SoftBank led a US$100m investment in Mexican lending platform Konfio, with follow-on from KaszeK Ventures, QED Investors and Vostok Emerging Finance. Konfio raised a US$250m debt round from Goldman Sachs…

Tencent and SoftBank led a US$150m investment in Ualá, an Argentine mobile banking app. Tencent made an undisclosed investment earlier in 2019. Goldman Sachs led a US$34m investment in Ualá…

SoftBank led a US$140m investment in VTEX, a Brazilian ecommerce SaaS platform, with participation from Gávea Investments and Constellation Asset Management. Riverwood Capital and Naspers invested previously.  (TechCrunch) E-commerce now…

SoftBank led a R$190m investment in Olist, a Brazilian e-commerce platform, with follow-on from Redpoint eventures and Valor Capital. Endeavor Catalyst, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups invested previously. (Neofeed) A…

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…

SoftBank led a US$110m investment in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from Light Street Capital and follow-on from Flybridge Capital. KaszeK Ventures and monashees invested previously.…

SoftBank is doubling down on its investment in Banco Inter, a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank, shortly after acquiring an 8.1% stake for ~R$760m in shares. Bloomberg reports SoftBank will…

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…

SoftBank committed US$15m in capital to a Colombian government fund of funds to invest in Colombian startups. China’s Neogen Fund also committed US$15m; Bancoldex contributed US$10m. The vehicle has US$45m in…

SoftBank acquired ~R$1b in shares of Banco Inter, a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank. WSJ reports SoftBank had been in talks with Nubank previously. (Brazil Journal) O Softbank comprou quase…