In February of 2016, Vinci Partners invested USD 60.5 million in Vitru, a Brazil-based digital education group focused on the post-secondary market. Vitru operates its 904 hubs under the Uniasselvi brand and employs more than 3,000 tutors. With Vinci’s support, Vitru was able to increase its footprint… Read More
Iporanga Ventures and Parallax Ventures led a USD15m Series A for Brazil-based open finance platform Klavi, with participation from GSR Ventures, CIP SA and Vivo Ventures. Read more here and here… Read More
Levita Magnetics, a Chilean magnetical robotic surgery platform, raised a USD26m Series C from a healthtech investment group managed by investor Evan Norton, with participation from MedTex Ventures, and follow-on from Invermaster and Carao Ventures. Invermaster led a USD1m round in July 2019. Read More
ISA LAB, a Brazil-based healthtech for exams and vaccines at home, raised a BRL60m (~USD12m) round from FIR Capital, Vox Capital, Kortex, Sabin and Bradesco Saude,Yaya Capital, and Scale Up Ventures. Read more… Read More
Creation Investments Capital Management invested USD25m in DD360, a Mexico-based financing and management platform for residential real estate. Read more… Read More
Astella reached a USD150m final close for its fifth fund, anchored by Spectra. The fund will focus on pre-seed to Series B stage startups in Brazil. Read more… Read More
Goldman Sachs agreed to provide up to USD150m for a debt facility for Clara, a Mexico-based startup offering corporate expense management for startups. Clara reached a USD1b valuation in 2021 with a USD70m Series B led by Coatue. Read more… Read More
IDB and IDB Invest agreed to finance up to USD300m in credit for the construction of a Peru-based wind farm Punta Lomitas Wind Power Plant. Separately, IDB Invest agreed to MXN1.5b (~USD74m) in financing for Mexico-based housing developer Ruba, with a MXN500m (~USD25m) advance payment line for Ruba’s SME construction… Read More
Portage led a USD6.5m seed round for Kontempo, a Mexico-based startup B2B BNPL startup, with participation from SCOR, P&C Ventures, IGNIA Partners, Tectonic Ventures, Rhombuz VC and Asymmetric Capital Partners. The company also raised a USD25m debt facility from Upper90. Read more… Read More
Riverwood Capital led a USD35m round for Geopagos, an Argentina-based digital infrastructure payment platform, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst. The round is the startup’s first major institutional funding since launch nine years ago. Read more… Read More
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