Colombia

Sempli, a Colombian lending platform for SMEs, raised USD10m from IDB LAB, Oikocredit, Incofin, Enabling Capital and Symbiotics. Oikocredit and Incofin led a USD8m Series A in 2019; Oikocredit and IDB…

Tiger Global and Point72 Ventures led a USD20m Series A for Ontop, a Colombian onboarding and payroll management platform for companies with international teams, with participation from SoftBank.  Point72 Ventures…

Ayenda, a Colombian budget hotel chain, raised a USD10m round from 500 Global, Dalus Capital and IDB Lab. Dila Capital invested in June; KASZEK led a USD8.7m Series A in 2020;…

Jeeves, a US-based expense management platform for startups with operations in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile, raised a USD57m Series B led by CRV, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank,…

Infraestructura en Colombia CAF-AM Ashmore I, a fund managed by CAF Asset Management and Ashmore Group, provided a USD75m senior loan to Autopista Río Magdalena, a Colombian concession company and…

I Squared Capital acquired ~78% stake in port operator Sociedad Portuaria Puerto de Barranquilla for USD220m, providing an exit for Chilean Southern Cross Group. (El Tiempo) a empresa estadounidense I…

Patria, through its Patria Infrastructure Fund IV, invested USD345m in two road concessions in Colombia, Malla Vial del Valle (Rutas del Valle) and Santa-Mocoa-Neiva (Ruta al Sur). (Press Release) Patria…

KKR agreed to invest ~USD500m in Telefónica Colombia, a subsidiary of Spain-based telecom group Telefónica, to create Colombia’s first nationwide open access fiber optic network. (Press Release) KKR, a leading…

Colombia’s Kandeo exited Finsocial, a Colombia-based fintech focused on payroll deduction loans, via a sale to unnamed international investors. Kandeo invested in 2018.  (La República) Los accionistas de la fintech…

The Rohatyn Group exited Neosecure, a provider of cybersecurity solutions and services with operations in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, via a sale to Patria Investmentos. Terms of the…