Baillie Gifford led a USD100m Series D extension for Brazilian proptech Loft, with participation from Flight Deck and angels from Better, GoPuff, Instacart, Kavak and Sweetgreen, and follow-on from Tarsadia…

D1 Capital led a USD425m Series D for Brazilian proptech Loft,at a reported USD2.2b valuation. (TechCrunch) – Buying and selling residential real estate is a complex business, no matter where…

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Loft launched a R$360m real estate fund on B3, the São Paulo Stock Exchange. The capital is expected to enable the proptech to execute ~2,000 real estate transactions in the…

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Andreessen Horowitz and Vulcan Capital led a US$175m Series C in Brazilian proptech Loft, with participation from Jaguar Ventures and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital, Fifth Wall Ventures, QED Investors…

Brazilian proptech Loft raised a R$216m Fundo de Investimento Imobiliário (FII) fund to finance the purchase of ~1,200 properties over the next two years. The fund was distributed by Credit…

Brazilian real estate startup Loft raised a US$70m Series B at a valuation of ~US$370m, led by Andreessen Horowitz and Fifth Wall Ventures, with participation from QED Investors and follow-on…

LAVCA’s seventh annual Latin American Startup Directory profiles 523 startups that raised USD1m+ in venture funding in 2021 and 1H 2022, during a time of record venture investment in the region. 

Brazilian digital brokerage Warren raised an undisclosed Series C+ from GIC, KASZEK and Citi Ventures. Warren raised a ~USD60m Series C led by GIC in May 2021 and acquired Vitra Capital,…

Stark Bank, a Brazilian cash management platform and corporate card issuer, raised a USD45m round from Ribbit Capital, Lachy Groom and Bezos Expeditions. Stark Bank raised a USD14.8m Series A…

Lightspeed led a USD20m Series A for Muni, a Colombian social commerce platform with operations in Mexico and Brazil, with follow-on from monashees and Pear VC. Muni was founded by…

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…

Tiger Global Global led a USD20.5m round for Nuvocargo, a Mexican freight transportation marketplace managing Mexico-US routes, at a reported USD180m valuation, with participation from The Flexport Fund, and follow-on…

Lachy Groom led a USD14.8m Series A for Stark Bank, a Brazilian cash management platform and corporate card issuer, with participation from Iporanga Ventures, Norte Capital and K5 Global. Stark…

Astella Investimentos led a ~USD5m round for Homelend, a Brazilian real estate financing platform with participation from Brazilian investment firm Jera Capital.  (NeoFeed) – Aos 46 anos, Guilherme Porto Bruno…

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,…

 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+…

US-based VC Thrive Capital led a USD20m Series A for Pipo Saúde, a Brazilian employee health plan management platform, with participation from Atlantico and follow-on from monashees, KASZEK, ONEVC and…

Canary led a USD1.4m round for Lastlink, a Brazilian community and subscription management platform for content creators, with participation from Graph Ventures and angel investors Israel Salmen (Meliuz), Marcela Rezende…

QED Investors led a USD30m Series B for Solfácil, a Brazilian solar energy financing platform, with follow-on from Valor Capital Group. Valor invested USD4m in 2020. (Press Release) – Solfácil, the…

monashees and Index Ventures led a USD9m seed round for Pomelo, an Argentine payments infrastructure platform that will enable fintechs to fast-track the launch of prepaid and credit cards, with…

GIC led a BRL300m Series C in Brazilian digital brokerage Warren, with follow-on from KASZEK, MELI Fund Ribbit Capital, Chromo Invest, QED Investors and Quartz. QED Investors led a USD22.5m Series…

QED Investors led a USD15m Series B for Hash, a Brazilian payment services provider for companies and SMEs, with follow-on from KASZEK and Canary. KASZEK and Canary invested BRL13m in…

Canary led a BRL3.6m round for Cloud Humans, a Brazilian on-demand platform connecting companies with independent sales professionals, with participation from Paulo Silveira (Alura Group), Fabien Mendez (Loggi), Marcelo Sampaio…

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…

Angel Ventures, FJ Labs, Upper90, Presight Capital led a US$50m seed round in VALOREO, a Mexico-based e-commerce holding company specialized in acquiring, operating, and scaling Latin American- focused businesses under…

Volpe Capital, a VC fund founded by former SoftBank Managing Partner Andre Maciel, reached a US$50m first close with BTG Pactual as a second anchor investor. Volpe Capital plans to invest…

Crescera Capital and Vulcan Capital have acquired a minority stake in a Brazil-based fintech Nelogica for R$550m (approximately US$103m) at a reported valuation of R$2.9b (approximately US$542m). (Baguete) A Nelogica,…