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…

Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$2.5m investment in Justto, a Brazilian software startup that automates the process of negotiating legal agreements, with a focus on consumer and…

Valor Capital led a R$11.5m investment in Gupy, an AI-powered recruiting platform, with participation from new VC fund Maya Capital and existing investor Canary. (Exame) A depender das novas tecnologias,…

OLX, a global classifieds marketplace backed by Naspers, acquired Properati Brasil. The new entity is called Casafy and is supported by a R$8m investment from European funds Telor, Morcote and others.…

monashees, Mindset Ventures and Banco Votorantim made a US$6m investment in WEEL, a Brazilian cash flow management platform. Formerly WorkCapital, WEEL was founded in 2014 and received US$8.5m in 2017 from monashees, Mindset…

Point72 Ventures led a US$20m investment in Contabilizei, a tax filing and accounting SaaS for Brazilian small businesses, with participation from the IFC, Quona Capital, Quadrant, and the Fintech Collective.…

Finep Startup (formerly Startup Brasil) plans to invest R$30m in 30 Brazilian startups in 2019, part of a R$400m capital commitment. (Baguete) A Finep lançou nesta segunda-feira, 7, a segunda…

Wayra and Liga Ventures were chosen by BNDESPAR to run the inaugural Programa BNDES Garagem for entrepreneurs. The four-month acceleration program happens in Rio and has separate tracks for MVP…

BNDES will invest R$1.3-R$2.2b in Brazilian PE and VC funds, with a concentration on tech, infrastructure, education, health, public security, sustainability and productivity.    (Época Negócios) BNDESPar, braço de participações…

Distrito Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Ali Credito, a Brazilian consumer credit platform. (Distrito Ventures) Distrito Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Brazilian fintech Ali Credito – a master servicing platform for…

Omidyar Network made an undisclosed investment in Agenda Edu, a Brazilian school management and communication platform. (Press Release) Agenda Edu (www.agendaedu.com), a platform that increases engagement in school settings, announced…

Lighthouse Investimentos made undisclosed investments in POS Controle, a mobile payments solution for small retailers, and Catálogo Delivery, an consumer app for last-mile delivery. (Baguete) A Lighthouse, empresa nacional de…

Global venture builder Techtools Ventures invested R$3m in Eirene Solutions, a Brazilian agtech machinery startup. (ti inside) Após passar pelo processo de aceleração da techtools ventures, a Eirene Solutions está…

Redpoint eventures and DGF Investimentos made an undisclosed Series B investment in GESTO, a big data startup for Brazilian healthcare plans. (Investimentos e Notícias) A GESTO fechou sua segunda rodada…

Global Founders Capital led a US$1.2m investment in Creditoo, an online payroll loan platform for Brazilian private sector employees, with participation from Canary. Creditoo also raised over R$100m through an FIDC (Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios) to realize payroll-deductible loans.

General Atlantic invested R$250m in Brazilian apartment rental platform QuintoAndar at a reported valuation of about R$1.1b. Previous investors include Acacia Partners, Qualcomm Ventures and Kaszek Ventures.

Redpoint eventures invested in Repassa, an online platform for buying and selling gently used clothing. The undisclosed amount will be used to improve brand reach and customer experience.

3xBit , a Brazilian cryptocurrency broker,  announced the acquisition of the brokerage Troca Ninja. The two brokerages will integrate their cryptocurrencies and will work with Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Dogecoin, ATM Cash, Smartcash, and others that were being traded by Troca Ninja.

Naspers, Innova Capital, and parent company Movile invest US$500m in Brazil’s iFood. Current investors Naspers and Innova are injecting US$400m, while Movile is providing the additional US$100m. Movile’s contribution is coming from a US$124m investment announced by the same shareholders in July.

Omni invested an undisclosed amount in Ergoncredit, a Brazilian credit fintech for small and medium-sized businesses.  As part of the agreement, the controlling shareholder of the Omni Group, Erico Ferreira, acquired 25% of Ergon.

Accesstage invested R$2m for an undisclosed stake in IN10, a Brazil-based  data analysis and business intelligence company.  

Vostok New Ventures invested US $2m in Agente Imóvel, a Brazilian real estate advertising and data analysis platform.

A presidential decree in Brazil will ease foreign investment into credit-related fintechs. Previously, financial services companies with foreign capital could only operate in Brazil by presidential decree. Now, for companies with foreign capital that are working on credit and lending, such a decree is no longer needed.