IDB Invest, Swiss healthcare investment fund HBM Healthcare, and NY-based hedge fund Morgan Rio Capital Management invested US$18m in Farmalisto, a Colombian online pharmacy with operations in Colombia, Mexico, and…

Mountain Nazca and Spain-based VC Alma Mundi Ventures led a US$3m round in Asistensi, a Spanish healthtech providing insurance and telemedicine services to families of migrant workers staying in their…

Peninsula Participações and Endeavor Catalyst led a US$10m Series B in Hilab (formerly Hi Technologies), a Brazilian manufacturer of portable blood test devices. The round implies a R$300m post-money valuation…

San Francisco-based VC Index Ventures led a US$19m Series A in Sofía, a Mexican digital health insurer and telemedicine platform, with participation from KaszeK Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Sofia is…

KaszeK Ventures, Peninsula, the family office of Abilio Diniz, led a R$17m round in Cuidas, a Brazilian enterprise primary care platform for employees, with participation from 3G Capital founder Jorge…

Valor Capital and monashees led a R$86m Series A in Sami, a Brazilian healthcare plan management platform for SMEs, with participation from Canary, and follow-on from Redpoint eventures.  (Press Release) …

MedPass, Brazilian employee healthcare management platform for SMEs, raised US$6m from undisclosed investors. MedPass raised US$1.5m in 2016 from Brazilian private equity firm OSF Merchant Banking.  (Press Release) -With strong…

CITES invested US$1.75m in each of three Argentine early-stage startups: Stradot, a hardware startup building drones to lift and organize parked vehicles in outdoor parking lots; Clover, a biotech startup…

Riverwood Capital-backed Brazilian healthtech Pixeon acquired BoaConsulta, a platform for scheduling health appointments, for an undisclosed amount. Exisiting BoaConsulta investors Koolen Partners, Performa Investimentos, Valor Capital, and 500 Startups, will…

SoftBank made an undisclosed Series B investment in iClinic, a Brazilian healthtech platform focused on providing electronic health records, as well as marketing and billing services to independent medical practices.…