The LAVCA Venture Investors News Feed features venture capital fundraising, investments, exits, and other industry news.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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(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…
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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,…
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(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…
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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…
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(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…
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(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…
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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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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,…
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(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,…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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…
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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…
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(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…
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(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…
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(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.
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(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.
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(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,…