(TechCrunch) They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but in the case of Just Eat’s latest acquisition, that is exactly what has just happened: The online take-out ordering behemoth (and recently…

(TechCrunch) Mexico’s SinDelantal.Mx, the online takeout delivery service started by the founders of Spain’s SinDelantal.com, has raised €2.5 million from Spanish VC Seaya Ventures.

Latin American tech companies have been targets of M&A, and IPOs since 2012. This is a list of highlighted tech companies that raised US$1m+ and were acquired/IPO’d during that period.

Exceed Capital Partners led a US$26.9m Series B investment in Yogome, a Mexican edtech startup making games for children, with participation from Insight Venture Partners and existing investors Variv Capital…

Movile made a US$9m Series A investment in Colombian grocery delivery platform Mercadoni, with participation from previous investors Axon Partners and Grupo Pegasus. This marks Movile’s first investment in a…

South Africa-based media conglomerate Naspers and private equity firm Innova Capital made a US$82m investment in Movile to increase the company’s stake in iFood. (TechCrunch) To hear Naspers and the…

After raising capital from local investors, Colombian delivery startup Rappi, co-founded by Simón Borrero, Sebastian Mejia, and Felipe Villamarin, raised over US$9m from international VCs in April 2016. Investors included…

Movile and Just Eat injected another US$30m into iFood, the leading online food ordering platform in Latin America, just a year after a US$50m Series E. The funds will be used to expand its operations and establish a presence in Mexico by acquiring a portion of SinDelantal. Movile, in turn, raised a US$40m Series F last month from Naspers and Innova Capital.

(TechCrunch) They say lightning doesn’t strike twice, but after it did Seaya Ventures is hoping it does for a third time. The VC fund has led a US$4m round in…

(TechCrunch) Chalk this up as Seaya Ventures’ third investment in Latin America. After backing online takeout delivery service SinDelantal.Mx, and Uber competitor Cabify, the Spanish VC is placing a US$4m…