Alicerce Educação, a Brazilian network of education centers to supplement students in the public school system living in city peripheries, raised a USD5m seed extension from Valor Capital Group, Canary…
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TCV Leads BRL375m Series C for Brazilian Course Monetization Platform Hotmart (em português)
March 30, 2021TCV led a BRL375m Series C for Hotmart, a Brazilian monetization platform for online courses, with participation from Alkeon Capital. GIC and General Atlantic made an undisclosed Series A investment…
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Mercado Libre, Globant and Riverwood Capital Invest USD50m in Argentine Edtech Digital House
March 25, 2021Mercado Libre, Globant, and Riverwood Capital invested USD50m in Digital House, an Argentine platform providing technical education for developers, with follow-on from KASZEK. TPG’s The Rise Fund led a USD20m Series…
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DOMO Invest Invests R$3.5m in Brazilian Edtech Digital Innovation One (em português)
February 11, 2021DOMO Invest invested R$3.5m in Digital Innovation One (DIO), a Brazilian edtech offering software development courses and connecting students to companies in search of technical talent. (Valor Econômico) – O…
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SoftBank and Invus Opportunities Lead US$84.5m Round in Brazilian Edtech Descomplica
February 10, 2021SoftBank and Invus Opportunities led a US$84.5m round in Brazilian edtech Descomplica, with participation from Península Participações, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and U2 guitarist The Edge, and follow-on from Valor Capital…
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Mountain Nazca led a US$17.5m Series A in Crehana, a Peruvian edtech, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, the IFC, and Salesforce Ventures, bringing the company’s total round of funding to…
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Accion Venture Lab, Emles Venture Partners, and Noveus VC invested US$1.5m in Henry, an Argentine on-demand coding program enabling students to cover their tuition costs through an Income Share Agreement…
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DOMO Invest Exits Agenda Edu via Sale to Eleva Educação (em português)
September 18, 2020DOMO Invest exited Brazilian edtech Agenda Edu, an app that connects students’ parents to their children’s school day, via a sale to Eleva Educação for an undisclosed amount. (Brazil Journal)…
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Company: Arukay Financing Status: Bootstrapped Interview with: Co-Founder & CEO Vicky Ricaurte Arukay, a Colombian edtech teaching K-12 students how to program, won the 2019 WeXchange Pitch Competition, an initiative founded…
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ALIVE Ventures, formerly Acumen LatAm Capital Partners, reached a final close for its US$28m Latin America Early Growth Fund. The fund will focus on agribusiness, education, and clean energy in…