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Global Corporate Investors in LatAm Startups (2013-2017)

February 26, 2018

Global corporate investors are front and center in some of the largest investments into LatAm startups, but have also demonstrated appetite for deals across a range of stages and sectors.

Qualcomm Ventures is the most active global corporate investor in LatAm, with 13 disclosed investments since 2013 (twelve in Brazil), from transport (99, CargoX) and logistics (Loggi, Mandaê) to agtech (Strider) and real estate (QuintoAndar).

Naspers’ activity in LatAm is concentrated in multiple, significant investment rounds in Movile, providing capital to fund the expansion of food delivery platform iFood as well as Movile’s significant appetite for acquiring startups in the region. Naspers has also made recent investments in Avenida! in Argentina, and Brazilian fintech Creditas (through Naspers Fintech).

Also notable are investments from global corporates into Mexican fintechs, including American Express Ventures in Clip, and FEMSA Comercio in Conekta.

Australian job company Seek has made early-stage investments in Revelo (formerly Contratado.me) in Brazil and Workana in Argentina, and acquired the Mexican operation of EmpleoListo / Assured Labor in 2016.

A number of corporate investors have also launched or partnered with accelerators and company builders supporting LatAm startups, including Telefonica, which has Wayra accelerators across LatAm; chemical giant BASF’s AgroStart program, in partnership with Brazilian accelerator ACE; and Google Launchpad (not for equity).  View the LAVCA Accelerator & Company Builder Directory for more information.

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HIGHLIGHTED CORPORATE INVESTMENTS IN LATAM STARTUPS (2013-2017)

Startup Startup HQ Sector Stage* Investor(s)
99 Brazil Marketplace: Ridesharing Growth Didi Chuxing (China); Qualcomm Ventures (US)
Auth0 Argentina Digital Security Expansion NTT DoCoMo Ventures (Japan); Telstra Ventures (Australia)
Avenida! Argentina e-commerce Expansion Naspers (South Africa)
CargoX Brazil Logistics & Distribution Expansion Agility Logistics (Kuwait); Qualcomm Ventures (US)
CLIP Mexico Fintech Early American Express Ventures (US)
Creditas Brazil Fintech Early Naspers (US)
Geekie Brazil Edtech Early Mitsui (Japan)
Movile Brazil Marketplace Growth Naspers (South Africa)
Psafe Brazil Digital Security Expansion Qihoo 360 Technology (China)
Revelo Brazil Marketplace Early Seek (Australia)
Satellogic Argentina Earth Observation Expansion Tencent (China)

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DATA METHODOLOGY

Investments took place during the period 2013-2017 and include verified LAVCA Industry Data on fund manager transactions, as well as other investor types from public sources.

This information has been gathered from sources believed to be reliable and from secondary sources that were checked whenever possible, but its accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed. LAVCA shall not be responsible for any inaccuracy unintentionally included in this publication. Readers should consult and rely solely on their own advisers regarding all pertinent information, legal, and accounting issues.

*Investments include the following stages:

  • Seed/Incubator: Startup capital for companies to incubate an idea into a company or product.
  • Early Stage: Startup capital for companies.
  • Expansion Stage: Capital for companies that have reached a sustainable level of development and may be shipping products.
  • Growth Financing: Non-control equity investment in an existing company to finance growth strategy.
Global Corporate Investors in LatAm Startups (2013-2017) was last modified: April 4th, 2018 by Editor
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Methodology

LAVCA’s fourth annual list of Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech includes 135 junior- and mid-level investment professionals from Latin America-based firms, as well as from global firms with Latin America-dedicated investment teams.

Every year since 2016, LAVCA solicits nominations of top women investors in tech from the investment community. In 2018, complementing the peer nomination process, LAVCA reviewed the investment teams of all active Latin American VC funds. Our inaugural list of  Emerging Women Investors in Latin American Tech had 47 investors. The list has been constantly growing – from 87 investors featured in 2019, to 97 in 2020, and to 116 in 2021.

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This list is not exhaustive; if you know of a junior- or mid-level investment professional working on Latin American tech deals who should be on this list, contact [email protected]

TOP WOMEN INVESTING IN LATIN AMERICAN TECH

LAVCA’s companion list of Top Women Investors in Latin American Tech includes 140 senior-level women investment professionals who are deploying capital in early and growth stage tech deals.

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