DEALS
> Media
Digital Ventures (MDV) Latin America, a media-for-equity fund managed by VARIV Capital
and Antai Venture Builder, invested US$5m in CornerJob, a
Barcelona-based work marketplace, as part of a US$25m Series B led by Northzone.
The US$5m injection will promote CornerJob in Mexico, already one of the
startup’s leading markets. MDV Latin America invested in the Series A earlier this year.
> Movile and Just Eat injected another US$30m into iFood, the leading online food ordering platform in Latin America. The funds will be used to expand its operations and establish a presence in Mexico by acquiring a portion of SinDelantal.
> Goldman
Sachs led a US$10m investment in Brazilian trucking startup CargoX, with
participation from prior investors Valor Capital, former DHL
Express US CEO Hans Hickler (also an investor in Mandaê) and Uber Co-Founder
Oscar Salazar. CargoX has secured US$14m in funding to date.
> CVentures Primus, managed by CVentures and CRP Companhia de Participações, invested R$5m in uMov.me, a corporate mobile app platform based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.