Shopper, a Brazilian subscription delivery platform for consumer products, raised R$10m from Canary, former Renner CEO José Galló, Juscelino Martins of Grupo Martins and 99/Yellow co-founder Ariel Lambrecht. Shopper raised…

Canary led a R$4.5m investment in Shopper, a Brazilian subscription delivery platform for consumer products. (Baguete) A Shopper.com.br recebeu mais de R$ 4,5 milhões em sua última rodada de investimentos,…

Canary made an undisclosed investment in EasyDeco, a Brazilian interior design platform.

Canary made an undisclosed seed investment in Go Good, a collaborative exercise app.

Canary made a R$1m investment in LaPag, a Brazilian beauty salon management platform, with participation from angel investor Renato Feitas.

Canary raised R$160m for its first fund. Investments include fintech SmartMEI, HR platform Gupy, IT startup Terramagna, used car marketplace Volanty, online factoring platform Rapidoo, and  IDwall, a validation and…

monashees+ and Canary made an undisclosed Series A investment in IDwall, a Brazilian validation and identification services startup, following a R$2m investment in 2017. 500 Startups previously invested R$500k. (LexLatin) La startup brasileña especializada…

Accion Venture Lab and Canary made an undisclosed seed investment in SmartMEI, a fintech startup servicing micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil. (Press Release) Brazil-based fintech startup and mobile platform SmartMEI announced today…

Canary and Yellow Ventures invested R$1.5m in Gupy, an HR platform digitizing the recruitment and new hire selection process for Brazilian businesses. (Startupi) Tornar o processo de seleção de talentos…

Canary, a Brazilian investment fund created by Peixe Urbano Founder Julio Vasconcellos and four other partners, made a US$256k investment in the Brazilian technology startup Terramagna.  (Global Legal Chronicle) Veirano has…

Canary, a Brazilian investment fund created by Peixe Urbano Founder Julio Vasconcellos and four other partners, has raised US$20m of its US$50m goal and has already invested in three startups.…

(Canary.vc) Canary made undisclosed investments in Brazil’s Rapidoo, an online factoring platform for small businesses, and used car marketplace Volanty.  

Canary and monashees+ invested R$2m (~US$600k) in IDwall, a Brazilian validation and identification services start-up. 500 Startups previously invested R$500k. (Pagamento.me) O que os fundos de investimentos Canary.VC, formados pelos…

KaszeK Ventures led a R$20m Series A in SouSmile, a Brazilian direct to consumer dental startup, with participation from Canary and Global Founders Capital. SouSmile raised a US$1.1m seed round…

Brazilian bus ticketing platform Buser raised an undisclosed round from SoftBank Latin America Fund and Grupo Globo, with follow-on from Valor Capital, monashees and Canary. (Reuters) Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp…

The Yield Lab invested R$2m in TerraMagna, a Brazilian agtech risk management platform. Canary invested previously.  This is The Yield Lab’s first investment in Brazil. (Globo) TerraMagna, agritech brasileira que…

Ribbit Capital led a R$35m investment in Gorila Invest, a Brazilian personal investment management platform, with participation from monashees, Canary and Iporanga Investimentos. (Globo) A Gorila, plataforma de controle e consolidação…

LAVCA Week 2019 in New York concluded with our Venture Investors Annual Meeting in Tribeca, with record attendance from investors, and participation from startup CEOs by invitation for the first…

KaszeK Ventures and SoftBank led a R$70m (US$17.6m) round in Brazilian digital used car portal Volanty with participation from existing investors monashees and Canary. Monashees and Canary previously invested R$19m…

Brazilian fintech Creditas acquired Creditoo, a credit consignment platform for private sector employees. This transaction represents a full exit for Canary and  Global Founders Capital from Creditoo. (InfoMoney) A finteh brasileira Creditas dá…

This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem.

Since the 2011 launch of the Wayra spaces and the Telefonica Innovation funds, Telefonica has emerged as one of the most active investors in Latin American startups, with almost €12 million invested across more than 20 deals in 2018.

Brazilian real estate startup Loft raised a US$70m Series B at a valuation of ~US$370m, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Fifth Wall Ventures, with participation from QED Investors. Loft raised…

Valor Capital led a R$11.5m investment in Gupy, an AI-powered recruiting platform, with participation from new VC fund Maya Capital and existing investor Canary. (Exame) A depender das novas tecnologias,…

Global Founders Capital led a US$1.2m investment in Creditoo, an online payroll loan platform for Brazilian private sector employees, with participation from Canary. Creditoo also raised over R$100m through an FIDC (Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios) to realize payroll-deductible loans.

LAVCA hosted its Venture Investors Annual Meeting in New York City on September 27, 2018, with record attendance among early-stage tech investors, and participation from notable venture-backed startups and leading…

monashees+ led a R$19m investment in Volanty, a used car marketplace, with participation from Canary, which led a R$2.5m seed investment in 2017. 

Monsanto Growth Ventures made its inaugural Brazil investment in Grão Direto, a grain marketplace that primarily transacts via mobile and WhatsApp. Monsanto contributed about half of the R$2.3m investment, with participation from Canary and OpenVC.

Since its deployment, Telefonica Open Future_ has evolved its investment strategy to the interests of Telefónica, and today it only invests in startups that have a clear fit with the global corporate strategy or with the local strategy of its different units of business. Thus, to date, more than 62 Latin American startups are doing business with the Telefónica Group.