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SoftBank Group and Dynamo led a US$190m Series E round in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from VELT Partners, Brasil Capital, and Brazilian family office Lakewood…

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SoftBank led a US$110m investment in MadeiraMadeira, a Brazilian home goods e-commerce startup, with participation from Light Street Capital and follow-on from Flybridge Capital. KaszeK Ventures and monashees invested previously.…

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…

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,…

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.

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).…

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…

Valor Capital Group, monashees and UK-based VC Balderton Capital led a USD60m equity and USD100m debt round for Merama, a Mexico and Brazil-based startup seeking to acquire stakes in Latin…

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…

KaszeK Ventures led a R$20m Series A in OmniChat, a Brazilian chat-based customer service platforms that uses WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and SMS, with follow-on from Honey Island Capital, a seed…

SoftBank Latin America led an undisclosed Series C in Contabilizei, a Brazilian a tax filing and accounting SaaS platform for Brazilian SMEs, with follow-on from KaszeK Ventures, Point72, Quona Capital,…

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 in the region.

KaszeK Ventures raised US$600m across two new funds, including US$375m for its fourth flagship fund and US$225m for its first opportunities fund. (Press Release) Latin American venture capital firm Kaszek…

monashees closed its seventh VC fund, a US$150m vehicle, with participation from international endowments, foundations, family offices, funds, and entrepreneurs. Monashees has raised US$430m to date with 55 active portfolio companies, including Loggi, Rappi, Yellow, Grin, Neon, Mandaê and others.

Propel Ventures Partners, monashees +, and Quona Capital led a US$22m Series A in fintech startup, Neon, the first fully-digital Brazilian bank.  The round is Brazil’s largest Series A funding, and included participation from Omidyar Network, Tera, and Yellow Ventures.