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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…
In June 2022, DILA Capital led a USD20m Series B for Elenas, a social commerce platform that empowers micro-entrepreneurs in Colombia and Mexico to launch online businesses by selling products on social media sites…
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Nibo is a fintech startup empowering small businesses to navigate Brazil’s complicated accounting and tax landscape. With 2,000 accountants on the platform, and integrations with over sixty major accounting software solutions in Brazil, Nibo raised a R$20m Series A from Swedish investor Vostok Emerging Finance, with participation from existing investors Redpoint eventures and Valor Capital, to scale their platform.
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Suyo, a startup making it easier and more affordable for low-income families in Colombia to formalize their houses and land, recently received follow-on financing from Omidyar Network. In this interview with Suyo CEO Matt Alexander, we learn of the overwhelming size of the problem and opportunity.
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LAVCA spoke with Dirk Donath, Managing Partner Latin America for L Catterton about the mid-market consumer sector opportunity in Latin America and the appetite from global LPs for a pan-regional fund. Earlier in 2017, L Catterton Latin America successfully closed on US$400+ million, exceeding its fundraising target.
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Company: Mosyle Investors: DGF Investimentos Mosyle is a Brazilian edtech startup with global ambitions to improve the classroom experience by using mobile devices that just raised an undisclosed round from DGF…
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Company: Mercadoni Investors: Axon Partners, Grupo Pegasus Mercadoni is a Colombian grocery delivery app that raised a US$6.2m investment from Axon Partners and Grupo Pegasus. In this interview with Mercadoni co-founder…
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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…
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Company: Cornershop Investors: Accel Partners, ALLVP, Creandum, Endeavor Catalyst, Grupo Bimbo Family Office, Jackson Square Ventures Queremos ser el mejor servicio de entrega a domicilio de groceries en las ciudades…
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Company: Aflore Investors: Polymath Ventures, Fiinlab Aflore is a startup that is leveraging a direct sales model to deliver financial products for the underbanked in Colombia. Aflore raised a Series…
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Argentina’s Ley del Emprendedor, regulating new company creation, equity crowdfunding and more, was approved on March 29, 2017, by the Argentine Senate. This is big news for Argentina’s tech ecosystem,…
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Fintech investments are on the rise in Latin America, growing 31% (in terms of dollars) and 81% (in terms of deal count) in 2016. Startups in Latin America raised US$500m…
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LAVCA spoke with Manuela Larangeira Kayath, Partner, Jive Investments about how improvements to Brazil’s legal system combined with the consequences of the economic crisis the country has been facing has generated a significant opportunity for distressed investing.
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OneSkin is a biotech startup in Silicon Valley with ambitious plans to discover anti-aging molecules. In LAVCA’s interview with Brazilian founder and CEO Carolina Reis, and Colombian CTO Andrés Ochoa, we learn: How they translated their academic roots in biochemistry and genomics in Brazil into startup technology…
