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LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 12, 2022
LAVCA Q1 Quarterly Update; Habi Is Colombia’s Newest Unicorn; USD800m in New Rounds; 10+ Crypto & Payments Deals; Startups Eye Crossborder Expansion
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 28, 2022
LatAm VC Investment Reaches Fourth Largest Record in Q1 2022 According to LAVCA Data
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 14, 2022
USD700m+ in New Deals; 10 M&As; Telefónica Vivo Holds Final Close; Inaugural Deals for Bezos Expeditions and Rakuten Capital
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 24, 2022
USD900m+ in New Deals; Fund Commitments to monashees & Valor Capital Group; Patria Raises USD230m SPAC; Interview With Technisys CEO Miguel Santos
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 10, 2022
LAVCA ESG Deal Awards; USD400m+ in New Deals; Seven M&A Deals
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 24, 2022
SoFi Acquires Technisys for USD1.1b; BBVA Invests USD300m in Neon; USD360m in Fund Closings for VELVT, Volpe & Cloud9
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 10, 2022
Betterfly Is Chile’s Second Unicorn; USD450m in New Rounds
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 27, 2022
LAVCA Tracks USD15b+ in 2021 VC; USD750m in New Rounds
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 13, 2022
Two New Unicorns; USD1.4b in New Rounds; Six Exits; USD10b+ in Fund Closes
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 09, 2021
Special Edition on Gender Diversity; LAVCA 2021 Top & Emerging Women Investors; Clara & CloudWalk Are Newest Unicorns
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 18, 2021
CargoX Is Brazil’s Newest Unicorn; Canary Closes on USD100m Fund; ~USD700m in New Rounds; New Edtech Record
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 04, 2021
Nominations for LatAm Top Women Investors in VC/Tech; Nubank Files for Dual IPO; Tencent’s Sixth Deal This Year; Sequoia Invests in Chile
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 21, 2021
LAVCA Tracks USD11.5b in VC YTD; Call for Nominations for LAVCA Women in VC/Tech; Seven Startup M&As; Major Fund Launches
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 07, 2021
Mercado Libre & KASZEK SPAC IPO; USD400m in New Deals; Chile Fintech Law Update
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 24, 2021
Kavak’s USD700m Round; Mercado Libre and KASZEK SPAC; SoftBank Commits USD3b+ to LatAm; Atlantico Launches Latin American Digital Transformation Report
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 09, 2021
LAVCA 2021 Startup Directory; LAVCA Week Updates; Seven Exits; El Salvador Launches First Private Capital Fund
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 26, 2021
LAVCA Week Updates; USD1.2b+ in New Rounds; Interview with Movile CEO Patrick Hruby
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 12, 2021
2021 LAVCA Week Update; USD600m+ in New Rounds; Interview With IoT Cobli; Nubank Listing Plans
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 29, 2021
LAVCA Week 2021 Registration; NotCo Is LatAm’s First Foodtech Unicorn; VTEX & Zenvia Go Public; Five Exits; USD1b in New Rounds
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 15, 2021
LAVCA Estimates USD6.2b in VC; LAVCA Week 2021; Mercado Bitcoin Is the Newest Unicorn; Satellogic Goes Public Via SPAC
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 01, 2021
Uber Acquires Cornershop; dLocal Goes Public; Etsy Acquires Elo7; USD1.1b+ in New Rounds; Peru Launches Fund of Funds; Carao Ventures Reaches First Close
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 17, 2021
USD2b in VC Investment in Q1; USD1.7b+ in New Rounds; Berkshire Hathaway Invests in Nubank; Clip is Mexico’s Newest Unicorn
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 03, 2021
2021 LAVCA Awards; KASZEK Reaches USD1b Final Close Across Two Funds; USD700m+ in New Rounds; LAVCA Welcomes Volpe Capital
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 20, 2021
GetNinjas B3 IPO; LIV Capital SPAC Finds Target; Rounds for CloudWalk, Hashdex, Sallve
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 06, 2021
Bitso Reaches USD2.2b Valuation; USD50m+ Rounds for Merama, Loft, Warren; Fund Closes for Volpe Capital, Positive Ventures; Excelsa, Itiquira, Crescera SPAC Listings; JOKR Launches in LatAm
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 21, 2021
2021 LAVCA Review of Tech Investment in LatAm; USD20m+ Rounds for olist, Wonder Brands and Beep Saúde; Oria Capital BRL500m Final Close
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 08, 2021
2021 LAVCA Industry Data & Analysis; Kavak Reaches USD4b Valuation, dLocal Reaches USD5b Valuation; Brazilian Central Bank Authorizes Facebook Pay & Launches Open Banking Platform; Q&A with Stori
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 25, 2021
LAVCA 2021 Edtech & Healthtech Startup Surveys; Loft Reaches USD2.2b Valuation; Tiendanube/Nuvemshop Raises USD90m Series D; Valor Capital Group and DILA Capital SPAC Listings
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 11, 2021
2021 Industry Data Sneak Peek; NXTP and Draper Cygnus Exit Auth0; TOTVS Acquires RD Station; Loggi Reaches USD2b Valuation; DOMO Invest Reaches First Close
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 24, 2021
Edtech Deep Dive with Descomplica and Alicerce Educação; Cometa Partially Exits iVoy for 15.2x Return; Mercado Pago and Apple Pay Double Down on LatAm
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 10, 2021
Fund Closes for Igah Ventures & DILA Capital; The Rise of SPACs in LatAm; Greycroft’s First LatAm Deal
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 27, 2021
New Rounds for Contabilizei, La Haus, ViBe Saude, Favo, XP Health, OmniChat; Capria Ventures Commits US$2m to Angel Ventures; Satellogic Partners with SpaceX
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 13, 2021
MadeiraMadeira is First Unicorn in 2021; New Rounds in Crehana, Farmalisto, Betterfly, Knewin, Nomad; SP Ventures Reaches Second Close
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 23, 2020
Uber-Cornershop Update; Creditas Becomes Latest Unicorn; SoftBank Alum Reaches First Close for Volpe Capital; Interview with Mexican Gig Economy Platform Heru
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 09, 2020
Special Edition on Gender Diversity with List of Top Women Investing in LatAm Tech; Diversity-Related Fund Launches in 2020; + Latest Rounds; and Access Updated LAVCA VC/Tech Member Directory
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 25, 2020
Deep Dive on New olist Series D; Rounds for Sofia, Mati, Facio; Six Investments from Google Black Founders Fund
LatAm Venture Bulletin - November 11, 2020
Call for Nominations for LAVCA Women in VC/Tech; New Rounds for Conductor, GAIA, Tul; Petlove Acquires DogHero; Capital Lab and Alexia Ventures Fund Launches; Interview with Conductor
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 28, 2020
Call for Nominations for LAVCA Women in VC/Tech; New Rounds for Casai, Sami, Klar, Pier, Chiper, Celcoin; Interview with Google Black Founders Fund-backed CREATORS
LatAm Venture Bulletin - October 14, 2020
VC Investor Training Agenda; First Mexican Unicorn; New Rounds for Cortex, Tiendanube, FreteBras, RobinFood, Pachama
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 30, 2020
New Unicorns VTEX and dLocal; Foodtech Rounds for NotCo and Fazenda Futuro; XP Launches R$8b CVC Fund; Interview with Arukay
LatAm Venture Bulletin - September 02, 2020
New Rounds for Neon, MURAL, Yalochat, Fondeadora, Origin, Habi; SP Ventures Reaches First Close; Q&A with Caju
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 19, 2020
New Rounds for Wildlife Studios, Amparo Saúde, Beejobs, Caju; Fund Launches for Devlabs Ventures and Vox Capital; Interview with Foodology
LatAm Venture Bulletin - August 05, 2020
New Rounds for Flat.mx, Magnetis, Classpert, iClinic; LatAm Startup Directory Update; Fund Launches for Loft and ALIVE; Interview with Brazilian Fintech SWAP
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 22, 2020
New Rounds for Auth0, Warren, Liftit, Burn to Give, LAIKA; SVB Venture Debt Fund; Interview with Worky; LAVCA Week Speakers & Topics
LatAm Venture Bulletin - July 08, 2020
New Rounds for Zee.Dog, ePesos, Alice, Jüsto, Conexa Saúde; IDB Lab Invests in 500 Startups and DILA Capital; Interview with Brazil’s Remessa Online
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 24, 2020
KaszeK Leads US$20m in Remessa Online; New Rounds in BizCapital, Protera, Pipo Saúde; Q&A with La Haus; LAVCA Welcomes alpha4 Ventures
LatAm Venture Bulletin - June 10, 2020
Updated C19 Relief Efforts; Tembici US$47m Series B; M&A Updates in Brazil: New Rounds in Cortex, Belvo, Accountfy; SoftBank Announces Opportunity Growth Fund
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 27, 2020
New Rounds for ADDI, Gupy, Goomer, Minka; Uber/Cornershop Regulatory Update
LatAm Venture Bulletin - May 13, 2020
Access LAVCA’s Latest VC/Tech Report; Interview with Wildlife; New Rounds for Zinobe, Crehana, Clarke Energia; DOMO Invest Launches B2B Fund
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 29, 2020
LAVCA VC Data Webcast with SVB; New Rounds for Nuvocargo, Memed, SimpliRoute, Agrotools; Mountain Nazca Exits Kavak
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 15, 2020
iFood + Delivery Hero JV; Frubana US$25m Series A; CargoX Series E; PetLove Raises R$250m
LatAm Venture Bulletin - April 01, 2020
Credijusto US$100m Debt Round; New Rounds for Healthtechs SouSmile & VivaBem; MercadoLibre Acquires Lagash; COVID Updates from Startups
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 18, 2020
New Rounds for Proptechs TrueHome, AoCubo & Multiburó; Telefonica Invests in Redpoint eventures; Grow M&A Update
LatAm Venture Bulletin - March 04, 2020
OLX Acquires GrupoZAP; Rounds for Vai.Car, Trybe, PolyNatural, Kangu, Get on Board; Healthtech Deals for Memed, Conexa Saude, Medica Santa Carmen; New Funds for QED, Quona, Magma Partners
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 19, 2020
New Rounds for Docket, WEEL, Ayenda Rooms, Stori, IOUU, Olga Ri & Others; Recap of Wayra Deals for 2019
LatAm Venture Bulletin - February 05, 2020
New Rounds for AlphaCredit, Solinftec, Acesso Digital, Yuca, Moons, Pachama, Rebus; New Funds in Chile, Peru & Brazil
LatAm Venture Bulletin - January 22, 2020
Loft Series C; New Rounds for Satellogic, Agrofy, Finsocial, Olivia, Eolo Pharma, Resuelve Tu Deuda; New Qualcomm IoT Fund
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 18, 2019
XP IPO; Investments in Wildlife, Loft, Ingresse, Albo, MercadoCredito, Mimic, Cora; Interview with Mexico’s Klar
LatAm Venture Bulletin - December 04, 2019
Investments in Neon, Uala, VTEX, Konfio, Housi, REBEL, Mediação Online; NEW Lists of Top Women Investing in LatAm Tech; XX Special Issue
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