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      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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      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”…

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      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.

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      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…

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      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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      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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      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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      December 7, 2022
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    • Lightrock Leads BRL145m Series B for Brazil’s Agrolend

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      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

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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022
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      October 26, 2022

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      June 23, 2022
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      June 20, 2022
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      June 15, 2022
    • Grupo Mutual To Raise Two USD200m Costa Rica VC Funds

      June 14, 2022
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      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
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      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
    • 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

    Latest Venture Capital News

    • Lightspeed Leads USD5m Seed Round for Argentina’s Fidu

      October 26, 2022
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      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
    • 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

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