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Tags: Argentina, Deal, IT/Software
(peHUB) April 24, 2012 – Zauber, an Argentina-based software boutique and lab, specialized in Consumer Web, Social Analytics and Big Data projects, has just secured US $1 million dollars from AxVentures-Pymar Fund in its first venture capital financing round.
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Tags: Brazil, Private Equity, Real Estate
(GP Investments) April 19, 2012 – GP Investments, Ltd. (“GP Investments”), a leading alternative asset investment firm in Latin America, hereby announces the conclusion of the sale of its remaining stake in BR Properties, the largest publicly traded commercial property company in Brazil with over R$10 billion in assets. Read more
Tags: Brazil, Private Equity
(Wall Street Journal) April 18, 2012 – The controlling shareholders of Brazilian health-care company Grupo Qualicorp SA (QUAL3.BR) raised 674 million Brazilian reais ($364 million) from a share sale, the country’s first this year. Read more
Tags: Brazil, Tech Industry
(O Estado de S.Paulo) April 16, 2012 – The private equity arm of investment bank BR Partners, founded by Ricardo Lacerda and Andrea Pinheiro, announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Grupo Sequoia, a company specialized in e-commerce logistics. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more
Tags: Brazil, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(Ideiasnet) April 10, 2012 – Ideiasnet, a Brazilian venture capital company that invests in fast growing tech businesses, has sold its stake in Softcorp, a software distribution company. With over 20 years of market experience, Softcorp is one of Microsoft’s main partners for systems and solutions development in Brazil. The company value paid was R $15 million (US $8.25 million). Read more
Tags: Brazil, Deal, Health, Tech
(Intel Capital) April 9, 2012 – Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment and M&A organization, and Catalyst, an investment fund created by Endeavor to support companies in its portfolio, have announced an investment in the Minha Vida (“My Life”) health and wellness portal. Read more
Tags: Brazil, Venture Capital
(Bloomberg Businessweek) April 2, 2012 – Cisco Systems Inc. (CSCO) said it will spend more than $1 billion reais ($546.6 million) in Brazil in the next four years to boost manufacturing in the South American nation and step up investment in local startups. Read more
(Conduit Capital) April 2, 2012 – Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, today announced that it has agreed to sell its remaining interest in the Peruvian pipeline project Gasoducto Andina del Sur (“Kuntur”) to Odebrecht, the Brazilian construction conglomerate. Terms were not disclosed. Read more
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