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LatAm Companies that Raised US$1m+ via 2+ Rounds & Were Acquired/Listed

June 20, 2017
Acquired Latin American Startups LAVCA

From e-commerce and food delivery to SaaS, Latin American tech companies have been targets of M&A, and two notable IPOs on the NASDAQ and NYSE, since 2012. Below are highlighted transactions from this period.

COMPANIES THAT RAISED US$1M+ VIA 2+ ROUNDS & WERE ACQUIRED/LISTED (2012-2017)

Company Year of Acquisition/ IPO Acquirer Country (HQ) Investor(s)
Rhomobile 2011 Motorola Solutions USA (San Jose, CA) Alta Ventures
Folhamatic 2012 SAGE Group Brazil Insight Venture Partners
Bolsa de Mulher 2013 Batanga Media Brazil Ideiasnet
Easy Solutions 2013 Medina Capital Partner Colombia Promotora
Eventioz 2013 Eventbrite Argentina KaszeK Ventures
T. Global (Softway, Trade-Easy, Softleasing) 2013 Thomson Reuters Brazil DGF Investimentos
ClickDelivery 2014 Delivery Hero Colombia Axon Partners Group
Globant 2014 IPO Argentina Riverwood Capital
Pedidos Ya 2014 Delivery Hero Uruguay KaszeK Ventures, Atomico
Printi 2014 Vista Print Brazil Greenoaks Capital
SinDelantal.Mx 2014 Just Eat Mexico Seaya Ventures
Aventones 2015 BlaBlaCar Mexico ALLVP, NXTP Labs
Boo-box 2015 FTPI Digital Brazil Monashees+, Intel Capital
Axado 2016 Mercado Libre Brazil FIR Capital BZ Plan
Cinepapaya 2016 Fandango Peru Movile, Wayra, 500 Startups
LoveMondays 2016 GlassDoor Brazil KaszeK Ventures
AppProva 2017 Somos Educação Brazil e.Bricks Ventures
Netshoes 2017 IPO Brazil Tiger Global Management, IFC

For companies with US$1m+ in funding via 2+ rounds that have not been acquired/listed, access the Latin American Startup Directory.

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