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  • IDB Invest Commits US$10m to Brazil’s Bozano Investimentos

    13 June 2018

    IDB Invest, the private sector institution of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, committed US$10 million to Bozano Investimentos new private equity fund, Bozano Growth Capital Fund. The Fund will invest growth capital in family-owned or family-controlled midsized companies with high growth potential operating in Brazil.

  • BNDES and IDB Launch US$1.5b Infrastructure Credit Fund for Brazil

    4 June 2018

    The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announce a partnership for the creation of an infrastructure credit fund of US $ 1.5 billion. “B2 Infra” will have at least 30% of BNDES funds, 10% of the IDB and the rest will be captured in the private sector, mainly institutional investors.

  • Peru’s Laboratoria Tackles Coding Gender Gap in Latin America with International Funding

    15 November 2017

    Mariana Costa, Herman Marin, and Rodulfo Prieto founded Laboratoria, an organization to teach low-income women in Latin America programming and web development skills. More than 400 female developers from Peru, Chile, and Mexico have passed through Laboratoria’s program since 2014; 75% have found jobs, with a 3X average increase in their starting salary. In this interview we learn about Laboratoria’s mission to close the coding gender gap and graduate the best tech talent in Latin America.

  • MIF NXTP Labs LAVCA Venture Investors

    MIF Invests US$5m in NXTP Labs’ Impact Investing Fund

    1 June 2017

    MIF invests US$5m in NXTP Labs’ Impact Investing Fund for Latin American Tech-Driven Social Enterprises. (Press Release) The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved…