DNA Capital invested R$20m in Feegow Clinic, a Brazilian software provider to medical clinics. (Baguete) A Feegow Clinic recebeu investimentos de R$ 20 milhões da DNA Capital, fundo de saúde…

Gympass, a Brazilian B2B gym membership platform with global operations, raised US$300m at a reported valuation over US$1b. Investors include SoftBank Vision Fund, SoftBank Latin America Fund and existing investors…

Harvard Angels Brazil invested in Jobecam, a Brazilian job matching platform. (Money Times) As HRTechs mal entraram no mercado e já se destacam por trazer soluções para a área de…

Brazilian geo-precision startup In Loco raised a US$20m series B led by Valor Capital and Unbox Capital, the Trajano family office, with participation from Naspers and others. (Brazil Journal) A…

SoftBank led a US$150m investment in Loggi, a Brazilian shipping logistics platform, with participation from GGV Capital, Fifth Wall, Velt Partners and Microsoft, at a reported valuation over US$1b. In…

SoftBank made a US$200m investment in Brazilian fintech Creditas at a reported US$700m valuation. Vostok Emerging FInance led a US$55m Series C in 2018 with participation from Amadeus Capital Partners,…

Vox Capital invested R$6m in Celcoin, a Brazilian mobile payments app #paymentsgap (Investimentos Noticias) O Celcoin, aplicativo que transforma o celular em uma máquina de recargas e pagamentos, acaba de…

Libbs Farmacêutica made a US$1m investment in Brazilian biotech PluriCell to develop regenerative cell therapies for cardiovascular diseases. PluriCell was founded in 2013 and incubated at USP/IPEN-Cietec. (Istoé Dinheiro) As…

Superjobs Ventures led a R$1m investment in Matchbox Brasil, a recruitment marketing platform. (Baguete) A Matchbox Brasil, startup do segmento de recursos humanos, acaba de receber uma nova rodada de…

Monashees led a US$10.5m seed investment in Kovi ,provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from MAYA Capital and ONEVC. Co-founders Adhemar Milani Neto (CEO)…

General Atlantic has appointed Pedro Parente to the newly created position of Chairman of Brazil. The advisory position will help lead General Atlantic’s portfolio companies in Brazil. Mr. Parente is…

Andreessen Horowitz made a US$1.6m investment in Meitre, an Uruguayan restaurant management platform. Meitre participated in Y Combinator in Winter 2018 and is founded by Juan and Luis Caviglia. (El…

KaszeK Ventures, Redpoint eventures and QED Investors made a R$16m Series A investment in Xerpa, a Brazilian HRtech platform. (Exame) A Xerpa, startup que leva a área de recursos humanos…

Portuguese VC Indico Capital Partners made its inaugural Brazil investment in Zenklub, an online therapy and wellness platform. (DCI) A startup Zenklub recebeu R$ 2 milhões do fundo de investimentos…

Astella Investimentos led a R$6.8m investment in JOTA, a data intelligence platform focused on Brazilian state institutions. (Brazil Journal)  O JOTA- mais conhecido pelo site (https://www.jota.info) que cobre o Poder…

HandTalk, a real-time translation platform for Brazilian sign language, received a US$750k grant from Google.org as one of 20 global winners of the Google AI Impact Challenge. (Press Release) Google…

Verus Group and Brazilian angels invested R$800k in Fix it, a Brazilian company producing biodegradable and thermoformable plastic materials as an alternative to casts for joint immobilization.   (Press Release)…

Magazine Luiza acquired Brazilian ecommerce brand Netshoes for US$62m. As of June 14th, Valor has reported Magazine Luiza acquired Brazilian ecommerce brand Netshoes for US$115m. More information here. (Brazil Journal)…

Samsung will invest R$200k each in Hoobox, Fofuuu, Sinte Soft, Epistemic, Keep Smiling, Olivas, Alltism, RealVM, Birdie, NavegAM, Tarvos and Indwise as part of its Creative Startups acceleration program. (EpocaNegocios)…

Brazilian credit marketplace FinanZero raised R$42m from Atlant Fonder, Dunross & Co, Vostok Emerging Finance and others. FinanZero was founded by CEO Olle Widén in 2016 with Webrock Ventures and…

Brazilian medical device startup brain4care (formerly Braincare) raised US$5m from Horácio Lafer Piva and other angel investors. Brain4care’s device for non-invasive cranial pressure monitoring received approval from Anvisa to commercialize…

e.Bricks Ventures made an undisclosed Series A investment in Bcredi, a Brazilian real estate credit fintech. Bcredi was founded in 2017 as the digital arm of Banco Barigui and spun…

Riverwood Capital made a US$20m Series B investment in Omie, a Brazilian ERP platform targeting small businesses. Astella Investimentos led a R$25m investment in 2018. Angel network Verus Group invested…

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,…