(Startupi) Brazilian marketing material design company, Logovia, announced it received an investment from Initial Capital, Rising Ventures, Beberibe Ventures along with a new angel investor in the business, Helmut Harz,…

(Startupi) Clickbus received a second round of investment Internet Group, Tengelmann Ventures and Holtzbrink Ventures after receiving an initial investment of US$2.5m from Rocket Internet. In addition, the company announced…

(Exame) Nibo, the financial software management company for small and medium businesses, announced today a new investment from funds Redpont e.Ventures and Valor Capital Group. In addition, the startup launched…

(Startupi) Incube, the investment fund and developer of mobile applications and technologies, acquired 99Motos, a startup for courier services, for R$3m. The company has since been relaunched as MovMov.it. Incube…

(Press Releases) The second Congress on Angel Investments, promoted by the Anjos do Brasil, announced the results of original research on the profile of angel investors in Brazil for the…

(Tech Crunch) Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company, Navent, has announced it’s raised US$30 million in Series B funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital and…

(E-Commerce News) HelloFood, an online food delivery platform, received an investment of R$137m from investor groups Falcon Edge Capital and Rocket Internet. In total, HelloFood has received more than $R200m…

(Monitor Digital) Ainstec, a credit card and accounting consolidation services company, announced received an investment from DGF Investimentos, a private equity and venture capital investment group. Ainstec Receives Contribution of…

(E-Commerce) Movile, a mobile solutions provider, received financing of R$125m to invest in mobile commerce and messaging services in Brazil. The majority of the investment of R$80m came from Innova…

(Startupi) One year after the announcement of MercadoLibre Commerce Fund, Mercado Livre invested in three Brazilian startups, 00k, Intoo and AirCRM. ALl of them have common characteristics including: they were…

(E-commerce News) MercardoLivre, in partnership with Wayra, the accelerator arm of Telefonica, announced the chosen business for the MercadoLibre Comerce Fund. The fund will invest US$10m to Intoo, 00K and…

(Press Release) With an investment from Intel Capital, Navita will consolidate its operations in security management services for mobile devices and telecom expenses for the corporate market. Intel Capital Expands…

(TechCrunch) Easy Taxi, Rocket Internet’s taxi calling app, announced today that it has raised a Series D round of US$40m, led by Phenomen Ventures with participation from Tengelmann Ventures, the…

(Startupi) The Blumpa, a startup for contracting online cleaning services, receives its first investment from NH Investments, a venture capital fund focus on early stage digital businesses. The value of…

(Dealbook) The online baby and maternal products company BebeStore completed an agreement to acquire its former rival Baby, and was expected to announce the deal this week. After Tough Competition,…

(Pulso Social) Uruguayan PedidosYa, previous portfolio company of Kasek Ventures and Atomico, has been acquired by Berlin-based Delivery Hero, one of the biggest global players in online food delivery. Online…

(Baguete) 21212 and Movile are the new investors in music platform Superplayer. The first goal of the partnership is to double the number of monthly active users in less than…

(Startupi) Ingresse, an online event platform, received a R$10m investment from e.Bricks Early Stage, an investment fund whose main investor is RBS Group, the third largest media group in Brazil,…

(Exame) Start-up GuiaBolso.com announced its second round of funding. This time, Kaszek Ventures led the investment with the participation of e.Bricks and Valor Capital. GuiaBolso Receives Investment from Kaszek Ventures…

(Baguete) Aquiris, Porto Alegre’s digital game developer, announced the sale of 25% of its business to CRP Companhia de Participações, a venture capital firm from the South of Brazil, for…

(Press release) Brazilian optical technology company, Padtec, has invested US$10M in ClariPhy, which will help ClariPhy accelerate its development of next generation coherent technologies addressing data rates of 400G, 1T…

(Economia) Embraer announced on Wednesday the launch of a private equity fund for the aerospace sector in conjunction with the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) and two…

(Reuters) Brazilian online sports goods retailer Netshoes has received a new round of $170 million investment led by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC. Brazil’s Netshoes Receives US$170m Investment was last…

(Dealbook) The British venture capital firm Amadeus Capital Partners has made its first investment in Latin America, it said on Tuesday, leading an $8.9 million funding round in the Brazilian…

(TechCrunch) The warp and weft of Saeed Amidi’s family story – transitioning from Iranian immigrants fleeing revolution in the 1970s to running a multi-million-dollar global family office and a vast…

(Press Release) Venture Partners Mexico led successfully the Series B capital round in Carrot of MXN$26m (US$2m). Along with Venture Partners Mexico, Auria Capital and its founders, Mexico Ventures, a…

(Startupi) OQVestir, the leading online store for female luxury fashion, received its third investment of US$30m in a round that included funding from TMG Capital. Previous rounds included investments from…

(Press Release) A5 Internet Investments, an investment company in web business headed by entrepreneur Paul Humberg, has just made a contribution of US$5m to e-commerce fashion platform, E2E. A5 Internet…

(Startupi) The Project A Ventures today announced its 5th investment in Brazil. The company that received the contribution of R$800k was Intelipost, a new startup that provides business e-commerce software.…

(Baguete) Grupo Xango’s PSafe received an investment round of $30 million. The Chinese anti-virus company Qihoo 360 injected $25 million. According to website Tech Crunch, the rest of the capital…

(Jornal de Comercio) The potential contributions via angel investments in Brazil will reach R$ 3 billion in 2014. At least this is the intention demonstrated by national entrepreneurs. However, the…