BuenTrip Ventures led a US$1.25m in Kriptos, an Ecuadorian cybersecurity platform expanding operations to Mexico, with participation from Techstars, Sixthirty Cyber, Wayra, Compusoluciones Ventures, SVlinks Angels, 0bs.mx, and angels.  (Forbes)…

US-based hedge fund Viking Global Investors led a US$150m round in Conductor, a Brazil-based payments processor and card issuance provider for fintechs, with participation from Advent affiliate Sunley House Capital,…

Vine Capital led a US$4m round in Tül, a Colombian supply chain management platform connecting construction material manufacturers with small businesses across the country. (TechCrunch) – With a new $4…

Company: Arukay Financing Status: Bootstrapped Interview with: Co-Founder & CEO Vicky Ricaurte Arukay, a Colombian edtech teaching K-12 students how to program, won the 2019 WeXchange Pitch Competition, an initiative founded…

IDB Lab announced an undisclosed investment in DILA Capital’s DILA IV Fund. The fund aims to invest in 21 to 25 companies across Latin America, including less developed VC markets…

DILA Capital led an undisclosed Series A in payments platform Kushki, with participation from KaszeK Ventures, Magma Partners, Clocktower Ventures and Conexo. (Contxto) Ecuadorian/Colombian Kushki closed its Series A for an undisclosed…

Kriptos, an Ecuadorian data management platform, raised an undisclosed round from SixThirty Cyber and existing investors BuenTrip Ventures, Barclays, Kruger Corporation, and Techstars. (Contxto) Ecuadorian data management startup Kriptos recently…

Oikocredit, MicroVest Capital Management and Triodos Investment Management jointly sold their equity stakes in Banco Solidario, providing a full exit for the social impact investors. Banco Solidario was founded in Ecuador in 1996 and provides loans to SMEs among other financial products and services.

Visa led a US$12.5m strategic investment in Latin American fintech pioneer YellowPepper, with participation from existing investors. LIV Capital led a US$19m Series C investment in 2015 with participation from Mexico Ventures, Fondo de Fondos and the IFC.

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…