Moore Capital led a BRL40m (~USD8m) Series A+ for BHub, a Brazil-based accounting and financial management platform for SMEs, with participation from Endeavor Scale-Up Ventures, partners of DST, Monashees, Valor, Picus Capital, Norte and BFF Ventures. Read more… Read More
Construct Capital and monashees led a USD8.5m round for Leoparda Electric, a Brazil-based rechargeable battery network for electric motorbikes, with participation from Claure Capital, Auteco, K50 Ventures and Climate Capital. Read more… Read More
Salkantay Ventures reached a USD26m final close for its first VC fund, Salkantay Exponential Fund (SXF) with undisclosed commitments from DGGF and Bancoldex, and follow-on from Capria, IDB Lab and FCEI. The fund will target seed and Series A rounds in up to 25 tech-based startups in Spanish-speaking Latin America. Read More
Victory Park Capital provided a USD100m senior loan facility to Nelo, a Mexico-based BNPL platform for e-commerce merchants. Read more… Read More
Alothon Group’s Brazil-based oncology platform Unity was acquired by Brazil-listed Oncoclinicas Do Brazil Servicos Medicos for a reported BRL1.17b (~USD220m) in a cash and stock deal. Alothon Fund III first invested in Unity in August 2018, and the platform completed 12 acquisitions between 2018 and 2021. Read more… Read More
The 2022 Data Insights feature data and analysis on private capital activity in India, Southeast Asia and Africa through year-end 2021. This year, Members also have access to LAVCA’s 2022 Industry Data & Analysis on private capital activity in Latin America, as well as the underlying… Read More
Clip, a Mexico-based POS payments platform, secured a USD50m revolving credit facility from Morgan Stanley, JP Morgan and HSBC. SoftBank Latin America and Viking Global Investors led a USD250m round in June 2021 at a reported USD2b valuation; General Atlantic and SoftBank invested in 2019 at a USD400m valuation. Read More
Goldman Sachs provided a USD140m asset-backed loan for Xepelin, a Chile-based payments and lending platform for SMEs. KASZEK and Avenir Growth led a USD111m Series B in May, in the largest known Series B for a Chile-based startup at the time. Read more… Read More
Gradient Ventures led a USD15m Series A for R2, a Mexico-based embedded lending platform for consumer-facing applications, with participation from FEMSA Ventures and PayU, and follow-on from General Catalyst, Magma Partners and 166 2nd, the FO of WeWork founder Adam Neuman. General Catalyst led a USD5.9m seed round in February… Read More
StepStone Group led a USD20m Series A for Draftea, a Mexico-based fantasy sports league platform, with follow-on from KASZEK, Sequoia, Bullpen and Courtside Ventures, and angels Cristiano Ronaldo, Travis Kelce (Kansas City Chiefs) and Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets). Draftea raised USD4m in April 2022; KASZEK led a USD13.2m round in… Read More
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