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+…

SoftBank invested US$75m in India-based hotel unicorn Oyo through its US$5b LatAm fund, to  launch Oyo LatAm, a joint venture that will control Oyo’s 1,000 hotels in Brazil and Mexico.…

This leaderboard tracks Latin American tech unicorns, privately held tech companies with post-money valuations of US$1b+ based on their last disclosed valuation event.

One Equity Partners exited Unicoba Baterias through a sale to fellow private equity managers Confrapar and GEF Brazil. The two fund managers invested R$100m for a 49% stake in Unicoba,…

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.

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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…

Performa Invetmentos has invested R$29.9m in UNICOBA Energia, a LED lighting company in Brazil. (LexLatin) Performa Investimentos inyectó R$29.9b in UNICOBA Energia, en un acuerdo suscrito el 23 de mayo…

(Press Release) Market leader Younicos has signed agreements for US$50m in growth capital to further scale its deployment of intelligent energy storage solutions. The funding comes from a consortium that…

(TechCrunch) There was a time, not very long ago when Latinos living in the U.S. could only point to two successful Internet/software startups in their countries of origin: Mercado Libre…

BAI Capital, GGV and GIC led a USD50m round for Stori, a Mexico-based credit card issuer for the underbanked, at a reported USD1.2 valuation, with follow-on from Lightspeed, General Catalyst,…

Vine Ventures reached a USD140m final close for Vine Ventures II. The seed-stage venture fund will invest in financial services, logistics and supply chain startups in Latin America, Israel and…

Colombian proptech Habi secured a USD75m credit line from Triple Point Capital and others. (Press Release) – Habi (“Habi” or “the Company”), the data-driven residential real estate platform and the…

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…

Mexican digital freight forwarder Nowports raised a USD150m Series C at a USD1.1b reported valuation from existing investors monashees, SoftBank Latin America Fund, Tiger Global and Foundation Capital. Tiger led…

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…

Homebrew and SoftBank Latin America led a USD200m Series C for Colombian proptech Habi at a reported USD1b+ valuation, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Tiger Global, Inspired Capital, Clocktower Ventures,…

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…

Stark Bank, a Brazilian cash management platform and corporate card issuer, raised a USD45m round from Ribbit Capital, Lachy Groom and Bezos Expeditions. Stark Bank raised a USD14.8m Series A…

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),…

Tencent led a USD180m Series C for Jeeves, a US-based expense management platform for startups with operations in Latin America, at a reported USD2.1b valuation, with participation from Silicon Valley…

Founders Fund led a ~USD4m round for Aliena Health, a Brazilian corporate health benefits platform, with participation from General Catalyst.  (Startupi) – A Alinea Health, startup especializada em soluções para a…

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…

Canary and Caffeinated Capital invested USD6m in Mara, a Brazilian grocery shopping platform offering items at wholesale price to low income communities. Mara was founded by 99 co-founder Ariel Lambrecht.…

Acrew Capital and Angeles Investors led a USD32m Series A for Canela Media, a video streaming platform for hispanics in the US, with participation from Samsung NEXT, Link Ventures, TEGNA…

Glade Brook Capital Partners led a USD125m Series C for Chilean insurtech Betterfly at a reported USD1b valuation, with participation from Greycroft and Lightrock, and follow-on from QED Investors and…

IDC Ventures led a ~USD5m Series A for SuperSim, a Brazilian microcredit platform targeting the underbanked. Navi Capital led a ~USD6m round in August 2020.  (Bem Paraná) – A SuperSim, fintech de…

Prosus Ventures and Goodwater Capital led a USD135m Series D+ round for Facily, a Brazilian social commerce marketplace at a reported USD1b+ valuation. This is Facily’s fifth round in the…

Yara Growth Ventures, the CVC arm of Norwegian chemical company Yara International, led a USD30m Series C for Agrofy, an Argentine marketplace for agricultural supplies. Capria Ventures invested USD1m in October…