SMEs

DILA Capital led an undisclosed Series A in payments platform Kushki, with participation from KaszeK Ventures, Magma Partners, Clocktower Ventures and Conexo. (Contxto) Ecuadorian/Colombian Kushki closed its Series A for an undisclosed…

Credijusto raised US$100m in debt financing from Credit Suisse Group. Credijusto separately raised US$100m in debt from Goldman Sachs in 2019. (Contxto) Banks have been long-known to be slow and hesitant to tender loans to small…

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. …