Valor Capital raised US$56.8m toward a US$100m second venture capital fund, according to an SEC filing.

Accion Venture Lab, Mountain Nazca Colombia, Invictum Capital, and several Colombian angel investors made an undisclosed seed investment in ESCALA Educación, a social enterprise that offers savings plans for higher education as an employee benefit with the goal of increasing access to education and ultimately reducing income inequality. This is the startup’s first institutional investment and Accion Venture Lab’s first investment in Colombia.

500 Startups made a US$100k investment in Quero Educação, a Brazilian college comparison and scholarship platform that was accelerated at Y Combinator in 2016. (Baguete) O fundo 500 Startups realizou…

Puerto Rico accelerator Parallel18 invested US$75k each (US$225k total) in Puerto Rico’s Brands Of, Brazil’s Timokids, and Argentina’s Be Better Hotels to expand operations in Puerto Rico. Paralell18 also announces…

Spanish VC Seaya Ventures led a US$6.6m Series A investment in Yogome, a Mexican edtech startup for kids. Other participants included Variv Capital and Endeavor Catalyst. The company had previously…

Omidyar Network and the Lemann Foundation announced a collaboration to invest in the development of technological solutions and innovative tools to facilitate the implementation of the National Learning Standards.  Lemann…

Vox Capital, one of the first impact investors in Brazil that finances business focused on social transformation, announced an investment of R$4m in edtech startup, Aondê Educacional. (Startupi) A Vox…

VARIV Capital has invested in the latest investment round (Series A) of MPOWERFinancing, a lending platform for international students pursuing higher education degrees in the United States. José Bolaños, General…

AppProva, a Brazilian education portfolio company of e.Bricks Ventures, was acquired by Somos Educação, generating a net IRR of 51%. (Forbes) A Somos Educação, maior companhia de educação básica no…

KaszeK Ventures invested an undisclosed amount in Digital House, a Buenos Aires based coding school designed to train technology professionals in Latin America. (Press Release) Buenos Aires, January 31st, 2017…