big data

Global Founders Capital led a US$30m investment in Kovi, a Brazilian provider of rental cars for on-demand drivers in Latin America, with participation from Quona Capital, and follow-on from monashees,…

Quicko, a Brazilian smart mobility startup working on commuter transit, raised US$10m from CCR, a Brazilian infrastructure conglomerate, and J2L Partners. (StartSe) Simplificar o trajeto dos paulistanos é o objetivo…

Bradesco’s Inovabra fund and Positivo’s corporate venture arm led a R$22m Series A investment in Brazilian agtech  Agrosmart. Previous investors include SP Ventures, São Paulo innovation fund Desenvolve SP,  and…

Alacrity Mexico, in partnership with Wesley Clover, a Canadian investment management firm with global operations, closed its first seed fund, Canada Fund I. (Press Release) Alacrity Mexico anuncia que el…

Chilean big data startup Odd Industries raised a US$2m seed round from undisclosed investors. (Diario Financiero) Cuatro inversionistas locales se quedaron con los tickets de la primera Seed Round de…

DUX Capital made a US$350k investment in Trato, a Mexican blockchain-based contract management platform. (Press Release) El pasado 13 de mayo, Dux Capital concluyó con la cuarta inversión de su…

Criatec 2 made undisclosed investments in Spume, a big data deep learning startup, and Auvo, a field management software platform.

Wevo is a Brazilian ecommerce cloud integration platform that raised its first funding in an undisclosed Series A investment from Cventures Primus and Omnilink founder Cileneu Nunes. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Diogo Lupinari discusses the company’s critical pivot in 2014 and its global ambitions.

Xpand Ventures invested US$200k in Argentinean startup Kilimo, a Big Data startup for crops irrigation management.

Fundo Aeroespacial, a R$131m fund launched by BNDES in 2014 to invest in aeronautics and defense, made an undisclosed investment in Aquarela, a Florianopolis-based big data company that was incubated…