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Aurus and ChileGlobal Ventures (through itsCLIN fund) made an undisclosed investment in TIMining, a Chilean intelligent mining platform. (Contxto) Chilean startup, TIMining, has its eye on the wider world after raising…

LAVCA recently spoke with Víctor Aguilera, Managing Partner of Aurus Capital, about the opportunity for industrial tech and impact in Latin America.

Aurus Capital led an undisclosed Series A investment in Aguamarina, a Chilean industrial biotech company focused on sustainable solutions for the mining industry, with participation from Khosla Ventures and Endeavor…

Aurus Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Chilean mining tech startup TI Mining, with participation from CLIN Fondo de Inversión Privado, a VC fund managed by Chilean NGO Fundación Chile.…

Aurus Capital made a US$3.5m Series A investment in Scarab, a Chilean mining tech company reducing waste material environmental impact. 

Aurus led a US$1.4m investment in Chilean Startup Capitalizarme, an online platform that helps users identify investment opportunities in real estate.

Aurus Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Chilean aquaculture company Ecosea Farming.   (LexLatin) El Fondo de Inversión Privada Aurus Ventures III invirtió capital en Ecosea Farming para obtener el…

Aurus Capital and Caterpillar Venture Capital led a US$19m investment in MineSense Technologies, a data analytics company that services the mining industry. Chrsyalix Venture Capital, Cycle Capital Management, Prelude Ventures…

Investment firms Coliseu and Taurus agreed to sell their stake in Brazilian power transmission company Taesa to Colombia’s Interconexión Eléctrica SA for R$1b. (Valor Econômico) A Taesa informou que os…

(Latam Funds People) Aurus Administradora de Fondos of investment is one of the smaller fund managers in the chilean inudstry, as it manages 2.4% of the resources in the industry…

(Economia y Negocios) December 14, 2012 – Aurus acquires office building assets worth US$125mil from Union Investment (Economia y Negocios) December 14, 2012 – El mayor negocio inmobiliario del año y uno de…

(Junar) May 29, 2012 – Chile-based Junar, a leader in open data platforms, announced that it has raised $1.2 million in initial funding. The round was led by Aurus, Austral…

(La Tercera) March 3, 2012 – The Chilean venture capital fund Aurus, finalized an investment of $750,000 dollars in the advertising technology company Taggify.  Taggify, which features innovative ways of integrating advertising content within a contextual advertising system, was one of the…

DOMO Invest and Poli Angels invested R$1m in Pix Midia, a Brazilian media production company for corporate internal communication. (Startupi) – A Pix Mídia, startup gaúcha que fornece softwares e soluções…

This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem.

LAVCA Week 2019 in New York concluded with our Venture Investors Annual Meeting in Tribeca, with record attendance from investors, and participation from startup CEOs by invitation for the first…

Invermaster Ventures co-led a US$1m investment in Chilean biotech Levita Magnetics. Existing investors include Alex Seelenberger from Aurus Capital (co-founder and first investor), FEN Ventures (Cristóbal Silva and José Antonio…

LAVCA hosted its Venture Investors Annual Meeting in New York City on September 27, 2018, with record attendance among early-stage tech investors, and participation from notable venture-backed startups and leading…

Over the last few years, coinciding with a period of political uncertainty in major Latin American economies, private capital investors including international…

Equity International, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division, and Centaurus Capital, in partnership with Grupo Pegasus, announced the formation and US$300 million investment of ARG Realty Group, a commercial real estate…

LAVCA’s 2017 Venture Investors Annual Meeting during LAVCA Week saw record attendance on September 28 in New York. From Latin America to Silicon Valley, investors, entrepreneurs, angels, accelerators, and tech companies gathered to bridge connections and discuss portfolio updates and key trends in global and regional VC.

Intel Capital led a US$8.5m Series A investment in EchoPixel, a California-based VR solution for interpreting medical images, with participation from existing investors Aurus Capital, Runa Capital and Harris &…

(The Economist) October 13, 2012 – One by one they came to the stage and pitched their ideas to the crowd. There was the founder of Kwelia.com, which makes software…

In this video, hear from Andy Kleinman, Investor/Entrepreneur, Raimundo Cerda of Aurus, Jon Karlen of Flybridge Capital Partners and Hernán Fernandez of Angel Ventures Mexico about what entrepreneurs should think…

LAVCA welcomed over 200 global and Chilean investors and entrepreneurs at the 2012 LAVCA Chile Private Equity & Venture Capital Forum held on June 4-5, 2012 in Santiago de Chile.…

Nearly 200 investors gathered at the Ritz-Carlton Santiago on June 2nd to participate in the second annual LAVCA Chile Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum. The morning session on private…