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. (Valor Econômico) A B3, por meio do seu…

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. 

BTG Pactual launched BoostLab, an accelerator to scale up Brazilian startups with existing revenue and clients. The first cohort includes fintechs Liber Capital and F(x) (both backed by e.bricks Ventures), and Neurotech; as well as Clicksign, Zigpay and agtech startup Agronow (backed by SP Ventures).

(PE Hub) Redpoint eventures plans to raise a US$130m Brazil-focused venture-capital fund, RPeV 2 according to an SEC filing. 

Propel Ventures Partners, monashees +, and Quona Capital led a US$22m Series A in fintech startup, Neon, the first fully-digital Brazilian bank.  The round is Brazil’s largest Series A funding, and included participation from Omidyar Network, Tera, and Yellow Ventures.

IFC led a $US $7.1m Series B investment round in Brazil’s Mandaê, a parcel logistics startup. Other participants include UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Mercado Libre Fund, Tekton Ventures, FJ Labs, and existing investors Performa Investimentos, Qualcomm Ventures, Monashees, and Icon Holding Company.

Valor Capital raised US$56.8m toward a US$100m second venture capital fund, according to an SEC filing.

Garan Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Estuda.com, a Brazilian standardized test preparation platform with 1m users.

Vostok Emerging Finance led a US$55m Series C investment in Creditas, with participation from new investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Santander InnoVentures, and existing investors KaszeK Ventures, QED Investors, Quona Capital, the IFC and Naspers Fintech. In 2017 Creditas raised US$50m (led by Vostok) and a R$60m Series B (led by IFC).

monashees+ and Vostok Emerging Finance led a R$17m Series A investment in Magnetis Investimentos, a Brazilian personal finance management platform. Magnetis previously raised R$3m from monashees+, Redpoint eventures, 500 Startups and NH Investimentos.

SP Ventures invested R$3m in JetBov, a Brazilian management platform for beef cattle breeders. 

Cedro Capital made an undisclosed investment in Getrak, a Brazilian startup providing enterprise IoT tracking software for the automotive sector.

Undisclosed angels made an undisclosed investment in Benvenuto, a Brazilian residential real estate platform.

e.Bricks Ventures and Vox Capital made an undisclosed Series A investment in Sanar, a Brazilian edtech startup designing customized online training for careers in healthcare. 

Vostok Emerging Finance led a R$12m investment in FinanZero, a Brazilian credit marketplace, with participation from Webrock Ventures, Centro and others.  Vostok’s investments in the region include Creditas, GuiaBolso and Nibo.

Brazilian venture builder Superjobs Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Apptite, an artisanal food delivery platform. Superjobs previously invested R$1m

monashees+ and Grishin Robotics led a US$9m seed investment in Yellow, a dockless bike service launching in São Paulo. Yellow is founded by 99 co-founders Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas,…

Tiger Global led a R$100m Series D investment in ContaAzul, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst. Ribbit Capital led the company’s previous R$20m round in 2015 with participation from monashees+, Tiger Global, Valar Ventures and 500 Start

KaszeK Ventures led a US$7.5m Series A investment in TiendaPago, a provider of short-term working capital for small businesses in Mexico and Peru, with participation from new investors QED Investors and Oikocredit, and existing investors Accion Venture Lab and Agrega Partners.

The Latin America Angels Society made an undisclosed investment in Play2sell, a Brazilian construction management app. 

Singu, a Brazilian marketplace platform for beauty and wellness services, raised R$10m for expansion from undisclosed investors.  (DCI) A Singu, marketplace brasileiro de serviços de beleza e bem-estar, anunciou ter recebido…

Trinity Ventures, Openview, Redpoint eventures, Funders Club, Valor Capital, ONEVC and Edelweiss made a US$16m investment in Pipefy, a business process optimization platform that was founded in Brazil. Previous investors include…

Brazilian fintech firm Toro Investimentos is preparing to launch its brokerage platform after receiving a contribution of R$46m from investors.  (DCI) A Toro Investimentos se prepara para lançar sua corretora…

Fundo Aerotec (managed by Confrapar) and Criatec II made an undisclosed investment in ALTAVE, a Brazilian aerospace startup designing cost-effective air vehicles to monitor ground conditions for a variety of industries, including oil and gas, agrobusiness and mining.

Strider, an agtech pest-monitoring platform, has been acquired by agribusiness giant Syngenta for an undisclosed amount. Strider’s investors include monashees+, which led a US$3m Series A in 2016 with Qualcomm…

Brazilian financial solutions firm Grupo Valorem made a R$6m investment in fintech startup Par Mais. (Press Release) Santa Catarina que já é destaque na área de inovação tecnológica, agora também inova e…