KaszeK Ventures led a US$10m investment in Cora, a Brazilian fintech lending to small and medium businesses, with participation from Ribbit Capital. This is Cora’s first disclosed financing. (TechCrunch) It…

Brazilian proptech Loft raised a R$216m Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (FII) fund to finance the purchase of ~1,200 properties over the next two years. The fund was distributed by Credit…

monashees and Fintech Collective led a US$10m investment in Brazilian personal credit fintech REBEL. Earlier in 2019, REBEL raised R$167m from Franklin Templeton, XP Asset Management, and others via a…

Redpoint eventures made a R$50m investment in Housi, a Brazilian property rental platform that spun out of Vitacon, a Brazilian real estate developer. (Exame) A gestora de venture capital Redpoint…

SoftBank led a US$140m investment in VTEX, a Brazilian ecommerce SaaS platform, with participation from Gávea Investments and Constellation Asset Management. Riverwood Capital and Naspers invested previously.  (TechCrunch) E-commerce now…

Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$2.5m investment in NeuroUp, a Brazil-based wellness startup working on muscular biofeedback to address chronic pain. (Diario de Pernambuco) O fundo de…

General Atlantic and Banco Votorantim led a R$400m investment in Brazilian digital bank Neon, with follow-on from monashees, Quona Capital, Flourish Ventures (formerly part of Omidyar Network), Propel Venture Partners,…

BASF Venture Capital invested US$4m in SP Ventures¹ AgVentures Fund II. (Olivre) A BASF Venture Capital é um dos maiores investidores na primeira rodada de captação de recursos do fundo…

Iporanga Ventures and others invested R$5m in Simplypag, a payments platform for domestic laborers. (Estadão) Com um mercado de 15 milhões de pessoas empregadas em funções domésticas e pequenos estabelecimentos,…

Confrapar and Lorinvest led a US$7m investment in Rio de Janeiro-based Fielo, a Salesforce-native CRM platform for incentive/loyalty programs, to expand its presence to Brazil and the US. (Press Release)…

Redpoint eventures led a US$1.12m seed investment in Vittude, a Brazilian healthtech developing an online therapy platform for businesses to offer their employees, with participation from Superjobs Ventures. (Forbes) As burnout…

Redpoint eventures and Canary led a US$3.5m investment in Mediação Online, a legal dispute mediation service for Brazilian businesses and consumers. Wayra Brasil and 500 Startups invested previously. (Epoca Negócios)…

Indicator Capital and Gávea Angels led a R$5m investment in Tevec, a Brazilian retail tech startup. (Baguete) A Tevec, focada em aplicação de inteligência artificial para a previsão de comportamento…

Global Founders Capital led a US$30m investment in Kovi, a Brazilian provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from Quona Capital, and follow-on from monashees,…

QED Investors led an undisclosed investment in Pitzi, a Brazilian mobile phone insurance provider, with participation from Thrive Capital and Valiant Partners, at a reported valuation of US$100m. QED invested…

Apex Partners led a R$2m investment in Brazilian edtech Luma.  (Folha Vitória) Com a queda da taxa de juros no Brasil de 14,25% para 5,0%, investidores de todos os bolsos…

ALLVP led a US$15m Series B in MUY, a Colombian restaurant management platform founded by José Calderón (CEO) and Miguel Mc Allister, who previously founded Domicilios.com and sold it to…

SP Ventures launched a venture debt vehicle, Brazil Venture Debt, with R$140m under management from BNDES and others. Gabriela Gonçalves is CEO of the new vehicle. (Valor Econômico) Com as taxas…

Verus Group made an undisclosed investment in Alstra, a Brazilian job matching platform. (Baguete) A Alstra, startup que desenvolveu uma plataforma de contratação de profissionais, acaba de receber um aporte…

Confrapar invested R$7.5m in Compass 3D, a consumer dental tech company based in Belo Horizonte. (Startupi) A Confrapar investiu R$7,5 milhões na Compass 3D, empresa de tecnologia e inteligência voltada a soluções…

GeekHunter, a Brazilian HRtech platform for hiring software engineers, raised R$2m from Bossa Nova Investimentos, 42K Investimentos, Gavea Angels and Hangar 8. (Startupi) A GeekHunter, empresa de tecnologia com soluções…

GlooPay, a Brazilian payments startup focused on the under-banked, raised R$1.2m from North Star and Axen Capital. (Startupi) O GlooPay, uma fintech que oferecerá opção de pagamento compartilhado para desbancarizados…

Qualcomm Ventures led a R$40m investment in idwall, a Brazilian validation and identification services startup, with participation from ONEVC and Grupo Globo, and follow-on from monashees and Canary.  (Globo) A…

Redpoint eventures and angels invested R$4.5m in Antecipa, a B2B receivables platform.  (Valor Econômico) A fintech Antecipa, que desenvolveu uma plataforma de antecipação de recebíveis para pequenas e médias empresas,…

Astella led a R$15m investment in Exact Sales, a Florianopolis-based pre-sales optimization platform, with follow-on from CVentures and Vesper Ventures. Exact Sales was founded by Felipe Roman and Théo Orosco in…

SoftBank led a R$190m investment in Olist, a Brazilian e-commerce platform, with follow-on from Redpoint eventures and Valor Capital. Endeavor Catalyst, FJ Labs, and 500 Startups invested previously. (Neofeed) A…

Canary and Valor Capital led a R$20m investment in Alicerce, a Brazilian network of education centers to supplement students in the public school system living in city peripheries. Angels including…

FTV Capital, a US-based growth equity firm, made an undisclosed follow-on investment in Brazilian payments processor EBANX at a reported valuation over US$1b.  FTV Capital invested US$30m in 2018 with…

EDP Ventures Brasil and Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, invested R$4.5m in Fractal Engenharia e Sistemas, a Brazilian smart monitoring system for hydroelectric dams. (Startupi) A EDP Ventures Brasil,…

DOMO Invest, Bossa Nova Investimentos, and GV Angels invested R$2.2m in Resolvvi, a Brazilian customer service platform for compensating flight passengers. In 2018, Resolvii raised R$150k from WOW Aceleradora.  (Baguete)…

Fifth Wall Ventures led a US$10m investment in Cobli, a Brazilian telematics and fleet management SaaS platform, with participation from Valor Capital, NXTP Ventures, GLP, and angels including Hans Tung…

KaszeK Ventures led a R$20m Series A in SouSmile, a Brazilian direct to consumer dental startup, with participation from Canary and Global Founders Capital. SouSmile raised a US$1.1m seed round…

Confrapar invested R$20m in Ubook, a Brazilian audiobook company. Trivella M3 Investments invested previously. (Exame) A startup brasileira de audiolivros Ubook recebeu um aporte de 20 milhões de reais da gestora de…