SoftBank and Tencent led a USD350m Series D for Argentine fintech Ualá, with participation from D1 Capital, 166 2nd LLC and Jacqueline Reses (Square), and follow-on from Soros Management, Goldman…

Tencent and SoftBank led a US$150m investment in Ualá, an Argentine mobile banking app. Tencent made an undisclosed investment earlier in 2019. Goldman Sachs led a US$34m investment in Ualá…

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Tencent made an undisclosed investment in Ualá, an Argentine mobile banking app. Goldman Sachs led a US$34m investment in Ualá in 2018, with participation from monashees, Ribbit Capital, Jefferies Group,…

Goldman Sachs led a US$34m investment in Ualá, an Argentine mobile banking app, with participation from monashees, Ribbit Capital, Jefferies Group LLC, Cohen’s Point72 Ventures and Soros’s family office. 

Elevva, an Argentine e-commerce brand developer and aggregator, raised a USD30m seed round from Canary, MatterScale Ventures, Latitud, Asymmetric Capital, Redwood Ventures, Primo Ventures, Norte Ventures and Bolt Ventures. Angels participating…

SoftBank Latin America led a USD25m Series A for Trela, a Brazilian group food order aggregator for condos a la Groupon, with follow-on from KASZEK, General Catalyst and YC, and…

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…

KawiSafi Ventures les a USD15.5m Series B for Sistema.bio, a Mexico-based developer of biodigester energy for agricultural producers, with participation from AXA IM Impact Investing, and follow-on from Engie RDE,…

Andreessen Horowitz and Base Partners led a USD15m Series A for Foodology, a Colombian foodtech leveraging the dark kitchen model to launch restaurant brands, with follow-on from Kayyak Ventures and…

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,…

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.

Greenoaks and Tencent led a USD120m Series E+ for Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar at a reported USD5.1b valuation.  Ribbit Capital led a USD300m Series E in May at a reported USD4b…

Kingsway Capital led a USD16.3m Series A for Lemon, an Argentine crypto banking platform, with participation from Valor Capital, Draper Associates, Cadenza Ventures, Amagis Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Borderless Capital, Reserve,…

The Rohatyn Group exited Neosecure, a provider of cybersecurity solutions and services with operations in Chile, Argentina, Peru, Colombia and Brazil, via a sale to Patria Investmentos. Terms of the…

SoftBank led a USD100m Series B for Habi, a Colombian middle-class residential real estate platform leveraging the iBuyer business model, with follow-on from Inspired Capital, Tiger Global, Homebrew and 8VC.…

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…

KASZEK led a BRL16m seed round for Zapt, a Brazilian discount offer social commerce platform, with participation from General Catalyst, Y Combinator, Simon Last (Notion), Pierpaolo Barbieri (Uala) and Daniel…

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.

Startups that cashed up in 2019 have an advantage approaching the C19 crisis. LAVCA spoke directly with the CEOs of 74 startups to understand how they’re navigating 2020.

Brookfield has agreed to acquire a 1,000 MW solar complex in Brazil from Spanish multinational Solatio for R$3b. This investment is part of Brookfield’s plan to invest between R$4b and…

Mountain Nazca exited Kavak, a Mexican marketplace for used cars, through a secondary sale to SoftBank and General Atlantic. KaszeK Ventures invested previously. (Press Release) Mountain Nazca se convierte en…

Mariano Amartino of Microsoft for Startups shared with La Nación his experience fostering the startup ecosystem in Latin America and his current view on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Mountain Nazca led a US$7.4m Series A investment in Albo, a Mexican digital bank, with participation from Omidyar Network and Greyhound Capital. (Expansión) Albo pisa el acelerador de su crecimiento…

The first half of 2018 was a record-breaking semester for startup investment in Latin America. Investment dollars grew for every major market in the region with Brazilian and Mexican startups capturing the most investment.

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.

Thor Urbana acquired the Marina Town Center mall, within the Puerto Cancun mixed-use mega-project, in Cancún, Quintana Roo

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.

Billionaire George Soros has returned to Argentina with an undisclosed investment in Argentina’s mobile bank Ualá. Participants in the round include U.S. firms Point72 Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. (Clarín…