(TechChurch) November 13, 2012 – Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company, Navent, has announced it’s raised $30 million in Series B funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital and global internet investor Tiger Global Management, also a controlling shareholder of the company.Continue reading “Latin America’s Navent Raises $30M From Riverwood Capital, Tiger Global To Bolster Regional Online Classifieds Business”

(Reuters) November 13, 2012 – Private equity firm Blackstone Group LP and LLOG Exploration Company LLC will jointly invest $1.2 billion to strengthen the offshore oil producer’s operations in the Gulf of Mexico, the two firms said on Tuesday.Continue reading “Blackstone Invest $1.2 bln in LLOG for Mexico Exploration”

(NASDAQ) November 13, 2012 – Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited (Nasdaq:ULTR), an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (River Business, Offshore Supply Business and Ocean Business) and Sparrow Capital Investments, Ltd, a subsidiary of Southern Cross Latin America Private Equity Funds III and IV (“Southern Cross”), announced that they have entered into an investment agreement.Continue reading “Ultrapetrol Announces Investment by Southern Cross Group”

(Southern Bridge Capital) November 12, 2012 – Southern Bridge Capital (“SBC”) is pleased to announce the final closing of the SBC Latin America Housing Fund (the “Fund”) with total commitments of US$150 million. The Fund closed at its hard cap with broad support from a high quality group of institutional investors.Continue reading “Southern Bridge Capital closes SBC Latin America Housing Fund at US$150 million”

(OBPR) November 12, 2012 – Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and CAF, development bank of Latin America,  announced that they have invested in the Tacna and Panamericana solar projects in southern Peru, and that the Tacna project has entered into operation.Continue reading “Conduit Capital and CAF Invest in 40 Megawatt Peruvian Solar Project”

(Reuters) November 9, 2012 – GP Investments Ltd, the largest listed Latin American private equity firm, paid 450 million reais ($225 million) for a 30 percent stake in Brazil’s Grupo SBF, a holding company that controls all of Lojas Centauro, the country’s biggest sports retailer.Continue reading “GP Investments pays $225M for 30 pct stake in Brazil’s SBF”

(Astella Investimentos) November 7, 2012 – Astella Investimentos has invested in Moblife, a multi-platform mobile B2B and B2C platform. The investment aims to scale up Moblife’s business beyond its 2,300 current clients.Continue reading “Astella Investimentos has Invested in Moblife (em português)”

(TNW) Latin American freelancing marketplace Workana has raised a $500k round of investment led by DMGT‘s employment division, Evenbase, which announced the deal on its blog. Latin American angel investors also participated in the deal. Continue reading “Latin American Freelance Marketplace Workana Bags $500k in Round Led by Evenbase”

(DealWatch) November 1, 2012 – Argentine software innovation company Globant has acquired Brazil-based innovation consulting and software development firm TerraForum, the former said in a statement without disclosing the value of the deal.Continue reading “Globant enters Brazil with acquisition of TerraForum”

(Alsis Fund) October 31, 2012 – Alsis Funds, LLC announced that industry publication HFM Week awarded their Alsis Latin America Fund the Top Emerging Markets Fund in the Emerging Markets category.Continue reading “Alsis Latin America Fund Recognized as Top Performer in the Emerging Markets Fund Category”