Germany

US-based American Towers has agreed to acquire Telefonica’s KKR-backed Telxius division (Europe and Latin America) for US$9.41b.  (Reuters) Shares in Telefonica soared on Wednesday after the Spanish group said it…

German Development Bank KfW Invested US$31m in Genneia, an Argentine renewable energy company that operates two wind power projects including Pomona II, which is already running, and Chubut Norte II,…

Dutch infrastructure firm DIF Capital Partners signed an agreement to acquire the 50 MW Cerro Grande wind farm in Uruguay from Enercon of Germany. Financial terms of the deal were…

Brazilian fintech Nubank raised a US$400m Series F at a reported US$10b valuation. TCV led the round, with participation from existing investors Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer, Ribbit Capital…

AC Capitales sold its remaining 10% stake in Lima Airport Partners (LAP) to German transport company Fraport. Fraport now holds an 80% stake in LAP. LAP holds a 30-year concessionaire…

German private equity manager MPC Capital acquired Tilawind a 21MW wind farm in Costa Rica for US$50m and will directly administer the farm. Trinidad & Tobago’s largest corporate conglomerate ANSA…

(Startupi) Basf and ACE (formerly Aceleratech) have partnered to form an agriculture accelerator for Latin American startups, AgroStart. A BASF, empresa química líder em inovação, e a ACE, premiada como…

(Valor Econômico) Germany’s Basf has announced the launch of its accelerator program for Brazilian and global agriculture startups. A onda de investimentos em startups do agronegócio por parte de grandes…

(Valor Econômico) VC fund Ideiasnet, which invests in Brazilian technology, will fully exit Moip Pagamentos with sale of 100% of its shares to German Financial Services provider Wirecard for R$165m…

(Startupi) Voopter, a global airline ticket comparison platform, announced receiving a second round of investment from Germany’s Global Founders Capital. The investment follows startups progress in reaching one million monthly…