This leaderboard tracks Latin American tech unicorns, privately held tech companies with post-money valuations of US$1b+ based on their last disclosed valuation event.

SoftBank acquired ~R$1b in shares of Banco Inter, a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank. WSJ reports SoftBank had been in talks with Nubank previously. (Brazil Journal) O Softbank comprou quase…

This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem.

The recent EU-LatAm trade deals are a bright spot in the midst of a complex political environment in Latin America’s major economies and LAVCA data shows growth opportunities in tech-related startups, infrastructure, power and renewable energy, and consumer sectors.

Andreessen Horowitz invested US$12.5m in ADDI, a Colombian point-of-sale lending startup, with participation from previous investors monashees, Village Global and Sinai VC. ADDI raised US$3.8m in 2018.  (TechCrunch) Andreessen Horowitz…

KaszeK Ventures, Redpoint eventures and QED Investors made a R$16m Series A investment in Xerpa, a Brazilian HRtech platform. (Exame) A Xerpa, startup que leva a área de recursos humanos…

Tencent made an undisclosed investment in Ualá, an Argentine mobile banking app. Goldman Sachs led a US$34m investment in Ualá in 2018, with participation from monashees, Ribbit Capital, Jefferies Group,…

Ribbit Capital led a R$25m investment in Warren, a Brazil-based digital brokerage, with participation from KaszeK Ventures and Chromo Invest. This is Warren’s first known institutional capital. (Baguete) A corretora…

QED Investors and Invus Opportunities co-led a US$22.6m investment in Escale, a Brazilian digital marketing agency providing customer acquisition services to Brazilian telco and healthcare companies. Previous investors KaszeK Ventures,…

Brazilian real estate startup Loft raised a US$70m Series B at a valuation of ~US$370m, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Fifth Wall Ventures, with participation from QED Investors and follow-on…

Advent International acquired a 51% stake of Prisma Medios de Pago, an Argentine payments company formed as a joint venture between Visa International and local banks. The deal values Prisma…

Mountain Nazca led a US$7.4m Series A investment in Albo, a Mexican digital bank, with participation from Omidyar Network and Greyhound Capital. (Expansión) Albo pisa el acelerador de su crecimiento…

The first half of 2018 was a record-breaking semester for startup investment in Latin America. Investment dollars grew for every major market in the region with Brazilian and Mexican startups capturing the most investment.

Sequoia Capital and Zetta Venture Partners invested US$2.25m in Rever, a Mexican employee innovation management platform. This is Sequoia’s first known investment in a Mexican startup. Sequoia’s other investments in the region include Nubank and Rappi.

DST Global led a US$200m investment round in Colombian on-demand delivery startup, Rappi, which is now valued north of US$1b, as first reported by Axios.  (TechCrunch) Rappi, the Colombian on-demand delivery…

Movile raised a fresh US$124m round of financing for iFood, led by Naspers, with participation from Innova Capital. Last year, Movile raised US$82m for iFood and US$53m for Movile, also from Naspers and Innova Capital.

Canary made an undisclosed seed investment in Go Good, a collaborative exercise app.

Salesforce Ventures made its inaugural investment in Latin America in RunaHR, a payroll automation platform, in a US$3.5m seed round that included Y Combinator, the founder of Gmail, CTO of Dropbox, executives of Rappi, Nubank, Cabify and WeWork Latin America, and HR experts including the CTO of Zenefits, former Head Sales Head of Gusto and former Product Manager of Gusto.

ComparaGuru is a Mexico-based financial management platform for comparing insurance and banking products that has raised US$11m in financing to date. In this interview with CEO Fernando González-Ambía, also an Executive in Residence at QED Investors, we learn how ComparaGuru is encouraging financial literacy and bridging the banking gap in Mexico

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Inside Latin America’s Breakout Year in Tech is an 8-page graphic report with updates about the venture and tech ecosystem in the region. The report maps the major markets and covers top deals by value, co-investments, startup ecosystem maturity, and the trending and fastest growing sectors.

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PARA DIVULGAÇÃO IMEDIATA Contacto: Caitlin Mitchell, LAVCA cmitchell@lavca.org +1.646.315.6737 Empresas de Tecnologia Suportam Nova Coalizão Criada pela LAVCA para Apoiar o Crescimento Recorde de Startups na América Latina Google, Facebook,…

Contacto: Caitlin Mitchell, LAVCA cmitchell@lavca.org +1.646.315.6737 Empresas Tecnológicas Respaldan Nueva Coalición Creada por LAVCA para Apoyar el Crecimiento Récord de Startups en América Latina Google, Facebook, Qualcomm Ventures, Movile, Globant,…

The Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) today announced the launch of the Latin American Tech Growth Coalition, with founding participants Google, Facebook, Qualcomm Ventures (the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated), Movile, Globant, Riverwood Capital, and Telefonica OpenFuture_.

This is a special contribution written by Andy Tsao of Silicon Valley Bank. This article also appeared on Medium.com. More than $84B of venture capital investment was made in 2017, the…

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Canary raised R$160m for its first fund. Investments include fintech SmartMEI, HR platform Gupy, IT startup Terramagna, used car marketplace Volanty, online factoring platform Rapidoo, and  IDwall, a validation and…

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.