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Vulcan Capital led a US$120m Series B round in Brazilian mobile game startup Wildlife Studios, with participation from Human Capital. (Crunchbase) If you haven’t noticed lately, gaming is on fire.…

Company: Wildlife Studios Investors: Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners Interview with: Co-Founders Arthur Lazarte (Co-CEO) & Mike Mac-Vicar (CTO) Wildlife Studios is a Brazilian mobile game developer with offices in…

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Benchmark Capital led a US$60m investment in Wildlife Studios (formerly TFG), a Brazilian gaming company, at a reported valuation over US$1b, with participation from Bessemer Venture Partners, as well as…

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…

READ the latest deal case featuring Aqua Capital’s investment in high-tech biological agricultural products producer Biotrop

Member Investor: Aqua Capital Company: Biotrop Industry-Sector: Agribusiness READ the latest deal case featuring Aqua Capital‘s investment in high-tech biological agricultural products producer Biotrop   OPPORTUNITY Agricultural biologicals are used to…

Member Investor: Aqua Capital Company: Biotrop Industry-Sector: Agribusiness READ the latest deal case featuring Aqua Capital‘s investment in high-tech biological agricultural products producer Biotrop   OPPORTUNITY Agricultural biologicals are used to…

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 led a USD13.5m Series A for Coderhouse, an Argentine data science and app development education platform, with participation from YC and angels David Velez (Nubank) and Guillermo Rauch (Vercel).…

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…

Crescera Capital and Vulcan Capital have acquired a minority stake in a Brazil-based fintech Nelogica for R$550m (approximately US$103m) at a reported valuation of R$2.9b (approximately US$542m). (Baguete) A Nelogica,…

Global Founders Capital, Ribbit Capital, MAYA Capital, and Y Combinator invested US$3.3m in Alude, a Brazilian proptech streamlining the client management process for real estate brokers. (LABS) – The Brazilian…

New York, March 4, 2020 – The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA) today announced the winners of the 2020 Latin American Private Equity Awards. A panel of institutional investors selected Alta Growth Capital for the 2020 Private Equity Deal for their investment in Mexican semi-trailer manufacturer Fruehauf de México. Alta Growth Capital exited the investment with the sale of Fruehauf to Mexican conglomerate Fultra in March 2019 after only four years, doubling both the company’s sales and EBITDA and successfully reentering the US market following a 20-year absence.

Andreessen Horowitz and Vulcan Capital led a US$175m Series C in Brazilian proptech Loft, with participation from Jaguar Ventures and follow-on from monashees, Valor Capital, Fifth Wall Ventures, QED Investors…

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