Central America

IDB Lab announced an undisclosed investment in DILA Capital’s DILA IV Fund. The fund aims to invest in 21 to 25 companies across Latin America, including less developed VC markets…

Pomona Impact is raising a US$35m mezzanine debt/equity fund to invest in Central American companies in agriculture, health, education, water and renewable energy. (Impact Alpha) Pomona Impact is making the…

Orbis Ventures led a US$440k investment in Ultracasas, a Bolivian real estate platform, with participation from Seedstars and Taris.

Private equity investor Mesoamerica and company builder Polymath Ventures have formed a strategic partnership to build and scale high-impact companies across Latin America. (Press Release) THE FIRST PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN A…

International investors FCP, ENGIE, FMO, Proparco, and H-Reff invested an US$8m Series B in Guatemala-based solar energy company Kingo. The funds will be used to expand to four new markets…

The MIF/FOMIN and Impact Hub Global partnered to invest up to US$1.5m in up to 180 entrepreneurs from El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua. (El Economista) Un acuerdo de cooperación entre…

Orion Resource Partners and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund financed Aurelian Ecuador’s Fruta del Norte mining project for approximately US$450m. (LexLatin) El proyecto minero Fruta del Norte, desarrallodo por Aurelian Ecuador…

Carao Ventures, DreamIt Ventures Fund, Edge Harris Ventures, and other Latin American angel investor groups invested US$620k in Slidebean, a cloud-based presentation software startup headquartered in Costa Rica and New…

(Press Release) Actis and Mesoamerica announced the sale of their stake in Costan Rica based renewable energy provider, Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME), to Corporación Multi Inversiones (CMI). Actis, un fondo…

(Alt Assets) Ashmore Colombia, the Central America-focused private equity arm of emerging market specialist Ashmore Group, has agreed to two new energy deals for US$55m. Read more at Alt Assets. Ashmore…