Wayra Chile made an undisclosed investment in Webdox, a legal document and contact management platform.

Impact fund Kviv Ventures led a R$2.5m investment in Hand Talk, an automatic translation platform for sign language, with participation from existing investor Bossa Nova Investmentos. HandTalk recently acquired ProDeaf, its main Brazilian competitor, for an undisclosed amount.

Facebook announced the ten startups that the social network will support in Brazil in the second half of 2018, in partnership with the social impact business accelerator Artemisia. The teams will…

Family office Loyall participated in a ~R$2m seed investment in Brazilian P2P lender Nexoos.

Brazilian software company Senior launched a corporate venture investment vehicle, Senior Ventures, which seeks to invest in B2B and B2C software startups focused on fintech and human resources.

Movile raised a fresh US$124m round of financing for iFood, led by Naspers, with participation from Innova Capital. Last year, Movile raised US$82m for iFood and US$53m for Movile, also from Naspers and Innova Capital.

Canary made an undisclosed seed investment in Go Good, a collaborative exercise app.

Elevar Equity, Omidyar Network, and The Rise Fund announced an undisclosed Series A investment in Grupo VI-DA, an Argentinean digital literacy and education company.  The investment was through Grupo VI-DA’s early stage co-investment partnership with Elevar.

Vinci Partners acquired a 70% stake in Brazilian healthcare diagnostics group CURA Imagem e Diagnóstic for an undisclosed amount.

An unnamed family office made a US$2m Series A investment in Priced, a Brazilian big data analytics platform for retail. Angel investor Leonardo Teixeira previously made a seed investment in 2015.

Astella Investimentos made a US$1.5m seed investment in SumOne, a CRM for small retailers.

monashees+ and Qualcomm Ventures made a R$14.7m investment in Hi Technologies, a Brazilian healthcare startup. Hi Technologies received an investment from Positivo Tecnologia in April 2016. (Valor Econômico) A Positivo…

SP Ventures made a R$4.5m investment in SpecLab, a soil fertility analysis solution that spun out of Brazilian agriculture lab IBRA (Instituto Brasileiro de Análises).

Zoox, a Rio technology company with a strong presence in the region, received an undisclosed Capital Contribution with the focus on expansion and internationalization. 

Bozano Investimentos’ Criatec 2 exits Porto Alegre-based Digital Commerce Group (DCG) with sale to Linx for R$67m. This is Criatec 2’s first divestment. (E-Commerce News) O Fundo Criatec 2 anuncia…

Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$10m investment in Intergado, a Brazilian precision livestock platform.

Alberto Hauser of Grupo ABX, Valiant Capital, Thomasnet, and Battery Road Digital Holdings made a R$15m investment in Gaveteiro, a Brazilian B2B ecommerce platform. (E-Commerce News) Em ritmo de crescimento constante,…

Labi, a Brazilian clinical lab analysis startup, raised an undisclosed investment from investors including Luís Terepins, Eduardo Vidigal, and Marcus Vinícius da Costa.

Wayra Brasil announces investments in Back4App, Getup Cloud, RankMayApp, Social Miner and DB18.

Kick Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Anestech, a Brazilian startup working on anesthesiology technology.

Cedro Capital made an undisclosed investment in Kanttum, a Brazilian edtech platform for professor training and development.

Confrapar’s aerospace fund, Fundo PE1 Aerotec, and Travel Capitalist Ventures led a R$3m investment in Flapper, a Brazilian private aviation marketplace. Flapper previously raised funding from Brazilian accelerator ACE and angels.

Canary made a R$1m investment in LaPag, a Brazilian beauty salon management platform, with participation from angel investor Renato Feitas.

Unnamed investors made a R$500k investment in LadyDriver, a Brazilian rideshare startup for female passengers. 

Through its Foresee innovation program, Brazilian stock exchange B3 made an undisclosed investment in Redpoint eventures’ new fund, which is targeting $130m in capital commitments.

Bzplan and FIR Capital made a R$3m investment in PhoneTrack, a Brazilian startup using voice technology to optimize telephone marketing campaigns.

Wharton Alumni Angels’ Brazil Chapter is looking to invest R$9-12m in local startups this year, according to BTG Pactual president Roberto Sallouti, who recently joined this angel network.

Bossa Nova Investimentos made an undisclosed investment in SmartHint, a Curitiba, Brazil-based client retention and product recommendation SaaS platform for small and medium businesses.

Banrisul, the largest bank in Southern Brazil, is launching Fundo Fintech Ventures, a R$50m fund investing in Brazilian fintechs. Banrisul will contribute R$25m, with partner Gama Investimentos and private investors contributing the remaining R$25m.

Monsanto Growth Ventures made its inaugural Brazil investment in Grão Direto, a grain marketplace that primarily transacts via mobile and WhatsApp. Monsanto contributed about half of the R$2.3m investment, with participation from Canary and OpenVC.

Cedro Capital made a US$2.5m investment in iMedicina, a Brazilian healthtech client management platform.

Unilever Brazil has launched Lever UP, the company’s first worldwide startup acceleration program. Lever UP will be led by corporate accelerator Liga Ventures, targeting startups in the IT, supply chain, e-commerce, home care, and food sectors.

Venture Capital Cventures Primus made an undisclosed Series A investment in Brazil’s Wevo, a provider of a cloud platform integration for e-commerce.