Brazilian proptech QuintoAndar reached unicorn status with a US$250m Series D investment from SoftBank, with participation from Dragoneer Investment Group, and follow-on from KaszeK Ventures and General Atlantic. General Atlantic led…

Base Partners, a Brazilian growth equity firm, closed a US$135m Fund II. Fund I (US$75m) included investments in Stripe, Zoom and ByteDance, as well as Brazil-based Nubank. (Crunchbase) São Paulo-headquartered Base…

The IFC led a R$70m investment in Revelo, a Brazil-based job matching platform, with follow-on from Valor Capital, Dalus Capital, FJLabs, and corporate investor Seek.  Previous investors include Social Capital, Graph Ventures and…

InovaBra Ventures led a R$15m investment in Direct One, a Brazilian multichannel customer communications platform founded by Fernando Wosniak Steler. (Money Times) A Direct One acaba de anunciar que levantou…

KaszeK Ventures raised US$600m across two new funds, including US$375m for its fourth flagship fund and US$225m for its first opportunities fund. (Press Release) Latin American venture capital firm Kaszek…

Criatec3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, invested R$2.7m in Neomode, a Brazilian retail software platform. (Fusões & Aquisições) A Neomode, startup curitibana que desenvolve softwares para o varejo, fechou uma rodada…

DGF Investimentos invested US$3.5m in Sólides, a Brazilian talent management platform. This is the company’s first institutional investment. (Baguete) A Sólides, que oferece uma plataforma em nuvem de gestão de…

Grupo Mosaico, parent company of ecommerce app Zoom, received regulatory approval to acquire Buscapé from Naspers (DCI) O Grupo Mosaico, dono do site de comparação de preços Zoom, recebeu aval…

Riverwood Capital led a US$50m Series D investment in Resultados Digitais, a Brazilian marketing automation platform for small businesses in Latin America, with participation from existing investors DGF Investmentos, Redpoint…

Brazilian personal credit fintech REBEL raised R$167m from Franklin Templeton, XP Asset Management and others via a public offering of regular debentures.  In 2018, REBEL raised US$4m from monashees, XP…

Redpoint eventures and abSeed made a US$2.2m Series A investment in Movidesk, a Brazilian multi-channel help-desk platform. abSeed invested previously in 2018. (LexLatin) La startup brasileña de software para soporte…

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…

Wayra invested R$500k in Brazilian agtech startup IoTag. (ti Inside) Vivo anunciou nesta quinta-feira, 08, investimento de quase meio milhões de reais na startup IoTag, no Paraná. O aporte será…

KaszeK Ventures and SoftBank led a R$70m (US$17.6m) round in Brazilian digital used car portal Volanty with participation from existing investors monashees and Canary. Monashees and Canary previously invested R$19m…

Bossa Nova Investimentos made a seed investment in Brazilian legaltech Juristas. (Juristas) No mercado atual todo negócio nasce com o propósito de resolver um problema específico e com o Juristas não…

Primatec, managed by Antera Gestão de Recursos, made undisclosed investments in Brazilian startups Target Solutions (telco ops management) and Autaza (autotech). (Baguete) O Fundo Primatec tem duas novas empresas entre…

Brazilian pharmaceutical company Eurofarma launched Axon Ventures, a R$45m early-stage CVC fund. (Baguete) A Eurofarma, farmacêutica brasileira presente em 20 países, vai investir em projetos de tecnologia focados no setor…

Brazilian fintech Creditas acquired Creditoo, a credit consignment platform for private sector employees. This transaction represents a full exit for Canary and  Global Founders Capital from Creditoo. (InfoMoney) A finteh brasileira Creditas dá…

Youper, an app for supporting people with social anxiety, raised US$3m from Goodwater Capital. Youper was founded by Brazilian psychologist José Hamilton Vargas and engineer Diego Dotta, and relocated to…

Crescera Investimentos (via its Growth FIP fund) and Bradesco (via FIP Inovabra) acquired a minority stake in Semantix, a Brazilian provider of big data solutions. (Baguete) A Semantix, empresa de…

Brazil’s Eurofarma launched Axon Ventures, a US$12m CVC fund to invest in early-stage healthcare startups in Brazil. Eurofarma’s head of corporate venture, Paulo Braga, will lead the effort. (Crunchbase) Brazilian pharmaceutical giant Eurofarma…

Shopper, a Brazilian subscription delivery platform for consumer products, raised R$10m from Canary, former Renner CEO José Galló, Juscelino Martins of Grupo Martins and 99/Yellow co-founder Ariel Lambrecht. Shopper raised…

SoftBank acquired ~R$1b in shares of Banco Inter, a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank. WSJ reports SoftBank had been in talks with Nubank previously. (Brazil Journal) O Softbank comprou quase…

Brazilian fintech Nubank raised a US$400m Series F at a reported US$10b valuation. TCV led the round, with participation from existing investors Tencent, DST Global, Sequoia Capital, Dragoneer, Ribbit Capital…

Dataplor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, raised an undisclosed seed round from Quest Venture Partners with participation from Magma Partners, ffVC, Sidekick Fund and the Blue Startups…

ChoppUp, a Brazilian IoT startup that partners with beer distributors, raised R$4m over two rounds from FINEP and undisclosed investors. (Fusões & Aquisições) Liderada por entusiastas do mercado cervejeiro e tecnológico,…

monashees and Go4it Capital made a US$8.5m Series A investment in Fazenda Futuro, a Brazilian foodtech startup making plant-based hamburgers, at a reported US$100m post-money valuation. Founders Marcos Leta and…

GIC and General Atlantic made an undisclosed Series A investment in Hotmart, a Brazilian content distribution platform for digital products. Hotmart was founded in 2011. Buscapé previously invested US$300k. (Brazil …

Bossa Nova Investimentos invested R$700k in Play2Sell, a Brazilian software platform for training sales teams. The Latin America Angels Society invested previously. (Startupi) A Bossa Nova Investimentos faz aporte na Play2sell, startup…

DOMO Invest made a R$4m investment in MLabs, a Brazilian SaaS platform for social media management. MLabs was founded in 2012; this round is the company’s first institutional funding. (Baguete)…

SP Ventures and Capital Lab invested R$2m in Pink Farms, an urban vertical farming startup focused on vegetable production that is based in São Paulo. (Startupi) A SP Ventures, gestora…

Brazilian fintech Peak Invest raised R$1.2m on equity crowdfunding platform EqSeed. (DCI) A fintech Peak Invest captou R$ 1,2 milhão em investimentos pela EqSeed, plataforma de investimentos em startups online.…

European security firm Grupo Prosegur announced a €30m global fund to invest in early-stage security technologies. Prosegur’s LatAm investments include Concil (Brazilian fintech). (Economia Ao Minuto) A Prosegur lançou um…