DEALS
> IGNIA and Dalus Capital led a US$6.5m investment in Mexican online payments platform UnDosTres, with participation from InnoCells, the corporate venture arm of Banco Sabadell.
> New York VC Palm Drive Capital led a US$5m Series A in LentesPlus, an online retailer for contact lenses, with participation from existing investors IGNIA and InQlab. LentesPlus is headquartered in Bogotá, with operations in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Argentina. Stella Maris invested previously.
> DILA Capital led a €2m investment in BEWE, a Mexican SaaS platform for beauty retailers, with participation from The Venture City, Toro Ventures, and existing investors Variv Capital, Seaya Ventures, and Mountain Nazca.
> Global Founders Capital led a US$1.2m investment in Creditoo, an online payroll loan platform for Brazilian private sector employees, with participation from Canary. Creditoo also raised over R$100m through an FIDC (Fundo de Investimento em Direitos Creditórios) to realize payroll-deductible loans.
> Global venture builder techtools ventures invested R$3m in Eirene Solutions, a Brazilian agtech machinery startup.
> Redpoint eventures and DGF Investimentos made an undisclosed Series B investment in GESTO, a big data startup for Brazilian healthcare plans.
- Redpoint eventures Partner Manoel Lemos says GESTO is using machine learning to sift through data on more than 6 million patients in its database to help select better insurance plans for corporations that optimize patient care while controlling costs.
- CEO Fabiana Salles says the company grew by 100% in 2017 after introducing a benefits brokerage product. The plan is to triple growth in the next two years and “be among the most recognized brands in the category of benefits consulting."
> #EDTECH Omidyar Network made an undisclosed investment in Agenda Edu, a Brazilian school management and communication platform.
- DOMO Invest made a R$3m investment earlier this year. Agenda Edu is also supported by Fundação Lemann.
> Distrito Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Ali Credito, a Brazilian consumer credit platform.
> Lighthouse Investimentos made undisclosed investments in POS Controle (mobile payments for small retailers) and Catálogo Delivery (last mile delivery).
> Manutara Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Barracks, a Chilean analytics software for gaming.
> Intel Capital led a US$3m investment in Aerial Technologies, a Canadian wifi motion detection SaaS, with participation from Telefonica Ventures and others.
> Mindset Ventures participated in the US$125m Series C in BREX, a US-based unicorn offering credit card services for startups. Mindset partner Daniel Ibri invested in the Brazilian co-founders’ previous company, Pagar.me.
> #PE Monroe Capital Management Advisors invested in Mexican IT company AN Global.