10t and Tribe Capital led a USD50m Series B+ for Brazilian crypto exchange Mercado Bitcoin. Softbank invested USD200m in July at a reported USD2.1b valuation; GP Investimentos and Parallax Ventures led a ~USD40m round in January. (CoinDesk) –…

SoftBank invested USD200m in Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin, at a reported USD2.1b valuation. GP Investimentos’ Inova Fund and Parallax Ventures led a ~USD40m round in January; this is the…

GP Investimentos’ Inova Fund and Parallax Ventures led a R$200m round in Brazilian bitcoin exchange Mercado Bitcoin, with participation from Evora Fund, HS Investimentos, Banco Plural, and Gear Ventures. Mercado…

Astella Investimentos led a ~USD4.6m seed round for Gavea, a Brazilian blockchain-based commodity trading platform, with participation from 2TM Ventures, Mercado Bitcoin’s parent company CVC fund, and an undisclosed FO. …

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.

 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+…

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.

3xBit , a Brazilian cryptocurrency broker,  announced the acquisition of the brokerage Troca Ninja. The two brokerages will integrate their cryptocurrencies and will work with Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dash, Dogecoin, ATM Cash, Smartcash, and others that were being traded by Troca Ninja.

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.

Brazilian accelerator WOW has finalized its eighth selection round and has chosen seven startups that will receive investments of up to R$150k as well as mentoring. (Fusões & Aquisições) A…

Mexico is in the process of passing Ley de FinTech to regulate the sector, after the country came out on “top in the FinTech space in 2016” with four companies…

September/October 2016 was a busy time for LatAm VCs in terms of new fundraising and deals (we recorded 20+ deals in October alone). At the same time, investors were active…

(PulsoSocial) Despite being headquartered in an Argentina mired by a cyclical series of crises and technical default, small early stage e-commerce site, Avenida!, achieved an unexpected milestone when it received…