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Produced by LAVCA’s Director of Venture Capital Strategy, Julie Ruvolo, with contributions from LAVCA staff and the venture community, LAVCA Venture Investors Analysis provides insights on venture activity and trends in Latin America.

  • Unicorns and IPOs: Latin America’s Record Start to 2018

    November 12, 2018

    The first half of 2018 was a record-breaking semester for startup investment in Latin America. Investment dollars grew for every major market in the region with Brazilian and Mexican startups capturing the most investment.

  • Mexican Transport Hits the Gas with Emerging Players eConduce, Urbvan & Liftit

    August 8, 2018

    Mexico is fast emerging as the new battleground for the global transport wars, from rideshare and delivery to e-scooters and mopeds: In the past year, Chinese heavyweights Didi Chuxing (rideshare),…

  • Mediação Online Raised R$500K from 500 Startups to Tackle Brazil’s “Litigation Culture”

    November 1, 2017

    Mediação Online, a legal dispute mediation service for Brazilian businesses and consumers, recently received R$500k in investment from 500 Startups, having previously been accelerated at Wayra Brasil. In this interview with founder & CEO Melissa Felipe Gava, we learn about Brazil’s “stratospheric” number of litigation proceedings, and how Mediação Online is working to lower the cost of mediation services…

  • Kingo Raises Series B to Bring Pre-Paid Solar to Central America

    November 1, 2017

    Company: Kingo Founder: Juan Fermín Rodriguez Investors: ENGIE, FCP, FMO, Proparco, and H-Reff, PeopleFund Kingo, a Guatemalan startup providing pre-paid solar energy kits to almost 50,000 low-income households across Central America, raised…

  • LAVCA Venture Capital Deal Highlights

    State of the Industry: 2017 VC Deal Activity & Highlights

    October 31, 2017

    The entrance of major global investors into a string of recent early and expansion stage rounds in Latin America is contributing to record investment dollars in Latin American startups.

  • Elisabeth Soto LAVCA Peru Venture Capital Conference

    Market Spotlight: Peru VC

    July 26, 2017

    Despite its status as one of the fastest growing economies in the world, Peru has traditionally ranked lower than its Latin American counterparts in terms of the development of the venture capital ecosystem. In fact, until recently Peru had almost no country-dedicated VCs and between 2011-2015 consistently captured fewer venture investment dollars than Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, according to LAVCA Data. Where does Peru stand as of 2017, in terms of a mature VC ecosystem?

  • The Global Transport Wars are Heating up in Latin America

    June 7, 2017

    The global transport wars are heating up in Latin America with major investments from new Asian players. A few months after Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing announced a US$100m co-investment…

  • Fintech Latin America FinnoSummit Julie Ruvolo LAVCA

    FinTech Dominates LatAm VC Investments for 2016

    April 25, 2017

    Fintech investments are on the rise in Latin America, growing 31% (in terms of dollars) and 81% (in terms of deal count) in 2016. Startups in Latin America raised US$500m…

  • Venture Investors NY Summit LAVCA Venture Investors

    RECAP: LatAm Venture Investments in October 2016

    November 1, 2016

    September/October 2016 was a busy time for LatAm VCs in terms of new fundraising and deals (we recorded 20+ deals in October alone). At the same time, investors were active…

  • Investment Trend Watch: Mid-Year 2016 VC Analysis

    October 3, 2016

    Venture investments in Latin America continue to climb, despite the economic uncertainty in Brazil, the region’s leading venture market. VC transactions in Latin America are up 46% year over year,…

  • Why Have Some of Silicon Valley’s Top Investors Started Investing in Latin America?

    September 28, 2016

    LAVCA Director of Venture Strategy, Julie Ruvolo, lays out the venture capital opportunity for local and international investors in Latin America. (TechCrunch) Latin America just might be the most overlooked…

  • Executive Briefing: Pink Tide Recedes as Voters Call For Change in Latin America

    December 3, 2015

    Macri will be sworn in next week, heading a government packed with private sector stars including Mario Quintana of PE/VC fund manager Grupo Pegasus (as a senior member of the…

  • Executive Briefing: On the Front Lines of LatAm Venture Investing

    May 26, 2015

    Venture deal flow has been dynamic across LatAm in recent months, and the LAVCA team and I are on the road participating in events for early stage investors, including LAVCA…

  • Executive Briefing: The Venture Industry Evolves

    July 31, 2014

    As LAVCA’s research team tracks down deals closed in 1H2014 to produce data on investment activity, we are carefully monitoring the evolution of the early stage space – the number…

  • Executive Briefing: From Palo Alto to Punta del Este

    January 30, 2014

    Last week I escaped frigid NYC for Palo Alto, where LAVCA teamed up with the NVCA and Silicon Valley Bank for the third year to host a gathering for LAVCA…

  • Executive Briefing: LAVCA Travel Blog

    July 18, 2013

    Travel Blog: Sao Paulo I was in Sao Paulo this month to participate in a conference hosted by the Brazilian angel group Anjos do Brasil, and for meetings with some…

Analysis was last modified: September 21st, 2016 by Editor
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