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…
Accel-KKR acquired I-Med, a Chilean digital healthcare network, for an undisclosed amount. (Press Release) I-Med, the largest connected health network in Spanish-speaking Latin America, has completed a management-led buy-out by…
Private equity firm Advent International exited Brazilian medical diagnostic company Fleury for R$1.3b. (Valor Econômico) A gestora de fundos de private equity Advent deu dois importantes passos ontem. Vendeu em…