(Forbes) US-based investor Princeville Capital led a USD70m Series D+ for Chilean foodtech NotCo, with participation from KASZEK, Tiger Global, Bezos Expeditions, L Catterton and angel Marcos Galperin (MercadoLibre) at…

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Tiger Global led a USD235m Series D for Chilean foodtech NotCo, with participation from DFJ Growth Fund, ZOMA Lab and athletes Lewis Hamilton and Roger Federer, at a reported USD1.5b…

Enlightened Hospitality Investments invested in Chilean foodtech NotCo. NotCo reached an agreement with US-based grocer Sprouts Farmers Market to launch NotMilk in 200 stores nationwide earlier this year. NotCo raised…

L Catterton and Future Positive, the investment firm of Fred Blackford and Biz Stone, led a US$85m Series C in Chilean foodtech NotCo, with participation from General Catalyst, and follow-on…

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Chilean foodtech NotCo raised a US$30m investment led by The Craftory, with participation from Bezos Expeditions, MAYA Capital and previous investor KaszeK Ventures. NotCo is The Craftory and Amazon CEO…

KaszeK Ventures and SOS Ventures made a US$3m investment in NotCo, a Chilean foodtech startup accelerated at IndieBio. NotCo uses plant-based proteins to replicate mayonnaise, milk and other animal-based products without any animal-derived ingredients. 

To showcase best-in-class examples of private capital activity in Latin America, LAVCA is again collaborating with member investors to highlight portfolio company deal cases to an audience of global institutional…

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…

L Catterton led an undisclosed investment for Ben & Frank, a Mexican direct-to-consumer eyewear brand, with follow-on from Dila Capital. Dila and Wollef (formerly Jaguar Ventures) invested in February 2018.  (Press…

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,…

Argentine company builder Grid Exponential led a USD3m round for Tomorrow Foods, an Argentine plant-based proteins manufacturer. (Green Queen) – Tomorrow Foods, an Argentinian plant-based startup, has raised $3 million…

Sofinnova Partners led a USD10m Series A for Protera, a Chilean biotech developing a protein to naturally extend food shelf-life, with participation from Grupo Bimbo and ICL Planet. Sofinnova led a…

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…

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MAYA Capital reached a US$15m second close for early stage startups in Latin America from unnamed family offices in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. (LABS) MAYA Capital, a…

Sofinnova Partners led a US$5.6m Series A in Protera, a Chilean biotech startup developing a protein to naturally extend food shelf-life, with participation from SOSV. (Contxto) Today, biotech Protera announced it closed an…

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…