SkyDrop, a Mexican shipping logistics platform for online retailers, raised US$5m from Variv Capital, Y Combinator, FJ Labs, Sierra Ventures, EasyPost, Soma Capital, Sinai Ventures, GMF and Dynamo, a previous investor. SkyDrop participated in Y Combinator’s Spring 2018 cohort.
SoftBank invested US$100m in Loggi, a Brazilian shipping logistics platform, as part of a new US$111m round. Loggi previously raised capital from Qualcomm Ventures, monashees and Dragoneer Investment Group.
The Gontijo family office led a R$5m investment in Alfred, a Brazilian startup building e-commerce locker facilities in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Alfred also formed exchanged equity shares with Pakpobox, a Chinese locker pioneer partnered with Alibaba, through a strategic partnership.
Engie Factory made an undisclosed investment in 99Minutos, a last-mile logistics startup in Mexico that is backed by 500 Startups.
Fondo de Inversión Privado Amérigo Chile Early Stage & Growth, managed by Scale Capital, made an undisclosed investment in Entrega Creativa, a Chilean parcel delivery startup.
Cedro Capital made an undisclosed investment in Getrak, a Brazilian startup providing enterprise IoT tracking software for the automotive sector.
Goldman Sachs led a US$20m Series C investment in Brazilian trucking startup CargoX, with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Soros, and existing investors Valor Capital, Agility Logistics, and Uber co-founder Oscar…
Mercy Corps Social Venture Fund made an undisclosed investment in LiftIt, a Colombian logistics platform. (Mercy Corps) Mercy Corps Social Venture Fund backs LiftIt logistics platform in Colombia In Latam,…
GVAngels, an angel network of Fundação Getúlio Vargas alumni, made an undisclosed investment in Estoks, a retail logistics startup. (Baguete) A Estoks, empresa que presta o serviço de logística reversa…
Bradesco, a fund focused on strategic investments in start-ups in Brazil and abroad, selected tech consulting business Semantix, and freight services provider Rede Frete Fácil to receive investments for an…