Global Founders Capital, Ribbit Capital, MAYA Capital, and Y Combinator invested US$3.3m in Alude, a Brazilian proptech streamlining the client management process for real estate brokers. (LABS) – The Brazilian…

Rappi raised US$300m from T. Rowe Price Associates and other undisclosed parties. Previous investors in Rappi include SoftBank, Andreesen Horowitz, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, and Y Combinator.  (Nasdaq) Colombian all-purpose delivery…

Gradient Ventures led a US$14m Series A in Fondeadora, a Mexican open banking platform co-founded by Norman Muller and Rene Serrano in 2011, with participation from Fintech Collective, Sound Ventures,…

ALLVP and NFX led a US$5.3m seed round in Nuvocargo, a Mexican managed freight transportation marketplace for Mexico-US routes, with participation from Maya Capital, Magma Partners, One Way Ventures, and…

Global Founders Capital led a US$30m investment in Kovi, a Brazilian provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from Quona Capital, and follow-on from monashees,…

monashees and Base10 led a US$5.3m seed investment in Nowports, a Mexican automated freight platform, with participation from investors including Y Combinator, Broadhaven, Soma Capital, Partech, Tekton, and Paul Buchheit.…

Colombian agtech Frubana raised US$12m over two rounds. monashees, Y Combinator, Kairos and GE32 Capital invested US$2m pre-seed, and Kairos led a US$10m seed round. Frubana was founded in 2018…

SoftBank will invest US$1b in Colombian delivery app Rappi, split 50/50 between SoftBank’s Vision Fund and the new SoftBank Innovation Fund. Rappi is the first investment from the US$5b Innovation…

Y Combinator’s Winter 2018 cohort includes Runa HR, an automated payroll platform in Mexico, Ropeo, a Colombian on-demand fashion service, Flint, a mobile wallet operating in Mexico, Qulture.rocks, a Brazilian…