(Brazil Journal) Gerdau Next Ventures and Inovabra, the corporate venture arm of Bradesco, led a BRL110m (~USD21m) Series B for Docket, a Brazil-based legal document analysis platform, with participation from…

(Brazil Journal) Gerdau Next Ventures and Inovabra, the CVC arm of Bradesco, led a ~USD22m Series B for Docket, a Brazil-based legal document analysis platform with participation from TM3 Capital,…

Lightrock and Silver Lake led a USD110m round for Dock, a Brazilian open API payments platform, with follow-on from Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors and Sunley House Capital, at a…

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Docket, a Brazilian document management platform, raised R$35m over two tranches from KaszeK Ventures, ONEVC and Valor Capital, with participation from Canary and Wayra Brasil. (Fusões & Aquisições) A Docket,…

Blue Like an Orange invested USD10m in Tembici, a Brazilian micro-mobility platform focused on bikes with operations in Chile and Argentina. Crescera Capital led a USD80m Series C in October…

IDB Invest signed a USD200m financing deal for the construction, operation and maintenance of Puerto Antioquia, a new multipurpose port facility located in the Gulf of Urabá, department of Antioquia,…

Temasek invested US$20m in Conductor, a Brazilian payments processor and card issuance provider for fintechs, bringing the company’s latest round of funding to US$170m after Viking Global Investors led a…

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US-based hedge fund Viking Global Investors led a US$150m round in Conductor, a Brazil-based payments processor and card issuance provider for fintechs, with participation from Advent affiliate Sunley House Capital,…

Viking Global Investors led a US$150m round for Conductor, a Brazilian payment processing platform and banking as a service company, with additional participation from Sunley House Capital Management, an affiliate…

Arc Labs made a US$25m debt investment in Flat.mx, a Mexican proptech focused on the purchase, renovation, and resale of residential real estate. ALLVP led Flat’s US$4.5m pre-seed round in…

Tembici, a Brazilian micro-mobility platform focused on bikes, raised a US$47m Series B led by Valor Capital and Redpoint eventures, and with participation from IFC and Joá Investimentos. (Press Release)…

Oria Capital invested R$40m in Brazilian AI-powered recruiting platform Gupy. Valor, Canary, and Maya Capital invested previously.  (Press Release)  Oria Capital invests R$40 million in Gupy, leading HR Tech software…

2019 marked a significant year for Telefonica’s evolution supporting Latin American startups. Responding to a maturing market, Telefonica re-launched the Wayra brand, focusing on larger tickets (up to US$250k) for more…

Warburg Pincus’s portfolio company, Sequoia Logistica, acquired 100% shares of Lotus Logistica Integrada for an undisclosed amount. (Fusões & Aquisições) Sequoia Log S.A. (“Sequoia”) – A Sequoia é uma empresa…

LAVCA recently sat down with Loggi co-founder and CEO Fabien Mendez to understand how a company that started out doing document delivery in São Paulo has scale to handle food delivery for some of the biggest brands and competitors in Brazil

Alta Growth Capital and  Nexxus Capital agreed to co-invest in Grupo Turistore, a retail operator focused on international tourists with fifty-six stores across beach destinations in Mexico.  This is Alta’s first investment from its third fund and its first co-investment with Nexxus Capital.

Domo Invest led a R$4m investment in Turbi, a Brazilian car-sharing platform.

GGV Capital led a US$63m Series A in Yellow, a Brazilian dockless bike service, with participation from monashees+, Grishin Robotics, Base10 Partners and Class 5. monashees+ and Grishin Robotics led a US$9m seed round in 2018.  Yellow is founded by Eduardo Musa, former CEO of bike manufacturer Caloi, and 99 co-founders Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas.

Mexico is fast emerging as the new battleground for the global transport wars, from rideshare and delivery to e-scooters and mopeds: In the past year, Chinese heavyweights Didi Chuxing (rideshare),…

IFC led a $US $7.1m Series B investment round in Brazil’s Mandaê, a parcel logistics startup. Other participants include UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, Mercado Libre Fund, Tekton Ventures, FJ Labs, and existing investors Performa Investimentos, Qualcomm Ventures, Monashees, and Icon Holding Company.

monashees+ and Grishin Robotics led a US$9m seed investment in Yellow, a dockless bike service launching in São Paulo. Yellow is founded by 99 co-founders Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas,…

There were 24 global investors making debut investments in LatAm in 2017, including notable deals by Softbank and Didi Chuxing, as well as new funds TheVentureCity and ONEVC.

Global real estate investment, development and management firm Hines is set to begin the construction of El Convento CityPark in Mexico City, a logistics park development center that will include…

Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), one of Canada’s largest pension funds, has made its debut direct infrastructure investment in South America. (Press Release) Borealis Infrastructure, the infrastructure investment manager…

(NXTP Labs) Tutum, a startup from the fifth generation of NXTP Labs, containerized application and cloud management service provider, has been acquired by Docker, an open source development platform.

(Press Release) FormaFina is a cross-border curated marketplace for premium fashion and home accessories for Latin American consumers. Founded in 2010, FormaFina has operations in Brazil and Colombia and it…

(Press Release) The major shareholders of Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited (Nasdaq:ULTR) , an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (River Business, Offshore Supply Business and Ocean Business),…

(Reuters) June 22, 2011 – Hotel operator Brazilian Hospitality Group (BHGR3.SA) may expand operations in some Latin American countries to gain scale and tap rapid income growth in the region,