Oregon Investment Council, which runs the US$76.6b Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, committed US$100m to Advent Latin America Private Equity Fund VII. According to Reuters, the new Advent Latin America…

Credijusto, a fintech startup that provides affordable financing to SMEs in Mexico, raised US$42m from Goldman Sachs, Point72 Ventures and others. Goldman invested via its Principal Strategic Investments group. Goldman…

KaszeK Ventures raised US$600m across two new funds, including US$375m for its fourth flagship fund and US$225m for its first opportunities fund. (Press Release) Latin American venture capital firm Kaszek…

Nilo Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Covela, a digital insurance broker for SMEs in Latin America. (Medium) After Nilo’s investment in Keynua — an e-signature platform founded by the same…

Algo Capital closed a US$200m VC fund to invest in accelerating adoption of the Algo, the digital currency of the open source public blockchain Algorand. The fund will look at…

Iguanafix, an Argentine marketplace for home improvement services, raised an undisclosed round from Stanley Black & Decker’s venture funding arm, in their inaugural investment in South America. Temasek led the…

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) acquired a minority stake in Mexican pharmaceutical company Sanfer for US$500m. General Atlantic will maintain its minority stake in Sanfer and work…

Private equity firm Blue Water Advisors fully exited Peruvian electricity provider Electro Dunas Energía through a public tender offer on the Lima Stock Exchange. Grupo Energía Bogotá purchased 100% of…

NXTP Labs, ArFintech, and Rosental Inversores made a US$1.1m investment in Alquilando, an Argentine proptech platform for residential rentals. Buenos Aires seed fund Troopa and Alpha4Ventures invested previously. CEO Mauro…

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)’s real estate team stated that it will continue to seek out opportunities in Latin America.  Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds continue expanding real estate portfolios…