QuintoAndar is a breakout Brazilian real estate startup that CBInsights and the NYTimes flagged as a future unicorn in 2019. Read LAVCA’s interview with Co-founder Andre Penha (CTO) about bootstrapping for the first few years, before raising a Series A in 2015, and a R$250m Series C in 2018.
monashees+ and Qualcomm Ventures made a R$14.7m investment in Hi Technologies, a Brazilian healthcare startup. Hi Technologies received an investment from Positivo Tecnologia in April 2016. (Valor Econômico) A Positivo…
Qualcomm Ventures, MercadoLibre, Confrapar and FJ Labs made a R$20m investment in Brazilian ticketing platform Ingresse. Previous investors include e.Bricks Ventures and DGF Investimentos. (Fusões & Aquisições) A Ingresse vai…
Didi Chuxing plans to acquire a majority stake in Brazilian rideshare startup 99 for ~US$600m. This officially puts 99 in unicorn territory. Didi and Riverwood Capital invested over US$100m in…
Goldman Sachs led a US$20m Series C investment in Brazilian trucking startup CargoX, with participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Soros, and existing investors Valor Capital, Agility Logistics, and Uber co-founder Oscar…
The global transport wars are heating up in Latin America with major investments from new Asian players. A few months after Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing announced a US$100m co-investment…
Carlos Kokron of Qualcomm Ventures highlights the importance of coordination between a start-up’s Board of Directors and team. (Pulso Social) A Carlos Kokron, el vicepresidente y director general para Latinoamérica de Qualcomm…
(Valor Econômico) Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing led an investment in Brazilian rideshare company 99 (formerly 99 Taxis) of over US$100m. The investment round also included participation from monashees+, Qualcomm…
(Press Release) Temasek led a US$16m Series B investment in Latin American on-demand home improvement marketplace IguanaFix. The investment round also includes participation from Qualcomm Ventures, Endeavor Catalyst, and existing…
Wayra Brasil, Acelera Partners, Microsoft Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures invested US$250k in Widow Games, a video game startup that specializes in creating digital versions of classic board games. Widow Games…