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  • SoftBank Invests in MadeiraMadeira

    SoftBank Group and Dynamo Lead US$190m Series E in Brazilian E-commerce MadeiraMadeira

    January 7, 2021

    SoftBank Group and Dynamo led a US$190m Series E round in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from VELT Partners, Brasil Capital, and Brazilian family office Lakewood…

  • Oria Capital Invests in Knewin

    Oria Capital Invests R$40m in Brazilian Analytics Platform Knewin (em português)

    January 5, 2021

    Oria Capital invested R$40m in Knewin, a Brazilian news and social media analytics platform. Knewin previously raised R16.5m from KPTL and Invisto. (Press Release)  Focada em investimentos B2B Tech, a…

  • QED Investors Leads US$17.5m Series A in Chilean Insurtech Betterfly (formerly Burn to Give)

    December 31, 2020

    QED Investors led a US$17.5m Series A in Betterfly (formerly Burn to Give), a Chilean certified B-Corp insurtech providing life insurance to SMEs and incentivizing policyholder’s wellbeing with subsidized coverage.…

  • Amplify Partners Invests in RunwayML

    Amplify Partners Leads US$8.5m Series A in Media Production Platform RunwayML

    December 30, 2020

    San Francisco-based VC Amplify Partners led a US$8.5m Series A in RunwayML, a deep learning media production platform for creatives, with participation from Lux Capital, and Compound Ventures. RunwayML is…

  • IDB Invest Invests in Farmalisto

    IDB Invest, HBM Healthcare, and Morgan Rio Capital Invest US$18m in Colombian Healthtech Farmalisto (en español)

    December 24, 2020

    IDB Invest, Swiss healthcare investment fund HBM Healthcare, and NY-based hedge fund Morgan Rio Capital Management invested US$18m in Farmalisto, a Colombian online pharmacy with operations in Colombia, Mexico, and…

  • Darwin Capital Invests in Linker

    Darwin Capital and Angels Invest R$12m in Brazilian Neobank Linker (em português)

    December 21, 2020

    Darwin Capital, angels Marcelo Sampaio (Hasdex) and Roberto Nishikawa (Itau Unibanco), and others invested R$12m in Linker, a Brazilian neobank for SMEs. (NeoFeed) – Original, C6 e Inter foram alguns dos nomes que ocuparam…

  • monashees Invests in Nomad

    monashees Leads R$30m Round in Brazilian Fintech Nomad (em português)

    December 20, 2020

    monashees led a R$30m round in Nomad, a Brazilian fintech offering US checking accounts for Brazilian residents. Nomad is founded by Patrick Sigrist (iFood) and Marcos Nader (DocuSign). (Valor Econômico)…

  • Mountain Nazca Invests in Crehana

    Mountain Nazca Leads US$17.5m Series A in Peruvian Edtech Crehana (en español)

    December 17, 2020

    Mountain Nazca led a US$17.5m Series A in Crehana, a Peruvian edtech, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, the IFC, and Salesforce Ventures,  bringing the company’s total round of funding to…

  • LGT Lightstone Invests in Creditas

    LGT Lightstone Leads US$255m Series E in Brazilian Fintech Creditas

    December 17, 2020

    Impact investment fund LGT Lightstone led a US$255m Series E in Brazilian fintech Creditas, with participation from Tarsadia Capital, e.ventures, Wellington Management, and Advent International affiliate Sunley House Capital, and…

  • Hetz Ventures Invests in Mozper

    Hetz Ventures Leads US$3.55m Round in Mexican Fintech Mozper

    December 14, 2020

    Israel-based VC Hetz Ventures led a US$3.55m round in Mozper, a Mexico-based financial education platform for children, with participation from F-Prime Capital, Foundation Capital, and Secocha Ventures, and follow-on from…

  • Jaguar Ventures Invests in Justo

    Jaguar Ventures, Investo, and Liquid2 Ventures Invest US$2.3m in Chilean Justo (en español)

    December 10, 2020

    Jaguar Ventures, Investo, and Liquid2 Ventures invested US$2.3m in Justo, a Chilean e-commerce sales management platform. (Startups Chilenas) – Justo, el mejor partner digital que los restaurantes y comercios pueden…

  • KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors Invest in Bitso

    KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors Lead US$62m Series B in Bitso

    December 9, 2020

    KaszeK Ventures and QED Investors led a US$62m Series B in Bitso, a Mexican crypto exchange, with follow-on from Coinbase Ventures and Pantera Capital. Ripple made an undisclosed investment in…

  • Valor Capital Invests in Dolado

    Valor Capital Group Leads US$2.2m Round in Brazilian Dolado (em português)

    December 9, 2020

    Valor Capital Group led a US$2.2m round in Dolado, a Brazilian inventory and digital sales management platform for SMEs in city peripheries, with participation from Global Founders Capital, Norte Capital,…

  • Temasek Invests in Conductor

    Temasek Invests US$20m in Brazilian Payments Processor Conductor

    December 9, 2020

    Temasek invested US$20m in Conductor, a Brazilian payments processor and card issuance provider for fintechs, bringing the company’s latest round of funding to US$170m after Viking Global Investors led a…

  • IDB Invest invests in Selina

    IDB Invest and Blue Like an Orange Invest US$50m in Travel Network Selina

    December 9, 2020

     IDB Invest and Blue Like an Orange invested US$50m in mezzanine financing in Selina, a Panamanian travel hospitality network with community vacation properties across Central America. IDB Invest will contribute…

  • Flourish Ventures, Mountain Nazca, Valar Ventures, and Greyhound Capital Invest US$45m in albo

    December 8, 2020

     Flourish Ventures, Mountain Nazca, Valar Ventures, and Greyhound Capital invested US$45m in Mexico-based digital bank albo. (TechCrunch) With nearly half a million customers across Mexico already and a network of…

  • Blockchange Ventures invests in Valiu

    Blockchange Ventures and Pomp Lead US$5.25m Round in Colombian Fintech Valiu (en español)

    December 7, 2020

    Blockchange Ventures and UK-based VC Pomp led a US$5.25m round in Valiu, a Colombian fintech focused on remittances and dollar-based accounts for international transfers in Colombia and Venezuela, with participation…

  • Riverwood Capital Invests in Intelipost

    Riverwood Capital Invests US$32m in Brazilian Freight Management Intelipost

    December 6, 2020

    Riverwood Capital invested US$32m in Intelipost, a Brazilian freight management startup for omnichannel ecommerce deliveries. Intelipost also acquired AgileProcess, a Brazilian routing optimization platform. (Press Release) – Intelipost, Brazil’s leading e-commerce…

  • Barn Investments invests in Trocafone

    Barn Investments, Bulb Capital, and Wayra Invest R$30m in Trocafone (em português)

    December 4, 2020

    Trocafone, a Brazilian resale marketplace for electronics, raised R$30m from Bulb Capital and existing investors Barn Investments and Wayra. (Baguete) – A Trocafone, startup especializada na compra e venda de…

  • Accion Invests in Henry

    Accion Venture Lab, Emles Venture Partners, and Noveus VC Invest US$1.5m in Henry

    December 3, 2020

    Accion Venture Lab, Emles Venture Partners, and Noveus VC invested US$1.5m in Henry, an Argentine on-demand coding program enabling students to cover their tuition costs through an Income Share Agreement…

  • Mountain Nazca Invests in Asistensi

    Mountain Nazca and Alma Mundi Ventures Lead US$3m Round in Spanish Healthtech Asistensi

    December 3, 2020

    Mountain Nazca and Spain-based VC Alma Mundi Ventures led a US$3m round in Asistensi, a Spanish healthtech providing insurance and telemedicine services to families of migrant workers staying in their…

  • Mountain Nazca Invests in Heru

    Mountain Nazca Leads US$1.7m Round in Mexican Personal Finance Startup Heru

    December 2, 2020

     Mountain Nazca led a US$1.7m round in Heru, a Mexican personal finance and fiscal management platform for independent workers, with participation from Flourish Ventures, Magma Partners, YC, and Xtraordinary Venture…

  • monahees invests in The Cofee

    monashees Leads R$28m Seres A in Brazilian Coffee Shop The Coffee (em português)

    December 1, 2020

    monashees led a R$28m Series A in The Coffee, a Brazilian self-serve coffee shop, with participation from Norte Ventures and Shift Capital. monashees led a R$500k seed round in 2019.…

  • KaszeK Ventures invests in Legiti

    KaszeK Ventures, Global Founders Capital, and Iporanga Ventures Invest US$2.5m in Legiti (em português)

    November 30, 2020

     KaszeK Ventures, Global Founders Capital, and Iporanga Ventures invested US$2.5m in Legiti, a Brazilian cybersecurity startup developing predictive models for preventing ecommerce fraud. Legiti is founded by former Palantir employee…

  •  Peninsula Participações and Endeavor Catalyst invest in Hilab

     Peninsula Participações and Endeavor Catalyst Lead US$10m Series B in Brazilian Healthtech Hilab (em português)

    November 26, 2020

    Peninsula Participações and Endeavor Catalyst led a US$10m Series B in Hilab (formerly Hi Technologies), a Brazilian manufacturer of portable blood test devices. The round implies a R$300m post-money valuation…

  • The Craftory Invests in Moss

    The Craftory Leads US$1.8m Round in Brazilian Carbon Credit Marketplace Moss (em português)

    November 25, 2020

    The Craftory led a US$1.8m round in Moss, a Brazilian blockchain-based marketplace for companies to trade carbon credits. (Valor Econômico) – A Moss, plataforma de créditos de carbono, levantou US$…

  • ONEVC Invests in TerraMagna

    ONEVC Leads US$2.7m Round in Brazilian Agtech TerraMagna

    November 25, 2020

    ONEVC led a US$2.7m round in TerraMagna, a Brazilian agtech platform providing working capital for farmers, with participation from MAYA Capital and Accion Venture Lab, and angels Patrick Sigrist (iFood),…

  • SoftBank Invests in olist

    SoftBank Leads US$58m Series D in Brazilian Ecommerce Olist

    November 23, 2020

    SoftBank Latin America Fund led a R$310m (~US$58m) Series D in olist, a Brazilian ecommerce platform, with follow-on from Valor Capital, Peninsula, VELT Partners, FJ Labs, and angel investor Kevin Efrusy.…

  • Index Ventures invests in Sofia

    Index Ventures Leads US$19m Series A in Mexican Digital Health Insurer Sofía

    November 20, 2020

    San Francisco-based VC Index Ventures led a US$19m Series A in Sofía, a Mexican digital health insurer and telemedicine platform, with participation from KaszeK Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Sofia is…

  • Clout Capital Invests in Quantum Talent

    Clout Capital Leads US$2.55m Series A in Quantum Talent (en español)

    November 20, 2020

    Clout Capital led a US$2.55m Series A in Quantum Talent, a Peruvian HR SaaS platform focused on increasing employee productivity.  Angel Ventures led a US$660k round in 2019. (Press Release)…

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