Logistics

Patria Acquisition, a SPAC formed by Patria Investimentos targeting Latin American companies, has filed to raise up to USD250m in an IPO on the Nasdaq. (Nasdaq) Patria Acquisition, a blank…

Movile led an undisclosed Series A in Moova, an Argentine route optimization software for last-mile delivery, with participation from Alaya Capital, FJ Labs, Matterscale Ventures, Kalei Ventures, Mittal, and Murchinson.…

Randon Ventures, the CVC arm of Brazilian railroad equipment manufacturer Empresas Randon, invested R$13m in Grupo Delta, a Brazilian marketplace for company fleet insurance. (Baguete) – A Randon Ventures acaba…

IDB Invest has committed US$10m to SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Fund. The investment will contribute to the development of the Caribbean private equity investment ecosystem. (Press Release) IDB Invest, a member…

Riverwood Capital invested US$32m in Intelipost, a Brazilian freight management startup for omnichannel ecommerce deliveries. Intelipost also acquired AgileProcess, a Brazilian routing optimization platform. (Press Release) – Intelipost, Brazil’s leading e-commerce…

FTV Capital made a US$42.5m minority investment in Lean Staffing Solutions, a transportation and logistics outsourcing company with operations in the US and Colombia. (Press Release) Lean Staffing Solutions (“LSS”), a…

Pátria Investimentos has reached a R$10b final close for its Infrastructure Fund IV. The fund will target investments in infrastructure, with a focus on logistics, energy, and telecoms, across Latin…

Discovery Americas has invested US$5.7m in Mexico-based cargo service solutions company Autotransportes Mas de Carga. (Global Legal Chronicle) Ritch Mueller represented Discovery Americas in the transaction. Discovery Americas executed a…

Allievo Capital, Caravela Capital, and Fundação Estudar invested US$2m in Mottu, a Brazilian motorbike rental service for last-mile delivery companies. (Contxto) Brazilian motorcycle delivery as a service, Mottu, raised a pre-Series…

Women Entrepreneurship Ventures (WE Ventures), a R$50m fund Microsoft launched to back women-led startups in Brazil, invested R$1m in PackID, a Brazilian food logistics services platform focused on temperature and humidity monitoring, in March. PackID raised R$1m from…