ALLVP Made an undisclosed investment in Boston-based edtech Slang and partnered with the startup to launch a free English course on entrepreneurship for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs. (Press Release) Slang, a Boston-based…

 Foundation Capital made a US$6m investment in Colombian edtech Platzi. Other investors include Omidyar Network, Mountain Nazca Chile, Y Combinator and 500 Startups. (Contxto) Platzi, a Colombian startup specializing in…

FIS Ameris signed a pre-investment agreement with Puntaje Nacional, an edtech company aiming to reduce the education gap in Chile and LatAm. (FIS Ameris) OGR, “Ingeniería de Sistemas Open Green…

Omidyar Network made an undisclosed investment in Agenda Edu, a Brazilian school management and communication platform. (Press Release) Agenda Edu (www.agendaedu.com), a platform that increases engagement in school settings, announced…

Invexor Capital led a US$15.8m investment in Kauel, a Chilean developer working on solutions in industrial tech, education and retail, to fund international expansion.

Scale Capital led a US$5m investment in U-Planner, a Chilean edtech platform for higher education.  Press Release: u-planner raised 5 million USD of investment in a venture round led by…

UBits, a Colombian edtech platform for corporate training, raised US$2m led by Spectrum 2B Capital, a San Francisco VC firm.  UBits participated in Y Combinator in Spring 2018. The founders say they plan to expand to Mexico next.

IGNIA led an undisclosed investment in Kinedu, a Mexican edtech platform for early childhood development,with participation from BeCurious Partners, The Stanford-StartX Fund, and existing investors DILA Capital, Promotora Social México and Stella Maris. NXTP Labs, Social Capital and 500 Startups invested previously. 

The Rise Fund, a global impact investing fund managed by TPG Growth, invested US$130m in DreamBox Learning, the company that pioneered Intelligent Adaptive Learning technology.  

Impact fund Kviv Ventures led a R$2.5m investment in Hand Talk, an automatic translation platform for sign language, with participation from existing investor Bossa Nova Investmentos. HandTalk recently acquired ProDeaf, its main Brazilian competitor, for an undisclosed amount.