Sequoia Capital

KASZEK led a USD13.2m round for Draftea, a Mexican fantasy sports league platform, with participation from Sequoia, Bullpen and angel Nigel Eccles (FanDuel).  (TechCrunch) – Founder Alán Jaime Misrahi grew…

Sequoia Capital has exited wind complex Pindaí via a sale to Electrobras for R$20.6m. (Money Times) A Eletrobras (ELET3; ELET5; ELET6) concluiu, nesta terça-feira (26), a aquisição de 100% das ações da Sequoia Capital, que detinha participação…

Rappi raised US$300m from T. Rowe Price Associates and other undisclosed parties. Previous investors in Rappi include SoftBank, Andreesen Horowitz, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, and Y Combinator.  (Nasdaq) Colombian all-purpose delivery…

Ulu Ventures led a US$3m round in Rever, a Mexican employee innovation management platform, with follow-on from Sequoia Capital and Zetta Venture Partners. Sequoia Capital and Zetta Venture Partners first…

Brazilian fintech Nubank raised a US$400m Series F at a reported US$10b valuation. TCV led the round, with participation from existing investors Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer, Ribbit Capital…

Sequoia Capital and Zetta Venture Partners invested US$2.25m in Rever, a Mexican employee innovation management platform. This is Sequoia’s first known investment in a Mexican startup. Sequoia’s other investments in the region include Nubank and Rappi.

Mexico is fast emerging as the new battleground for the global transport wars, from rideshare and delivery to e-scooters and mopeds: In the past year, Chinese heavyweights Didi Chuxing (rideshare),…

DST Global led a US$150m investment in Brazilian fintech Nubank, with participation from Thrive Capital and Dragoneer Investment Group, and existing investors Founders Fund, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital and QED Investors.…

UPDATE: Bloomberg reports that as of February 27, 2018 Rappi has raised US$185m from Delivery Hero, Sequoia Capital & Andreessen Horowitz, among others.  Undisclosed investors made a US$130m investment in Rappi,…

The entrance of major global investors into a string of recent early and expansion stage rounds in Latin America is contributing to record investment dollars in Latin American startups.