SMEs

Teravoz, a Brazilian VoIP services provider to small businesses and call centers, was acquired by Twilio, providing an exit to investors Canary and Wayra Brasil. Teravoz reports a 30x return…

Patria Investimentos exited Brazilian enterprise resource planning company Supplier through a strategic sale to software company Totvs. The total deal value of the transaction was R$455m. (Brazil Journal) A Totvs…

US based private equity firm Small Enterprise Assistance Funds (SEAF) has raised US$35m and targeting US$100m . SEAF has begun evaluating companies in the Caribbean for investment and hopes for…

Credijusto, a fintech startup that provides affordable financing to SMEs in Mexico, raised US$42m from Goldman Sachs, Point72 Ventures and others. Goldman invested via its Principal Strategic Investments group. Goldman…

Nilo Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Covela, a digital insurance broker for SMEs in Latin America. (Medium) After Nilo’s investment in Keynua — an e-signature platform founded by the same…

e.Bricks Ventures made an undisclosed Series A investment in Bcredi, a Brazilian real estate credit fintech. Bcredi was founded in 2017 as the digital arm of Banco Barigui and spun…

Latinia, a Barcelona-based software development company, led a US$500k investment in Facturedo, a Chilean invoice discounting marketplace. Facturedo participated in Startupbootcamp Fintech Scale in 2018. The company says they’ve financed…

Mexican private equity firm Nexxus Capital has announced its plan to invest US$350m in small and medium enterprises in Mexico, Spain, and Portugal over the next 12 to 18 months. …

Mesfix is a Colombian crowdfunding platform that has helped 80+ businesses collectively raise over US$4m. In 2017, InQlab and IKON Banca de Inversion made a US$1.2m investment in Mesfix. In this interview with founder and CEO Felipe Tascon Ortiz we learn about the challenges and opportunities of being Colombia’s first crowdfunding platform, and about the impact it can have on SMEs in LatAm.

Mexican impact fund Adobe Capital raised US$40m for its second investment vehicle, Adobe Mezzanine Fund (AMF) II, to finance small and medium-sized enterprises in Mexico and Latin America. (El Financiero)…