Global Founders Capital and Brazilian angels invested R$5.7m in Brazilian CaaS platform Zen Finance. GFC previously invested R$1.3m. (Valor) A fintech de crédito Zen recebeu aporte de R$ 5,7 milhões…

BR Startups, managed by MSW Capital, invested R$2m in Carflix, a marketplace for pre-owned cars, to expand within Brazil. (StartSe) A Carflix, site de compra e venda de veículos seminovos,…

Luminate and ICFJ (International Center for Journalists) launched a project called Velocidad to provide US$1.5m to Latin American news startups. Luminate is formerly the Government and Civic Engagement arm of…

Criatec 2, managed by Crescera Investimentos (formerly Bozano), invested R$2.5m in Bom Consórcio, a Brazilian secondaries marketplace for consumer debt.  (Valor Econômico) A Bom Consórcio, startup que atua no mercado…

WEEL, a Brazilian cash flow management platform, raised US$30m from American asset manager Franklin Templeton. WEEL (formerly WorkCapital) raised US$6m in early 2019 from monashees, Mindset Ventures, and Banco Votorantim,…

Linx will acquire Hiper for a reported R$50m, providing an exit for Cventures, CRP, M3 Investimentos and ACE. (Baguete) A Linx pode pagar até R$ 50 milhões pela Hiper, uma…

Stone Pagamentos announced a follow-on public offering that could raise over US$700m. (Valor Econômico) A credenciadora de cartões brasileira Stone, listada na Nasdaq, anunciou hoje que está fazendo uma oferta…

Positivo made undisclosed investments in agtechs Agrosmart and @Tech. (GS Notícias) A Positivo Tecnologia comprou no mês passado participação em duas startups de tecnologia do setor de agronegócios. A companhia…

Ribbit Capital led a R$25m investment in Warren, a Brazil-based digital brokerage, with participation from KaszeK Ventures and Chromo Invest. This is Warren’s first known institutional capital. (Baguete) A corretora…

QED Investors and Invus Opportunities co-led a US$22.6m investment in Escale, a Brazilian digital marketing agency providing customer acquisition services to Brazilian telco and healthcare companies. Previous investors KaszeK Ventures,…

Distrito and Parallax Ventures are partnering to invest up to R$10m in Brazilian fintechs. Parallax investments include fintechs CERC, Monkey, goLiza, Ali Crédito, Asaas, and healthtech Bright. (Startupi) A plataforma…

GV Angels led a R$1m investment in PackID, a Brazilian food logistics monitoring platform, with participation from ACE, MOR Capital, Allievo Ventures, and M3. (Startupi) A startup PackID, da cidade…

InvestTech made an undisclosed investment in ClipEscola, a Brazilian edtech marketing platform. (Empreendedor) A empresa de Santa Catarina ClipEscola, plataforma de comunicação e marketing escolar, firmou sociedade com a gestora…

Brazilian publisher Nexo Jornal raised US$920k from Luminate, formerly the Government and Civic Engagement arm of Omidyar Network. (Coluna Politica) Após mais de três anos em atividade, site brasileiro recebe…

Superjobs Ventures invested R$1m across fintechs Firgun and Rocketpass and online therapy platform Vittude. (Exame) São Paulo – Duas fintechs e uma startup de terapia online receberam um investimento que soma…

Seattle-based petsitting marketplace Rover led a US$7m investment in DogHero, a Brazilian pet-hosting startup operating in 750 cities in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. DogHero raised US$2.5m from IGNIA, Global Founders…

Brazilian real estate startup Loft raised a US$70m Series B at a valuation of ~US$370m, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Fifth Wall Ventures, with participation from QED Investors. Loft raised…

Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$3m investment in VarejOnline, a software platform for retail management. (Baguete) A VarejOnline, companhia de Santa Catarina dona de um sistema de…

Smart Money Ventures made a R$1m investment in Produttivo, a software platform for field service management. (Baguete) A Produttivo, startup de Curitiba especializada em software para gestão de inspeções e…

BR Startups, managed by MSW Capital, made a R$1.5m investment in US-based personal finance app Olivia. XP Investimentos also made an undisclosed investment in Olivia in 2019. (Press Release) São…

Brazilian audiobook company Ubook is planning a Canadian IPO for 2H2019. (DCI) A empresa brasileira de audiolivros, Ubook, está se preparando para uma oferta pública inicial de ações (IPO) no…

Performa Investimentos made an undisclosed investment in Home Agent, a Brazilian work-from-home contact center, with participation from Gavea Angels. This is Performa’s first investment from Fund 3, made using a…

Kviv Ventures led a R$5m investment in Nutrebem, a nutrition platform to monitor children’s nutrition at school. Confrapar and Barn Investmentos invested previously. (Baguete) A startup Nutrebem, que oferece um…

Redpoint eventures invested R$1.15m in Ribon, a Brazilian platform that lets users convert ad dollars to donations to non-profits. (StartSe) Nesta semana, o Ribon, startup que possibilita que pessoas doem…

BR Startups, managed by MSW Capital, will invest up to R$800k in Brazilian edtech VOA Educação. (Baguete) A VOA Educação, startups de educação que busca auxiliar o professor na avaliação…

BTG Pactual invested R$10m across Digesto (legal tech), Finpass (SMB credit) and Agronow (satellite crop monitoring) using a convertible debt instrument. All three startups were accelerated at BTG Pactual’s BoostLab…

Brazilian iPaaS integration platform LinkApi raised R$5m from Wayra Brasil and Cassis Capital founding partner Jander Martins. (Press Release) O LinkApi, plataforma de integrações B2B baseada no modelo iPaaS (Integration…

EDP Ventures made its first Brazilian investment in Delfos, an intelligent maintenance platform applying AI to the energy industry, participating in a R$1.5m round with Bossa Nova Investimentos and BMG…

Adianta, a Brazilian receivables fintech for small businesses, raised US$8m from DGF Investimentos, 42K Investimentos, Chromo Investimentos, Capital Lab and previous investors Yellow Ventures and OsherTech, among others. (Baguete) A…

Grin and Yellow jointly raised US$150m and merged to form Grow Mobility in Latin America, only a few months after Grin merged with Ride in Brazil. The joint venture has over 1,000 employees based in the region,…

Accion Venture Lab made an undisclosed investment in Jeitto, a Brazilian fintech offering a mobile purchases and payments app for underserved consumers. (Press Release) Brazilian neobank Jeitto announced today that it…

Elephant and Peak Ventures led a US$16m Series A investment in Mosyle, a Brazilian MDM (Mobile Device Management) software company for Apple devices. Mosyle moved into the enterprise market with…

#UNICORNS SoftBank will lead a US$190m (and up to US$500m) investment in Gympass, a Brazilian B2B gym membership platform with global operations, at a reported valuation of US$1.1b. Previous investors include General…