Tienda Nube provides over 16,000 merchants an omnichannel e-commerce platform, with integrations for credit card and offline payment, shipping and logistics, and distribution in the region’s major online marketplaces. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Santiago Sosa shares insights into the challenges online merchants face in Latin America, and how Tienda Nube is innovating around them.
The global transport wars are heating up in Latin America with major investments from new Asian players. A few months after Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing announced a US$100m co-investment…
Deal activity in Latin America has been robust over the last 18 months as PE/VC firms deploy the US$17.6b raised for the region in 2014-2015. Over US$8.3b was invested in 2016, and early deal totals for 2017 are on par with last year. In addition to investors managing Latin American dedicated funds, global firms are stepping up activity…
Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), one of Canada’s largest pension funds, has made its debut direct infrastructure investment in South America. (Press Release) Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment manager…
Private equity investor ECOSolar has sold a 400MW pipeline in latin America to UK-based solar developer, Solarcentury. (Solar Power Portal) Solarcentury has cemented its international expansion by acquiring a 400MW…
Brazilian PE firm Aqua Capital has raised at least US$349.05m for its Agribusiness Latin America II Fund, which will focus on mid-market food and agribusinesses across Latin America. (PEI Agri…
Aurus Capital and Caterpillar Venture Capital led a US$19m investment in MineSense Technologies, a data analytics company that services the mining industry. Chrsyalix Venture Capital, Cycle Capital Management, Prelude Ventures…
Trocafone is closing the digital gap in Brazil by making smartphones more affordable by powering trade-in programs for major carriers and manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Apple, and Movistar, and selling refurbished devices on Trocafone.com…
Thor Urbana announced it will invest US$1.4b over the next three years in 13 real estate developments throughout Mexico and one in Belize. (El Universal) La inmobiliaria Thor Urbana invertirá…
Omidyar Network, Fundación Avina, and Avina Americas launched the Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC). The US$3.5m fund will support the development and promotion of civic tech platforms in…