Two former Buscapé executives, Ridrigo Borges and Guga Stocco, have teamed up with Gabriel Sidi, Marcello Gonçalves, and Felipe Andrade to launch Domo Invest. The Brazilian venture capital firm’s first…

Venture Capital firm Monashees+ invested R$1m in English learning app Cambly and obtained a minority stake in the company. (Estadão Economia) O Monashees, fundo brasileiro de venture capital, acaba de…

Didi and Riverwood Capital completed an investment in Brazilian car sharing company, 99 (formerly 99 Taxis). (Valor Econômico) O fundo americano de private equity Riverwood Capital se juntou à lista de…

Brazilian venture capital firm Kick Ventures made an undisclosed investment in mobile fidelity app Unimove. (Baguete)  A startup Unimove recebeu um aporte da Kick Ventures. O investimento vai impulsionar a solução…

After completing 44 investments in Brazil since August 2016, Brazil’s angel investing firm Bossa Nova Investimentos has begun investing in the US with 18 US based startups in Q4 2016.…

(Valor Econômico) Chinese transportation giant Didi Chuxing led an investment in Brazilian rideshare company 99 (formerly 99 Taxis) of over US$100m. The investment round also included participation from monashees+, Qualcomm…

Brazil’s Start You Up Ventures joined a group of companies to launch Agrofip, a fund through which it plans to invest up to R$25m in agribusiness, logistics management, IoT, BioTech,…

(Press Release) IDEIASNET agreed to sell its stake in Tectotal Tecnologia sem Complicações to the Central de Funcionamento Tecnologia e Participações (CDF). Tectotal is owned by holding company Montpellier and…

Wayra Brasil, Acelera Partners, Microsoft Ventures, and Qualcomm Ventures invested US$250k in Widow Games, a video game startup that specializes in creating digital versions of classic board games. Widow Games…

(Startupi) Brazilian online event platform Sympla has acquired Eventick to consolidate its leadership in the sector. Sympla is backed by Movile. A Sympla, plataforma online de eventos, acaba de fechar a…

(Press Release) Apartment rental marketplace, QuintoAndar, has received a R$42m (US $12.6m) investment. NYC-based Acacia Partners led the round, with participation from Qualcomm Ventures and existing investor, Kaszek Ventures. Based…

Bossa Nova Investimentos invested close to R$1m in the Brazilian online female footwear boutique, 33e34. Following the investment, the startup, led by entrepreneur Tânia Gomes, signed a partnership to sell…

(Baguete) Grupo Algar, via its corporate venture initiative, will invest in BR Startups fund, created by Microsoft Holdings and managed by MSW Capital. O Grupo Algar, por meio de sua…

(New York Times) DST Global, the investment firm started by Russian venture capitalist Yuri Milner, led a US$80m round in Nubank, with participation from Redpoint Ventures and Ribbit Capital. Prior…

(TI INSIDE Online) Brazilian investment fund and investor in Fast Shop, Parma, has invested in Vertis, a Brazil-based B2B enterprise commerce company for R$10m. O fundo de investimentos Parma, que…

(LexLatin) Redpoint eventures has acquired a 24.32% stake in Brazilian startup Pismo Soluções Tecnológicas, which provides SaaS payment processing solutions, for R$3m. El Fundo de Investimento em Participações RPeV1Brazil Multiestratégia…

(Baguete) BZPlan is searching for startups in the south of Brazil to invest a total of R$50m. It has partnered with Wow Aceleradora to support startups that participate in the…

(ITForum 365) 500 Startups has invested in Brazilian startup Idwall, an artificial intelligence software that detects fraudulent documents and verifies identity. A startup brasileira Idwall é a nova aposta do Vale…

(Startupi) FIR Capital BZPlan has partially exited Brazilian e-commerce startup MyReks. O Grupo Nexxera adquiriu 40% de participação na MyReks – startup brasileira de recomendação para e-commerce. Simultaneamente, a norte-americana…

(IDGNow!) TPG Growth led a US$19.2m (R$62m) investment in Resultados Digitais, a Brazilian automated marketing platform, with participation from Redpoint e.Ventures, DGF Investimentos and Endeavor Catalyst. TPG’s portfolio includes Uber,…

(Anjos do Brasil) Presidential approval of a new law in Brazil, Lei Complementar do Simples, has brought new benefits and protection for angel investors in the country. One key benefit, among others,…

(Tech.eu) Optilogistic, a French logistics software company, has been acquired by Brazil’s Maplink. Mobile commerce company Movile led the deal. Maplink, a Brazilian technology company that is a leader in…

(Baguete) HealthPlus, a healthcare tech focused venture fund created by GrowPlus Ventures, has announced open enrollment for healthcare startups seeking capital. The maximum amount HealthPlus will invest in each selected startup…

(TI INSIDE Online) Latin American mobile charging and payment system provider, Movilway, announced the  purchase of Diga, a Brazilian prepaid phone credit distributor and mobile chip marketer, for US$5m. A…

(Startupi) Primatec has closed investment negotiations with the Brazilian startup Myleus Biotecnologia for an undisclosed amount. Myleus provides DNA testing services for food companies and researchers. A Myleus Biotecnologia acaba…

(Reuters) Brazilian lender Banco Votorantim will invest an initial R$3m (US$930,000) in the BR Startups fund created by Microsoft. They expect to fund 6 young firms with investments ranging between…

(STARTUPi) Fundo de Inovação Paulista, managed by SP Ventures, made a R$2.5m investment in Moneto, a Brazilian payment processing app targeting individual business owners. A fintech Moneto acaba de anunciar o…

Barn Investments led a US$1M round in Skore,a knowledge management platform in Silicon Valley; leading a US$2M Series A in Worldpackers, a Brazilian social travel marketplace; and participating in Trocafone’s recent R$20M Series A led by Swiss firm Sallfort…

(Startupi) Bossa Nova Investimentos, announced investments in Brazilian IT startups Razoom, Contentools, AIO, Blogo, and 3Days, a talent platform for creative professionals. A Bossa Nova Investimentos está cada vez mais…

(Startupi) Contabilizei, a Brazilian online accounting office for SMEs, received a third investment led by e.Bricks Ventures and included the participation of Endeavor Catalyst and Kaszek Ventures, with hopes to democratize financial services…

(STARTUPi) Easy Carros won second place at the international startup competition, G-Startup WorldWide, which took place in Silicon Valley this September and will receive an investment of US$120k from GWC and Sequoia Capital.

(Baguete) Hiper, a Brazilian startup dedicated to SME management has received a R$4m investment from Cventures Primus along with CRP Companhia de Participações and M3 Investimentos.

(NXTP Labs) Argentinian online agribusiness marketplace Agrofy, an NXTP Labs portfolio company, received US$1m in angel funding. Agrofy, the agrobusiness platform keeps on growing exponentially. Ever since its launch in November 2015,…