Seed

KaszeK Ventures raised US$600m across two new funds, including US$375m for its fourth flagship fund and US$225m for its first opportunities fund. (Press Release) Latin American venture capital firm Kaszek…

Brazilian urban logistics startup Gadle rebranded to Vuxx and announced a US$1m seed investment from undisclosed investors. (E-Commerce News) A Gadle, plataforma de logística urbana que conecta empresas a motoristas…

Private equity firm PC Capital completed an undisclosed investment in Mexican seed distributor Rancho Los Molinos. (Press Release) PC Capital Management, a specialized Mexican growth equity impact investment firm, announced…

Accion Venture Lab and Canary made an undisclosed seed investment in SmartMEI, a fintech startup servicing micro-entrepreneurs in Brazil. (Press Release) Brazil-based fintech startup and mobile platform SmartMEI announced today…

Agruppa, a startup that optimizes the current fruit and vegetable supply chain between farms and mom-and-pop shops in Bogotá, closed investments with two international impact investors for US$330k. (Press Release)…

Grupo RFP invested US$500k in Joinnus, a Peru-based mobile and web full-service event platform accelerated by Wayra, the accelerator of Telefonica Open Future_, and UTEC Ventures. Watch an Entrepreneur Session…

Magma Partners made an undisclosed seed investment in Awesome Jobs, a startup job portal focusing on Latin America. (Venture Beat – Nathan Lustig/Magma Partners) I’ve lived in Santiago, Chile for…

(539 Partners) In Ecuador, top software companies have come together to create the country’s first seed fund for software based enterprises, 593 Capital Partners. 539 Partners Launches Ecuador’s First Seed…

(Amexcap) VC firm Ideas & Capital has announced a seed investment in Farrow Ventures, a Mexican mobile connectivity startup. Ideas & Capital Invest US$600k in Farrow Ventures (en español) was…

(Expreso) The Peruvian government has announced plans to support the creation/operation of VC funds, business incubators/accelerators, and angel networks. En el marco del Plan Nacional de Diversificación Productiva, el ministro…