(OpenGate Capital) January 24, 2012 – OpenGate Capital, a global private investment and acquisition firm, announced that it reached agreement to acquire the Latin American (LATAM) portfolio of businesses of global ICT service provider Getronics International, a subsidiary of KPN, a leading telecommunications and ICT provider in The Netherlands. Read more
OpenGate Capital to Acquire Latin American ICT Portfolio of Business from KPN
published by Editor on January 24th, 2012
Tags: Deals, IT/Software
Mutual Funds Invest in Brazilian Online Deals Company
published by Editor on January 18th, 2012
Tags: Brazil, Deals, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(NYTimes DealBook) January 18, 2012 -Peixe Urbano, Brazil’s first online daily deal company, has closed a series C round of financing with mutual funds and institutional accounts managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Management and T. Rowe Price Associates. General Atlantic and Tiger Global Management, who had previously backed the company, also participated. Read more
BZPlan and FIR Capital Invest in Brazil-based Myreks through new fund (em portguês)
published by Editor on December 26th, 2011
Tags: Brazil, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(Startupi) December 26, 2011 – Fundo SC, a seed fund managed by BZPlan, has just made its first investment, in partnership with FIR Capital. The investment was in Myreks, an incubated startup company that is in early beta phase and has part of its product (a purchases recommendation system) already available on Facebook. Read more
Intel Capital Invests in Brazilian Healthcare Technology Company Pixeon
published by Editor on December 19th, 2011
Tags: Brazil, Health, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(Intel Capital) December 19, 2011 – Intel Capital, Intel’s global investment and M&A organization, has made its first Latin American healthcare IT investment in Pixeon, a medical imaging software company. Headquartered in Florianópolis, Brazil, Pixeon specializes in Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) Read more
Uruguay-based Scanntech Receives US$10M from Sequoia Capital (en español)
published by Editor on December 12th, 2011
Tags: Deals, IT/Software, Uruguay, Venture Capital
(El Observador) December 12, 2011 – Scanntech, a Uruguay-based company that provides SaaS solutions for small retailers, received a US$10M capital injection from Sequoia Capital. Read more
Astella Announces Investment in Imobox (em português)
published by Editor on November 21st, 2011
Tags: Deals, IT/Software, Real Estate, Venture Capital
(Astella) November 21, 2011 – Astella Investimentos, a Brazil-based venture capital fund, announced it has completed an investment in Imobox, the real estate arm of Apontador Read more
Peixe Urbano Launches in Chile, Acquires Local Company (em português)
published by Editor on November 10th, 2011
Tags: Brazil, Deals, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(Bolsa de Ofertas) November 10, 2011 – Peixe Urbano, a Brazil-based daily deal site, has launched operations in Chile with an acquisition of local site Queremos Descuentos.
Peixe Urbano is backed by Monashees Capital, General Atlantic, Benchmark and Tiger Global Management. Read more
AwayFind Raises $800,000 in Seed Funding
published by Editor on October 12th, 2011
Tags: Argentina, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(TechCrunch) October 12, 2011 – Email productivity tool AwayFind announced that it has closed its seed round of $800,000, led by 500 Startups and CAP Ventures, with participation from several angels, including Ben Lilienthal, Anton Sutton and Amir Banifatemi. Read more
DeNA buys Chilean mobile game firm Atakama Labs
published by Editor on October 4th, 2011
Tags: Chile, Exit, IT/Software, Venture Capital
(VentureBeat) October 4, 2011 – Continuing its acquisition spree, Japan’s DeNA agreed to buy Chilean mobile social game firm Atakama Labs. The companies didn’t disclose the prize, but we heard a couple of months ago that the deal was valued at around $6 million during negotiations. Read more
Darby Invests in Leading Colombian IT Distributor and Service Company
published by Editor on September 27th, 2011
Tags: Colombia, Deals, IT/Software
(Darby) September 27, 2011 – Darby Overseas Investments, Ltd. (“Darby”), the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Darby Latin American Mezzanine Fund II (“DLAMF II”) completed an investment in Datapoint de Colombia SAS (“Datapoint”), a leading information technology (IT) hardware distributor and service provider Read more
