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LAVCA | The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America

A non-profit member organization

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  • Mariano Amartino from Microsoft speaks about COVID-19

    La Nación: Microsoft’s Amartino on Business Models to Adapt to the Current Moment (en español)

    April 25, 2020

    Mariano Amartino of Microsoft for Startups shared with La Nación his experience fostering the startup ecosystem in Latin America and his current view on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…

  • Avista raises US$75m credit line

    Avista Raises US$75m Credit Line To Support Under-Banked Colombians

    April 14, 2020

    Colombian credit placement platform Avista raised a US$75m credit line led by undisclosed financial institutions. Avista was founded in 2019 and previously raised US$2m in seed funding. Avista provides credit…

  • KaszeK Ventures Survival Guide: It’s Time to Switch to War-Mode

    April 13, 2020

    The following resource was shared with LAVCA by KaszeK Ventures based on a communication they sent to founders in their portfolio network. Fund managers and founders can reference this Survival Guide for input on the the far reaching effects of COVID-19 in LatAm and beyond.

  • eBricks Ventures COVID Update

    e.Bricks Ventures: Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Brazilian VC Landscape

    April 8, 2020

    e.Bricks Ventures shares shares insights on the challenges & opportunities brought by the COVID-19 Pandemic to the Brazilian Venture Capital Market, as well as actions taken by the fund and its portfolio companies and their views of companies they expect will navigate well under the current scenario.

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  • KASZEK Leads ~USD10m Series A for Brazilian Energy Marketplace Lemon Energia (em português)

    June 22, 2022
  • Patria Investments Acquires Brazilian Hydropower Plants from ContourGlobal for BRL1.74b

    June 20, 2022
  • Equitas Acquires Chile’s Naviera Antártica

    June 20, 2022
  • Browder Capital, TeleSoft Partners, MBX Lead USD7m Round for Mexican Healthtech Eva (en español)

    June 19, 2022
  • Tiger Global Leads USD6m Round for Colombian Fintech Mono (en español)

    June 17, 2022
  • Henko Capital Partners Acquires Revergy

    June 15, 2022
  • Patria Acquires Brazil’s Avenida for BRL300m

    June 15, 2022
  • Grupo Mutual To Raise Two USD200m Costa Rica VC Funds

    June 14, 2022
  • BNDES To Invest BRL2.5b in Funds Managed by Vinci, BTG Pactual, Kinea and Patria

    June 14, 2022
  • Macquarie Sells Interest in Mexico’s Universidad Politécnica de San Luis Potosí to Bestinver

    June 11, 2022
  • Mexico’s Ozon Raises USD4m Seed Funding and USD25m Debt

    June 10, 2022
  • Meor To Invest MXN1.45b To Develop Three Industrial Parks in Mexico

    June 9, 2022
  • Seguros Unimed To Launch BRL1b Brazilian Real Estate Fund

    June 9, 2022
  • Pátria Investimentos’ Lavoro Acquires 85% Stake in Brazil’s Casa Trevo and CATR From AZ Group

    June 8, 2022
  • Ecuadorian Fintech Kushki Raises USD100m Series B+ at USD1.5b Valuation

    June 7, 2022
  • CPP Investments-backed Auren Energia Acquires 28.3% Stake In Brazil’s Aquarela Inovação Tecnológica

    June 7, 2022
  • IDB Invest Provides USD250m Fixed Rate B-bond for Uruguay’s Central Railroad Line Project

    June 7, 2022
  • SPIC To Acquire 70% Stake in Two Brazilian Solar Projects in Brazil From Canadian Solar

    June 6, 2022
  • Grupo Financiero Galicia Acquires 15% Stake in Argentina’s Agripay

    June 6, 2022
  • Caatinga Capital To Acquire 70% Stake in Brazil’s Nexti for BRL170m

    June 6, 2022
  • Mubadala Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Brazil’s Medicina UniFTC Salvador and Unesulbahia

    June 3, 2022
  • H.I.G. Capital Acquires Majority Stake in Chile’s Virutex Ilko

    June 3, 2022
  • Anthos Capital Leads USD47m Round for SuperApp Yummy

    June 2, 2022
  • Aqua Capital Acquires 100% of Colombia’s Ascender From Valorar Futuro

    June 2, 2022
  • Inovabra Leads ~USD17m Round for Brazilian Agtech Agrotools (em português)

    June 1, 2022
  • Brookfield-owned BRK Ambiental Files for Brazil IPO

    May 31, 2022
  • LATAM Airlines Secures USD3.7b in Financing From J.P. Morgan and Qatar Airways Investments

    May 31, 2022
  • Alloy Capital Invests Debt in Mexico’s MAS Seguros

    May 30, 2022
  • Colombian Restaurant Platform RobinFood Raises USD32m (em português)

    May 26, 2022
  • Grepar Participações To Acquire Lubnor Refinery From Petrobras for USD34m

    May 26, 2022
  • ADIA To Provide Financing for Santa Fe-Córdoba aqueduct

    May 25, 2022
  • Canaan Partners Leads USD15m Series A for Brazilian Fintech Marvin (em português)

    May 25, 2022
  • Jimena Pardo of Meta and Endeavor Joins ALLVP As Partner

    May 25, 2022
  • Mexican Digital Freight Forwarder Nowports Raises USD150m Series C at USD1.1b Valuation

    May 24, 2022
  • BTG Pactual and Energea Global Sell SPE to Comerc for BRL200m

    May 23, 2022
  • IDB, IDB Invest, Bancoldex, FDN, Others Provide ~USD524m in Debt to Finance Antioquia Port Project

    May 23, 2022
  • Aqua Capital Exits Brazil’s Puravida Via Sale to Nestlé

    May 23, 2022
  • Notarc Management Group Acquires Panama Canal Container Port Project

    May 20, 2022

Latest Private Equity News

  • ACON Acquires Stake in Brazil’s Sapore

    April 12, 2022
  • Riza Asset Management and Alvarez & Marzel To Create JV To Invest in Special Situations

    April 7, 2022
  • Brookfield To Invest USD60m in Brazil’s Ouro Verde

    March 28, 2022
  • Gramercy Provides USD100m Credit Line to Colombia’s OmniLatAm

    March 21, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Leads BRL650m Investment in Brazil’s Evino

    March 7, 2022
  • PX Ativos Judiciais and Galapagos Capital Raise BRL100m for Brazil Judicial Assets Fund

    March 2, 2022
  • IFC To Provide BRL200m Loan to Brazil’s Ser Educacional

    February 24, 2022
  • Blue like an Orange Sustainable Capital Provides BRL72m in Mezzanine Financing to Brazil’s InvestFarma

    February 23, 2022
  • Wind Point Partners Acquires Mexico’s Palmex

    February 22, 2022
  • Grupo Pegasus Invests in Puppis

    February 22, 2022
  • Vinci Partners Invests BRL100m in Brazil’s DMCard

    February 21, 2022
  • Macrocapitales Sells 33.33% of Hass Peru to Local Investors

    February 19, 2022
  • Jive Investments Sells 49% Stake in Select Assets for USD25.5m

    February 19, 2022
  • Advent Acquires 25% Stake in Brazil’s Tigre for BRL1.35b

    February 18, 2022
  • Altum Capital Reaches USD125m Final Close for Second Mexico Private Debt Fund

    February 15, 2022
  • SouthLight Capital’s LatAm Growth SPAC Raises USD130m on Nasdaq

    February 9, 2022
  • LIV Capital’s Second SPAC Raises USD100m on the Nasdaq

    February 8, 2022
  • MicroVest Invests USD5m in Panama’s Banco La Hipotecaria

    February 8, 2022
  • PesoRama Merges With CPC Skyscape & Receives USD4.2m in Subscription Receipts Led by Fundamental Private Markets

    February 8, 2022
  • Linzor Capital Partners Exits Chile’s Mundo via Sale to DigitalBridge

    February 4, 2022
  • XP Invests ~USD9m in Brazil’s BR Supply (em português)

    January 31, 2022
  • Prisma Capital Increases Stake in Brazil’s Dommo Energia

    January 29, 2022
  • SPX Capital Targets BRL2.5b Brazil PE Fund (em português)

    January 28, 2022
  • BlackRock’s Global Renewable Energy Fund III to Invest USD200m in Chilean Solar Assets

    January 28, 2022
  • Cerberus To Commit BRL50m to Brasil Brokers

    January 27, 2022
  • RF Bank & Trust to Raise USD50m Bahamas Fund

    January 27, 2022
  • Linzor Capital Partners Acquires 70% of inConcert and Convertia

    January 24, 2022
  • Castlelake to Provide USD600m in Financing to Brazil’s Gol

    January 24, 2022
  • Liberty Strategic Capital to Invest USD150m in Argentina’s Satellogic

    January 19, 2022
  • IFC Leads USD30m Financing for Brazil’s Odata

    January 18, 2022
  • Continental Grain Company Invests in Chile’s Agroberries

    January 18, 2022
  • Encinno Capital Invests in Mexico’s Mita Residential

    January 18, 2022
  • Trinity Capital and Structure Banca de Inversión Acquire Colombia’s Acerías Paz del Río for COP74.8b

    January 14, 2022
  • TMF Group Acquires Paraty Capital

    January 11, 2022
  • Grupo Stefanini Acquires Cobiscorp

    January 6, 2022
  • AINDA Invests USD38m in Mexico’s Neology

    December 24, 2021
  • SPS Capital Reaches BRL1b First Close for Special Situations Fund

    December 23, 2021
  • Alta Growth Capital and Fondo de Fondos Acquire Mexico’s Interquim

    December 20, 2021

Latest Venture Capital News

  • Oak HC Leads USD27m Series A for Mexican Payment Platform Aplazo

    November 15, 2021
  • Colombian E-commerce Fulfillment Platform Melonn Raises USD4.5 Seed Round

    November 3, 2021
  • DNA Capital, Temasek and Fit Participações Lead ~USD20m Round for Brazilian Healthtech Memed

    November 1, 2021
  • Astella Investimentos Leads ~USD5m Round for Brazilian Proptech Homelend (em português)

    October 28, 2021
  • KASZEK Leads USD8m Round for Brazilian Car Documentation Platform Gringo

    October 27, 2021
  • SoftBank Leads USD75m Series C for Brazilian BPO Platform Pipefy

    October 26, 2021
  • Mexican Delivery Platform Skydropx Raised USD20m Seres A from Cometa, Base10 Partners, 645 Ventures

    October 26, 2021
  • Brazilian Car Insurtech Justos Raises ~USD35.8m Series A from SoftBank, KASZEK and Others

    October 25, 2021
  • Andreessen Horowitz and Base Partners Lead USD15m Series A for Colombian Foodtech Foodology

    October 22, 2021
  • Unbox Capital Leads USD30m Series B for Brazilian Marketing Platform Rock Content (em português)

    October 22, 2021
  • L Catterton Leads Investment in Mexican DTC Eyewear Brand Ben & Frank

    October 21, 2021
  • Anthos Capital Leads USD18m Series A for Venezuelan Delivery Platform Yummy

    October 21, 2021
  • Flourish Ventures and GFC Lead USD10m Series A for Brazilian Wholesale Marketplace Merce do Bairro

    October 21, 2021
  • Tiger Global Leads USD35m Series A for Argentine Fintech Pomelo

    October 21, 2021
  • Brazilian Wholesale Marketplace Inventa Raises ~USD6m Seed Round (em português)

    October 20, 2021
  • QED Investors and KASZEK Lead USD40m Series C for Brazilian Fintech Hash

    October 20, 2021
  • SoftBank, Amazon and Accel Lead USD108m Series B for Brazilian Fintech Pismo (en español)

    October 19, 2021
  • SP Ventures and Astella Investimentos Lead USD17m Series A for Brazilian Fintech Traive (em português)

    October 18, 2021
  • Tencent and SoftBank Lead USD200m Series F for Brazilian Trucking Marketplace CargoX (em português)

    October 15, 2021
  • Valor Capital Group Leads USD22m Series A for Mexican Edtech Aprende Institute

    October 11, 2021
  • Square Capital and Hard Yaka Invest USD15m in Colombian Digital Payments Platform Movii (en español)

    October 6, 2021
  • Atlantico Leads USD6m Series A for Brazilian Wholesale Marketplace ZAX

    October 5, 2021
  • Mercado Libre and KASZEK SPAC Raises USD287m In Public Listing

    October 4, 2021
  • FunderClub and Clocktower Lead USD2m Seed Round for Chilean Software Platform Toku (en español)

    October 4, 2021
  • Colombian Lending Platform Sempli Raises USD10m (en español)

    October 4, 2021
  • Digital Currency Group Leads USD50m Series B for Argentine Crypto Platform Ripio (em português)

    October 4, 2021
  • Tiger Global and Point72 Ventures Lead USD20m Series A for Colombian HRtech Ontop

    October 4, 2021
  • YC and Public.com Lead USD5.7m Seed Round for Retail Investment Platform Sprout

    September 30, 2021
  • Crescera Capital Leads USD80m Series C for Brazilian Mobility Platform Tembici

    September 30, 2021
  • Accel Leads USD23m Series A for Mexican B2B Fintech Higo

    September 30, 2021
  • 500 Global, Dalus Capital and IDB Lab Invest USD10m in Colombian Budget Chain Ayenda (en español)

    September 29, 2021
  • Tarsadia Capital and QED Investors Lead USD110m Series E+ for Mexican Fintech Konfio (en español)

    September 29, 2021
  • Advent International and SoftBank Lead USD225m Series B for E-commerce Aggregator Merama

    September 28, 2021
  • Mexican Lending Platform ProCredito Secures USD6m Private Credit Facility

    September 28, 2021
  • Mexican Last-Mile Delivery Platform Cargamos Raises USD11m Seed Round

    September 22, 2021
  • Globo Ventures Leads ~USD10m Series D Extension for Brazilian Food Delivery Service Liv Up

    September 22, 2021
  • Alfa Collab To Invest Up to ~USD120m in Brazilian Credit Platform for Rural Producers E-ctare

    September 22, 2021
  • monashees and Valor Capital Group Lead ~USD4.6m Round for Brazilian Financial Management Platform BHub (em português)

    September 22, 2021

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