NXTP Labs participated in an undisclosed investment round in Pay per TIC, an Argentine last-mile payments platform.

Australian jobsite SEEK made a R$23m investment in freelance labor platform Workana. SEEK led a R$8m round in 2017. Previous investors include NXTP Labs and DMGT.

Medici Ventures made a US$3m follow-on investment in Bitt, a blockchain-based digital payment provider based in Barbados, following a US$4m investment in 2016. (Press Release) Medici Ventures, announces the exercise…

The MetLife Foundation provided US$3.9 million for Accion to leverage digital solutions and customer-centered design to empower underserved consumers in Argentina, Chile, and Mexico—and disseminate learnings throughout the region.  (Press Release)…

SP Ventures, Syngenta Ventures, Bunge Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst made a US$6m Series A investment in Argentine agribusiness marketplace Agrofy, with participation from current investor farming conglomerate Cresud. Cresud and…

Dalus Capital made a MXN$121m investment in Xertica, a cloud computing startup in Silicon Valley with operations in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Argentina and Ecuador. (El Economista) La administradora regiomontana de…

Argentine agtech accelerator Glocal, impact investor NESsT, and others made a US$350k investment in Auravant, a precision agtech startup accelerated at NXTP Labs & Wayra Argentina. (iProfesional) Auravant, empresa que…

The Argentina Data Protection Agency (Dirección Nacional de Protección de Datos Personales or “DNPDP”) posted online a draft bill for a new data protection act. The changes introduced by the…

Vista Oil & Gas, an oil & gas Mexican company backed by private equity firm Riverstone Holdings, has acquired a 58.8% stake in Argentine oil producer Petrolera Entre Lomas. (Investing.com)…

MercadoLibre (through its MeLi fund), NXTP Labs, and Alaya Capital made a US$3m investment in 123Seguro, an Argentine insurtech startup. This is the company’s first institutional financing. (Press Release) 123Seguro,…