Edtech

Scale Capital led a US$5m investment in U-Planner, a Chilean edtech platform for higher education.  Press Release: u-planner raised 5 million USD of investment in a venture round led by…

UBits, a Colombian edtech platform for corporate training, raised US$2m led by Spectrum 2B Capital, a San Francisco VC firm.  UBits participated in Y Combinator in Spring 2018. The founders say they plan to expand to Mexico next.

IGNIA led an undisclosed investment in Kinedu, a Mexican edtech platform for early childhood development,with participation from BeCurious Partners, The Stanford-StartX Fund, and existing investors DILA Capital, Promotora Social México and Stella Maris. NXTP Labs, Social Capital and 500 Startups invested previously. 

Garan Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Estuda.com, a Brazilian standardized test preparation platform with 1m users.

e.Bricks Ventures and Vox Capital made an undisclosed Series A investment in Sanar, a Brazilian edtech startup designing customized online training for careers in healthcare. 

Criatec 3, a venture capital fund managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$2.6m investment in Playmove, a Brazilian edtech maker of interactive games for infants. (DCI) A startup catarinense Playmove recebeu…

Mexican.vc announces a partial exit from Yogome, a Mexican edtech startup making games for children, returning an 8x cash-on-cash return to the fund. (Press Release) On Wednesday, March 7th, Mexican.VC closed…

Cedro Capital led a R$2m investment in Escola em Movimento, a Brazilian edtech communications platform. (StartSe) A startup “Escola em Movimento” recebeu um aporte de R$ 2 milhões de fundo…

Invus Opportunities made a R$54m investment in Brazilian edtech Descomplica, with participation from previous investors Valor Capital, Amadeus Capital and Social Capital.  (Press Release) O Descomplica, maior empresa de ensino digital…

Businessman Paulo Ferraz made a R$3m investment in Brazilian edtech startup Tamboro. Previous investors include Vox Capital and Leblon Equities. (Startupi) A Tamboro, startup brasileira de inovação em educação, acaba…