Leal (formerly Puntos Leal), a Colombian consumer rewards platform, raised a US$3m Series A from FCP Innovación SP, the CVC fund of EPM, and undisclosed Colombian financial entity. (Dinero) La…

Mexico-focused energy and infrastructure fund Ainda and Mexico- and Spain-based construction group Aldesa have invested MX$951m in Concesionaria de Autopistas del Sureste (CAS) for 51% and 49% stakes, respectively. (El…

Fundo BR Startups, managed by MSW Capital, invested R$2.5m in Árvore Educação, a Brazilian edtech that resulted from the merger of Árvore de Livros and Guten. (Press Release) Selecionada pela…

Burea, a Puerto Rican mobile analytics platform for offline sales, raised US$2m from unnamed local investors. Burea was accelerated at Parallel18. (El Nuevo Día) La empresa de tecnología boricua Burea…

Ideas & Capital made an undisclosed investment in DEPORPRIVÉ, a Mexican flash sales platform for sports merchandise and apparel. (Press Release) El fondo Ideas & Capital invirtió en la  empresa minorista DEPORPRIVÉ. La compañía opera una plataforma…

Private equity firm Alloy Merchant Finance made a US$8.75m mezzanine investment in Fidelity Marketing Group, a Mexican company managing loyalty marketing programs.

Jaguar invested an undisclosed amount in Bresco, a Brazilian industrial real estate company.  The investment was made through Jaguar’s second Latin American fund, which focuses on investing in real estate-related platforms and companies in key markets.

LEAP Global Partners led a US$8.5m Series A investment in Listo, a consumer financial services startup offering insurance products and loans to US-based Latinos, with participation from Mexico Ventures and Continental Advisors.

LEAP Global Partners announced the launch of its first early stage venture capital fund, LEAP Partners I. The fund will invest in Latin American entrepreneurs based in Mexico and in…

Currently, corporations receive tax benefits when developing internally new products and services (R&D Law). However, venture capital funds and corporations do not receive any tax benefits when acquiring startups that…

L Catterton partnered with Grupo de Narváez to make its debut investment in Argentina in clothing brand Rapsodia. (El Cronista) El Grupo de Narváez se asoció con el fondo de…

(LexLatin) Redpoint eventures has acquired a 24.32% stake in Brazilian startup Pismo Soluções Tecnológicas, which provides SaaS payment processing solutions, for R$3m. El Fundo de Investimento em Participações RPeV1Brazil Multiestratégia…

(Press Release) L Catterton has increased its stake in São Paulo St. Marche supermarket chain to 52% for R$226m. Grupo St. Marche (“St. Marche”), the supermarket chain that introduced a…

(Improfit) Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking division has made a majority private equity investment in Uruguay’s largest supermarket chain Tienda Inglesa. La compañía está bien posicionada para el crecimiento futuro, manteniendo el…

(El Economista) Equity International has a made a $25m convertible debt investment in Mexican housing developer Vinte.

Venture Capital fund Pitanga invested in Satellogic, an Argentinian startup aiming to revolutionize the Satellite industry with low-cost satellite production. (Economia – Estadão) Para o matemático Emiliano Kargieman, de 40…

(E-commerce News) Precifica, an intelligent pricing platform for businesses, announced an investment of R$3m from Hi Partners, a holding company focused on innovative Tech and Internet companies. The investment will…

(Startupi) A escolhida foi a I.Systems, companhia que criou o Leaf, um software para a otimização de processos industriais. Criada por matemáticos e engenheiros da Unicamp, a startup tem sede…