de seleção de talentos…

ALLVP led a US$1.5m follow-on investment in Apli, a Mexican startup connecting workers to flexible job opportunities, with participation from IGNIA, Soldiers Fields Angels, and Social Capital. Apli was accelerated at…