UK-based VC DN Capital led a ~USD22.2m Series A+ for Sami, a Brazilian healthcare plan management platform for SMEs, with follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital Group and Redpoint eventures. Valor Capital…

GIC led a USD50m Series A for QI Tech, a Brazilian API-based credit issuance platform. (Press Release) – QI Tech, fintech that provides a range of financial services through APIs…

Justos, a Brazilian pre-launch car insurance platform, raised a ~USD35.8m Series A from SoftBank and GGV, with follow-on from KASZEK, BigBets and angels David Velez (Nubank) and Carlos Garcia (Kavak). KASZEK…

Flourish Ventures and GFC led a USD10m Series A for Merce do Bairro, a Brazilian same-day delivery wholesale marketplace for SMEs, with follow-on from DOMO Invest, Alexia Ventures, Prana Capital,…

Crescera Capital led a USD80m Series C for Tembici, a Brazilian micro-mobility platform focused on bikes, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Pipo. Tembici raised a USD47m Series B led by…

monashees and Valor Capital Group led a ~USD4.6m pre-seed round for BHub, a Brazilian accounting and financial management platform for SMEs, with participation from QED Investors, Clocktower, Addition, Picus Capital,…

Company: Movile Investors: Nasper’s Prosus Ventures, Innova Capital Brazil Interview with: CEO Patrick Hruby Brazil-based internet holding Movile recently raised USD200m in follow-on financing from Prosus Ventures in August 2021 to expand…

Prosus Ventures invested USD200m in follow-on financing in Brazil-based internet holding Movile. The capital will go towards expanding Movile’s companies, including iFood, MovilePay, Zoop and Mensajeros Urbanos. (LABS News) The…

Brazil-based internet holding Movile raised USD200m in follow-on financing from Prosus Ventures to expand iFood (food delivery), MovilePay and Zoop (fintech) and Mensajeros Urbanos (logistics). (Press Release) –  Movile, one of…

monashees and Spark Capital led a USD20m Series A for Nomad, a Brazilian fintech offering US checking accounts for Brazilian residents, with participation from Propel, GFC, Abstract, Vast, ONEVC and…

We Ventures invested ~USD1.1m in Mobees, a Brazilian marketing intelligence platform installing ads in ride-sharing and last-mile delivery vehicles. (InfoMoney) – As marcas tiveram de explorar canais digitais para se…

Rocketmat, a US- and Brazil-based recruiting and employee retention platform for large companies and institutions, raised a ~USD1.6m round from DOMO Invest, Alexia Ventures and Sound Money Ventures. Rocketmat’s clients…

MFO Turim led a ~USD2.4m round for Guru, a Brazilian retail investment platform, with participation from Discovery Ventures, SumUp, Norte Ventures and angels from iFood and Gympass. (Startupi) – A Guru, fintech…

Movile invested ~USD34m in Zoop, a Brazilian white label fintech platform for startups and SMEs. Movile led a ~USD12m round in 2020 and a USD18.3m round in 2019.  (Istoe Dinheiro)…

Tiger Global led a USD22m Series B for Flash, a Brazilian on-demand corporate benefits provider for executives, with participation from Citius and Kauffman Fellows and follow-on from monashees and GFC. monashees…

Chilean VC fund Endurance Investments led a BRL210m Series C for idwall, a Brazilian identity authentication platform, with participation from GGV and Norte Ventures, and follow-on from monashees. Qualcomm Ventures led…

Brazilian beef exporter Minerva Foods and Quartz led a BRL120m Series B for Shopper, a Brazilian subscription delivery platform for consumer products, with participation from FJ Labs,and Floating Point, and…

Riverwood Capital and Oria Capital partially exited cloud and cybersecurity SaaS company Mandic via a sale to Claranet. (Neofeed) Depois de vender sua fatia na RD Station, a Riverwood Capital…

SP Ventures announced a R$130m second close for AgVentures II, with a R$40m commitment from French animal nutrition company Adisseo and US phosphate mining company Mosaic. SP Ventures reached a US$17.2m…

Darwin Capital, angels Marcelo Sampaio (Hasdex) and Roberto Nishikawa (Itau Unibanco), and others invested R$12m in Linker, a Brazilian neobank for SMEs. (NeoFeed) – Original, C6 e Inter foram alguns dos nomes que ocuparam…

monashees led a R$30m round in Nomad, a Brazilian fintech offering US checking accounts for Brazilian residents. Nomad is founded by Patrick Sigrist (iFood) and Marcos Nader (DocuSign). (Valor Econômico)…

Valor Capital Group led a US$2.2m round in Dolado, a Brazilian inventory and digital sales management platform for SMEs in city peripheries, with participation from Global Founders Capital, Norte Capital,…

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ONEVC led a US$2.7m round in TerraMagna, a Brazilian agtech platform providing working capital for farmers, with participation from MAYA Capital and Accion Venture Lab, and angels Patrick Sigrist (iFood),…

Colombian restaurant management platform MUY Tech rebranded to RobinFood and raised US$16m in debt financing from Miami-based VC MGM Sustainable Energy Fund. RobinFood is founded by Domicilios.com Co-Founders Jose Guillermo…

Movile led a R$60m round in Zoop, a Brazilian white label fintech platform for SMEs and startups. Mobile invested US$18.3m in Zoop in 2019. (Press Release) Movile, one of Latin America’s…

Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking led a R$120m Series A in iugu, a Brazilian finance automation and payment platform for SMEs, with follow-on from Indicator Capital, and Fabio Povoa, Co-Founder of…

SP Ventures reached a US$17.2m first close for its Latin America-focused agfoodtech fund. The fund targets US$50m and counts Syngenta Ventures and BASF Venture Capital as investors.  (AgFunderNews) Brazil-based SP Ventures has…

Quest Venture Partners made a US$4m follow-on investment in dataPlor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, with participation from Space Capital and FF Venture Capital. Quest Venture Partners…

Canary invested US$980k in Mobees, a Brazilian adtech startup for rideshare services. (Contxto) Brazilian Mobees is mixing mobility and tech to give drivers an additional source of income. No, not through a ride-hailing platform mind you,…