SMEs

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)…

Northgate Capital Mexico plans to invest in a total of six to eight small and medium sized businesses across diversified sectors after listing its MXN$5b CKD on the Mexican Stock…

Kandeo Fund made an undisclosed investment in Exitus Capital, a Mexican company that provides financing solutions to micro, small, and medium enterprises. (Press Release) Mexico City, Mexico – Private equity…

Dila Capital and Mountain Nazca led a MXN$18m in Creze, a Mexican financial service company for SMEs. The company also closed a round of financing for MXN$50m led by Credito…

Mercy Corps Social Venture Fund made an undisclosed investment in LiftIt, a Colombian logistics platform. (Mercy Corps) Mercy Corps Social Venture Fund backs LiftIt logistics platform in Colombia In Latam,…

InQlab and IKON Banca de Inversión made a US$1.2m investment in Mesfix, a Colombian crowdfunding platform. (Pulso Social) Mesfix ya ha permitido la financiación de unos US$3.5 millones en facturas…

Tienda Nube provides over 16,000 merchants an omnichannel e-commerce platform, with integrations for credit card and offline payment, shipping and logistics, and distribution in the region’s major online marketplaces. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Santiago Sosa shares insights into the challenges online merchants face in Latin America, and how Tienda Nube is innovating around them.

Elevar Equity led a US$7m Series B in Tienda Nube (known as Nuvem Shop in Brazil), a cloud solutions e-commerce provider for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Latin America, with participation…