(E-Commerce News) Smartbill RBM, contract and billing software developer, was chosen by SP Ventures to receive an investment from their Fundo de Inovação Paulista.

(Startupi) Desenvolve SP – São Paulo Development Agency – recently announced the launch of a new fund, Fundo Inovação Paulista (Paulista Innovation Fund) which will be managed by SP ventures.…

(Valor Economico) After devoting itself to seed capital investments, SP Ventures, which manages investment funds with a focus on companies in the State of São Paulo, is preparing to launch…

Acre Venture Partners led a USD12m Series A for Arado (formerly Clicampo), a Brazil-based operations and logistics management platform connecting rural producers with restaurants and retailers, with participation from Syngenta Ventures and Globo Ventures,…

(Pipeline | Neofeed) Lightrock led a BRL145m (~USD28m) Series B for Agrolend, a Brazil-based digital lender to agribusinesses, with participation from Yara Ventures and Mago Capital, and follow-on from SP…

(TechCrunch) At One Ventures and Builders VC led a USD3.7m seed round for Puna Bio, an Argentina-based biotech that cultivates beneficial microbes for soil enrichment, with participation from SP Ventures…

Kinea Ventures and Brazil VC G2D led a USD25m Series A for Digibee, a Brazilian e-commerce digital integration manager for SMEs. SP Ventures led a ~USD2.7m venture debt round in August…

Valor Capital Group led a ~USD16m Series A for Agrolend, a Brazilian unsecured credit platform for small crop farmers, with follow-on from SP Ventures, Barn Investimentos, Provence Ventures and Continental…

Yara Growth Ventures, the CVC arm of Norwegian chemical company Yara International, led a USD30m Series C for Agrofy, an Argentine marketplace for agricultural supplies. Capria Ventures invested USD1m in October…

ZoomAgri, an Argentine quality analysis platform for agricultural commodities, raised a USD3.3m Series A from SP Ventures, Glocal, Artesian and GrainInnovate.  (LABS News) – A agtech argentina ZoomAgri, startup de inteligência…

Capria Ventures invested US$1m in Agrofy, an Argentine marketplace for agricultural supplies, with follow-on from SP Ventures. SP Ventures led a US$23m Series B in Agrofy in 2019, and led…

Cultivan Sandbox Ventures invested US$2m in Leaf, a San Francisco-based agtech startup for integrating farmland data across tech platforms, with participation from SP Ventures and Radicle Growth.  (FinSMEs) Leaf, a…

Bradesco’s Inovabra fund and Positivo’s corporate venture arm led a R$22m Series A investment in Brazilian agtech  Agrosmart. Previous investors include SP Ventures, São Paulo innovation fund Desenvolve SP,  and…

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Brazilian drone startup Horus raised R$2m on equity crowdfunding platform Eqseed. SP Ventures invested previously. Embrapa (The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation) and Cedro Capital also invested R$5m this year

Prosegur Tech Ventures, invested R$15m in fintech Concil, its first contribution to a Brazilian company this year. 

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BTG Pactual launched BoostLab, an accelerator to scale up Brazilian startups with existing revenue and clients. The first cohort includes fintechs Liber Capital and F(x) (both backed by e.bricks Ventures), and Neurotech; as well as Clicksign, Zigpay and agtech startup Agronow (backed by SP Ventures).

Brazilian accelerator WOW raised its third fund to accelerate startups. WOW has invested R$8m+ in 45 startups to date, and R$19m in new funds to invest. (Baguete) A WOW, uma…