May in Latin America: All the Tech News You Shouldn’t Miss
Summary
May was a busy month for Latin American startup scene, with companies rushing out to close deals and roll out new services before the now-imminent FIFA World Cup in Brazil. In addition, users can now navigate within Brazilian airports, soccer stadiums and shopping malls through Google Indoor Maps, which launched in Brazil a few weeks ago. Online coding learning platform Codecademy is now available in Brazilian Portuguese, French and Spanish thanks to partnerships with respectively Brazil’s Lemann Foundation, Libraries Without Borders and the city of Buenos Aires. The other winners among the Challenge’s 21 finalists were Mr Presta (Banking & Financial Services), BikeStorming (Smart Cities), Simplicar (e-Commerce & Retail), Sparkflow (Entertainment & Media), BTCTrip (Travel & Hospitality) and Wine Like (Mobile). Miami-based outdoor advertising startup AdMobilize raised a Series A round of $2.2 million from Azoic Ventures, Rkk3r Labs’ investment arm Rokk3r Fuel and Venezuelan super angels.
