The LAVCA Venture Investors News Feed features venture capital fundraising, investments, exits, and other industry news.
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Brazilian shopping center developer Aliansce invested R$15.5m in BeGreen, a Brazilian farm-to-table vegetable subscription platform building farms in shopping center parking lots. (Contxto) Food waste is often the outcome of…
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DOMO Invest led a R$5.5m round in Rede Vistorias, a Brazilian proptech providing real estate asset inspection services, through its DOMO Enterprise fund, with participation from Terracotta Ventures and Invisto.…
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Bradesco and Itaú Unibanco led a US$15m round in Quanto, a Brazilian open banking fintech platform for retailers, with participation from KaszeK Ventures and Coatue. (Fusões & Aquisições) A fintech…
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SoftBank invested US$75m in India-based hotel unicorn Oyo through its US$5b LatAm fund, to launch Oyo LatAm, a joint venture that will control Oyo’s 1,000 hotels in Brazil and Mexico.…
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Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking led a R$120m Series A in iugu, a Brazilian finance automation and payment platform for SMEs, with follow-on from Indicator Capital, and Fabio Povoa, Co-Founder of…
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Redpoint eventures led a R$10m Series A in Repassa, a Brazilian clothing resale curated marketplace. Redpoint eventures first made an undisclosed investment in Repassa in 2018. (Exame) Foi procurando por…
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BTG Pactual, ENFINI Investments, and Turin MFO led a ~US$25m round in Fazenda Futuro, a Brazilian startup making plant-based meat alternatives, with follow-on from monashees and Go4it Capital. monashees and…
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SP Ventures reached a US$17.2m first close for its Latin America-focused agfoodtech fund. The fund targets US$50m and counts Syngenta Ventures and BASF Venture Capital as investors. (AgFunderNews) Brazil-based SP Ventures has…
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Felicis Ventures led a US$12m Series A in Origin, a US-based financial advisor platform for company employees co-founded by the Brazilian João de Paula, former founder of Brazilain e-commerce platform…
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Redpoint eventures led a US$5m round in CyberLabs, a Brazilian computer vision and voice recognition technology developer founded by Movile Co-Founder Marcelo Sales. (Contxto) The new normal calls for technology that reduces…
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DOMO Invest invested R$10m in 100 Open Startups, a Brazilian open innovation platform connecting corporates and early stage startups. (Fusões & Aquisições) Rodada inédita combinou investidores-anjo, crowdfunding e venture capital;…
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Astella Investimentos led a US$1.6m round in Birdie, a Brazilian data analytics and market research platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Samsung invested R$200k in 2019 in Birdie as…
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DOMO Invest led a R$7.5m round in Allya, a Brazilian employee benefits management platform for negotiating discounts and partnerships with service providers. (Exame) A pandemia fez muitas empresas perceberem que era…
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Vulcan Capital led a US$120m Series B round in Brazilian mobile game startup Wildlife Studios, with participation from Human Capital. (Crunchbase) If you haven’t noticed lately, gaming is on fire.…
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DOMO Invest made a R$5m investment in FindUP, a Brazilian IT maintenance and support marketplace for company offices and retail spaces. (Startupi) A gestora de venture capital DOMO Invest, através…
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Canary and Valor Capital led a R$13m round in Caju, a Brazilian employee benefits management platform, with participation from Ariel Lambrecht of Yellow and 99. Caju provides employers with an…
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MAYA Capital and FJ Labs led a US$1.5m round in Oico, a Brazilian marketplace for construction materials. (Fusões & Aquisições) A construtech Oico é um marketplace de compra de materiais…
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Capital Indigo led a R$20m seed round in Beejobs, a Brazilian recruitment platform developing an applicant tracking system for SMEs. (Contxto) Media everywhere is buzzing with headlines that highlight unemployment…
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Iporanga Ventures led a R$5m round in Brazilian online course search engine Classpert, with participation from Canary. Classpert is a spinoff of Quero Educacao, a Brazilian marketplace for school discovery.…
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Redpoint eventures led a US$11m Series B in Magnetis, a Brazilian personal finance management platform, with follow-on from Vostok Emerging Finance. Magnetic previously raised R$17m in a Series A from…
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Allievo Capital, Caravela Capital, and Fundação Estudar invested US$2m in Mottu, a Brazilian motorbike rental service for last-mile delivery companies. (Contxto) Brazilian motorcycle delivery as a service, Mottu, raised a pre-Series…
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KPTL made an undisclosed investment in Syos, a Brazilian IoT platform focused on temperature and maintenance monitoring for commercial refrigerators. The investment in Syos comes from KPTL’s Criatec III Fund,…
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Quest Venture Partners made a US$4m follow-on investment in dataPlor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, with participation from Space Capital and FF Venture Capital. Quest Venture Partners…
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Loft launched a R$360m real estate fund on B3, the São Paulo Stock Exchange. The capital is expected to enable the proptech to execute ~2,000 real estate transactions in the…
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Barn Investments made an undisclosed investment in Origem Motos Eléctricas, a Brazilian manufacturer and B2B provider of electric motorbikes. Brazilian accelerator Cotidiano and SMU Crowdfunding are previous investors. (Press Release)…
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SoftBank made an undisclosed Series B investment in iClinic, a Brazilian healthtech platform focused on providing electronic health records, as well as marketing and billing services to independent medical practices.…
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Redpoint eVentures, Spectra, and Fir Capital made a R$115m follow-on investment in ABC da Construção, a Brazilian construction finishing company, to fuel its digital expansion. (Startupi) A rede ABC da…
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Astella Investimentos made an undisclosed investment in Livance, a Brazilian on-demand office space provider for health professionals. (Press Release) Uma das maiores dores de todo empreendedor são os custos fixos.…
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Valor Capital invested US$4m in Solfácil, a Brazilian solar energy financing platform. (Press Release) Reducing electricity bills once and for all, with no upfront investment and in a sustainable manner.…
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Women Entrepreneurship Ventures (WE Ventures), a R$50m fund Microsoft launched to back women-led startups in Brazil, invested R$1m in PackID, a Brazilian food logistics services platform focused on temperature and humidity monitoring, in March. PackID raised R$1m from…
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Canary invested US$980k in Mobees, a Brazilian adtech startup for rideshare services. (Contxto) Brazilian Mobees is mixing mobility and tech to give drivers an additional source of income. No, not through a ride-hailing platform mind you,…
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Canary and Norte Ventures led a R$5m round in Rapicare, a Brazilian medical supply SaaS startup for healthcare businesses. (Brazil Journal) Há trocentas healthtechs tentando botar de pé o Ovo…
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QED Investors led a US$22.5m Series B in Brazilian digital brokerage Warren, with participation from Mercado Libre’s MELI Fund, WPA and Quartz, and follow-on from KaszeK Ventures, Chromo Invest, and…