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…
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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…
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SoftBank Leads USD75m Series C for Brazilian BPO Platform Pipefy
26 October 2021SoftBank 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…
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Brazilian Car Insurtech Justos Raises ~USD35.8m Series A from SoftBank, KASZEK and Others
25 October 2021Justos, 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…
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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,…
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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…
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Advent International and SoftBank Lead USD225m Series B for E-commerce Aggregator Merama
28 September 2021Advent 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,…
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KASZEK and monashees Lead ~USD9m Seed Round for Brazilian Lending Platform TruePay (em português)
1 September 2021KASZEK 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…
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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…
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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).…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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QED Investors Leads USD30m Series B for Brazilian Solar Energy Financing Platform Solfácil
18 June 2021QED 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…
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Mexican Fintech Belvo Raises USD43m Series A
1 June 2021Belvo, 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…
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Ribbit Capital Leads BRL53m Series A for Brazilian Pension Fund Management Platform Onze (em português)
25 May 2021Ribbit 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…
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Canary, Dragoneer and Rainfall Ventures Lead USD8m Seed Round for Brazilian Insurtech 180 Seguros
5 May 2021Canary, 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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),…
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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…
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QED Investors Leads US$6m Round in Lending Platform Milo
27 January 2021QED 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…
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KaszeK Ventures Leads R$20m Series A in Brazilian Customer Service Platform OmniChat
15 January 2021KaszeK 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…
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Astella Investimentos Leads R$11m Round in Brazilian Corporate Training Platform Skore (em português)
13 January 2021Astella 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…
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KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors Lead US$62m Series B in Bitso
9 December 2020KaszeK 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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LAVCA Venture/Tech Member Directory
4 December 2020This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem.
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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…
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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)…
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Advent International Raises US$2b for LAPEF VII Fund
29 September 2020Advent 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…