Yara Growth Ventures, the CVC arm of Norwegian chemical company Yara International, led a USD30m Series C for Agrofy, an Argentine marketplace for agricultural supplies. Capria Ventures invested USD1m in October…

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 ~USD32m Series C for Shopper, a Brazilian subscription delivery platform for consumer products, with follow-on from Quartz, Minerva Foods, MFO Oikos and Floating Point. Minerva Foods and Quartz…

Advent International and Softbank led a USD60m Series B+ for Merama, a Mexico- and Brazil-based e-commerce brand aggregator at a reported USD1.2b valuation. Advent and SoftBank also led the USD225m Series…

Advent International and Softbank led a USD60m Series B+ for Merama, a Mexico- and Brazil-based e-commerce brand aggregator at a reported USD1.2b valuation. Advent and SoftBank also led the USD225m Series…

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…

10t and Tribe Capital led a USD50m Series B+ for Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin. Softbank invested USD200m in July at a reported USD2.1b valuation; GP Investimentos and Parallax Ventures led a ~USD40m round in January. (CoinDesk) –…

Dalus Capital and Kayyak Ventures led a USD5.1m seed round for Aptuno, a Colombian  proptech focused on eliminating the need for a co-signer in the residential rental market. FJ Labs led…

Tencent and SoftBank led a USD200m Series F for CargoX, a Brazilian trucking marketplace, with participation from Valor Capital Group and MFO Oikos, and follow-on from Lightrock, at an undisclosed…

Mexican fintech Konfio secured a USD80m credit line from Community Investment Management (CIM). Konfio raised a USD110m Series E+ led by Tarsadia Capital and QED Investors in October. (Expansion) – El…

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…

SP Ventures and Astella Investimentos led a USD17m Series A for Traive, a Brazilian lending platform for agricultural producers. Minerva Food invested USD3m in September; Traive raised ~USD2.8m led by…

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,…

Tarsadia Capital and QED Investors led a USD110m Series E+ for Konfio, a Mexican lending platform for SMEs, with follow-on from SoftBank, KASZEK, VEF, IFC and Lightrock. Lightrock led a…

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,…

Mexican car resale marketplace Kavak raised a USD700m Series E led by General Catalyst, with participation from Tiger Global, SoftBank, Ribbit Capital, Spruce House, D1 Capital, SEA and Founders Fund…

Honey Island Capital and Quartz invested ~USD2.6m in Tecnofit, a Brazilian finance and membership management platform for fitness studios. Honey Island Capital is a seed investment firm run by EBANX…

Argentine company builder Grid Exponential led a USD3m round for Tomorrow Foods, an Argentine plant-based proteins manufacturer. (Green Queen) – Tomorrow Foods, an Argentinian plant-based startup, has raised $3 million…

CapSur Capital acquired a 30% stake in Neoway, a Brazil-based market intelligence and data analytics company, for an undisclosed amount. (The News 24) The Santa Catarina technology company Neoway, dedicated…

Jeeves, a US-based expense management platform for startups with operations in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile, raised a USD57m Series B led by CRV, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank,…

LAVCA’s sixth annual Latin American Startup Directory profiles 299 startups that raised USD1m+ in venture funding in 2020 and 1H 2021., during a time of record venture investment.

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…

UK-based VC Anthemis and 500 led a USD20m Series A for Flat.mx, a Mexican proptech focused on the purchase, renovation, and resale of residential real estate, with participation from Expa,…

Trivest Partners, through its Growth Investment Fund II, invested an undisclosed amount in Veritran, an Argentina-based, low-code platform, at a  reported USD225m valuation. (Veritran) CORAL GABLES, Fla., Aug. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ —…

ALLVP and Vine Ventures led a USD6m round for Kocomo, a Mexican vacation home co-ownership platform, with participation from Picus Capital, QED Investors, FJ Labs, Clocktower Technology Ventures and JAWS,…

Mercado Libre acquired a 1.25% stake in Aleph Group, a Miami- and Argentina-based content broker for social media platforms for USD25m.  (La Nacion) – a publicidad digital aparece como una…

Valor Capital Group and Prosus Ventures led a USD104m Series B for Kovi, a Brazilian subscription-based rental car platform for on-demand drivers, with participation from monashees, GFC, Quona Capital, Broadhaven…

Astella Investimentos invested ~USD1.6m in Kompa Saúde (formerly Assina Saúde), a digital healthcare platform providing virtual nursing services for low-income Brazilians.  (Startupi) – A Assina Saúde, empresa de saúde digital…

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).…

Sofinnova Partners led a USD10m Series A for Protera, a Chilean biotech developing a protein to naturally extend food shelf-life, with participation from Grupo Bimbo and ICL Planet. Sofinnova led a…