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LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 13, 2019
LatAm Startup Directory; New Rounds for Kovi, Muy, Jüsto, Pitzi
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 30, 2019
New Rounds for Olist, idwall, Simetrik, Fractal, Alicerce, Cerc, Exact Sales; Proptech Spotlight with Loft & Flat
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 16, 2019
Uber to Acquire Cornershop; New Rounds in Gorila Invest, Labi, SouSmile & Ubook; Interview with Theia
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 02, 2019
Investments in Banco Inter, MadeiraMadeira, Liv Up, Klar, Sempli, Xerpa, LAR.app & More
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 11, 2019
Unicorn Alert: QuintoAndar; Big Rounds for Mexican Fintechs Credijusto & Konfio; New Funds for KaszeK, EWA Capital & Accion
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 28, 2019
Resultados Digitais US$50m Series D; New Rounds for REBEL, IguanaFix, Movidesk; Interview with Frubana
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 14, 2019
LatAm Unicorn Leaderboard; KaszeK & SoftBank Invest in Volanty; Agrosmart Series A; Aurus & Khosla Invest in Aguamarina
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 31, 2019
Inside Nubank’s US$400m Series F; Fazenda Futuro’s US$100m Valuation; SoftBank, AWS & Visa Join the Tech Growth Coalition
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 17, 2019
Pipefy US$45m Series B; CVC Funds from Grupo Consorcio, Grupo Prosegur, Petrobras; GIC & General Atlantic Invest Series A in Hotmart; Xerpa Interview
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 03, 2019
monashees Leads Investments in Frubana (Agtech) & Nowports (Freight Logistics); Gympass Talks SoftBank; LAVCA Week Details
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 19, 2019
Gympass Raises US$300m from SoftBank, GA & Others; In Loco Series B; Andreessen Invests in ADDI
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 05, 2019
Softbank Invests US$200m in Creditas & Leads US$150m Loggi Round; YPF Launches CVC Funds; Investments in Ambar, Finpass, Sami, Trato, & Others
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 22, 2019
#UNICORN Auth0 Raises US$103m; monashees Leads US$10m Round in Kovi; Andreessen Invests in Uruguay’s Meitre; New HRtech Deals
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 08, 2019
SoftBank Invests in Rappi & Clip; New Rounds for Technisys, FinanZero, Fitpass, Bcredi, Zolvers
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 24, 2019
LAVCA Inaugural Startup Survey; Interview with QuintoAndar; Investments in Ualá, Omie, Conekta, Zen Finance, Mesfix & More
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 10, 2019
LAVCA Mexico Data; Escale Raises US$22m from QED & Invus; WEEL Raises US$30m; Ribbit Invests in Warren
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 20, 2019
All About SoftBank; MercadoLibre Raises US$1.85b from PayPal & Others; Omidyar Spins Out Flourish Ventures
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 06, 2019
Chilean Foodtech NotCo Raises US$30m from Bezos & Others; Destacame.cl Raises Series A; Google Launchpad Launches in Mexico
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 20, 2019
Cabify Secures US$70m Debt; KaszeK Invests in Argentina’s Agilis; EDP Makes Inaugural #CVC Investment in Delfos
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 06, 2019
SoftBank Mints a New Unicorn w/US$190m Gympass Investment & Preps LatAm Fund; Grin/Yellow Merge & Jointly Raise US$150m
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 23, 2019
Contabilizei Raises US$20m; Albo Raises US$7.4m; Bolsonaro Takes Office
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 19, 2018
IGNIA & Dalus Invest US$6.5m in UnDosTres; VC Palm Drive Capital Invests US$5m in LentesPlus; Ulta Beauty Acquires Uruguay’s GlamST
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 28, 2018
General Atlantic Leads R$250m Series C in QuintoAndar; Uruguay’s Bankingly raises US$5m from Elevar Equity & Rise Fund, Interview w/Loggi CEO Fabien Mendez
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 14, 2018
iFood Raises US$500m; monashees Closes US$150m Fund 7; ALLVP First Close of US$73m for Fund 3; LAVCA 1H2018 Data & Unicorns; NEW Lists of Women Investing in LatAm Tech
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 31, 2018
Stone is Brazil’s Newest Unicorn; Grin Raises US$45m Series A & Merges w/Ride; Sequoia Invests in Mexico’s Rever; Impact+Tech/VC Investing Report
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 17, 2018
Tencent Invests US$180m in Nubank; SoftBank Invests US$100m in Loggi; Goldman Sachs Leads US$34m Round in Ualá
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 03, 2018
🦄Arco Educação is Brazil’s Newest Unicorn; Kroton Buys Somos Educação; IDB Invest & OPIC launch US$200m Fund Mujer; New Investments in Avante, BizCapital, Omie, Kinedu, EasyDeco, Turbi, FullFace
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 19, 2018
Walmart Acquires Cornershop for US$225m; Yellow Raises US$63m Series A; New Investments in Mining Tech (Scarab) & Machine Learning (Machinalis)
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 05, 2018
DST Global Mints Another Unicorn with Rappi Investment; Trucking Platform CargoX Raises US$60m; AirTM Raises US$7m Series A for Crypto Payments
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 22, 2018
New Directory of 250+ Latin American Startups With US$1m + in VC Backing
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 08, 2018
Chilean Foodtech NotCo Raises US$3m from KaszeK Ventures; iFood Acquires Rapiddo & Pedidos Ya; LIV Capital Exits Linio; Austral Capital, Genesis Ventures & Mind the Gap Launch New Funds
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 25, 2018
iFood raises US$124m from Naspers & Innova Capital; monashees+ Invests in 🛴 e-scooter Startup Grin
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 11, 2018
Dalus Leads Sirena Series A; Elevar Equity, Omidyar & The Rise Fund Invest in Group VI-DA; ALLVP & Mountain Nazca Exit Petsy; Interview with Wevo
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 27, 2018
Konfio Closes U$25m Series C with Vostok Emerging Finance; monashees+ Leads Round in Volanty; Bossa Nova Launches Global Securitized Token BR11
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 06, 2018
Visa & Salesforce Ventures Make Inaugural LatAm Investments in YellowPepper & RunaHR; DILA Capital Closes MXN$800m Fund III; Interview w/SocialDiabetes
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 23, 2018
Auth0 Series D; Monsanto Makes First Brazil Investment in Grão Direto; New Investments in iMedicina, Capitalizarme, MONI Online, Pitkia, Cumplo, Virket & Others
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 09, 2018
Series A Rounds in Mandaê & Neon Pagamentos; LAVCA’s New Report Goes Inside LatAm VC’s First Billion-Dollar Year
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 25, 2018
New Rounds in Creditas, GAIA Design, Magnetis Investimentos,🐄Jetbov
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 11, 2018
Tiger Leads ContaAzul Series D; KaszeK Leads Tienda Pago Series A; 99 Founders Launch Dockless Bike Service Yellow
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 28, 2018
monashees+, Qualcomm Ventures & Barn Investimentos Exit Strider; Promotora Exits Brainz; Mexican.vc Exits Yogome
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 14, 2018
Nubank Joins Brazil’s Unicorn Club w/US$150m from DST Global &Thrive Capital; Delivery Hero Leads US$185m Round in Rappi; Yogome & Descomplica Raise Growth Rounds
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 28, 2018
Data on 🌎 Investors in LatAm; New Rounds for RecargaPay, Ingresse, F(x), Virtual Avionics, Ben & Frank, Bandtrack
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 14, 2018
LatAm Deals & Exits You’ll ❤: Monashees, Valar, Thrive & KaszeK Exit Oppa; TheVentureCity Invests in 1DOC3 + Exclusive Interview w/the Founder
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 31, 2018
Rappi Raises US$130m; Cabify/Easy Score US$160m; New Rounds for Mandaê, DogHero
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 17, 2018
99 is LatAm’s Newest Unicorn; Investments in Mercadoni, 123Seguro, Koin, Car10, Ipsum & Others
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 13, 2017
TPG’s The Rise Fund Invests US$20m in Argentina’s Digital House; Movile Raises US$82m; GA Invests in Gympass
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 29, 2017
Viva Real Merges with Zap; New Investments in Trocafone, Instacarro
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 15, 2017
Goldman Sachs Leads US$20m Series C in CargoX; The Venture City Launches New US$100m Fund; Top Women Investing in LatAm Tech
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 01, 2017
New LAVCA VC Data & Interviews with Kingo, Mediação Online & DataGran; Funds from DGF Ventures, Adobe Capital & BNDES
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 18, 2017
Vostok Leads US$39m Series D in GuiaBolso; IFC Makes Follow-on in Konfio; LAVCA talks with Tbit & Cultura Colectiva
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 04, 2017
George Soros Makes Undisclosed Investment in Argentina’s Ualá; KaszeK Ventures Led R$5m Investment in Brazil’s Liv Up
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 22, 2017
Despegar’s IPO; Temasek Leads Neoway’s Series C; Bamboo Capital & IFC Lead US$14m Round in ComparaOnline; New Agtech & Crypto Funds
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 06, 2017
New Investments in Colombian Lending Platform Sempli & Guatemalan Solar Startup Kingo; Interviews with Hogaru & Aliada on Cleaning on Demand
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 23, 2017
Mexican VCs Invest in Apli, Aliada & Rocket.la; HR Startups Heat Up; China’s “Greatest Angel Investor” Joining LAVCA Meeting on Sept 28
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 09, 2017
DILA Capital & Mountain Nazca Invest in Mexico’s Urbvan; TPG & Distrito Ventures Make Investments in Brazilian Tech; Argentina’s Alaya Capital Partners Announces US$16m to Invest in LatAm Early Stage Tech
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 26, 2017
IGNIA Invests in Afluenta & LentesPlus; Mexico’s BanRegio Invests in Four Funds; Market Spotlight on Peru
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 12, 2017
New Rounds for Movile, Satellogic, Auth0; New Funds from Sancor Seguros, LEAP Global, Bossa Nova Investimentos
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 21, 2017
2017 Latin American Startup Directory, Easy/Cabify Strategic Partnership
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 07, 2017
KaszeK Ventures closes US$200m Fund III; MIF anchors NXTP’s Impact Investing Fund; SoftBank invests US$100m in 99
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 24, 2017
New Fintech Investments in Nibo, Moni, & VELIFIN; Omidyar/Lemann Foundation Partner on Edtech in Brazil
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 10, 2017
Cabify raises US$100m growth round; Accel leads US$21m Cornershop Series B
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 26, 2017
Astella Investimentos & VARIV Capital Exit Ítaro; Viacom acquires Brazil’s Porta dos Fundos
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 12, 2017
Netshoes IPOs; Argentina Approves Ley del Emprendedor; LAVCA Releases 2017 Trend Watch VC Infographic
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 22, 2017
Netshoes files for IPO; Brazilian Social Network Power.com Takes Facebook to the US Supreme Court
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 08, 2017
LatAm Dominates Three of the Top Five Social Media Markets Globally, Happy International Women’s Day
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 22, 2017
IFC leads Creditas Series B; New funds from the Latin American Alliance for Civic Technology (ALTEC) and Peru Microfinance Investment Fund
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 08, 2017
General Atlantic Invests in PayClip, Redpoint eventures Series A in Pismo, Rise Capital Backs Brazil’s InstaCarro
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 25, 2017
Didi Chuxing and Riverwood Capital Invest US$100m in 99
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 21, 2016
QED Investors & Scotiabank Launch Dedicated LatAm Fund; Acacia Partners & Temasek Lead Series B Rounds in QuintoAndar & IguanaFix
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 07, 2016
Nubank Raises US$80m from DST Global; Wayra, Movile & 500 Startups Exit Cinepapaya; Decolar in Talks to IPO in 2017
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 16, 2016
Uncharted Territory; TPG invests in Resultados Digitais
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 02, 2016
Women Investing in LatAm VC, Conekta’s US$6.6m Series A, New Funds in Mexico, Chile, and Across the Region
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 19, 2016
LatAm Investments from Bossa Nova, Barn & 500 Startups + Call for Submission: Influential Women in VC
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 05, 2016
New VC Funds in Chile & Brazil; Altivia Exits PetHub; Access LatAm Accelerator Directory
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 21, 2016
Mexico Leads VC Deal #s, Silicon Valley VC Firms Return to LatAm, KaszeK’s LoveMondays Acquired by Glassdoor
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 07, 2016
LatAm VC Transactions Up 39% w/US$214m Deployed, Global VCs Invest in LatAm & Intro New agtech Accelerator
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 24, 2016
Argentina Announces Ley del Emprendedor, Edtech & Management Sectors Rake in New Rounds, Easy Taxi & 99 Taxis Merger on the Horizon
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 10, 2016
Founders Fund & Andreessen Horowitz Make Early Bets in Jusbrasil & Rappi
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 20, 2016
Movile’s Rappido and iFood expand into Mexico; Investments in CornerJob, CargoX & uMov.me
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 06, 2016
Movile Lands US$40m, WhastApp, Oi & Anatel Face Disruption
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 22, 2016
LatAm’s BankFacil, Samba Tech, Sympla, & Aplazame Secure Investments
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 08, 2016
Brazilian Startups Strider & InstaCarro Receive US$3m+ Each
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 25, 2016
LatAm Fintech Heats Up: GuiaBolso & Konfio Receive Millions in VC Funding
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 11, 2016
LatAm’s Latest VC Deals: Luuna, Aulas AMiGAS, Brasil/CT, Intelipost, ChefsClub, Guichê Virtual
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 13, 2016