Brazilian healthtech VivaBem raised US$2.5m from Webrock Ventures and Doktor.se, Sweden’s leading telemedicine provider, to expand digital primary care services in Brazil. (Press Release) Brazilian digital health tech start-up, VivaBem,…
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Unima is a Mexico-based healthtech startup developing fast and low-cost diagnostics and infectious disease surveillance for limited resource settings. LAVCA interviewed Laura Mendoza, Co-Founder & CPO about biotechnology, impact of winning WeXchange’s pitch competition…
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Redpoint eventures led a US$1.12m seed investment in Vittude, a Brazilian healthtech developing an online therapy platform for businesses to offer their employees, with participation from Superjobs Ventures. (Forbes) As burnout…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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H.I.G. Capital announced that its portfolio company, Grupo Meridional, acquired Hospital Metropolitano in Brazil for an undisclosed amount.
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Pátria Investimentos acquired a majority stake in Brazilian private healthcare center Vitória Apart Hospital.
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