Colombia

Odiseo and Capria invested COP$1m in Mesfix, a Colombian crowdfunding platform. Mesfix raised US$1.2m in 2017 from InQlab and IKON Banca de Inversion. (Press Release) La semana anterior el fondo…

Angel Ventures Peru led a US$660k investment in Quantum Talent, a Peruvian HR tech platform for skills assessment and job training. (Press Release) Quantum Talent, a technology enabled human resources…

Leal (formerly Puntos Leal), a Colombian consumer rewards platform, raised a US$3m Series A from FCP Innovación SP, the CVC fund of EPM, and undisclosed Colombian financial entity. (Dinero) La…

Since the 2011 launch of the Wayra spaces and the Telefonica Innovation funds, Telefonica has emerged as one of the most active investors in Latin American startups, with almost €12 million invested across more than 20 deals in 2018.

Accion made an undisclosed investment in CÍVICO, a digital information and payments platform for micro/small businesses. CÍVICO operates in Bogotá, Mexico City and Santiago de Chile. (Press Release) Bogotá, Colombia,…

SoftBank leads a US$1.2m investment in Ayenda Rooms, a Colombian hotel chain with a digital reservation platform. In Latin America, SoftBank’s investments include 99 (2017) and Loggi (2018).  (El Economista)…

Five Elms Capital made a US$7m investment in PlayVox, an omnichannel QA/performance management software founded in Colombia by Oscar Giraldo. FCP Innovación SP, the CVC fund of EPM, made a…

Private equity firm H.I.G Capital announced its investment in Digital Ware, an independent software supplier in Colombia. This represents H.I.G’s first investment in Colombia. (Press Release) -Feb 12, 2019–H.I.G. Capital,…

Darby Private Equity, through Darby Latin American Private Debt Fund III, L.P, has invested in Pharma Consulting Group, a Latin American specialty pharmaceutical distribution company. Transaction details were not disclosed.…

monashees and the IFC led a US$14.3m Series A in Colombian logistics platformLiftit, with participation from Jaguar Ventures, MELI Fund, NXTP Labs and others. LiftIt previously raised US$2.2m in seed funding in…