Bradesco’s Inovabra fund and Positivo’s corporate venture arm led a R$22m Series A investment in Brazilian agtech  Agrosmart. Previous investors include SP Ventures, São Paulo innovation fund Desenvolve SP, Baita,…

Aurus Capital led an undisclosed Series A investment in Aguamarina, a Chilean industrial biotech company focused on sustainable solutions for the mining industry, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Endeavor…

Wayra invested R$500k in Brazilian agtech startup IoTag. (ti Inside) Vivo anunciou nesta quinta-feira, 08, investimento de quase meio milhões de reais na startup IoTag, no Paraná. O aporte será…

Adobe Capital invested US$1m in Universidad Kuepa, a Mexican online university offering bachelors and masters degrees to its student base in Mexico and the U.S. hispanics market. (Press Release) Universidad…

KaszeK Ventures and SoftBank led a R$70m (US$17.6m) round in Brazilian digital used car portal Volanty with participation from existing investors monashees and Canary. Monashees and Canary previously invested R$19m…

Bossa Nova Investimentos made a seed investment in Brazilian legaltech Juristas. (Juristas) No mercado atual todo negócio nasce com o propósito de resolver um problema específico e com o Juristas não…

NXTP Labs, ArFintech, and Rosental Inversores made a US$1.1m investment in Alquilando, an Argentine proptech platform for residential rentals. Buenos Aires seed fund Troopa and Alpha4Ventures invested previously. CEO Mauro…

Mexico Ventures invested in CerraCap Ventures, a California-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on cyber security, analytics and healthtech. Mexico Ventures is co-managed by Fondo de Fondos (Mexico City) and…

Primatec, managed by Antera Gestão de Recursos, made undisclosed investments in Brazilian startups Target Solutions (telco ops management) and Autaza (autotech). (Baguete) O Fundo Primatec tem duas novas empresas entre…

Youper, an app for supporting people with social anxiety, raised US$3m from Goodwater Capital. Youper was founded by Brazilian psychologist José Hamilton Vargas and engineer Diego Dotta, and relocated to…

SoftBank committed US$15m in capital to a Colombian government fund of funds to invest in Colombian startups. China’s Neogen Fund also committed US$15m; Bancoldex contributed US$10m. The vehicle has US$45m in…

Brazil’s Eurofarma launched Axon Ventures, a US$12m CVC fund to invest in early-stage healthcare startups in Brazil. Eurofarma’s head of corporate venture, Paulo Braga, will lead the effort. (Crunchbase) Brazilian pharmaceutical giant Eurofarma…

BR Malls acquired an additional 25.5% stake in Shopping Iguatemi Caxias do Sul, a shopping mall in Rio Grande do Sul. BR Malls now has a 71% stake in the…

BR Malls, Brazil’s largest mall operator, has signed an agreement to sell seven of its malls to a real estate fund controlled by BTG Pactual for US$184m. (Yahoo Finance) BR…

Shopper, a Brazilian subscription delivery platform for consumer products, raised R$10m from Canary, former Renner CEO José Galló, Juscelino Martins of Grupo Martins and 99/Yellow co-founder Ariel Lambrecht. Shopper raised…

SoftBank acquired ~R$1b in shares of Banco Inter, a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank. WSJ reports SoftBank had been in talks with Nubank previously. (Brazil Journal) O Softbank comprou quase…

British asset manager Schroders agrees to acquire a majority stake in Swiss impact investor BlueOrchard. The deal gives the Schroders access to BlueOrchard’s about US$3.5b assets under management as of…

Brazilian fintech Nubank raised a US$400m Series F at a reported US$10b valuation. TCV led the round, with participation from existing investors Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer, Ribbit Capital…

Alaya Capital Partners led a US$500k seed investment in QMATCH, a Chilean B2B comparison platform for e-commerce market intelligence, with participation from Dadneo’s Fondo Vulcano. (Contxto) Last Monday, Argentina’s Alaya…

Dataplor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, raised an undisclosed seed round from Quest Venture Partners with participation from Magma Partners, ffVC, Sidekick Fund and the Blue Startups…

Manutara Ventures invested US$500k in Rocketbot, a Chilean SaaS platform developing bots for process automation. (Diario Financiero)  En 2017 Rafael Fuentes y David Cuello recibieron una llamada de Google con…

Invermaster Ventures co-led a US$1m investment in Chilean biotech Levita Magnetics. Existing investors include Alex Seelenberger from Aurus Capital (co-founder and first investor), FEN Ventures (Cristóbal Silva and José Antonio…

ChoppUp, a Brazilian IoT startup that partners with beer distributors, raised R$4m over two rounds from FINEP and undisclosed investors. (Fusões & Aquisições) Liderada por entusiastas do mercado cervejeiro e tecnológico,…

 Furniture and home décor marketplaces Alameda (Mexico) and Mubler (Colombia) merged under the Alameda brand and raised an undisclosed investment from Angel Ventures Mexico (through its Pacific Alliance Fund II),…

monashees and Go4it Capital made a US$8.5m Series A investment in Fazenda Futuro, a Brazilian foodtech startup making plant-based hamburgers, at a reported US$100m post-money valuation. Founders Marcos Leta and…

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)’s real estate team stated that it will continue to seek out opportunities in Latin America.  Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds continue expanding real estate portfolios…

GIC and General Atlantic made an undisclosed Series A investment in Hotmart, a Brazilian content distribution platform for digital products. Hotmart was founded in 2011. Buscapé previously invested US$300k. (Brazil …

Bossa Nova Investimentos invested R$700k in Play2Sell, a Brazilian software platform for training sales teams. The Latin America Angels Society invested previously. (Startupi) A Bossa Nova Investimentos faz aporte na Play2sell, startup…

DOMO Invest made a R$4m investment in MLabs, a Brazilian SaaS platform for social media management. MLabs was founded in 2012; this round is the company’s first institutional funding. (Baguete)…

SP Ventures and Capital Lab invested R$2m in Pink Farms, an urban vertical farming startup focused on vegetable production that is based in São Paulo. (Startupi) A SP Ventures, gestora…