T. Rowe Price led a USD500m Series F round for Colombian on-demand delivery startup Rappi  at a reported USD5.25b valuation, with participation from SoftBank, GIC, Baillie Gifford, Third Point, and…

Rappi raised US$300m from T. Rowe Price Associates and other undisclosed parties. Previous investors in Rappi include SoftBank, Andreesen Horowitz, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, and Y Combinator.  (Nasdaq) Colombian all-purpose delivery…

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SoftBank will invest US$1b in Colombian delivery app Rappi, split 50/50 between SoftBank’s Vision Fund and the new SoftBank Innovation Fund. Rappi is the first investment from the US$5b Innovation…

Rappi acquired Payit, a Mexican blockchain-based payments platform, for an undisclosed amount. (La Republica) La plataforma colombiana de entrega de pedidos a domicilio, Rappi, adquirió la startup mexicana de pagos…

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DST Global led a US$200m investment round in Colombian on-demand delivery startup, Rappi, which is now valued north of US$1b, as first reported by Axios.  (TechCrunch) Rappi, the Colombian on-demand delivery…

UPDATE: Bloomberg reports that as of February 27, 2018 Rappi has raised US$185m from Delivery Hero, Sequoia Capital & Andreessen Horowitz, among others.  Undisclosed investors made a US$130m investment in Rappi,…

After raising capital from local investors, Colombian delivery startup Rappi, co-founded by Simón Borrero, Sebastian Mejia, and Felipe Villamarin, raised over US$9m from international VCs in April 2016. Investors included…

Andreessen Horowitz invested an undisclosed amount in Rappi, a Colombian grocery delivery service. This is Andreessen Horowitz’ first investment in Latin America. Redpoint e.Ventures invested previously.

Rappido, Movile’s on-demand delivery and distribution service, is gaining traction in Mexico on the heels of a merger with 99Motos, Rappido’s Brazilian competitor, earlier this year. Via TechCrunch: In Mexico,…

General Catalyst led a USD17m Series A for Examedi, a Chilean at-home vaccination and lab test provider with participation from angels Thomaz Srougi (Dr. Consulta), Sebastian Mejia (Rappi) and Jaime…

Valor Capital Group and MAYA Capital led a USD7.5m seed round for Clicampo, a Brazilian operations and logistics management platform connecting rural producers with restaurants and retailers. Angels participating included…

Architect Capital provided USD25m in debt for Mexico-based motorcycle startup Ozon. 1984.vc, K50 Ventures, Bridge Partners, Angel Ventures, Magma Partners, Simma Capital, Adalberto Flores (Kueski) and José Velez (Bold) invested…

Canaan Partners led a USD15m Series A for Marvin, a Brazilian working capital financing platform, with participation from Mauá Capital, and follow-on from Canary. Canary invested in August 2021.  (índices…

Tiger Global and H20 Capital led a USD5m pre-seed round for Morado, a Colombian wholesale marketplace for beauty salons, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, QED Investors and Village Global. Morado…

Propel Venture Partners and Accel led a USD15m Series A for Truora, a Colombian user identity authentication and customer onboarding platform. Angels participating included Simon Borrero (Rappi), Alex Bouaziz (Deel),…

Rakuten Capital, the CVC arm of Japanese online retail company Rakuten, and IDC Ventures led a USD10m Series A for Leal, a Colombian credit card issuer and consumer rewards platform. Leal…

Andreessen Horowitz and NFX led a USD11.5m seed round for Latitud, a US and Brazil-based enterprise platform for Latin American startups’ company formation, cap table and cross-border capital management, with…

Company: Technisys Investors: KASZEK, Dalus Capital, Riverwood Capital Interview with: CEO Miguel Santos SoFi, a US-based consumer finance management platform, recently acquired Technisys, a digital banking platform with operations in…

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…

Andreessen Horowitz, KASZEK and monashees led a USD10m seed round for Yuno, a Colombian checkout platform, with participation from Nazca, ONEVC, Latitud and Bridge Partners. Yuno was founded by Rappi…

TPaga, a Colombian mobile payment platform, raised a USD10m Series A from EWA Capital, Mountain Partners, Star 26, Fundación Botnar and New Ventures. TPaga raised USD2.2m from Green Visor Capital…

DILA Capital and ALIVE Ventures led a USD14m Series A for Slang, a Boston-based edtech focused on career development, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Roble Ventures, and IDB Lab. ALLVP and…

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…

Inventa, a Brazilian wholesale marketplace connecting regional wholesalers with local retailers, raised a ~USD6m seed round from NXTP, PearVC, ONEVC and MAYA Capital. Inventa was co-founded by Rappi’s Global Director…

Advent International and SoftBank led a USD225m Series B for Merama, a Mexico- and Brazil-based e-commerce brand aggregator, with participation from Globo Ventures, and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital Group,…

monashees and Valor Capital Group led a ~USD4.6m pre-seed round for BHub, a Brazilian accounting and financial management platform for SMEs, with participation from QED Investors, Clocktower, Addition, Picus Capital,…

Jeeves, a US-based expense management platform for startups with operations in Mexico, Colombia, Brazil and Chile, raised a USD57m Series B led by CRV, with participation from Silicon Valley Bank,…

 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+…