Latin America

KaszeK Ventures and SoftBank led a R$70m (US$17.6m) round in Brazilian digital used car portal Volanty with participation from existing investors monashees and Canary. Monashees and Canary previously invested R$19m…

Brazilian pharmaceutical company Eurofarma launched Axon Ventures, a R$45m early-stage CVC fund. (Baguete) A Eurofarma, farmacêutica brasileira presente em 20 países, vai investir em projetos de tecnologia focados no setor…

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…

Oaktree Capital Management agreed to acquire a 20% strategic stake in Singular, a Chilean based asset management firm and placement agent. This is Oaktree Capital’s first corporate acquisition in Latin…

Advent International will invest an undisclosed amount into Campinas, Brazil based CI&T for a minority stake to accelerate its global growth in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. As…

Dataplor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, raised an undisclosed seed round from Quest Venture Partners with participation from Magma Partners, ffVC, Sidekick Fund and the Blue Startups…

Principia Capital Partners fully exited Brazilian student loan provider Pravaler. Principia sold its stake to Pravaler’s founders and Itaú Unibanco which increased its stake in the company. Financial terms of…

Vista Oil & Gas, a Mexico based energy company, raised US$107m in a follow-on offering on the New York Stock Exchange to invest in current projects. Vista is backed by…

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)’s real estate team stated that it will continue to seek out opportunities in Latin America.  Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds continue expanding real estate portfolios…

monashees and Base10 led a US$5.3m seed investment in Nowports, a Mexican automated freight platform, with participation from investors including Y Combinator, Broadhaven, Soma Capital, Partech, Tekton, and Paul Buchheit.…