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…

IGNIA Partners, LW Investment Management, and angels made a US$2.5m investment in Fondeadora, a Mexican open banking platform co-founded by Norman Müeller and René Serrano in 2011. IGNIA led a…

Signia Venture Partners led a US$2.5m seed round in Colombia’s Picap to expand its mototaxi mobility platform throughout Latin America. Joining Signia in the Picap round were Peter Livingston with…

IGNIA Partners made an undisclosed investment in Takeoff, an ecommerce platform for grocery retailers in Mexico. (Press Release) Takeoff, the technology company that allows supermarkets to sell their products online…

Adobe Capital and IGNIA announced their divestment from Provive, a Mexican urban regeneration company, following a new round of debt financing from an undisclosed international bank. (Press Release) Adobe Capital…

GoTrendier and Chicfy merged to create the leading clothing resale platform in Latin America and Spain. GoTrendier is backed by IGNIA Partners, Ataria Ventures, Banco Sabadell, Antai Venture Capital, Bonsai…

IGNIA invested US$1.5m in Fondeadora, a Mexican open banking platform. (Press Release) Mexico City, March 5, 2019: Fondeadora, the open banking platform that allows its users to manage their money…

General Catalyst and payments unicorn Stripe led a US$40m Series B in Rapyd, a global fintech-as-a-service platform based in London, with participation from Target Global, IGNIA and others. (Press Release)…

IGNIA, Ataria Ventures, and Banco Sabadell led a US$3.5m investment in GoTrendier, a clothing resale marketplace founded in Mexico by Spanish entrepreneurs, to fund expansion to Colombia and Chile. Previous…

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IGNIA and Dalus Capital led a US$6.5m investment in online payments platform UnDosTres, with participation from InnoCells, the corporate venture arm of Banco Sabadell.  (Press Release) UnDosTres, the digital platform…

IGNIA led an undisclosed investment in Kinedu, a Mexican edtech platform for early childhood development,with participation from BeCurious Partners, The Stanford-StartX Fund, and existing investors DILA Capital, Promotora Social México and Stella Maris. NXTP Labs, Social Capital and 500 Startups invested previously. 

IGNIA, Antai venture Builder, Pedralbes Partners, Bonsai Venture Capital and Banco Sabadell made an undisclosed investment in Trendier, an affordable fashion platform operating in Mexico and Colombia.

IGNIA made an undisclosed investment in Virket, a Mexican provider of performance management solutions for small businesses.

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IGNIA has sold its participation in Mexican sustainable tuna producer Grupo Procesa to the Central American Mezzanine Infrastructure Fund II LP (CAMIF II), an infrastructure fund managed by LAP Latin American Partners.

Mexican venture capital fund IGNIA lead a new undisclosed investment round in fintech platform Visor. ALLVP and American Express Ventures also participated in the round.  (Press Release) Mexico City, March…

IGNIA, Kaszek Ventures, Monashees and Global Founders Capital have invested in Brazilian pet-hosting startup DogHero.  (Press Release) DogHero (www.doghero.com.br), the São Paolo-based peer-to-peer pet boarding marketplace that provides a safe, transparent and…

Mexican venture capital firm IGNIA has made a follow on investment in local fintech startup AirTM.   (Pulso Social) Uno de los más grandes fondos de capital de riesgo en…

IGNIA Partners and Global Founders Capital led a US$2.5m investment in Brazilian pet-hosting startup DogHero, with participation from previous investors monashees+ and KaszeK Ventures. DogHero raised US$3.1m in 2016. (Estadão)…

IGNIA welcomes new partners Christine Kenna (formerly a Principal) and Otto Graff (formerly CFO) as its newest partners. (Press Release) The Mexican venture capital firm IGNIA is pleased to announce…

IGNIA, Capital Invent, and Avalancha Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Bind ERP, a cloud-based ERP platform for Mexican SMBs. (Press Release) As SMBs look for low upfront costs, quick…

Tienda Nube provides over 16,000 merchants an omnichannel e-commerce platform, with integrations for credit card and offline payment, shipping and logistics, and distribution in the region’s major online marketplaces. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Santiago Sosa shares insights into the challenges online merchants face in Latin America, and how Tienda Nube is innovating around them.

HSBC México and IGNIA have partnered to launch Startupbootcamp Fintech to accelerate financial services startups in Latin America. (Press Release) El primer programa en Latinoamérica de Startupbootcamp FinTech －aceleradora líder…

Elevar Equity led a US$7m Series B in Tienda Nube (known as Nuvem Shop in Brazil), a cloud solutions e-commerce provider for entrepreneurs and SMEs in Latin America, with participation…

IGNIA, Angel Ventures Mexico, ON Ventures, and GC Capital participated in a bridge funding round for Rocket.la, a Mexican fintech startup developing credit products for the under-banked. (Press Release) Rocket…

Mexican VC IGNIA invested in five startups this year: Apli, AirTM, KarmaPulse, Lentesplus.com, and Afluenta. Other investors in Apli included ALL VP, Social Capital, and Soldier Field Angels. (El Economista)…

IGNIA made an undisclosed investment in LentesPlus, with participation from Stella Maris Partners and InQlab. Headquartered in Bogotá, the company is present in Mexico, Colombia, and Chile, and plans to…

IGNIA made an undisclosed investment in Afluenta, a peer to peer lending network in Argentina, Mexico and Peru, according to the attached release. The IFC and Elevar Equity led a…

Mexican venture capital firm IGNIA made an undisclosed investment in KarmaPulse, a Mexico-based social analystics company.  (IGNIA) The Mexican venture capital firm IGNIA today announced their investment in KarmaPulse (www.karmapulse.com),…