The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, invested US$130m in DreamBox Learning, the company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning technology.  

Wayra Chile made an undisclosed investment in Webdox, a legal document and contact management platform.

Impact fund Kviv Ventures led a R$2.5m investment in Hand Talk, an automatic translation platform for sign language, with participation from existing investor Bossa Nova Investmentos. HandTalk recently acquired ProDeaf, its main Brazilian competitor, for an undisclosed amount.

KaszeK Ventures and SOS Ventures made a US$3m investment in NotCo, a Chilean foodtech startup accelerated at IndieBio. NotCo uses plant-based proteins to replicate mayonnaise, milk and other animal-based products without any animal-derived ingredients. 

Angel Ventures invested US$1.3m in CitySense, a Chilean open platform to develop smart city solutions, and US$1.2m in Energryn, a Mexican startup using patented hybrid solar technology to democratize consumer access to affordable green energy, through its Pacific Alliance Fund II.

monashees+, Sinai Ventures, Liquid2 Ventures, 500 Startups, Base10 Partners and others made an undisclosed seed investment in Grin, an e-scooter company that just joined Y Combinator.

Magma Partners and ConsenSys Ventures made a US$600k investment in Chilean fintech CryptoMarket.

Logistics-focused global real estate investor Prologis targets new projects in Brazil.

Movile raised a fresh US$124m round of financing for iFood, led by Naspers, with participation from Innova Capital. Last year, Movile raised US$82m for iFood and US$53m for Movile, also from Naspers and Innova Capital.

monashees+ and Qualcomm Ventures made a R$14.7m investment in Hi Technologies, a Brazilian healthcare startup. Hi Technologies received an investment from Positivo Tecnologia in April 2016. (Valor Econômico) A Positivo…

Riverwood Capital made an undisclosed investment in Chilean SaaS Nubox. This is Riverwood Capital’s second investment in the Chilean firm. Nubox recently acquired Argentinean SaaS Colppy as part of its regional expansion. 

Bzplan and FIR Capital made a R$3m investment in PhoneTrack, a Brazilian startup using voice technology to optimize telephone marketing campaigns.

Salesforce Ventures made its inaugural investment in Latin America in RunaHR, a payroll automation platform, in a US$3.5m seed round that included Y Combinator, the founder of Gmail, CTO of Dropbox, executives of Rappi, Nubank, Cabify and WeWork Latin America, and HR experts including the CTO of Zenefits, former Head Sales Head of Gusto and former Product Manager of Gusto.

Capptu, a Mexican technology startup that generates advertising content through crowdsourcing, has secured a seed investment of MXN$11m from Trebol Capital and other venture capital investors.  (AMEXCAP) Ciudad de México,…

Criatec 3, a venture capital fund managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$2.6m investment in Playmove, a Brazilian edtech maker of interactive games for infants. (DCI) A startup catarinense Playmove recebeu…

e.Bricks Ventures led a R$5.2m investment in Brazilian personal finance startup Vérios, with the participation of accelerator Startup Farm and existing angel investors. (Valor Econômico) A empresa de tecnologia financeira…

Movile made a US$18.3m investment in payment solutions startup Zoop, with plans to integrate Zoop across Movile’s mobile app portfolio. (Reuters) – Dona de aplicativos como o iFood, a empresa…

Mexican venture capital fund IGNIA lead a new undisclosed investment round in fintech platform Visor. ALLVP and American Express Ventures also participated in the round.  (Press Release) Mexico City, March…

AGTECH Fundo FIMA, a fund created by BNDES and managed by Inseed, made a R$5m investment in Smartbreeder, an agtech startup specializing in smart crop management software. (StartAgro) O Fundo…

LA-based mobile entertainment company Jam City has acquired the Colombian videogame developer Brainz, a startup backed by local VC firm Promotora. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.  (Press…

Exceed Capital Partners led a US$26.9m Series B investment in Yogome, a Mexican edtech startup making games for children, with participation from Insight Venture Partners and existing investors Variv Capital…

Te Creemos, a portfolio company of private equity firm Mexico Development Partners, has acquired Consejo de Asistencia al Microemprendedor (Came), a micro-credit sofipo. Te Creemos provides financial products and services…

Medici Ventures made a US$3m follow-on investment in Bitt, a blockchain-based digital payment provider based in Barbados, following a US$4m investment in 2016. (Press Release) Medici Ventures, announces the exercise…

SP Ventures, Syngenta Ventures, Bunge Ventures and Endeavor Catalyst made a US$6m Series A investment in Argentine agribusiness marketplace Agrofy, with participation from current investor farming conglomerate Cresud. Cresud and…

Brazilian early stage investor KICK Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Hitech Eletric, a maker of smart electric cars. (StartSe) Nesta semana, a KICK Ventures, um fundo de investimentos em startups,…

The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and MetLife Foundation announced US$183k in grant investments in ARTEMISIA, New Ventures, Village Capital, and World Vision Canada as part of ANDE’s Catalyst…

monashees+ and Canary made an undisclosed Series A investment in IDwall, a Brazilian validation and identification services startup, following a R$2m investment in 2017. 500 Startups previously invested R$500k. (LexLatin) La startup brasileña especializada…

Cedro Capital led a R$2m investment in Escola em Movimento, a Brazilian edtech communications platform. (StartSe) A startup “Escola em Movimento” recebeu um aporte de R$ 2 milhões de fundo…

Invus Opportunities made a R$54m investment in Brazilian edtech Descomplica, with participation from previous investors Valor Capital, Amadeus Capital and Social Capital.  (Press Release) O Descomplica, maior empresa de ensino digital…

Businessman Paulo Ferraz made a R$3m investment in Brazilian edtech startup Tamboro. Previous investors include Vox Capital and Leblon Equities. (Startupi) A Tamboro, startup brasileira de inovação em educação, acaba…