> Redpoint eventures, Spectra, and Fir Capital invested R$115m in ABC da Construção, a Brazilian construction finishing company, to fuel its digital expansion.
> #DEBT Arc Labs made a US$25m debt investment in Flat.mx, a Mexican proptech focused on the purchase, renovation, and resale of residential real estate. ALLVP led Flat’s US$4.5m pre-seed round in 2019. Flat is part of the current YC cohort.
- Co-Founder Bernardo Cordero sheds light into Flat’s expansion plans and how the company is navigating the current C19 crisis: “We are currently in 40 neighborhoods in Mexico and will be expanding that to be present in most of Mexico City by the end of the year. During C19 we’ve been able to sell most of the initial inventory we had purchased….the current situation also enhances the need for low-touch, highly digital processes, which fits perfectly for the solution we are building.”
> Redpoint eventures led a US$11m Series B in Magnetis, a Brazilian personal finance management platform, with follow-on from Vostok Emerging Finance. Magnetis raised a R$17m Series A in 2018 from monashees and Vostok Emerging Finance.
- Magnetis aims to use the newly raised capital to reach R$1b in AUM in the next 12 months.
> #EDTECH Iporanga Ventures led a R$5m round in Classpert, a Brazilian search engine for online courses, with participation from Canary. Classpert is a spinoff of Quero Educação, a Brazilian marketplace for school discovery, according to Co-Founder Felipe Jordao, who shares: “There's a lot of work to be done in the field of organizing content created by third parties.”
> #HEALTHTECH SoftBank made an undisclosed Series B investment in iClinic, a Brazilian healthtech platform focused on providing electronic health records, as well as marketing and billing services to independent medical practices.
> MatterScale Ventures invested US$5m in Torre, a Colombian talent search and job matching platform targeting young professionals.
> Quest Venture Partners made a US$4m follow-on investment in dataPlor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, with participation from Space Capital and FF Venture Capital. Quest Venture Partners led an undisclosed seed round in the company in 2019.
> Miami-based Clout Capital invested US$2m in ComunidadFeliz, a Chilean operations and finance management platform for condominium administrators and tenants. Wayra, BlueBox Ventures, and Mexican real estate company Tierra y Armonía were among ComunidadFeliz’s previous investors.
> Pathfind, a Brazilian route optimization platform for enterprise logistics, raised R$10m from unnamed investors.
> Allievo Capital, Caravela Capital, and Fundacao Estudar invested US$2m in Mottu, a Brazilian motorbike rental service for last-mile delivery companies.
> Magma Partners and LEAP Global Partners invested US$1.2m in ARCA, a Mexican insurtech marketplace focused on car insurance, with participation from insurance company Grupo Peña Verde.
> #CHANGETHERATIO Women Entrepreneurship Ventures (WE Ventures), a R$50m fund Microsoft launched to back women-led startups in Brazil, invested R$1m in PackID, a Brazilian food logistics services platform focused on temperature and humidity monitoring, in March. PackID raised R$1m from GV Angels, ACE, and others in 2019.
- This is Microsoft’s inaugural investment from its fund for women-led Brazilian entrepreneurs.
> #IMPACT Barn Investments made an undisclosed investment in Origem Motos Eléctricas, a Brazilian manufacturer and B2B provider of electric motorbikes. Brazilian accelerator Cotidiano and SMU Crowdfunding are previous investors.
- Co-Founder Diogo Lisita shares his view on the current incentive for businesses to switch to electric logistic solutions: “We believe there must be a way to charge a motorbike that is as convenient as refilling an ICE (internal combustion engine) in order for riders to shift from gas to electric motorcycles. We are tackling this by building a network of battery swap stations in Brazil. We’re also seeing a large demand from an enterprise standpoint, given that a lot of companies that hold medium and large fleets are looking to "upgrade" their vehicles for electric ones due to their ESG goals.”
> #PROPTECH Astella Investimentos made an undisclosed investment in Livance, a Brazilian on-demand office space provider for health professionals.
> Fundación Bancolombia and Fondo Acción made a US$500k investment in Awake Travel, a Colombian travel booking platform for eco-friendly trips.
> Manutara Ventures invested US$300k in IwanaCash, a Chilean fintech enabling cashback benefits for enterprises.
> Y Combinator invested US$150k in Conta Simples, a Brazilian finance management platform enabling SMEs to issue corporate cards for streamlining payments with suppliers.
> KPTL made an undisclosed investment in Syos, a Brazilian IoT platform focused on temperature and maintenance monitoring for commercial refrigerators. The investment in Syos comes from KPTL’s Criatec III Fund and will be allocated in installments that can add up to R$10m.
> Capital Invent and Soldiers Field Angels made an undisclosed investment in Hamoc, a Mexican proptech focused on residential rental management.
> #BIOTECH New Age Capital, a NY-based VC fund focused on supporting Black and Latino founders, made an undisclosed investment in Spora Biomaterials, a Chilean biotech that aims to replace the use of animal leather with natural fibers derived from mushrooms.
> #CVC Technology solutions company Nexaas and Rio-based investment fund Acrux Capital made an undisclosed investment in Engelink, a Brazilian proptech focused on supplier and maintenance management for condominiums.
> #ANGEL Anjos do Brasil and The Next Company made an undisclosed investment in Holistix, a Brazilian D2C social media driven startup focused on the health and wellness market.
> #ANGEL Peiky, a Colombian sales management tool for social media platforms, raised US$1.3m in a bridge round from unnamed angels.
> #ANGEL UDlab, a Brazilian dentaltech startup focused on streamlining prosthetic orders between dentists and laboratories, raised R$600k from unnamed investors.
> VC investment in Latin American startups has quadrupled since 2016 to a record US$4.6b in 2019, according to LAVCA data.