Patria Investimentos to acquire real estate asset for R$ 27.5m of the building Vila Olimpia Corporate. (Money Times) A Pátria Investimentos e o Modal, respectivamente nas funções de gestora e…

Redwood Ventures led an undisclosed seed investment in Genius Foods, a Mexican foodtech focused on extending the shelf life of food products. (Amexcap) Redwood Ventures lideró la ronda semilla de…

banco BV (formerly Banco Votorantim) led a R$25m investment in Olivia, a California-based personal finance app, to fund expansion into Brazil. Olivia was founded by Brazilians Cristiano Oliveira and Lucas…

Teravoz, a Brazilian VoIP services provider to small businesses and call centers, was acquired by Twilio, providing an exit to investors Canary and Wayra Brasil. Teravoz reports a 30x return…

DUX Capital led a follow-on investment in Atexto, a Mexican developer of chatbot technology for customer service applications, with participation from Redwood Ventures, Avalancha Ventures MC Capital, and others. (Press…

ABseed and Order invested R$10m in Leads2b, a Brazilian client prospecting SaaS platform. Grupo Bonin invested previously. (Neofeed) A Leads2b, startup de Curitiba responsável por uma plataforma de prospecção de…

Astella Investimentos led a R$20m investment in Kenoby, a Brazilian SaaS platform for employee recruitment. (Contxto) Kenoby, the Brazilian HR startup can kick its recruitment technology into high gear as…

SP Ventures led a US$23m Series B in Agrofy, an Argentine marketplace for agricultural supplies, with participation from Fall Line Capital and ACRE Capital, and follow-on from Cygnus Capital. Agrofy…

Mexican fintech Resuelve Tu Deuda raised MX$93m (~US$5m) from DILA Capital and an additional MX360m (~US$19m) in debt financing from Alloy Merchant Finance.   (El Universal) El desarrollo de empresas financieras…

Dila Capital led an undisclosed investment in Someone Somewhere, a marketplace for Mexican artisanal goods, with participation from PSM, GBM Ventures, Soldiers Field Angels, Unreasonable Capila and Kalei Ventures. (Investing.com)…

PE firm Kinea and Grupo A, a provider of educational materials, acquired a 51% stake in Saber em Rede, an edtech marketplace that connects students with grad school vacancies via…

Andreessen Horowitz and Vulcan Capital led a US$175m Series C in Brazilian proptech Loft, with participation from Jaguar Ventures and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital, Fifth Wall Ventures, QED Investors…

Uruguay-based biotech Eolo Pharma raised a US$2.7m Series A from CITES and a group of international investors to fund preclinical trials for an obesity treatment. Eolo Pharma is run by…

Cedro Capital led a R$4.5m investment in Brazilian fintech Nucont, with participation from FC Capital and others. (Contxto) Bookkeepers at Brazilian fintech, Nucont, will be adding R$4.5 million (about US$1.1…

Tencent and Fondo Pitanga made a follow-on US$50m investment in Argentine spacetech Satellogic, with participation from IDB Lab. Tencent and Pitanga led a US$27m Series B in 2017. (Clarín) La…

Credicorp acquired Banco Compartir, a Colombian microfinance institution, providing an exit to Accion.  (Press Release) Global nonprofit Accion announced today its successful exit from Banco Compartir (“Bancompartir”), one of Colombia’s…

Lightcone Investments, Genesis Capital Ventures, and KFVC participated in an undisclosed bridge round in EmpleosTI, a Mexico-based tech jobs platform. (Contxto) Mexican startup EmpleosTI for human resources (HR) recently wrapped…

Bayonet, a Mexican fraud detection startup, raised US$500k from Avalancha Ventures, Soldiers Field Angels, and 0BS, as well as Mercadotencia, Ideas y Tecnología, and unnanmed angels. (Contxto) Mexican fraud-prevention startup,…

Astella Investimentos led an undisclosed investment in Dr. Jones, a Brazilian direct to consumer brand for men’s beauty products, with participation from IgniteXL. (Brazil Journal) A Dr. Jones — marca…

Brazilian healthtech Ânimo Wellness raised a US$300k pre-seed round from Barrah Investimentos (B1), IndicatorCapital, Wharton Angels, Fundação Estudar Alumni Partners, Lupa Capital, and angels including Sergio Furio (Creditas), Guilherme Bonifacio…

Global Founders Capital made a R$4m investment in Oriba, a Brazilian direct-to-consumer menswear brand. This is the company’s first known institutional capital. (Segs) Marca de moda básica masculina paulistana é…

Confrapar invested R$20m in Zetra/SalaryFits, a Brazilian fintech providing payroll advances. (Startupi) A Zetra, fintech que tem o objetivo de promover o bem-estar financeiro de milhões de trabalhadores, amplia expansão…

DILA Capital led a US$10m investment in Incode, a San Francisco-based biometric identity platform with offices in Latin America. (Press Release) DILA Capital, a Mexico City based early-stage venture capital…

Redpoint eventures made an undisclosed investment in Nobli, a Brazilian personal credit platform. (Valor Econômico) A Nobli, fintech de crédito pessoal que fará operações garantidas pela carteira de investimento do…

Brazilian VC firm Canary held a US$75m close for its second fund.  (Money Times) A gestora brasileira de capital de risco Canary concluiu uma captação de 75 milhões de dólares,…

Valar Ventures led a US$19m extension to Mexican fintech Albo’s Series A, with participation from Mountain Nazca Mexico and Flourish Ventures. Albo raised US$7.4m earlier in 2019. This is Valar’s…

XP Investimentos held an IPO on the Nasdaq at an opening price valuation of ~US$18b. Itaú Unibanco acquired a significant stake in XP in 2018. General Atlantic and Brazilian investment…

Mexican residential real estate platform Homie raised an undisclosed round from an unnamed affiliate of Equity International, with follow-on from Angel Ventures Mexico, and others. (Press Release) Homie, a leading…

IGNIA Partners, LW Investment Management, and angels made a US$2.5m investment in Fondeadora, a Mexican open banking platform co-founded by Norman Müeller and René Serrano in 2011. IGNIA led a…

monashees, Valor Capital, and Canary invested R$38m in Mimic, a Brazilian company pioneering shared/dark kitchens, with participation from angels including David Velez (Nubank) and José Galló (Renner). (Globo) A economia…