Oaktree Capital Management will invest US$1.3b in private financing in LATAM Airlines, which recently filed for bankruptcy in the US and added its Brazilian operations to the chapter 11 process.…

e.Bricks Ventures shares shares insights on the challenges & opportunities brought by the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Brazilian Venture Capital Market, as well as actions taken by the fund and its portfolio companies and their views of companies they expect will navigate well under the current scenario.

Capital Invent led a MX$27.6m round in Dev.f, a Mexican edtech for programmers.  (Press Release) Dev.f, a Mexican Edtech Startup, raise investment round to increase the number of programmers in…

Credijusto raised US$100m in debt financing from Credit Suisse Group. Credijusto separately raised US$100m in debt from Goldman Sachs in 2019. (Contxto) Banks have been long-known to be slow and hesitant to tender loans to small…

Brazilian healthtech VivaBem raised US$2.5m from Webrock Ventures and Doktor.se, Sweden’s leading telemedicine provider, to expand digital primary care services in Brazil. (Press Release) Brazilian digital health tech start-up, VivaBem,…

Aurus and ChileGlobal Ventures (through itsCLIN fund) made an undisclosed investment in TIMining, a Chilean intelligent mining platform. (Contxto) Chilean startup, TIMining, has its eye on the wider world after raising…

OLX,  a global classifieds marketplace backed by Naspers, has made a R$2.9b (~US$642m) all cash offer to acquire Brazilian real estate classifieds platform GrupoZAP, subject to approval by CADE.  VivaReal…

ChileGlobal Ventures led a US$800k investment in Chilean agtech PolyNatural, with participation from Alerce and The Yield Lab. PolyNatural is developing natural product alternatives to extend the shelf life of…

XP led a R$380m investment in Vai.Car, a Brazilian car rental platform, with participation from BMG and Bossa Nova Investimentos. (Startupi) A Vai.Car, startup de aluguel de veículos, recebeu um…

Adobe Capital made an undisclosed investment in Puntored, a Colombian digital payments platform. (Contxto) Colombian fintech, Puntored, will be investing just shy of US$6 million (COP$20 billion) into strengthening its…