Tiger Global Global led a USD20.5m round for Nuvocargo, a Mexican freight transportation marketplace managing Mexico-US routes, at a reported USD180m valuation, with participation from The Flexport Fund, and follow-on…

GFC led a ~USD3.4m round for VELVT, a Brazilian liquidity platform for late-stage VC financing, with participation from Headline, Yolo Ventures and Armyn Capital. (Startupi) – A VELVT, plataforma de investimentos…

SoftBank invested USD50m in a USD75m Series C for Pipefy, a Brazilian low-code BPO platform, with participation from Redpoint eventures and Steadfast Capital, and follow-on from Redpoint eventures. Insight Partners…

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…

MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp (MEKA), a SPAC formed by Mercado Libre and KASZEK, raised USD287m in an IPO. MEKA will target a Latin America tech company in e-commerce, financial services, logistics,…

YC and NY-based retail investment platform Public.com led a USD5.7m seed round for Sprout, a retail investment platform enabling Brazilian citizens to invest in the US stock market, with participation…

Advent International and SoftBank led a USD225m Series B for Merama, a Mexico- and Brazil-based e-commerce brand aggregator, with participation from Globo Ventures, and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital Group,…

KASZEK and monashees led a ~USD9m seed round for TruePay, a Brazilian vendor financing platform for small and medium retailers, with participation from GFC and ONEVC. TruePay was founded by…

Greenoaks and Tencent led a USD120m Series E+ for Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar at a reported USD5.1b valuation.  Ribbit Capital led a USD300m Series E in May at a reported USD4b…

monashees led a USD13.5m Series A for Coderhouse, an Argentine data science and app development education platform, with participation from YC and angels David Velez (Nubank) and Guillermo Rauch (Vercel).…

Acrew Capital and Renegade Partners led a USD50m round for La Haus, a Colombian residential real estate platform, with participation from Bezos Expeditions, Moore Strategic Ventures, TIME Ventures and angels…

US-based VC Thrive Capital led a USD20m Series A for Pipo Saúde, a Brazilian employee health plan management platform, with participation from Atlantico and follow-on from monashees, KASZEK, ONEVC and…

Y Combinator led a USD2.5m round for Conta Simples, a Brazilian finance management platform enabling SMEs to issue corporate cards to manage supplier payments. Conta Simples raised ~USD2.6m in a round…

QED Investors led a USD30m Series B for Solfácil, a Brazilian solar energy financing platform, with follow-on from Valor Capital Group. Valor invested USD4m in 2020. (Press Release) – Solfácil, the…

Belvo, a Mexican fintech providing a financial services API for mobile applications, raised a USD43m Series A from Future Positive, Kibo Ventures, FJ Labs, Sebastián Mejia (Rappi) and Harsh Sinha…

Ribbit Capital led a BRL53m Series A for Onze, a Brazilian pension plan management platform. Onze was incubated by venture builder American Red Ventures.  (NeoFeed) – A onda das fintechs está…

Canary, Dragoneer Investment Group and Rainfall Ventures led a USD8m seed round for 180 Seguros, a Brazilian developer of embedded consumer insurance products, with participation from 8VC, Quartz and Norte…

Union Square Ventures led a USD5.5m Series A for alt.bank, a Brazilian impact-driven neobank developing a financial management app that can be used by the illiterate. This is the first known…

GIC led a BRL300m Series C in Brazilian digital brokerage Warren, with follow-on from KASZEK, MELI Fund Ribbit Capital, Chromo Invest, QED Investors and Quartz. QED Investors led a USD22.5m Series…

QED Investors led a USD15m Series B for Hash, a Brazilian payment services provider for companies and SMEs, with follow-on from KASZEK and Canary. KASZEK and Canary invested BRL13m in…

Valor Capital Group led a USD20m Series B for Beep Saúde, a Brazilian at-home laboratory test and home care platform, with participation from Bradesco, Endeavor Catalyst and David Velez (Nubank),…

QED Investors led a USD12m Series A for Nuvocargo, a Mexican freight transportation marketplace managing Mexico-US routes, with participation from FJ Labs, Clocktower, David Velez (Nubank), Michael Ronen (SoftBank), Karim…

QED Investors led a US$6m round in Milo, a Colombia- and Miami-based fintech platform focused on mortgage lending for international buyers  of US real estate, with participation from MetaProp and…

KaszeK Ventures led a R$20m Series A in OmniChat, a Brazilian chat-based customer service platforms that uses WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and SMS, with follow-on from Honey Island Capital, a seed…

Astella Investimentos led a R$11m round in Skore, a Brazilian corporate training platform, with participation from Alexia Ventures.  (Exame) – A startup brasileira Skore, especializada em treinamentos corporativos, acaba de receber um aporte de 11 milhões…

KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors led a US$62m Series B in Bitso, a Mexican crypto exchange, with follow-on from Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital. Ripple made an undisclosed investment in…

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Accion Venture Lab, Emles Venture Partners, and Noveus VC invested US$1.5m in Henry, an Argentine on-demand coding program enabling students to cover their tuition costs through an Income Share Agreement…

Advent International has entered a strategic partnership with Brazil-based premium chocolate producer Grupo CRM and has reportedly acquired a majority stake in the company. Read more here and here (em português). (Advent International)…

Advent International has raised a US$2b final close for Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund VII (LAPEF VII). The vehicle will target investments in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru across…