Transportation

AMP Capital and Enel X created joint venture for public transportation and associated infrastructure for vehicles’ storage, charging, repair, and operation.  (IPE Real Assets) AMP Capital and Enel Group’s energy…

Discovery Americas has invested US$5.7m in Mexico-based cargo service solutions company Autotransportes Mas de Carga. (Global Legal Chronicle) Ritch Mueller represented Discovery Americas in the transaction. Discovery Americas executed a…

Oaktree Capital Management will invest US$1.3b in private financing in LATAM Airlines, which recently filed for bankruptcy in the US and added its Brazilian operations to the chapter 11 process.…

Florida-based Cambridge Capital led a US$22.5m Series B in Liftit, a B2B Colombian logistics marketplace for independent truck drivers, with participation from H20 Capital, AC Ventures, 10x Capital, Banyan Tree…

Latache Capital agreed to buy a stake in transportation services provider Rodovias do Tietê from Portuguese company Lineas. Financial terms of the transaction were undisclosed. (Valor Econômico)  A Latache Capital…

TheVentureCity led a US$3m Series A in SimpliRoute, a Chilean logistics intelligence platform, to strengthen its presence in Mexico, Colombia and Uruguay. ChileGlobal Ventures, Wayra Chile, and 500 Startups invested…

Global Founders Capital led a US$30m investment in Kovi, a Brazilian provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from Quona Capital, and follow-on from monashees,…

The government of Colombia awarded the construction of the Bogota metro to a consortium composed by China’s Harbour Engineering Company, Xi’an Metro Company, Canada’s Bombardier Inc. (Reuters) A $4 billion…

Brazilian bus ticketing platform Buser raised an undisclosed round from SoftBank Latin America Fund and Grupo Globo, with follow-on from Valor Capital, monashees and Canary. (Reuters) Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp…

Quicko, a Brazilian smart mobility startup working on commuter transit, raised US$10m from CCR, a Brazilian infrastructure conglomerate, and J2L Partners. (StartSe) Simplificar o trajeto dos paulistanos é o objetivo…