GGV led a USD60m Series B+ for Clara, a Mexican corporate expense management platform, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Citi Ventures, Acrew Capital, Ethos, Commerce Ventures, Goanna Capital, Bayhouse Capital and Fluente…

(LatamList) Goldman Sachs agreed to provide up to USD150m for a debt facility for Clara, a Mexico-based startup offering corporate expense management for startups. Clara reached a USD1b valuation in…

General Catalyst, DST Global and monashees invested USD30m in Clara, a Mexican startup offering corporate expense management and credit cards for Mexico-based startups, at a reported USD130m valuation. Clara also…

Riverwood Capital and Oria Capital partially exited cloud and cybersecurity SaaS company Mandic via a sale to Claranet. (Neofeed) Depois de vender sua fatia na RD Station, a Riverwood Capital…

General Catalyst led a USD3.5m round for Clara, a Mexican startup offering corporate expense management and credit cards for Mexico-based startups, with participation from  Canary, Adapt Ventures and Picus Capital.…

Clara Capital acquired Argentinean medicinal packaging manufacturer Barrier Solution. The company has a plant of 3,000 square meters in the town of San Fernando, from where it supplies the pharmaceutical industry in Argentina and other countries in the region, with customers such as Bayer, GSK , Astra Zeneca , Pfizer, Savant, Gador and Elea Phoenix, among others.  Previously, Clara had acquired Berkes.

The Clara Capital Fund acquired Barrier Solution, an aluminium supplier for pharmaceuticals, for an undisclosed amount. This is the fund’s second acquisition in the pharmaceutical supply sector, having bought Ladislao Berkes last year.  

Lavoro, the agricultural arm of Pátria Investimentos, acquired an 85% stake in Brazil-based agricultural input distributors Casa Trevo and CATR from AZ Group for an undisclosed amount. Desde que foi…

Grupo Financiero Galicia acquired a 15% stake in Argentina-based virtual wallet platform Agripay for an undisclosed amount. (Global Legal Chronicle) Tanoira Castagne advised Grupo Financiero Galicia on the transaction. Tellería…

Ola GG, an Argentine Play-To-Earn and NFT education platform, raised a USD8m round from TheVentureCity, Galaxy Interactive, BITKRAFT, Arca, Com2Us, Cultur3d, Huobi Ventures, Spark Capital, Blocktower, IVC, Morningstar, Sngha Capital,…

Founders Fund led a ~USD4m round for Aliena Health, a Brazilian corporate health benefits platform, with participation from General Catalyst.  (Startupi) – A Alinea Health, startup especializada em soluções para a…

Andreessen Horowitz, KASZEK and monashees led a USD10m seed round for Yuno, a Colombian checkout platform, with participation from Nazca, ONEVC, Latitud and Bridge Partners. Yuno was founded by Rappi…

Vinci Partners, through its Vinci Capital Partners III, led a BRL650m investment in Brazil-based wine e-commerce Evino, with participation from JCR and XP. Evino acquired Grand Cru, a Brazil-based importer…

Founders Fund led a USD6m seed round for Vest, a retail platform enabling Latin American consumers to invest in public companies listed on the NASDAQ or NYSE, with participation from…

KASZEK led a USD10m Series A for Beer or Coffee, a Brazilian workspace marketplace, with participation from Valor Capital Group. (Brazil Journal) – Se uma coisa ficou clara na pandemia…

General Altantic and SoftBank led a ~USD125m round for unico, a Brazilian digital identity protection platform, with participation from Big Bets and Micky Malka (Ribbit Capital), at a reported USD1b+…

KASZEK led a USD30m round for Xepelin, a Chilean account receivable-based lending platform for SMEs, with participation Cathay Innovation; MSA Capital, FJ Labs and Gilgamesh Ventures and follow-on from Picus…

monashees led a USD13.5m Series A for Coderhouse, an Argentine data science and app development education platform, with participation from YC and angels David Velez (Nubank) and Guillermo Rauch (Vercel).…

Y Combinator led a USD2.5m round for Conta Simples, a Brazilian finance management platform enabling SMEs to issue corporate cards to manage supplier payments. Conta Simples raised ~USD2.6m in a round…

Canary led a USD1.5m round for Flourish, a US-based B2B financial education and savings rewards platform with customers in the US, Bolivia, and Brazil, with participation from Xochi Ventures, First…

Mexican PE Nexxus Capital announced an undisclosed commitment in Mexico-based VC IGNIA Partners. The alliance will allow diversifying the sectors in which Nexxus invests. (Press Release) IGNIA y Nexxus Capital (“Nexxus”) anuncian…

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 Mountain Nazca led a US$1.7m round in Heru, a Mexican personal finance and fiscal management platform for independent workers, with participation from Flourish Ventures, Magma Partners, YC, and Xtraordinary Venture…

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…

Miami-based Clout Capital invested US$2m in ComunidadFeliz, a Chilean operations and finance management platform for condominium administrators and tenants. Wayra, BlueBox Ventures, and Mexican real estate company Tierra y Armonía…

SVB launched a US$30m Latin America Growth Lending Fund in partnership with Partners for Growth (PFG) and IBD Invest. The fund will provide structured debt to late-stage companies in sectors…

Mountain Nazca exited Kavak, a Mexican marketplace for used cars, through a secondary sale to SoftBank and General Atlantic. KaszeK Ventures invested previously. (Press Release) Mountain Nazca se convierte en…

Mariano Amartino of Microsoft for Startups shared with La Nación his experience fostering the startup ecosystem in Latin America and his current view on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Ardian Infraestructure acquired 49% stake in two Peruvian solar power plants, namely Tacna Solar and Panamericana Solar, deom Spanish renewwable energy company SolarPack, which retains a controlling stake. The agreement was…

Private equity firm Evolvere Capital has acquired Colombia-based dental clinic network Dentix Colombia for an undisclosed amount. (La República) Fondos gestionados por Evolvere Capital han adquirido la totalidad de acciones…