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LAVCA | The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America

A non-profit member organization

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Family-Controlled Business: A Model for Long-Term Investing

Rodolfo Spielmann, Managing Director and Head of Latin America at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and LAVCA Board Member, shared insights about partnerships with family-controlled businesses as a model…

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Deal Case Highlight Canary | Alicerce: A Bridge to Education

Deal Case Highlight Canary | Alicerce: A Bridge to Education

READ the latest deal case featuring Canary’s investment in Brazil-based education services/ edtech startup Alicerce Educação. The case study includes the deal execution during COVID-19, senior leadership, and community impact. With Canary’s support…

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Featured Articles

  • MESA 24/7 CEO Pedro Callirgos on Gaining Traction in the Chilean Market (en español)

    MESA 24/7 is a Peruvian startup that wants to revolutionize the way restaurants interact with their diners including online booking servicea, mobile payment, and analytics. In this interview with CEO Pedro Callirgos, we explored the evolution of the operation, the business opportunity, and the growth plans of MESA 24/7, which already raised half a million dollars through friends & family and angel investors. Interview in Spanish.

  • Intellibrand Talks Expansion Plans after Funding from DGF (em português)

    Intellibrand is a digital trade marketing platform that received a R$5m investment from DGF Ventures to fund international expansion. In this interview with LAVCA, Co-founder & Chief Commercial Officer Francesco Weiss talks about the digital marketing landscape in Brazil and Intellibrand’s expansion plans. Interview in Portuguese.

  • SpaceDat Co-Founder & CFO Guillermo De Vivanco on the Opportunity of Big Data in Agtech & the Funding Gap in the Sector

    SpaceDat brings big data to agriculture with a drone enabled digital platform. Guillermo and his Co-founder & CEO, Cesar Urrutia, have 10+ years of experience in aerial imagery analysis and startup strategies, but agtech is underfunded in the region because the life cycle of the product is correlated to the life cycle of the crop.

  • Brazil’s Nibo Addresses Complex Accounting with Help of Local and International Investors

    Nibo is a fintech startup empowering small businesses to navigate Brazil’s complicated accounting and tax landscape. With 2,000 accountants on the platform, and integrations with over sixty major accounting software solutions in Brazil, Nibo raised a R$20m Series A from Swedish investor Vostok Emerging Finance, with participation from existing investors Redpoint eventures and Valor Capital, to scale their platform.

  • Suyo Tackles Informal Housing in Colombia with Follow-on Funding from Omidyar Network

    Suyo, a startup making it easier and more affordable for low-income families in Colombia to formalize their houses and land, recently received follow-on financing from Omidyar Network. In this interview with Suyo CEO Matt Alexander, we learn of the overwhelming size of the problem and opportunity.

  • Donath Dirk L Catterton LAVCA

    Member Profile: Dirk Donath, Managing Partner, L Catterton

    LAVCA spoke with Dirk Donath, Managing Partner Latin America for L Catterton about the mid-market consumer sector opportunity in Latin America and the appetite from global LPs for a pan-regional fund. Earlier in 2017, L Catterton Latin America successfully closed on US$400+ million, exceeding its fundraising target.

  • Mosyle’s Brazilian Edtech Solution Takes Off in US Market with Investment from DGF

    Company: Mosyle Investors: DGF Investimentos   Mosyle is a Brazilian edtech startup with global ambitions to improve the classroom experience by using mobile devices that just raised an undisclosed round from DGF…

  • Mercadoni’s US$6.2m Proves LatAm is an Ideal Market for Grocery Delivery Innovation (en español)

    Company: Mercadoni Investors: Axon Partners, Grupo Pegasus   Mercadoni is a Colombian grocery delivery app that raised a US$6.2m investment from Axon Partners and Grupo Pegasus. In this interview with Mercadoni co-founder…

  • The Global Transport Wars are Heating up in Latin America

    The global transport wars are heating up in Latin America with major investments from new Asian players. A few months after Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing announced a US$100m co-investment…

  • Cornershop Accel Partners LAVCA Venture Investors

    Cornershop CEO Oskar Hjertonsson: Showing Significant Progress to our Investors was Critical to Landing our Series B

    Company: Cornershop Investors: Accel Partners, ALLVP, Creandum, Endeavor Catalyst, Grupo Bimbo Family Office, Jackson Square Ventures   Queremos ser el mejor servicio de entrega a domicilio de groceries en las ciudades…

  • Aflore Leverages Series A to Eradicate Financial Exclusion in Colombia

    Company: Aflore Investors: Polymath Ventures, Fiinlab   Aflore is a startup that is leveraging a direct sales model to deliver financial products for the underbanked in Colombia. Aflore raised a Series…

  • Argentina Innovation LAVCA Venture Investors

    Inside Argentina’s Plans to Promote Business Innovation

    Argentina’s Ley del Emprendedor, regulating new company creation, equity crowdfunding and more, was approved on March 29, 2017, by the Argentine Senate. This is big news for Argentina’s tech ecosystem,…

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Latest Industry News

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  • DOMO Invest Leads R$5.5m in Brazilian Proptech Rede Vistorias (em português)

    September 16, 2020
  • Bradesco and Itaú Unibanco Lead US$15m Round in Brazilian Open Banking Platform Quanto (em português)

    September 16, 2020
  • General Atlantic Leads US$200m Round in Uruguayan Payment Platform dLocal

    September 15, 2020
  • SoftBank Invests US$75m in Indian Hotel Unicorn Oyo to Launch Oyo LAtAm

    September 15, 2020
  • Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Leads R$120m Series A in Brazilian Fintech iugu

    September 14, 2020
  • Advent Exits Brazilian Investment Platform Easynvest and Invests in Nubank

    September 11, 2020
  • monashees and SV LatAm Lead US$14m Round in Mexican Digital Banking Platform Oyster

    September 10, 2020
  • Warburg Partially Exits Stake in Brazilian Pet Products Retailer Petz via IPO (em português)

    September 9, 2020
  • Vinci Partners Invests R$400m in Brazilian Digital Bank Agibank (em português)

    September 9, 2020
  • L Catterton and Future Positive Lead US$85m Series C in Chilean Foodtech NotCo

    September 9, 2020
  • ACON-Backed CryoHoldco Acquires Cordcell (en español)

    September 8, 2020
  • Redpoint eventures Leads R$10m Series A in Brazilian Clothing Resale Marketplace Repassa (em português)

    September 5, 2020
  • Patria Aquires 5% Stake in Qualicorp (em português)

    September 4, 2020
  • AMP Capital and Enel Group Create Joint Venture for Public Transportation Infrastructure

    September 3, 2020
  • BTG Pactual, ENFINI Investments, and Turin MFO Lead US$25m Round in Fazenda Futuro

    September 2, 2020
  • Ulu Ventures Leads US$3m in Mexican Employee Management Startup Rever

    September 1, 2020
  • Blue like an Orange Invests R$30m in Placi

    August 31, 2020
  • Pátria’s Infrastructure Fund IV Raises R$10b

    August 31, 2020
  • Jive Increases Stake in Viver Incorporadora by 5.81% (em português)

    August 27, 2020
  • Jive Reaches R$2.2b First Close for Third Brazil Distressed Fund (em português)

    August 27, 2020
  • SP Ventures Reaches US$17.2m First Close on Latin American Agfoodtech Fund

    August 27, 2020
  • Felicis Ventures Leads US$12m Series A in Financial Advisor Platform Origin (em português)

    August 27, 2020
  • Gradient Ventures Leads US$14m Series A in Mexican Challenger Bank Fondeadora

    August 27, 2020
  • Redpoint eventures Leads US$5m Round in Computer Vision CyberLabs

    August 26, 2020
  • Inspired Capital Leads US$10m Series A in Colombian Proptech Habi

    August 26, 2020
  • I Squared Capital to Exit Orazul Energy Perú via Strategic Sale to ISA for US$158.5m

    August 25, 2020
  • Accial Capital Invests US$10m in Debt Financing in Colombian Lending Platform Aflore

    August 25, 2020
  • Insight Partners Leads US$118m Series B in Visual Collaboration Platform MURAL

    August 25, 2020
  • Carlyle-Backed COG Energy Purchases ARROW Exploration’s LLA 23 Block for US$12m

    August 24, 2020
  • Waha Capital to Invest US$50m in Argentine Traveltech Despegar.com

    August 22, 2020
  • IDB to Invest up to US$30m in Kandeo 3D Fund

    August 21, 2020
  • L Catterton Announces US$150m Private Placement for NYSE Listed Despegar.com

    August 21, 2020
  • Rio Ventura, Subsidiary of Starboard-Backed 3R Petroleum, Acquires Rio Ventura Cluster from Petrobras for US$94.2m (em português)

    August 21, 2020
  • B Capital Group Leads US$15m Round in Yalochat

    August 20, 2020
  • Crescera to Invest R$305m in Brazilian Funeral Services Provider Grupo Zelo (em português)

    August 19, 2020
  • Patria Private Equity VI Acquires 20% Stake in Ultra SA

    August 19, 2020
  • EB Capital Acquires Stake in Mob Telecom

    August 19, 2020
  • Endurance Investments and NOA Capital Invest US$1m in Chilean Foodtech The Live Green Co.

    August 19, 2020

Latest Private Equity News

  • Crescera Investimentos and Bradesco Acquires a Minority Stake in Semantix (em português)

    July 31, 2019
  • Vinci Partners Increases Stake in OnTime Log (em português)

    July 31, 2019
  • Mexico Infrastructure Partners Acquires Colombia’s Oriente Airport Concession (en español)

    July 30, 2019
  • Oaktree Agrees to Acquire a 20% Stake in Singular

    July 29, 2019
  • Advent Invests in CI&T

    July 29, 2019
  • Advent Fully Exits IMC through Secondary Market Offering (em português)

    July 29, 2019
  • Actis Acquires Brazilian Windfarm (em português)

    July 29, 2019
  • Jamaican Government Proposes Changes to Pension Funds Investment Regime

    July 26, 2019
  • Evoltz Buys Electricity Company ATE VIII (em português)

    July 26, 2019
  • Nexxus Announces a Follow-On Investment in AgileThought

    July 24, 2019
  • Warburg Pincus to Acquire Pampo and Enchova Oil Fields from Petrobras

    July 24, 2019
  • AIMCo and IG4 Capital Acquire Galpar’s Stake in Iguá Saneamento

    July 22, 2019
  • Crescera Investimentos and Others Exist Brazilian Medical Education Group Afya

    July 18, 2019
  • Principia Capital Partners Exits Brazilian Student Loan Provider Pravaler (em português)

    July 18, 2019
  • Riverstone-Backed Vista Oil & Gas Completes A Follow-On Offering via the NYSE

    July 18, 2019
  • Singapore’s Temasek Seeks to Increase Allocations to Brazil (em português)

    July 15, 2019
  • HIG Capital Invests R$836m in Brazilian Glassware Manufacturer Nadir Figueiredo (em português)

    July 15, 2019
  • Nexus Group Sells Stake in InRetail Peru for US$240m (en español)

    July 11, 2019
  • Brazil Votes in Favor of a Bill to Overhaul Pension System

    July 10, 2019
  • Brookfield Completes Acquisition of Brazil’s Ouro Verde

    July 8, 2019
  • Casaforte Will Invest R$270m into Solar Energy (em português)

    July 4, 2019
  • Southern Cross Group and Riverstone Invest US$160m in Aleph (en español)

    June 28, 2019
  • Accel-KKR Invests in Chilean SaaS Lemontech

    June 28, 2019
  • ILPA Releases Private Equity Principals 3.0

    June 27, 2019
  • CMB Prime and LarrainVial Close a US$400m Infrastructure Fund

    June 20, 2019
  • Aqua Capital Purchases Soybean Seed Supplier Sementes Campeã (em português)

    June 17, 2019
  • DEG and Altra Investments Acquire 38% of Chile’s AVLA (en español)

    June 17, 2019
  • Bain Capital to Sell 10% of Intermédica via Public Offering (em português)

    June 16, 2019
  • Actis’ Atlas Renewable Energy Launches Guajiro Solar Plant

    June 10, 2019
  • Mesoamerica Acquires Dairy Manufacturer Alquería (en español)

    June 4, 2019
  • Patria Makes US$126m Follow-on Investment in Smartfit

    May 31, 2019
  • AC Capitales Exits Lima Airport Partners with Sale to Fraport

    May 30, 2019
  • Vinci Partners Acquires 8 Internet Providers To Create Vero (em português)

    May 28, 2019
  • Actis Lists a US$150m CerPI on the Mexican BMV

    May 28, 2019
  • InCoR Forms a Joint-Venture with Zinc One to Invest in Bongará Zinc Project

    May 28, 2019
  • Clairvest to Merge Chilean Gaming With Sun Dreams

    May 27, 2019
  • Vinci Partners Exits Cecrisa Through A Sale to Duratex For R$1b (em português)

    May 25, 2019
  • BlackRock Buys Mexican Project From Canadian Solar Inc

    May 23, 2019

Latest Venture Capital News

  • Eurofarma’s Neuron Ventures Leads a US$1m Round in Psicologia Viva

    May 15, 2020
  • Oria Capital Invests R$40m in Brazilian Recruiting Platform Gupy

    May 14, 2020
  • Fen Ventures, Magma Partners, and Fondo Alerce Invest US$1.3m in Houm

    May 8, 2020
  • Canary, Atlantico, and Big Bets Lead a R$7.5m Round in Festalab

    May 6, 2020
  • Canary Leads a R$3.2m Round in Electricity Bills Manager Clarke Energia (em português)

    May 4, 2020
  • Acumen Latam Capital Partners Completes Investment in Crehana

    May 1, 2020
  • Mountain Nazca Exits Kavak Through a Sale to SoftBank and General Atlantic (en español)

    April 26, 2020
  • TheVentureCity Leads a US$3m Series A in SimpliRoute

    April 23, 2020
  • ALLVP and NFX Lead a US$5.3m Invesment in Nuvocargo

    April 23, 2020
  • Angel Ventures, Artistan Venture Capital, 500 Startups, and Claure Group Invest US$1.6m in Aprende Institute

    April 20, 2020
  • DNA Capital Leads a US$4.5m Series B Investment in Memed & an Undisclosed Follow-on in Brazil’s Feegow (em português)

    April 16, 2020
  • Avista Raises US$75m Credit Line To Support Under-Banked Colombians

    April 14, 2020
  • Valor Capital and DNA Capital Lead a US$11m Series B in Sanar

    April 14, 2020
  • GGV and monashees Lead a US$25m Series A in Frubana

    April 13, 2020
  • iFood Acquires Majority Stake in Domicilios

    April 8, 2020
  • LGT Lightstone Latin America Leads US$80m Series E in CargoX

    April 7, 2020
  • SoftBank Invests US$48m in Petlove

    April 7, 2020
  • DILA Capital and Others Lead Undisclosed Series A in Ecuadorian/Colombian Startup, Kushki

    March 28, 2020
  • Capital Invent Fund Leads US$1.4m Pre A Series Round in Dev.f

    March 26, 2020
  • Seedrs, Kinled Holding, and Lab Ventures Invest US$1.4m in Bricksave (en español)

    March 23, 2020
  • Global Founders Capital, Kaszek Ventures, and Canary Invest US$10m Series A in SouSmile

    March 23, 2020
  • Credijusto Raises US$100m in Debt From Credit Suisse Group

    March 23, 2020
  • Pelham Capital and Others Invest US$3m in Karvi

    March 20, 2020
  • Webrock Ventures and Doktor.se Invest US$2.5m in VivaBem

    March 20, 2020
  • Barn Investments Invests in Orthodontics Startup, Smilink

    March 11, 2020
  • Telefónica Invests in Redpoint Eventures (em português)

    March 9, 2020
  • Aurus and ChileGlobal Ventures Makes Undisclosed Investment in TIMining

    March 9, 2020
  • monashees and Class5 Global Leads a US$8.8m investment in TrueHome

    March 4, 2020
  • Quona Capital Closes its Accion Quona Inclusion Fund with US$203m in Commitments

    March 4, 2020
  • OLX Brazil Backed by Naspers to Acquire Grupo ZAP for US$642m

    March 3, 2020
  • NXTP Ventures Leads a R$6m Seed Investment in Kangu (em português)

    March 2, 2020
  • ChileGlobal Ventures, Alerce, and The Yield Lab Invest US$800k in PolyNatural

    February 29, 2020
  • Magma Partners Closes US$50m Fund, with US$4m from IDB Lab, to Invest in Latin American Startups

    February 28, 2020
  • XP, BMG, and Bossa Nova Investimentos Invest R$380m in Vai.Car (em português)

    February 28, 2020
  • Adobe Capital Invests in Colombian Fintech Puntored

    February 27, 2020
  • Telor and Morcote Holdings Invest R$5.5m in Click Cash (em português)

    February 27, 2020
  • Atlantico Leads a R$42m Investment in Trybe (em português)

    February 27, 2020
  • QED Investors Closes Its Sixth Fund with US$350m in Commitments

    February 26, 2020

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