Company: Descomplica Investors: Invus Opportunities, SoftBank, Peninsula Participações, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, The Edge, Valor Capital Group, Amadeus Capital Partners Interview with: CEO Marco Fisbhen Brazilian edtech Descomplica recently raised a…
DOMO Invest invested R$3.5m in Digital Innovation One (DIO), a Brazilian edtech offering software development courses and connecting students to companies in search of technical talent. (Valor Econômico) – O…
SoftBank and Invus Opportunities led a US$84.5m round in Brazilian edtech Descomplica, with participation from Península Participações, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and U2 guitarist The Edge, and follow-on from Valor Capital…
Mountain Nazca led a US$17.5m Series A in Crehana, a Peruvian edtech, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, the IFC, and Salesforce Ventures, bringing the company’s total round of funding to…
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…
DOMO Invest exited Brazilian edtech Agenda Edu, an app that connects students’ parents to their children’s school day, via a sale to Eleva Educação for an undisclosed amount. (Brazil Journal)…
Company: Arukay Financing Status: Bootstrapped Interview with: Co-Founder & CEO Vicky Ricaurte Arukay, a Colombian edtech teaching K-12 students how to program, won the 2019 WeXchange Pitch Competition, an initiative founded…
Iporanga Ventures led a R$5m round in Brazilian online course search engine Classpert, with participation from Canary. Classpert is a spinoff of Quero Educacao, a Brazilian marketplace for school discovery.…
Acumen LatAm Capital Partners led an undisclosed follow-on investment in Crehana, a Peruvian edtech, with participation from Hochschild Group’s CVC arm, Edventures, and follow-on from DILA Capital and Mountain Nazca. (Press Release) Acumen Latam Capital…
Mexican vocational training platform Aprende Institute raised a US$1.6m seed round with participation from Angel Ventures, Artisan Venture Capital, 500 Startups, and Claure Group. (Press Release) Miami, Florida. April 20th…