Andorra-based private bank Andbank led a USD50m Series F+ for Brazilian fintech Creditas at the same USD4.8b valuation than the USD260m Series F led by Fidelity Management in January 2022.…

Fidelity Management led a USD260m Series F for Brazilian fintech Creditas at a reported USD4.8b valuation, with participation from Spanish investors Actyus and Greentrail Capital, and follow-on from KASZEK, QED…

Creditas led a BRL95m round for Voltz, a Brazilian electric motorcycle company, with participation from UVC, the CVC arm of Grupo Ultra. (Yahoo Finance) Brazilian lending platform Creditas has invested…

IDB Invest provided US$30m in debt financing to Brazilian fintech Creditas. (IDB Invest) – IDB Invest, a member of the IDB Group, will provide a $30 million loan to Creditas,…

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Impact investment fund LGT Lightstone led a US$255m Series E in Brazilian fintech Creditas, with participation from Tarsadia Capital, e.ventures, Wellington Management, and Advent International affiliate Sunley House Capital, and…

Brazilian fintech Creditas acquired Creditoo, a credit consignment platform for private sector employees. This transaction represents a full exit for Canary and  Global Founders Capital from Creditoo. (InfoMoney) A finteh brasileira Creditas dá…

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SoftBank led a US$231m investment in Brazilian fintech Creditas at a reported US$750m valuation, with participation from previous investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Vostok Emerging Finance and Santander InnoVentures. Vostok led a US$55m Series…

Vostok Emerging Finance led a US$55m Series C investment in Creditas, with participation from new investors Amadeus Capital Partners and Santander InnoVentures, and existing investors KaszeK Ventures, QED Investors, Quona Capital, the IFC and Naspers Fintech. In 2017 Creditas raised US$50m (led by Vostok) and a R$60m Series B (led by IFC).

Vostok Emerging Finance led a US$50m investment in Creditas (formerly BankFacil). This follows a R$60m Series B earlier this year led by the IFC, with participation from Naspers’ new fintech…

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) led a R$60m Series B Investment in Creditas (formerly BankFacil) with participation from Naspers’ new fintech division in Latin America along with existing investors Redpoint…

Venture capital backed startups Creditas, Descomplica, Contabilizei, and Satellogic were rated among the 10 most innovative companies in Latin America. Investors in these companies include Kaszek Ventures, e.Bricks Ventures, and…

KASZEK led a ~USD10m Series A for Lemon Energia, a Brazilian solar and biofuel energy wholesale marketplace, with participation from Lowercarbon Capital and angels Kevin Efrusy (Accel) and Sergio Furio…

Kayyak Ventures led a USD30m Series A for Migrante, a Chilean car and motorbike lending platform for gig workers, with participation from angels Sergio Furio (Creditas), Eduardo della Magiora (Betterfly)…

Andreessen Horowitz and NFX led a USD11.5m seed round for Latitud, a US and Brazil-based enterprise platform for Latin American startups’ company formation, cap table and cross-border capital management, with…

UK-based VC VEF led a ~USD38m Series B for Gringo, a Brazilian car documentation management platform, with participation from UK-based VC Piton Capital, and follow-on from KASZEK, ONEVC and GFC.…

KASZEK led a USD2.7m seed round for Crack the Code, a Peruvian coding platform for K-12 students. (Press Release) – Crack the Code, the coding platformstartup revolutionizing K-12 education in…

Justos, a Brazilian pre-launch car insurance platform, raised a ~USD35.8m Series A from SoftBank and GGV, with follow-on from KASZEK, BigBets and angels David Velez (Nubank) and Carlos Garcia (Kavak). KASZEK…

MELI Kaszek Pioneer Corp (MEKA), a SPAC formed by Mercado Libre and KASZEK, raised USD287m in an IPO. MEKA will target a Latin America tech company in e-commerce, financial services, logistics,…

Kinea Ventures, the CVC arm of Itaú, led a ~USD5.4m Series A for Paketá, a Brazilian credit consignment platform, with follow-on from Shift Capital. Shift Capital led a ~USD1.8m seed round…

LAVCA’s sixth annual Latin American Startup Directory profiles 299 startups that raised USD1m+ in venture funding in 2020 and 1H 2021., during a time of record venture investment.

KASZEK and monashees led a ~USD9m seed round for TruePay, a Brazilian vendor financing platform for small and medium retailers, with participation from GFC and ONEVC. TruePay was founded by…

ALLVP and Vine Ventures led a USD6m round for Kocomo, a Mexican vacation home co-ownership platform, with participation from Picus Capital, QED Investors, FJ Labs, Clocktower Technology Ventures and JAWS,…

Alexia Ventures led a ~USD3.4m round for HeroSpark, a Brazilian education platform for freelancers selling digital-first products. HeroSpark was formed from the merger of Brazilian edtechs Edools and EADBOX in…

 General Atlantic 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+…

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+…

Cometa and F-Prime Capital led a USD5.8m seed round for Guros, a Mexican car insurance marketplace. With participation from Clocktower Technology Ventures and Insurify, and follow-on from LEAP Global Partners…

Quona Capital led a USD12m Series A for Global66, a Chilean cross-border payments platform, with participation from Magma Partners and Clocktower Technology Ventures, and follow-on from Venrex Investment Management. Global66 raised…

DOMO invested ~USD1m in Usadosbr, a Brazilian car resale marketplace.  (NeoFeed) – Em um mercado que conta com dois líderes estabelecidos, a Webmotors e a iCarros, a plataforma online Usadosbr quer abocanhar…