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Rodolfo Spielmann, Managing Director and Head of Latin America at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and LAVCA Board Member, shared insights about partnerships with family-controlled businesses as a model…

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  • SoftBank discusses the Alibaba Effect in LatAm

    SoftBank: Latin America and the “Alibaba Effect” in Current Crisis

    The following resource was shared with LAVCA by SoftBank based on a communication they sent to their investors, partners, and founders. The statement discusses the “Alibaba effect” in Latin America,…

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    Jaguar Ventures: A View Into the Current Landscape

    The following statement was shared with LAVCA by Jaguar Ventures where the fund discusses the current states of its fundraising activity and the positive impact that the C19 crisis has…

  • AC Ventures Discussed How To Navigate Current COVID-19 Crisis

    AC Ventures: Navigating the Current Crisis

    The following resource was shared with LAVCA by AC Ventures based on a communication they sent to their investors and partners. The statement reviews the current state of the global…

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    ALLVP: Shifting Forward After COVID-19

    The following resource was shared with LAVCA by ALLVP based on a communication they sent to their investors. The statement shares the fund’s view on the gradual recovery of social…

  • Riverwood Capital: CONECTADOS Tech Platform Relief Initiative

    Several members of the Latin American Tech Growth Coalition, including Riverwood Capital, SoftBank and SVB, are supporting CONECTADOS, a solidarity initiative in the LatAm tech community that connects companies and…

  • Fiduciary Duties in the Context of COVID-19: Guidance for Directors of PE-backed Companies in Latin America

    The sudden and wide-ranging impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) has resulted in companies facing unprecedented circumstances and challenges. Portfolio companies backed by private equity are no exception to the rule.…

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    La Nación: Microsoft’s Amartino on Business Models to Adapt to the Current Moment (en español)

    Mariano Amartino of Microsoft for Startups shared with La Nación his experience fostering the startup ecosystem in Latin America and his current view on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…

  • KaszeK Ventures Survival Guide: It’s Time to Switch to War-Mode

    The following resource was shared with LAVCA by KaszeK Ventures based on a communication they sent to founders in their portfolio network. Fund managers and founders can reference this Survival Guide for input on the the far reaching effects of COVID-19 in LatAm and beyond.

  • Medium: Astella Investimentos on The Impact of the COVID-19

    Laura Constantini of Astella Investimentos shares Astella’s view on the impact of the COVID-19 crisis in startup valuations and on evaluating new and follow-on investment opportunities going forward: “Estamos cientes de que a…

  • eBricks Ventures COVID Update

    e.Bricks Ventures: Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Brazilian VC Landscape

    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.

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    Telefonica Open Innovation & Wayra Investment Highlights for 2019

    2019 marked a significant year for Telefonica’s evolution supporting Latin American startups. Responding to a maturing market, Telefonica re-launched the Wayra brand, focusing on larger tickets (up to US$250k) for more…

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    Entrepreneur Spotlight: Interview with Laura Mendoza, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, Unima

    Unima is a Mexico-based healthtech startup developing fast and low-cost diagnostics and infectious disease surveillance for limited resource settings. LAVCA interviewed Laura Mendoza, Co-Founder & CPO about biotechnology, impact of winning WeXchange’s pitch competition…

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  • Brazilian ERP Platform Ativy Secures ~USD24m in Venture Debt from Milenio Capital and Paramis

    November 8, 2022
  • FinTech Collective Leads USD10m Seed Round for Mexican Fintech mattilda

    November 8, 2022
  • KASZEK and DILA Capital Lead USD7.6m Round for Mexican Fintech Cicada

    November 8, 2022
  • Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Leads Series C for Brazil’s Beep Saúde

    November 8, 2022
  • CrossRegional and Kandeo Invest in Colombia’s Liquitech

    November 8, 2022
  • Macquarie To Acquire Stake in Opain and Corporación Quiport from Colombia’s Odinsa

    November 8, 2022
  • Southern Cross Group and Global Compute Infrastructure Invest in Colombia’s Data Horizon Americas

    November 8, 2022
  • Mexico’s Kukun Raises USD4.5m Round from FJ Labs, Antelo Capital and Others

    October 26, 2022
  • Colombia’s HoyTrabajas Raises USD5m Seed Round

    October 26, 2022
  • Lightspeed Leads USD5m Seed Round for Argentina’s Fidu

    October 26, 2022
  • Mexico’s Reworth Raises USD6.6m Seed Extension from JAM Fund, Actuys and Others

    October 26, 2022
  • Vector Partners Invests MXN150m in Mexico’s Macropay

    October 26, 2022
  • BASF Leads USD10m Pre-Series B for Brazil’s Traive

    October 26, 2022
  • Axxon Group To Exit Brazil’s Casa do Adubo to Nutrien

    October 26, 2022
  • Altor Acquires Bain Capital’s Stake in Chile’s Nova Austral

    October 26, 2022
  • Siemens Financial Services Invests in Mexico’s Grupo Angeles and Healthec

    October 26, 2022
  • DFC and FIRA Extend MXN1.8b in Additional Credit Lines to Mexico’s VC-backed Covalto

    October 26, 2022
  • Brazil’s Alothon Group-backed Unity is Acquired by Oncoclinicas Do Brazil Servicos Medicos for ~USD220m

    October 18, 2022
  • Brazil’s Pátria Investments Reaches ~USD193m Final Close for Pátria Private Equity VII

    October 18, 2022
  • SEAF, DFC and USAID Invest in Colombia’s Puntored

    October 18, 2022
  • Kinea Invests ~USD77m in Brazil’s Alvorada

    October 18, 2022
  • Mubadala Capital Leads ~USD110m Round for Brazil’s Central de Recebíveis (CERC)

    October 18, 2022
  • Ligthrock Leads ~USD48m Round for Brazil’s Cortex

    October 18, 2022
  • Brazil’s Volpi Secures up to ~USD30m through Brazil’s Certificados de Recebíveis Imobiliários

    October 18, 2022
  • Colombia’s Dark Kitchen Operator Foodology Raises USD50m in Debt and Equity

    October 18, 2022
  • DILA Capital Leads USD20m Round for Colombia’s Elenas

    October 18, 2022
  • Women’s World Banking Asset Management Leads USD12m Series B for Mexico’s Tienda Pago

    October 18, 2022
  • Brazil’s Tembici Raises ~USD10.6m from Itaú, Mastercard and Vanti

    October 18, 2022
  • Nazca Leads USD7m Round for Mexico’s CoreZerp

    October 18, 2022
  • Colombia’s Vozy Raises USD5m from GoHub Ventures, Starling Ventures and SaxeCap

    October 18, 2022
  • Upload Ventures and Digital Currency Lead USD5m Seed Round for Crypto Platform Arch

    October 18, 2022
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners Leads USD5m Round for Argentina’s Fidu

    October 18, 2022
  • Colombia’s Zulu Raises USD5m Round from Cadenza Ventures, Others

    October 18, 2022
  • Apollo Global Management Enters USD1.5b Financing Agreement with Brazil’s Embraer

    September 27, 2022
  • Fifth Wall Invests USD30m in Series C+ for Brazil’s Solfácil

    September 27, 2022
  • Globant Ventures invests ~USD1m in Uruguay’s Bunker DB

    September 27, 2022
  • Chromo Invest, Canary, Others Invest BRL9m in Brazil’s Civi; Canary Leads USD1.1m in Pre-seed Round for Mexico’s Bendo

    September 27, 2022
  • GSV Ventures Leads USD2m Seed Round for Peru’s uDocz 

    September 27, 2022

Latest Private Equity News

  • Brookfield To Invest USD60m in Brazil’s Ouro Verde

    March 28, 2022
  • Gramercy Provides USD100m Credit Line to Colombia’s OmniLatAm

    March 21, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Leads BRL650m Investment in Brazil’s Evino

    March 7, 2022
  • PX Ativos Judiciais and Galapagos Capital Raise BRL100m for Brazil Judicial Assets Fund

    March 2, 2022
  • IFC To Provide BRL200m Loan to Brazil’s Ser Educacional

    February 24, 2022
  • Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital Provides BRL72m in Mezzanine Financing to Brazil’s InvestFarma

    February 23, 2022
  • Wind Point Partners Acquires Mexico’s Palmex

    February 22, 2022
  • Grupo Pegasus Invests in Puppis

    February 22, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Invests BRL100m in Brazil’s DMCard

    February 21, 2022
  • Macrocapitales Sells 33.33% of Hass Peru to Local Investors

    February 19, 2022
  • Jive Investments Sells 49% Stake in Select Assets for USD25.5m

    February 19, 2022
  • Advent Acquires 25% Stake in Brazil’s Tigre for BRL1.35b

    February 18, 2022
  • Altum Capital Reaches USD125m Final Close for Second Mexico Private Debt Fund

    February 15, 2022
  • SouthLight Capital’s LatAm Growth SPAC Raises USD130m on Nasdaq

    February 9, 2022
  • LIV Capital’s Second SPAC Raises USD100m on the Nasdaq

    February 8, 2022
  • MicroVest Invests USD5m in Panama’s Banco La Hipotecaria

    February 8, 2022
  • PesoRama Merges With CPC Skyscape & Receives USD4.2m in Subscription Receipts Led by Fundamental Private Markets

    February 8, 2022
  • Linzor Capital Partners Exits Chile’s Mundo via Sale to DigitalBridge

    February 4, 2022
  • XP Invests ~USD9m in Brazil’s BR Supply (em português)

    January 31, 2022
  • Prisma Capital Increases Stake in Brazil’s Dommo Energia

    January 29, 2022
  • SPX Capital Targets BRL2.5b Brazil PE Fund (em português)

    January 28, 2022
  • BlackRock’s Global Renewable Energy Fund III to Invest USD200m in Chilean Solar Assets

    January 28, 2022
  • Cerberus To Commit BRL50m to Brasil Brokers

    January 27, 2022
  • RF Bank & Trust to Raise USD50m Bahamas Fund

    January 27, 2022
  • Linzor Capital Partners Acquires 70% of inConcert and Convertia

    January 24, 2022
  • Castlelake to Provide USD600m in Financing to Brazil’s Gol

    January 24, 2022
  • Equitas Management Partners Leads Round for Chile’s SoyMomo

    January 19, 2022
  • Liberty Strategic Capital to Invest USD150m in Argentina’s Satellogic

    January 19, 2022
  • IFC Leads USD30m Financing for Brazil’s Odata

    January 18, 2022
  • Continental Grain Company Invests in Chile’s Agroberries

    January 18, 2022
  • Encinno Capital Invests in Mexico’s Mita Residential

    January 18, 2022
  • Trinity Capital and Structure Banca de Inversión Acquire Colombia’s Acerías Paz del Río for COP74.8b

    January 14, 2022
  • TMF Group Acquires Paraty Capital

    January 11, 2022
  • Grupo Stefanini Acquires Cobiscorp

    January 6, 2022
  • AINDA Invests USD38m in Mexico’s Neology

    December 24, 2021
  • SPS Capital Reaches BRL1b First Close for Special Situations Fund

    December 23, 2021
  • Alta Growth Capital and Fondo de Fondos Acquire Mexico’s Interquim

    December 20, 2021
  • Equitas Management Partners Acquires Chile’s Mostos del Pacifico

    December 16, 2021

Latest Venture Capital News

  • Citi Ventures Invests in Mexico’s Belvo

    August 23, 2022
  • Kickstart Fund and Monashees Lead USD8.6m Round for Brazil’s Moises

    August 22, 2022
  • IFC To Invest Up to BRL250m in Brazil’s Trademaster

    August 22, 2022
  • Algorand Leads USD22m Series A for Argentina’s Koibanx

    August 20, 2022
  • Atlantico, MAYA and Andreessen Horowitz Lead USD7.5m Seed Round for Brazil’s Fudo

    August 19, 2022
  • Argentina’s Pomelo Raises USD15m Series A+ from Monashees, SciFi, Index, Others

    August 18, 2022
  • Van Eck Associates Leads USD8m Seed Round for Brazil’s Investo

    August 15, 2022
  • IFC invests USD35m in Brazil’s Odata

    August 15, 2022
  • Iporanga and Parallax Lead USD15m Series A for Brazil’s Klavi

    August 11, 2022
  • Evan Norton Group Leads USD26m Series C for Chile’s Levita Magnetics

    August 11, 2022
  • Brazil’s ISA LAB Raises BRL60m Round from FIR Capital, Vox Capital, Kortex, Others

    August 9, 2022
  • Creation Investments Invests USD25m in Mexico’s DD360

    August 9, 2022
  • Tiger Global and Bain Capital Ventures Lead USD7m Seed Round for Mexico’s Miferia

    August 8, 2022
  • Goldman Sachs To Provide Up to USD150m Debt Facility for Mexico’s Clara

    August 8, 2022
  • Astella Reaches USD150m Final Close for Fifth Early-stage Brazil-focused Fund

    August 8, 2022
  • Portage Leads USD6.5m Seed Round for Mexico’s Kontempo

    August 4, 2022
  • Monashees and Andreessen Horowitz Lead USD10m Seed Round for NG.CAS

    August 2, 2022
  • Founders Fund Leads USD10m Round for Argentina’s Mudafy

    August 2, 2022
  • Kamaroopin Leads BRL170m Series D for Brazil’s Dr. Consulta

    August 1, 2022
  • Canary Leads USD6m Pre-Seed Round for Colombia’s Bia

    July 27, 2022
  • Swvl To Acquire Mexico’s VC-backed Urbvan for USD82m

    July 11, 2022
  • Tiger Global Leads USD15m Series A for Colombia’s treble.ai

    July 1, 2022
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management Leads ~USD38m Series C for Brazil’s Conexa Saúde

    June 27, 2022
  • Vine Ventures Reaches USD140m Final Close for Seed-stage Venture Fund

    June 22, 2022
  • Ecuadorian Fintech Kushki Raises USD100m Series B+ at USD1.5b Valuation

    June 7, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Acquires USD20m Stake in Brazilian Credit Provider DMCard

    February 21, 2022
  • 8VC Leads ~USD35.4m Round for Brazilian Insurtech 180 Seguros (em português)

    February 2, 2022
  • Glade Brook Capital Leads USD125m Series C for Chilean Insurtech Betterfly

    February 2, 2022
  • SP Ventures and Acre.VC Lead USD10m Series A for Brazilian Carbon Trading Marketplace Moss (em português)

    January 31, 2022
  • Brazilian Healthtech Nilo Saúde Raises USD10m Series A from Canary, MAYA, SoftBank, GFC and Tau Ventures

    January 28, 2022
  • Valor Capital Group Leads ~USD16m Series A for Brazilian Agtech Agrolend (em português)

    January 23, 2022
  • DILA Capital and Kayyak Ventures Lead USD15m Series A for Mexican Financing Platform Fairplay

    January 18, 2022
  • Astella Investimentos Leads ~USD4.6m Seed Round for Brazilian Blockchain Trading Platform Gavea (em português)

    January 12, 2022
  • SoftBank Leads USD48m Series B for Colombian E-commerce Laika

    January 12, 2022
  • KASZEK Leads USD13.2m Round for Mexican Fantasy Sports Platform Draftea

    January 7, 2022
  • IDC Ventures Leads ~USD5m Series A for Brazilian Microcredit Platform SuperSim (em português)

    January 6, 2022
  • Mexican Verification Platform MetaMap Raises USD70m Series B

    January 5, 2022
  • DRADS Capital Leads USD7m Pre-Series A for Chilean Foodtech The Live Green Co. (en español)

    January 3, 2022

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