LAVCA spoke with Luis Cervantes, Head of General Atlantic’s Mexico City office, about the LatAm opportunity and the importance of family offices…

Angel Ventures seeks to raise MXN$1bn from Mexican Afores for its debut CKD vehicle, which will be listed on Mexico’s stock exchange (BMV).

When it comes to international players investing in Latin American startups, US investors dominate the list, representing 67% of all global investors into LatAm startups since 2013.

Corporate investors participate in some of the largest investments in LatAm startups, but have also demonstrated an appetite across a range of stages and sectors.

The entrance of major global investors into a string of recent early and expansion stage rounds in Latin America is contributing to record investment dollars in Latin American startups.

Dalus Capital invested MXN$72.4m in Cultura Colectiva, a digital media company creating content for Spanish-speaking millennials. This is the first investment out of Dalus’ second fund. (El Economista) El fondo…

General Atlantic has agreed to make a strategic investment in Mexican multi-brand retailer Grupo Axo for an undisclosed amount.  (Press Release) MEXICO CITY, May 30, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Grupo Axo,…

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…

Mexico is in the process of passing Ley de FinTech to regulate the sector, after the country came out on “top in the FinTech space in 2016” with four companies…

Y Combinator invested US$120k in Mexico City-based book review e-commerce site, Beek. (TechCrunch) Leveraging post-literate tools like YouTube and emojis to create a website and mobile app that allows people…

With a bid of R$917m, Pátria Investimentos was the winner of the auction of the highway lot in the Centro-Oeste Paulista. The offer marked the firm’s debut investment in highway…

Movile and 500 Startups exited Peruvian movie ticket platform Cinepapaya, which sold to Fandango for an undisclosed amount. This is Fandango’s second acquisition to expand their growth in the region,…

(Press Release) Underdog Media, a Mexican tech company and first digital distribution platform of soccer highlights, received an investment from IGNIA and Gerbera Capital. Underdog Media es una empresa de tecnología que desarrolla…

(Press Release) Dalus Capital Fund II issued its first CKD for MX$950m (approximately US$50m). The fund will invest in Mexican companies with high growth potential based on technological or business…

Conventional wisdom has it that the PE/VC opportunity in Latin America is never quite as good or as bad as the headlines and investor herd would lead us to believe.…

(The New York Times) Despite the turbulence currently hitting emerging markets, the venture capital fund Kaszek Ventures, in Buenos Aires, recently raised a new US$135m fund, signaling that the region’s…

(Pulso Social) To chat with Diego Serebrisky is to speak wiht on of the authorities on matters of investment and venture capital in Latin America.

For news in Portuguese, please click here. (TechCrunch) Assured Labor, a New York, Mexico City and Sao Paulo-based startup that helps low- and middle-income workers across Latin America find jobs through their…

(DealBook) March 28, 2011 – “We use zero leverage.” Luiz Otávio Magalhães, the founding partner of one of the most successful private equity firms in Brazil, was trying to explain…

(Bloomberg) September 2, 2010 – Burger King Holdings Inc. agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital, a New York investment firm backed by Brazilian investors, for $3.3 billion in the…