Kviv Ventures led a R$5m investment in Nutrebem, a nutrition platform to monitor children’s nutrition at school. Confrapar and Barn Investmentos invested previously. (Baguete) A startup Nutrebem, que oferece um…

Portland Private Equity led a US$14m investment in Merqueo, a Colombian grocery startup, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst. Mountain Nazca Colombia and Velum Ventures invested previously. (Press Release) Merqueo raised…

General Catalyst and payments unicorn Stripe led a US$40m Series B in Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service platform based in London, with participation from Target Global, IGNIA and others. (Press Release)…

Ideas & Capital made an undisclosed investment in DEPORPRIVÉ, a Mexican flash sales platform for sports merchandise and apparel. (Press Release) El fondo Ideas & Capital invirtió en la  empresa minorista DEPORPRIVÉ. La compañía opera una plataforma…

Cabify secured US$70m in structured financing from IDB Invest and Blue Like an Orange Sustainable Capital to support responsible expansion within the region. This is IDB Invest’s first deal supporting digital…

Redpoint eventures invested R$1.15m in Ribon, a Brazilian platform that lets users convert ad dollars to donations to non-profits. (StartSe) Nesta semana, o Ribon, startup que possibilita que pessoas doem…

Rappi acquired Payit, a Mexican blockchain-based payments platform, for an undisclosed amount. (La Republica) La plataforma colombiana de entrega de pedidos a domicilio, Rappi, adquirió la startup mexicana de pagos…

BR Startups, managed by MSW Capital, will invest up to R$800k in Brazilian edtech VOA Educação. (Baguete) A VOA Educação, startups de educação que busca auxiliar o professor na avaliação…

BTG Pactual invested R$10m across Digesto (legal tech), Finpass (SMB credit) and Agronow (satellite crop monitoring) using a convertible debt instrument. All three startups were accelerated at BTG Pactual’s BoostLab…

KaszeK Ventures led an investment in Agilis, an Argentine consumer lending platform, with participation from QED Investors and an unnamed investor. This is KaszeK’s first deal in Argentina from Fund…

Brazilian iPaaS integration platform LinkApi raised R$5m from Wayra Brasil and Cassis Capital founding partner Jander Martins. (Press Release) O LinkApi, plataforma de integrações B2B baseada no modelo iPaaS (Integration…

EDP Ventures made its first Brazilian investment in Delfos, an intelligent maintenance platform applying AI to the energy industry, participating in a R$1.5m round with Bossa Nova Investimentos and BMG…

Adianta, a Brazilian receivables fintech for small businesses, raised US$8m from DGF Investimentos, 42K Investimentos, Chromo Investimentos, Capital Lab and previous investors Yellow Ventures and OsherTech, among others. (Baguete) A…

Acumen Latam Capital Partners led a US$4.5m Series A in Peruvian edtech Crehana, with participation from Dila Capital, Mountain Nazca Mexico, and previous investors including Rethink Education and Howzat Partners.…

Sierra Ventures led a US$10m Series A in Yalochat, a Mexican CRM for WhatsApp.  (Entrepreneur) Yalochat, la compañía con la plataforma de inteligencia artificial que permite a las empresas gestionar…

IGNIA, Ataria Ventures, and Banco Sabadell led a US$3.5m investment in GoTrendier, a clothing resale marketplace founded in Mexico by Spanish entrepreneurs, to fund expansion to Colombia and Chile. Previous…

monashees and the IFC led a US$14.3m Series A in Colombian logistics platformLiftit, with participation from Jaguar Ventures, MELI Fund, NXTP Labs and others. LiftIt previously raised US$2.2m in seed funding in…

Accion Venture Lab made an undisclosed investment in Jeitto, a Brazilian fintech offering a mobile purchases and payments app for underserved consumers. (Press Release) Brazilian neobank Jeitto announced today that it…

Elephant and Peak Ventures led a US$16m Series A investment in Mosyle, a Brazilian MDM (Mobile Device Management) software company for Apple devices. Mosyle moved into the enterprise market with…

Siigo, a Colombian ERP software startup, acquired Ilimitada in Medellin to accelerate growth. Accel-KKR invested in Siigo in 2017. (Valora Analitik) Siigo, la empresa líder de software ERP (de gestión…

#UNICORNS SoftBank will lead a US$190m (and up to US$500m) investment in Gympass, a Brazilian B2B gym membership platform with global operations, at a reported valuation of US$1.1b. Previous investors include General…

Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$2.5m investment in Justto, a Brazilian software startup that automates the process of negotiating legal agreements, with a focus on consumer and…

Valor Capital led a R$11.5m investment in Gupy, an AI-powered recruiting platform, with participation from new VC fund Maya Capital and existing investor Canary. (Exame) A depender das novas tecnologias,…

OLX, a global classifieds marketplace backed by Naspers, acquired Properati Brasil. The new entity is called Casafy and is supported by a R$8m investment from European funds Telor, Morcote and others.…

NH Securities invests R$327M in Venture Capital Investimentos, a Brazilian real estate investor. (O Povo) A Venture Capital Investimentos (VCI), responsável pela implementação dos projetos Hard Rock Hotel no Brasil…

monashees, Mindset Ventures and Banco Votorantim made a US$6m investment in WEEL, a Brazilian cash flow management platform. Formerly WorkCapital, WEEL was founded in 2014 and received US$8.5m in 2017 from monashees, Mindset…

Carao Ventures led a US$2m follow-on investment in Speratum, a Costa Rican biotech focused on microRNA-directed oncology therapies primarily for pancreatic and ovarian cancers. Carao previously invested US$800k when Speratum…

Point72 Ventures led a US$20m investment in Contabilizei, a tax filing and accounting SaaS for Brazilian small businesses, with participation from the IFC, Quona Capital, Quadrant, and the Fintech Collective.…

Mountain Nazca led a US$7.4m Series A investment in Albo, a Mexican digital bank, with participation from Omidyar Network and Greyhound Capital. (Expansión) Albo pisa el acelerador de su crecimiento…

Impact investor Acumen Latam Capital Partners completed an investment in Phoenix Foods, a Peruvian agro-industrial exporter (Press Release) Acumen Latam Capital Partners LLC (“ALCP”) announced today an investment in Phoenix…