Dalus Capital and the IFC made a US$10m investment in Mexican fintech eFactor Network  and financial intermediary eFactor Diez. (Press Release) eFactor Network (​efactornetwork.com​), which operates the most important electronic factoring…

Salesforce Ventures made its inaugural investment in Latin America in RunaHR, a payroll automation platform, in a US$3.5m seed round that included Y Combinator, the founder of Gmail, CTO of Dropbox, executives of Rappi, Nubank, Cabify and WeWork Latin America, and HR experts including the CTO of Zenefits, former Head Sales Head of Gusto and former Product Manager of Gusto.

DILA Capital announces the final close of its third fund, with MXN$800m in commitments anchored by Mexico Ventures and NAFIN, Mexico’s Development Bank.  Recent investments include Ben & Frank, Camino Financial, Kinedu, Creze and Urbvan.

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.

IGNIA made an undisclosed investment in Virket, a Mexican provider of performance management solutions for small businesses.

 Nexxus announces the divestment from the portfolio company Maak Arca Holding, S.A.P.I. de C.V., derived from a spin-off and sale of the natural stone and wood division.

Spanish bank Banco Sabadell has made its debut early stage investment in Mexico by contributing US$100K to the US$1.5m round recently raised by Trendier, a mobile marketplace to buy and sell used fashion in Mexico and Colombia. This is Trendier’s second funding round in the startup’s history.

Angel Ventures seeks to raise MXN$1bn from Mexican Afores for its debut CKD vehicle, which will be listed on Mexico’s stock exchange (BMV).

Cemex Ventures set to invest for the fourth time in Mexican startup PRYSMEX, an app that helps prevent workplace accidents through IoT and collection of data in real time.  

Trebol Capital led a MXN$3.2m investment in Piktia, a Mexican photo-printing service, which included a MXN$500k investment by angel network Ark Fund. Piktia raised an additional MXN$250k via Crowdfunder.