Linzor Capital Partners, together with co-investors and partners including Spanish investment group Teras Capital, acquired 100% of Mundo Pacifico, a Chilean company that provides residential telecommunication services through high-speed fiber-to-the-home…
Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO led a US$8m Series A investment in Sempli, a lending platform for small businesses in Colombia, with participation from IDB Lab, XPT1 Fund, Generación Exponencial, Impulsum…
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) signed letters of intent to provide financing to MAS Equity Fund IV and Altra Fund III, two Colombian…
Grupo Pegasus invested US$10m in Colombian cosmetics retailer Blush-Bar. (Press Release) Blush-Bar, the pink cosmetics retailer in Colombia, receives investment from Grupo Pegasus, a private business group that develops, manages…
KaszeK Ventures raised US$600m across two new funds, including US$375m for its fourth flagship fund and US$225m for its first opportunities fund. (Press Release) Latin American venture capital firm Kaszek…
The Carlyle Group acquired three amusement park subsidiaries of Empresa Editora El Comercio. The subsidiaries are Coney Island SAC Attractions in Peru, Divertrónica Medellín SAS in Colombia, and Yukids SpA…
Kandeo fully exited Grupo Factoring de Occidente (GFO), A Colombia company that offers financing solutions to SMEs, through a sale to Latin Trade Capital, a member of Crecera Capital LLC,…
Private equity firm Blue Water Advisors fully exited Peruvian electricity provider Electro Dunas Energía through a public tender offer on the Lima Stock Exchange. Grupo Energía Bogotá purchased 100% of…
Crescera Investimentos (via its Growth FIP fund) and Bradesco (via FIP Inovabra) acquired a minority stake in Semantix, a Brazilian provider of big data solutions. (Baguete) A Semantix, empresa de…
SoftBank committed US$15m in capital to a Colombian government fund of funds to invest in Colombian startups. China’s Neogen Fund also committed US$15m; Bancoldex contributed US$10m. The vehicle has US$45m in…