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  • CREATORS Interview with Nohoa Arcanjo

    Creative Diversity in Brazil: An Interview with CREATORS Co-Founder and CMO Nohoa Arcanjo

    Company: CREATORS Investors: Google for Startups’ Black Founders Fund Interview with: Co-Founder and CMO Nohoa Arcanjo Google for Startups Brasil launched Black Founders Fund in September, a R$5m investment fund to…

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    Coding is the Future: Interview with Arukay Co-Founder and CEO Vicky Ricaurte

    Company: Arukay Financing Status: Bootstrapped Interview with: Co-Founder & CEO Vicky Ricaurte Arukay, a Colombian edtech teaching K-12 students how to program, won the 2019 WeXchange Pitch Competition, an initiative founded…

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    A Brand Laboratory: Interview with Foodology Co-Founder Daniela Izquierdo

    Company: Foodology Investors: Jaguar Ventures, XFactor, Ideas VC & Impact Investing, NOA Capital, Innogen Capital Ventures Interview with: Co-Founder Daniela Izquierdo Dark kitchens, also known as “ghost”, “virtual”, or “cloud”…

  • COVID-19 Startup Insights

    Startups that cashed up in 2019 have an advantage approaching the C19 crisis. LAVCA spoke directly with the CEOs of 74 startups to understand how they’re navigating 2020.

  • Alexandre Takinami, Douglas Storf, and Ury Rappaport from SWAP

    Banking as a Service: An Interview with SWAP Co-Founders Ury Rappaport and Douglas Storf

    Company: SWAP Investors: ONEVC, GFC, Flourish Ventures, a.b.seed, Hustle Fund, Brad Flora, Patrick Sigrist, Canary, SOMA Capital, Rhombuz Ventures, Brad Flora, and Patrick Sigrist.  Interview with: Co-Founders Douglas Storf and…

  • Interview with Alice CFO Luiz Octavio Maluf

    Healthtech During Transformational Times: An Interview with Alice CFO Luiz Octávio Maluf

    Company: Alice  Investors: Canary, KaszeK Ventures, MAYA Capital Interview with:  CFO of Alice, Luiz Octávio Maluf Santos Alice, a Brazilian healthcare provider led by André Florence, former CFO at 99,…

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    Less Paperwork, More Employee Retention: An Interview with Worky Co-Founder and CEO Maya Dadoo

    Company: Worky Investors: QED Investors, LEAP Global Partners, STARTegy Ventures Interview with: Co-Founder and CEO Maya Dadoo Worky, a Mexican HR automatization platform is currently expanding its services to cater…

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    Finance Without Borders: Remessa Online and The Quest to Connect Brazilian Businesses

    Company: Remessa Online Investors: KaszeK Ventures, Bewater Ventures, Global Founders Capital, MAR Ventures Interview with: Co-Founder Alexandre Liuzzi Brazil-based international money transfer platform Remessa Online raised US$20m from KaszeK Ventures,…

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    Company: La Haus Investors: KaszeK Ventures, Acrew Capital, IMO Ventures, Beresford Ventures, NFX Interview with: Co-Founder Rodrigo Sánchez-Ríos (President) La Haus is a Colombian residential real estate platform that just…

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    Since the C19 pandemic began, Tech Growth Coalition members have stepped up with relief efforts in Latin America and globally, through a combination of capital-infused initiatives (including grants and donations), strategic partnerships, and lending tech infrastructure support…

  • LP Profile: Rafael Ramirez, Portfolio Manager, Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation

    LAVCA recently spoke with Rafael Ramirez, Portfolio Manager– Private Equity & Special Opportunities at the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, a sovereign wealth fund originally seeded by state oil & gas…

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    Taking Games Seriously: An Interview with Wildlife Studios Co-Founders Arthur Lazarte and Mike Mac-Vicar

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  • Siguler Guff Invests BRL150m in Brazil’s Verzani & Sandrini

    December 22, 2022
  • CAF To Commit USD25m to Patria’s Infra Credit Fund

    December 21, 2022
  • KKR Sells Shares in Laureate Education for USD309m

    December 16, 2022
  • Brazil’s Paketá Secures BRL300m in Debt Financing from Milenio Capital

    December 14, 2022
  • Headline Leads BRL36m Round for Brazil’s Smart Break

    December 14, 2022
  • Patria To Exit 55% Stake in Brazil’s Entrevias to Vinci

    December 14, 2022
  • Chile’s LATAM Airlines Secures USD4.25b in Restructuring Financing from Oaktree Capital Management, Banco Santander and Others

    December 14, 2022
  • FEN Ventures and Innogen Lead USD7m Equity and Debt Seed Round for Peru’s Wynwood House

    December 14, 2022
  • Canary Leads ~USD4m Seed Round for Brazil’s Lastro

    December 14, 2022
  • Princeville Capital Leads USD70m Series D+ for Chile’s NotCo

    December 14, 2022
  • Alexia Ventures Leads USD16.5m Round for Brazil’s Seedz

    December 14, 2022
  • Gerdau Next Ventures and Inovabra Lead ~USD21m Series B for Brazil’s Docket

    December 14, 2022
  • Urban Innovation Fund Leads USD4.4m Seed Round for Mexico’s Plenna

    December 14, 2022
  • Banco Santander Leads USD10m Series B for Chile’s Destacame

    December 14, 2022
  • CPP Invests ~USD468m in Brazil’s V.Tal

    December 7, 2022
  • Mexico’s Baubap Secures USD25m in Debt Financing from Park Cities Asset Management

    December 7, 2022
  • Gerdau Next Ventures and Inovabra Lead ~USD22m Series B for Brazil’s Docket

    December 7, 2022
  • Bridge One Invests ~USD21m in Brazil’s BR Media

    December 7, 2022
  • Brazil’s Turbi Secures ~USD21m Loan Facility from ARC Capital, Jive Investments and Others

    December 7, 2022
  • Banco Santander Leads USD10m Series B for Chile’s Destacame

    December 7, 2022
  • Headline Leads ~USD7m Round for Brazil’s Smart Break 

    December 7, 2022
  • FEN Ventures and Innogen Lead USD7m Seed Round for Peru’s Wynwood House

    December 7, 2022
  • Chile’s Legria Raises USD6m From Chile Ventures, Genesis Ventures, Others

    December 7, 2022
  • Genesis Ventures, Amarena and Grupo Penta Invest USD6m in Chile’s Kredito

    December 7, 2022
  • Banco BV and RX Ventures Lead Undisclosed Series A for Brazil’s Klavi

    December 7, 2022
  • Glisco Partners Leads USD27m Series B for Colombia’s Muncher

    November 23, 2022
  • DXA Invest and Arien Lead ~USD6m Series A+ for Brazil’s Aviation Platform Flapper

    November 23, 2022
  • Better Tomorrow Ventures and Metaprop Lead USD7.5m Round for Mexico’s Fintech Yave

    November 23, 2022
  • EQI Raises ~USD9m for Brazil’s Forêt Fund

    November 23, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Invests in Brazil’s Arklok

    November 23, 2022
  • Lightrock Leads BRL145m Series B for Brazil’s Agrolend

    November 23, 2022
  • Colombia’s Finkargo Secures USD75m Structured Credit Line from Community Investment Management

    November 23, 2022
  • L Catterton To Acquire Minority Stake in Brazil’s CantuStore for BRL600m

    November 23, 2022
  • Mexico’s GoTrendier Raises ~USD15m Series B Led by IDB Invest, Creas Impacto and IDC Ventures

    November 22, 2022
  • Mexican Fintech Kapital Secures USD100m Debt Facility from Sivo

    November 8, 2022
  • Victory Park Capital and Industry Ventures Lead USD60m Equity and Debt Round for Mexican Fintech Mendel

    November 8, 2022
  • Crescera To Invest BRL300m in Brazil’s Vitru

    November 8, 2022
  • Mexico’s Quinio Raises USD40m in Equity and Debt Round

    November 8, 2022

Latest Private Equity News

  • Ore Investment To Acquire 33.3% Stake in Brazil’s Companhia Brasileira de Lítio for BRL208m

    July 11, 2022
  • CPP Investments Acquires 19.3% Stake in Colombia’s D1 for USD334m; Capital Group Exits

    July 7, 2022
  • Evergreen Investment Advisors Leads USD75m Investment in Brazil’s GoodStorage

    July 6, 2022
  • LIV Capital Invests in Mexico’s Fuller

    June 28, 2022
  • Peru’s GloboKasNet Raises Undisclosed Amount from Nuveen and Maj Invest

    June 23, 2022
  • Equitas Acquires Chile’s Naviera Antártica

    June 20, 2022
  • Patria Acquires Brazil’s Avenida for BRL300m

    June 15, 2022
  • Grupo Mutual To Raise Two USD200m Costa Rica VC Funds

    June 14, 2022
  • Macquarie Sells Interest in Mexico’s Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí to Bestinver

    June 11, 2022
  • Mexico’s Ozon Raises USD4m Seed Funding and USD25m Debt

    June 10, 2022
  • Pátria Investimentos’ Lavoro Acquires 85% Stake in Brazil’s Casa Trevo and CATR From AZ Group

    June 8, 2022
  • CPP Investments-backed Auren Energia Acquires 28.3% Stake In Brazil’s Aquarela Inovação Tecnológica

    June 7, 2022
  • Grupo Financiero Galicia Acquires 15% Stake in Argentina’s Agripay

    June 6, 2022
  • Caatinga Capital To Acquire 70% Stake in Brazil’s Nexti for BRL170m

    June 6, 2022
  • Mubadala Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Brazil’s Medicina UniFTC Salvador and Unesulbahia

    June 3, 2022
  • Aqua Capital Acquires 100% of Colombia’s Ascender From Valorar Futuro

    June 2, 2022
  • Brookfield-owned BRK Ambiental Files for Brazil IPO

    May 31, 2022
  • LATAM Airlines Secures USD3.7b in Financing From J.P. Morgan and Qatar Airways Investments

    May 31, 2022
  • Alloy Capital Invests Debt in Mexico’s MAS Seguros

    May 30, 2022
  • ADIA To Provide Financing for Santa Fe-Córdoba aqueduct

    May 25, 2022
  • BTG Pactual and Energea Global Sell SPE to Comerc for BRL200m

    May 23, 2022
  • Aqua Capital Exits Brazil’s Puravida Via Sale to Nestlé

    May 23, 2022
  • L Catterton To Invest in Mexico’s Crediclub

    May 19, 2022
  • General Atlantic Acquires Stake in Brazil’s Locaweb

    May 18, 2022
  • Lightrock Reaches USD300m Final Close for LatAm Growth Fund

    May 18, 2022
  • Grupo Procaps To Acquire Mexico’s Grupo Somar From Advent

    May 17, 2022
  • Stratus Alternative Fund To Launch Jamaica SME Private Equity Fund

    May 14, 2022
  • FRAM Capital Acquires Minority Stake in Brazil’s Classy Brands

    May 12, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Exits Brazil’s Pro Infusion Via Sale to Viveo Group

    May 11, 2022
  • Advent International To Invest in Colombia’s GHL Hotels

    May 3, 2022
  • Galgo Capital Acquires 40% of Peru’s Crece Capital

    May 1, 2022
  • Itaú Acquires 11.3% Stake in Brazil’s XP From General Atlantic, Others for ~USD1.6b

    April 30, 2022
  • IG4 Capital To Raise USD500m Fund III and USD300m Credit Fund

    April 25, 2022
  • Accenture Acquires Argentina’s Ergo

    April 21, 2022
  • BNDES invests BRL250m in Lightrock’s Growth Equity Fund II Brasil

    April 19, 2022
  • EQUITAS MANAGEMENT PARTNERS COMPLETES EXIT OF CHILE’S TIAXA

    April 13, 2022
  • ACON Acquires Stake in Brazil’s Sapore

    April 12, 2022
  • Riza Asset Management and Alvarez & Marzel To Create JV To Invest in Special Situations

    April 7, 2022

Latest Venture Capital News

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • KASZEK and Y Combinator Leads USD5m Investment for Mexico’s DolarApp 

    September 27, 2022
  • Mexico’s Naya Homes Raises USD5.6m Seed Round From Carao Ventures, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Others

    September 27, 2022
  • Astella Leads BRL40m Series A for Brazil’s Amicci 

    September 27, 2022
  • Moore Capital Leads BRL40m Series A+ for Brazil’s BHub 

    September 27, 2022
  • monashees and Construct Capital Lead USD8.5m Round for Brazil’s Leoparda Electric

    September 27, 2022
  • Colombia’s RappiPay Secures USD11m Syndicated Credit Line from Bancolombia, Others

    September 27, 2022
  • Salkantay Ventures Reaches USD26m Final Close for First VC Fund

    September 27, 2022
  • Vinci Partners To Acquire Minority Stake in Brazil’s Efficopar 

    September 27, 2022
  • BTG Pactual To Acquire Brazil’s UPI Itiquira for BRL146.7m

    September 27, 2022
  • Vinci Partners, XP, Genial To Acquire Brazil’s Campinas Shopping from BR Malls for BRL411.4m

    September 27, 2022
  • Victory Park Capital Provides USD100m Senior Loan Facility to Mexico’s Nelo

    September 27, 2022
  • Warburg Pincus and Gávea Investimentos Partially Exit Brazil’s Grupo GPS for BRL546m

    September 27, 2022
  • Brazil’s Patria-backed Lavoro To List on Nasdaq via SPAC Merger

    September 27, 2022
  • HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Santander To Provide USD810m Debt for Mexico’s Kavak

    September 27, 2022
  • StepStone Leads USD20m Series A for Mexico’s Draftea

    September 14, 2022
  • Gradient Ventures Leads USD15m Series A for Mexico’s R2

    September 14, 2022
  • Mexico’s Naya Homes Raises USD5.6m Seed Round from Carao Ventures, Clocktower Technology Ventures, Others

    September 14, 2022
  • At One Ventures and Builders VC Lead USD3.7m Seed Round for Argentina’s Puna Bio

    September 14, 2022
  • Tiger Global Leads USD3m Seed Round for Argentina’s Rebill

    September 14, 2022
  • Goldman Sachs Provides USD140m Asset-Backed Loan for Chile’s Xepelin

    September 7, 2022
  • PROSUS VENTURES ACQUIRES 33.3% STAKE IN IFOOD FOR ~USD1.5B

    August 31, 2022
  • XP Investments To Acquire Brazil’s Campo de Marte and Jacarepaguá Airports for BRL141m

    August 30, 2022
  • Upload Ventures Leads a USD12m Series A for Mexico’s Plerk

    August 29, 2022
  • CRV and monashees Lead USD6.7m Pre-seed Round for Brazil’s Latú

    August 25, 2022
  • Alloy Capital Provides MXN290m Debt Financing for Mexico’s Auronix

    August 23, 2022
  • StepStone Group Completes USD80m Secondary Transaction for Brazil’s Valor Venture Fund II

    August 23, 2022
  • BTG Pactual To Invest in Brazil’s Aliare and Gran Cursos Online

    August 23, 2022

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