Grupo Zap, which merged with VivaReal last year, is opening a co-working space for startups in São Paulo along with other real estate players.

OLX, a global classifieds marketplace backed by Naspers, and Properati, a real-estate marketplace with operations across Latin America, will merge its operations in Argentina and 13 other countries in the region. Properati will continue to operate independently in Brazil, Chile and Mexico. Previous venture capital investors in Properati include NXTP Labs and NEVEQ.

U.S. private investment firm Cerberus Capital Management is seeking to enter the Brazilian real estate market by acquiring distressed real estate backed loans, foreclosed properties, and excess inventory built by local developers.

Aurus led a US$1.4m investment in Chilean Startup Capitalizarme, an online platform that helps users identify investment opportunities in real estate.

FIR Capital and Bzplan made a R$2m investment in Rede Vistorias, a Brazilian real estate survey platform.

Undisclosed angels made an undisclosed investment in Benvenuto, a Brazilian residential real estate platform.

Real estate portal PropertySimple, which started out as PropiedadFacil in Chile, raised US$3m from investors including Magma Partners. (Nathan Lustig) I’m excited to finally be able to announce that our…

Alternative investment firm QMS Capital announced it will begin to focus on the technology and real estate sectors of Brazil.  (Valor Econômico) À frente das operações de renda variável do…

(Press Release) Apartment rental marketplace, QuintoAndar, has received a R$42m (US $12.6m) investment. NYC-based Acacia Partners led the round, with participation from Qualcomm Ventures and existing investor, Kaszek Ventures. Based…

(Latin Finance) Uruguay has announced the creation of a US$350m financial trust fund to help fund public-private partnership infrastructure projects in one of Latin America’s most stable economies. The 30-year fund…