The LAVCA Venture Investors News Feed features venture capital fundraising, investments, exits, and other industry news.
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e.bricks Ventures made undisclosed investments in Avenue, a Brazilian investment brokerage bridging US opportunities with Latin American clients; and bro., a Brazilian digital platform for consórcio consumer financing. (Press Release)…
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DOMO Invest made a R$3m investment in Bloxs Investimentos, a Brazilian equity crowdfunding platform focused on real estate investments. (Press Release) Fintech de investimentos alternativos recebe aporte de 3 mi da…
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DOMO Invest led a R$6m investment in IOUU, a lending marketplace for Brazilian small businesses, with participation from Indicator Capital and Devas Invest. (Contxto) IOU. An acronym nobody likes to…
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Redpoint eventures led a US$4m seed investment in Kzas, a Brazilian proptech platform matching residential sellers and buyers. (Press Release) Proptech Kzas creates a new “real estate marketplace” concept that…
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Involves, a Brazilian trade marketing software platform, raised R$23.5m from Bridge One Investimentos. This is the company’s first disclosed external financing. (Startupi) A Involves, empresa de tecnologia que desenvolve soluções…
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Cedro Capital invested R$2.5m in Portal de Compras Públicas, a Brazilian platform for public procurement purchases. (Startupi) O Portal de Compras Públicas, startup do Distrito Federal especializada em pregão eletrônico…
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Unbox Capital led a US$40m Series B round in Solinftec, a Brazilian agtech. Also included in the round was US$20m agri asset-backed debt, led by Itaú BBA and Gaia Securitizations…
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Iporanga Ventures led an undisclosed investment in Stark Bank, a Brazilian B2B payments processing platform founded by Rafael Stark. Clients include Rappi, Rebel and others. (Contxto) Stark Bank—a fintech startup…
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Smart Money Ventures led a R$3m investment in Gama Academy, a Brazilian edtech focused on professional training in programming, design, marketing and sales. (Startupi) A Gama Academy, startup de educação…
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In 2019, monashees led a R$20m seed investment in Yuca, a Brazilian rental services startup, with participation from ONEVC, Creditas, and others. (Brazil Journal) Uns dirão que o negócio da…
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Barn Investimentos led a ~US$1.5m investment in Avicanna, a Colombian-Canadian biopharma startup developing sustainable plant-based derived cannabinoid medicinal products. (Press Release) /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR…
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e.bricks Ventures invested R$40m in Acesso Digital, a Brazilian digital identity and facial recognition company. This is the company’s first disclosed financing. (Valor Econômico) Acesso Digital has self-financed its growth…
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Capital Lab led a R$3m investment in Atomic Agro, a Brazilian agtech productivity platform for small-scale producers. (Startupi) A Atomic Agro, startup que oferece soluções para pequenos e médios produtores…
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OmniChat, a Brazilian sales facilitation platform that runs on WhatsApp, raised R$1-2m from Honey Island Capital (formerly Hi Capital), a seed investment firm run by EBANX founders. (Globo) O WhatsApp…
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Astella Investimentos led an undisclosed investment in Grão (formerly Diin), a savings app for low-income Brazilians, with participation from Vox Capital and Domo Invest. Grão, co-founded by Monica Saccarelli and…
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Brazilian VC Positive Ventures raised US$4.8m towards a US$12m target. Investments from the new fund include Labi and Letrus. (CrunchBase) Positive Ventures, a Sao Paulo-based venture firm operating in stealth…
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banco BV (formerly Banco Votorantim) led a R$25m investment in Olivia, a California-based personal finance app, to fund expansion into Brazil. Olivia was founded by Brazilians Cristiano Oliveira and Lucas…
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Teravoz, a Brazilian VoIP services provider to small businesses and call centers, was acquired by Twilio, providing an exit to investors Canary and Wayra Brasil. Teravoz reports a 30x return…
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ABseed and Order invested R$10m in Leads2b, a Brazilian client prospecting SaaS platform. Grupo Bonin invested previously. (Neofeed) A Leads2b, startup de Curitiba responsável por uma plataforma de prospecção de…
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Astella Investimentos led a R$20m investment in Kenoby, a Brazilian SaaS platform for employee recruitment. (Contxto) Kenoby, the Brazilian HR startup can kick its recruitment technology into high gear as…
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PE firm Kinea and Grupo A, a provider of educational materials, acquired a 51% stake in Saber em Rede, an edtech marketplace that connects students with grad school vacancies via…
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Andreessen Horowitz and Vulcan Capital led a US$175m Series C in Brazilian proptech Loft, with participation from Jaguar Ventures and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital, Fifth Wall Ventures, QED Investors…
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Pachama, a marketplace for carbon offset projects, raised US$4.1m in seed investment from Global Founders Capital, Social Capital, Lowercase Capital, Saltwater Capital and angels including Paul Graham (YC) and others.…
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Cedro Capital led a R$4.5m investment in Brazilian fintech Nucont, with participation from FC Capital and others. (Contxto) Bookkeepers at Brazilian fintech, Nucont, will be adding R$4.5 million (about US$1.1…
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Real estate credit marketplace Melhortaxa raised ~R$4.5m from the private equity arm of Goldman Sachs at a reported valuation of R$100m. This is Goldman’s third investment in Melhortaxa through Holding…
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Qualcomm Ventures and BNDES launched a R$160m fund to invest in IoT projects in Brazil. Qualcomm and BNDES will contribute R$80m. (Baguete) A Qualcomm Ventures, braço de investimentos da gigante…
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Astella Investimentos led an undisclosed investment in Dr. Jones, a Brazilian direct to consumer brand for men’s beauty products, with participation from IgniteXL. (Brazil Journal) A Dr. Jones — marca…
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Brazilian healthtech Ânimo Wellness raised a US$300k pre-seed round from Barrah Investimentos (B1), IndicatorCapital, Wharton Angels, Fundação Estudar Alumni Partners, Lupa Capital, and angels including Sergio Furio (Creditas), Guilherme Bonifacio…
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Global Founders Capital made a R$4m investment in Oriba, a Brazilian direct-to-consumer menswear brand. This is the company’s first known institutional capital. (Segs) Marca de moda básica masculina paulistana é…
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Confrapar invested R$20m in Zetra/SalaryFits, a Brazilian fintech providing payroll advances. (Startupi) A Zetra, fintech que tem o objetivo de promover o bem-estar financeiro de milhões de trabalhadores, amplia expansão…
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Redpoint eventures made an undisclosed investment in Nobli, a Brazilian personal credit platform. (Valor Econômico) A Nobli, fintech de crédito pessoal que fará operações garantidas pela carteira de investimento do…
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Brazilian VC firm Canary held a US$75m close for its second fund. (Money Times) A gestora brasileira de capital de risco Canary concluiu uma captação de 75 milhões de dólares,…
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XP Investimentos held an IPO on the Nasdaq at an opening price valuation of ~US$18b. Itaú Unibanco acquired a significant stake in XP in 2018. General Atlantic and Brazilian investment…