Crescera Capital led a USD80m Series C for Tembici, a Brazilian micro-mobility platform focused on bikes, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst and Pipo. Tembici raised a USD47m Series B led by…

Brazilian infrastructure conglomerate Grupo CCR and J2L Partners led a BRL100m Series B for Quicko, a Brazilian smart mobility startup working on commuter transit. CCR and J2L Partners invested USD10m…

Confrapar led a USD2m Series A for Flapper, a Brazilian on-demand private aviation platform, with participation from equity crowdfunding SMU and angel investor network Investidores.VC. (Startupi) – A Flapper, empresa de…

Oaktree Capital Management will invest US$1.3b in private financing in LATAM Airlines, which recently filed for bankruptcy in the US and added its Brazilian operations to the chapter 11 process.…

iFood completed a majority acquisition of Domicilios, which Delivery Hero acquired in 2014. iFood will own 51% of the JV with Delivery Hero. The transaction is undisclosed but one of…

Sapphire Ventures led a US$103m Series E investment in Auth0, a US-based identity verification solution founded by Eugenio Pace and Matías Woloski, with participation from existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners,…

Signia Venture Partners led a US$2.5m seed round in Colombia’s Picap to expand its mototaxi mobility platform throughout Latin America. Joining Signia in the Picap round were Peter Livingston with…

Mexican e-scooter startup Grin raised a US$45.7m Series A and merged with Ride in Brazil. Lukasz Gadowski, Founder of Delivery Hero, led Grin’s Series A, with participation from existing investors Shasta Ventures, DCM, SV Angel, Trinity Ventures, monashees, and Base10 Partners. Grin raised an undisclosed seed round from monashees, Sinai Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, 500 Startups, Base10 Partners, Y Combinator and others in early 2018, and was part of the YC Spring 2018 cohort.

Domo Invest led a R$4m investment in Turbi, a Brazilian car-sharing platform.

GGV Capital led a US$63m Series A in Yellow, a Brazilian dockless bike service, with participation from monashees+, Grishin Robotics, Base10 Partners and Class 5. monashees+ and Grishin Robotics led a US$9m seed round in 2018.  Yellow is founded by Eduardo Musa, former CEO of bike manufacturer Caloi, and 99 co-founders Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas.