Argentina’s software industry will close out 2013 with US$900 million in exports. The Argentine government plans to give it an additional boost.
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In Brazil, there’s no lack of desire to innovate. Where there is a shortage, however, is in funding – and we’re talking numbers in the billions.
We talk a lot about building bridges between the U.S. and Latin America in entrepreneurship and technology, but there are few programs that do so as...
The Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation and FINEP have revealed a major funding initiative to back technology centers in Brazil. They will...
Last Thursday, Start-Up Chile closed inscriptions for its eighth class of startups. And now, the organization has revealed that there are 1,386 companies in...
When the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation announced startup support initiative Start-Up Brasil last year, there was little doubt that...
Mobile phones for the deaf may soon be a reality in Brazil. A project has launched in the state of Pernambuco to test software that translates voice calls to...
Brazil and Israel have joined forces to create and innovate.
After much anticipation, Start-Up Brasil officially opened startup inscriptions on Monday.
A total 23.4% of Chileans between the ages of 18 and 64 reports having starting a new business, a figure that triples the average rate of other OCDE countries...
Marco Antonio Raupp, Brazil’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, is putting on the pressure when it comes to funding innovation. Startupi reports...
At the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, Brazilian Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Marco Antonio Raupp officially...
The Global Entrepreneurship Congress kicked off in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, and it looks like some big announcements were made right off the bat. Endeavor...
In 2013, the Chilean government will dole out over US$30 million (CLP$15 billion) in seed capital via SERCOTEC. The beneficiaries: more than 4,000...
Finep, an organization of the Brazilian government dedicated to funding science and technology, has revealed the 21 research support foundations it has...