MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp (MEKA), a SPAC formed by Mercado Libre and KASZEK, raised USD287m in an IPO. MEKA will target a Latin America tech company in e-commerce, financial services, logistics,…
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Digital Currency Group Leads USD50m Series B for Argentine Crypto Platform Ripio (em português)
4 October 2021Digital Currency Group (DCG) led a USD50m Series B for Ripio, an Argentine crypto trading platform with participation from Marcos Galperin (Mercado Libre), Martin Migoya (Globant) and Tim Draper (Draper…
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Advent International and SoftBank Lead USD225m Series B for E-commerce Aggregator Merama
28 September 2021Advent International and SoftBank led a USD225m Series B for Merama, a Mexico- and Brazil-based e-commerce brand aggregator, with participation from Globo Ventures, and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital Group,…
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Mexican Car Resale Marketplace Kavak Raises USD700m Series E
22 September 2021Mexican car resale marketplace Kavak raised a USD700m Series E led by General Catalyst, with participation from Tiger Global, SoftBank, Ribbit Capital, Spruce House, D1 Capital, SEA and Founders Fund…
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Company: Movile Investors: Nasper’s Prosus Ventures, Innova Capital Brazil Interview with: CEO Patrick Hruby Brazil-based internet holding Movile recently raised USD200m in follow-on financing from Prosus Ventures in August 2021 to expand…
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SoftBank and Tencent led a USD350m Series D for Argentine fintech Ualá, with participation from D1 Capital, 166 2nd LLC and Jacqueline Reses (Square), and follow-on from Soros Management, Goldman…
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Tiger Global led a USD235m Series D for Chilean foodtech NotCo, with participation from DFJ Growth Fund, ZOMA Lab and athletes Lewis Hamilton and Roger Federer, at a reported USD1.5b…
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Miami-Based Lending Platform for Latin American SMEs Marco Financial Raises USD7m Seed Round
13 July 2021Marco Financial, a Miami-based lending platform for Latin American SMEs conducting international trade, raised a USD7m seed round from Kayyak Ventures, Village Global, Flexport Ventures, Tresalia Capital, 342 Capital, Struck…
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The Rohatyn Group exited Neosecure, a provider of cybersecurity solutions and services with operations in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, via a sale to Patria Investmentos. Terms of the…
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Susten Energia and BFL Administradora announced that they have teamed up to create a Participation Investment Fund (FIP) to raise BRL50m for clean energy and solar projects at its photovoltaic…