SoftBank led a US$100m investment in Mexican lending platform Konfio, with follow-on from KaszeK Ventures, QED Investors and Vostok Emerging Finance. Konfio raised a US$250m debt round from Goldman Sachs…

monashees and Fintech Collective led a US$10m investment in Brazilian personal credit fintech REBEL. Earlier in 2019, REBEL raised R$167m from Franklin Templeton, XP Asset Management, and others via a…

Redpoint eventures made a R$50m investment in Housi, a Brazilian property rental platform that spun out of Vitacon, a Brazilian real estate developer. (Exame) A gestora de venture capital Redpoint…

Cyrela and CPPIB’s joint venture bought two towers in the JK Iguatemi Complex in São Paulo for R$1.05b. One of the towers is the headquarters of Amazon Brazil. (Brazil Journal)…

Nestle made an undisclosed investment in Angel Ventures to invest in food tech startups in the Pacific Alliance. (Press Release) Nestlé anunció una inversión en Angel Ventures, firma latinoamericana de…

Tencent and SoftBank led a US$150m investment in Ualá, an Argentine mobile banking app. Tencent made an undisclosed investment earlier in 2019. Goldman Sachs led a US$34m investment in Ualá…

SoftBank led a US$140m investment in VTEX, a Brazilian ecommerce SaaS platform, with participation from Gávea Investments and Constellation Asset Management. Riverwood Capital and Naspers invested previously.  (TechCrunch) E-commerce now…

Engie Factory, Alaya Capital Partners, and Albi Investments led an undisclosed investment in Inti Tech, a Chilean robotics startup that developed an autonomous robotic system for dry cleaning of photovoltaic power…

Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$2.5m investment in NeuroUp, a Brazil-based wellness startup working on muscular biofeedback to address chronic pain. (Diario de Pernambuco) O fundo de…

General Atlantic and Banco Votorantim led a R$400m investment in Brazilian digital bank Neon, with follow-on from monashees, Quona Capital, Flourish Ventures (formerly part of Omidyar Network), Propel Venture Partners,…

BASF Venture Capital invested US$4m in SP Ventures¹ AgVentures Fund II. (Olivre) A BASF Venture Capital é um dos maiores investidores na primeira rodada de captação de recursos do fundo…

Iporanga Ventures and others invested R$5m in Simplypag, a payments platform for domestic laborers. (Estadão) Com um mercado de 15 milhões de pessoas empregadas em funções domésticas e pequenos estabelecimentos,…

Tiger Global led a US$5.5m seed investment in Habi, a Colombian proptech startup, with participation from Homebrew and Zigg Capital. (Press Release) Habi, the Bogotá-based technology-driven real estate company dedicated…

Confrapar and Lorinvest led a US$7m investment in Rio de Janeiro-based Fielo, a Salesforce-native CRM platform for incentive/loyalty programs, to expand its presence to Brazil and the US. (Press Release)…

Chilean-Colombian financial firm Avante Financial Group acquired two retirement facilities in Santiago, from Ambar Residence Group for ~US$35.5m. (Press Release) Avante Financial Group, a Chilean-Colombian private equity firm, on the…

Mexican industrial real estate developer Finsa plans to launch its third CKD on the Mexican stock exchange next year hoping to raise MXN$10b. (El Economista) La desarrolladora inmobiliaria anunció ayer…

Walton Street Capital investment fund and Fibra Uno acquired a portfolio of 74 industrial buildings for US$841m developed by Finsa in Mexico. (El Financiero) Fibra Uno concretó la compra inmobiliaria…

Redpoint eventures led a US$1.12m seed investment in Vittude, a Brazilian healthtech developing an online therapy platform for businesses to offer their employees, with participation from Superjobs Ventures. (Forbes) As burnout…

Redpoint eventures and Canary led a US$3.5m investment in Mediação Online, a legal dispute mediation service for Brazilian businesses and consumers. Wayra Brasil and 500 Startups invested previously. (Epoca Negócios)…

Redwood Ventures led an undisclosed investment in Mexico-based payments app Parco, with participation from Poligono Capital and others. (Press Release) Redwood Ventures anuncia la integración de la empresa Parco a…

Indicator Capital and Gávea Angels led a R$5m investment in Tevec, a Brazilian retail tech startup. (Baguete) A Tevec, focada em aplicação de inteligência artificial para a previsão de comportamento…

Alaya Capital Partners made an undisclosed investment in Filadd, an Argentina-based edtech for university students. (Press Release) Filadd es una plataforma web y app móvil creada por y para estudiantes…

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Cyrela Brazil Realty will create a joint venture to invest R$1b to develop a portfolio of residential properties in the southeast region of…

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,…

QED Investors led an undisclosed investment in Pitzi, a Brazilian mobile phone insurance provider, with participation from Thrive Capital and Valiant Partners, at a reported valuation of US$100m. QED invested…

Apex Partners led a R$2m investment in Brazilian edtech Luma.  (Folha Vitória) Com a queda da taxa de juros no Brasil de 14,25% para 5,0%, investidores de todos os bolsos…

CDPQ’s Brazilian affiliate Ancar Ivanhoe sold a 45% stake in Natal Shopping, a shopping mall in Natal to a real estate fund controlled by XP Investimentos. Ancar Invanhoe will retain…

Alaya Capital Partners made an undisclosed investment in Aquabyte, a US/Norwegian aquaculture monitoring startup. (Press Release) Alaya invierte en compañía de Silicon Valley.  Se trata de Aquabyte, la compañía tecnológica con…

ALLVP led a US$15m Series B in MUY, a Colombian restaurant management platform founded by José Calderón (CEO) and Miguel Mc Allister, who previously founded Domicilios.com and sold it to…

SP Ventures launched a venture debt vehicle, Brazil Venture Debt, with R$140m under management from BNDES and others. Gabriela Gonçalves is CEO of the new vehicle. (Valor Econômico) Com as taxas…