Healthcare

Youper, an app for supporting people with social anxiety, raised US$3m from Goodwater Capital. Youper was founded by Brazilian psychologist José Hamilton Vargas and engineer Diego Dotta, and relocated to…

Brazil’s Eurofarma launched Axon Ventures, a US$12m CVC fund to invest in early-stage healthcare startups in Brazil. Eurofarma’s head of corporate venture, Paulo Braga, will lead the effort. (Crunchbase) Brazilian pharmaceutical giant Eurofarma…

Brazilian education company Arco Educação acquired Positivo, an educational content provider, for R$1.65b. Arco Educação IPO’d on the Nasdaq in 2018. Backers include General Atlantic. (Press Release) Arco Platform Limited, or Arco (Nasdaq: ARCE), today announced that…

Brazil’s Stratus Group recently acquired majority stakes in Farma Participações—the owner of pharmacy chain Poupafarma—and packaged-food company Alnutri Alimentos for a total of about R$200m (US$54.6m). Poupafarma and Alnutri became…

Redpoint eventures and DGF Investimentos made an undisclosed Series B investment in GESTO, a big data startup for Brazilian healthcare plans. (Investimentos e Notícias) A GESTO fechou sua segunda rodada…

H.I.G. Capital announced that its portfolio company, Grupo Meridional, acquired Hospital Metropolitano in Brazil for an undisclosed amount.

Pátria Investimentos acquired a majority stake in Brazilian private healthcare center Vitória Apart Hospital.

1Doc3 is a digital health platform providing individualized medical information to over 1.5 million Spanish-speaking users per month. In this interview with founder Javier Cardona, we learn how 1Doc3 is innovating around access to medical information and care: “the digital revolution in the health industry has not even started, and we are playing the leading role.”

Temasek made an undisclosed investment in Clínica SIM, a private network of accessible medical clinics operating in Brazil’s northeast. Previous investors include monashees+ and angel investors. (Brazil Journal) Filho de…

Promotora Social México and NXTP Labs made an undisclosed seed investment in Lab4U, a Chilean edtech startup, with participation from local family offices and angels. Startup Chile and CORFO invested…