Bamboo Capital and the IFC made a US$14m investment in ComparaOnline, a price comparison site for insurance and financial services in Latin America. (TechCrunch) Venture investing in Latin America continues…

Elevar Equity led a US$7m Series B in Tienda Nube (known as Nuvem Shop in Brazil), a cloud solutions e-commerce provider for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Latin America, with participation…

LarrainVial’s SCL Energía Activa made an undisclosed investment in Chilean solar energy company Solarity to fund the startup’s expansion to Colombia. (Economía y Negocios) La compañía de generación distribuida liderada…

MESA 24/7 is a Peruvian startup that wants to revolutionize the way restaurants interact with their diners including online booking servicea, mobile payment, and analytics. In this interview with CEO Pedro Callirgos, we explored the evolution of the operation, the business opportunity, and the growth plans of MESA 24/7, which already raised half a million dollars through friends & family and angel investors. Interview in Spanish.

Alaya Capital Partners invested US$1m across Chilean startups MyHotel, Chattigo, and Welii. (Economía y Negocios) A seis meses de haber iniciado operaciones en Chile, el fondo de capital de riesgo…

The Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru) aims to invest a total of US$120m in local entrepreneurial projects with the assistance of local funds. Four of the countries’ institutions…

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…

Aurus Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Chilean aquaculture company Ecosea Farming.   (LexLatin) El Fondo de Inversión Privada Aurus Ventures III invirtió capital en Ecosea Farming para obtener el…

Company: Cornershop Investors: Accel Partners, ALLVP, Creandum, Endeavor Catalyst, Grupo Bimbo Family Office, Jackson Square Ventures   Queremos ser el mejor servicio de entrega a domicilio de groceries en las ciudades…

Real estate portal PropertySimple, which started out as PropiedadFacil in Chile, raised US$3m from investors including Magma Partners. (Nathan Lustig) I’m excited to finally be able to announce that our…