Brazilian bus ticketing platform Buser raised an undisclosed round from SoftBank Latin America Fund and Grupo Globo, with follow-on from Valor Capital, monashees and Canary. (Reuters) Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp…

Brazilian agtech IDGeo raised R$700k from angel group Poli Angels. The company raised $R1.5m previously from FAPESP. (IT Forum 360) A Poli Angels, associação de investidores-anjo, anunciou o investimento de…

The Yield Lab invested R$2m in TerraMagna, a Brazilian agtech risk management platform. Canary invested previously.  This is The Yield Lab’s first investment in Brazil. (Globo) TerraMagna, agritech brasileira que…

Valor Capital led a US$2m investment in TNH Health, a Brazilian healthtech startup that developed a chatbot within Facebook Messenger to provide virtual psychology services free of charge. (Press Release)…

Confrapar invested R$20m in Vindi, a Brazilian SaaS billing platform. In 2017, Vindi raised R$5.8m from Criatec2, managed by Bozano Investmentos. (Vindi) Vindi closed last week a deal (Series B,…

Fundo BR Startups, managed by MSW Capital, invested R$2.5m in Árvore Educação, a Brazilian edtech that resulted from the merger of Árvore de Livros and Guten. (Press Release) Selecionada pela…

Blackstone sold BRE Point, two Brazilian logistics and industrial properties located in the state of São Paulo, to CSHG Logística, a Brazilian fund managed by Credit Suisse Hedging-Griffo Corretora de…

Mexican digital banking startup Klar raised US$7.5m in equity and US$50m in debt financing. Quona Capital led the US$7.5m equity investment, with participation of Santander Innoventures, aCrew Capital, a new…

PasajeBus, a Chilean bus ticketing online travel agency, raised an undisclosed Series A from strategics Kaufmann and MakeMyTrip.com. (LatAm List) Chile’s first intercity bus ticketing OTA, PasajeBus.com recently announced the…

DGF led a R$18m investment in Stilingue, a Brazilian social media monitoring startup, at a reported R$100m valuation. This is the company’s first institutional financing. (Valor) A mineira Stilingue, que…

Grupo Globo invested R$35m in Bom Pra Crédito, a Brazilian consumer lending platform, in a media-for-equity deal. Innova Capital led a R$22m Series A investment in Bom Pra Crédito in…

Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO led a US$8m Series A investment in Sempli, a lending platform for small businesses in Colombia, with participation from IDB Lab, XPT1 Fund, Generación Exponencial, Impulsum…

Global Founders Capital led a R$4m investment in LAR.app, a Brazilian proptech providing financial management for condominiums, with participation from angels including Brian Requarth (VivaReal/GrupoZAP) and Bruno Nardon (RAPPI Brasil).…

Bynd, a Brazilian corporate rideshare startup, raised R$1.2m in equity crowdfunding on EqSeed. (Startupi) O Bynd, empresa especializada em caronas corporativas, captou R$ 1,2 milhão por meio da EqSeed, plataforma online de…

Axon Partners made an undisclosed investment in Billpocket, a Mexican payments fintech.  (Press Release) Axon Partners Group, through its Amerigo Ventures Pacífico Fund, invested an undisclosed amount in mobile payments…

Brazilian HRtech BossaBox raised a R$1.6m seed round from Redpoint eventures and angels including Diego Gomes (Rock Content), Renato Freitas (Yellow/99), and Pedro Sirotsky (Barrah B1). (Brazil Journal) A BossaBox,…

Mexican industrial real estate firm Advance Real Estate has received US$314m from MetLife for the acquisition and recapitalization of a Mexican industrial portfolio. The newly acquired portfolio comprises 57 Class…

Carao Ventures led a US$2m investment in Huli, a Costa Rican healthtech SaaS platform founded by Alejandro Vega. Huli raised US$1.75m previously from Innogen Venture Capital and others. (Press Release)…

Banregio, a regional bank in Northern Mexico, invested US$500k in Play Business, a Mexican equity crowdfunding platform. (Entrepreneur)  Regional, emisora mexicana listada en la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores y tiene como principal…

Vostok Emerging Finance led a US$13m investment in Xerpa, a Brazilian human resource management platform, with follow-on from KaszeK Ventures, Redpoint eventures and QED Investors. Xerpa raised R$16m earlier in…

Quicko, a Brazilian smart mobility startup working on commuter transit, raised US$10m from CCR, a Brazilian infrastructure conglomerate, and J2L Partners. (StartSe) Simplificar o trajeto dos paulistanos é o objetivo…

SoftBank led a US$110m investment in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from Light Street Capital and follow-on from Flybridge Capital. KaszeK Ventures and monashees invested previously.…

Tishman Speyer announced that mining company Vale will anchor the firm’s recently-completed Concórdia Corporate office property in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.  Vale has signed a lease for approximately 175,000 square feet…

SoftBank is doubling down on its investment in Banco Inter, a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank, shortly after acquiring an 8.1% stake for ~R$760m in shares. Bloomberg reports SoftBank will…

ThornTree Capital Partners led a R$90m investment in Liv Up, a Brazilian meal kit delivery service, with participation from KaszeK Ventures, Spectra and Endeavor Catalyst. Kaszek invested US$1.7m in 2017.…

Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar reached unicorn status with a US$250m Series D investment from SoftBank, with participation from Dragoneer Investment Group, and follow-on from KaszeK Ventures and General Atlantic. General Atlantic led…

Denda, a Chilean aggregator of sustainable consumer goods, raised US$1m in seed financing from SUDAMERIK, Dadneo and angel investors. Venda was accelerated at Chile’s ENGIE Factory. (Contxto)  When it comes to…

Mexican lending platform Konfio raised a US$250m debt round from Goldman Sachs (US$100m) and Victory Park Capital (US$150m). In 2018, Vostok Emerging Finance led a US$25m Series C investment in Konfio, with follow-on from existing investors Jaguar…

ALLVP led a US$4.5m pre-seed round in Flat, a Mexican proptech employing the iBuyer model, with participation from Liquid 2 Ventures, Next Billion Ventures, Picus Capital and angel investors. (TechCrunch)…

minu, a payroll fintech providing Mexican employees digital access to their earned wages, raised a US$6.5m seed round from QED Investors, Village Global, Next Billion Ventures and Mountain Nazca Mexico.…