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> Vostok Emerging Finance led a US$25m Series C investment in Konfio, a Mexican lending platform for small businesses, with participation from existing investors KaszeK Ventures, Quona Capital, QED Investors, and the IFC, among others. The IFC led Konfio’s US$10m Series B in 2017.
- READ LAVCA's interview with Konfio CEO David Arana
> Dalus Capital and the IFC made a US$10m investment in Mexican fintech eFactor Network and financial intermediary eFactor Diez.
> monashees+ led a R$19m investment in Volanty, a used car marketplace, with participation from Canary, which led a R$2.5m seed investment in 2017.
> #HEALTHTECH monashees+ and Qualcomm Ventures made a R$14.7m investment in Hi Technologies, a Brazilian healthcare startup. Hi Technologies received an investment from Positivo Tecnologia in April 2016.
> Alberto Hauser of Grupo ABX, Valiant Capital, Thomasnet, and Battery Road Digital Holdings made a R$15m investment in Gaveteiro, a Brazilian B2B ecommerce platform.
> Confrapar made a R$12.8m investment in Hands Digital S/A, a mobile data and advertising firm that spun out from an acquisition by Dentsu Aegis Network in 2016.
> #AGTECH Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$10m investment in Intergado, a Brazilian precision livestock platform.
> Angel Ventures Peru, Trefilia Capital, Quinvest, and other family offices made a US$2m investment in SeguroSimple, a Peruvian digital insurance brokerage operating in Peru and Mexico.
> BNDES’ Criatec 3, managed by Inseed Investimentos, made a R$6m investment in Bluepex, a Brazilian cybersecurity solution.
> #AGTECH SP Ventures made a R$4.5m investment in SpecLab, a soil fertility analysis solution that spun out of Brazilian agriculture lab IBRA (Instituto Brasileiro de Análises).
> Confrapar’s aerospace fund, Fundo PE1 Aerotec, and Travel Capitalist Ventures led a R$3m investment in Flapper, a Brazilian private aviation marketplace. Flapper previously raised funding from Brazilian accelerator ACE and angels.
> FIR Capital and Bzplan made a R$2m investment in Rede Vistorias, a Brazilian real estate survey platform.
> Wayra Peru and undisclosed angel investors made a US$398k seed investment in Peruvian IT startup Quantum Talent SAC.
> Canary made a R$1m investment in LaPag, a Brazilian beauty salon management platform, with participation from angel investor Renato Feitas (co-founder of 99).
> The Yield Lab launched a Latin American program in Buenos Aires, with initial investments in Agree Market, Kilimo and Eiwa.
> Unnamed investors made a R$1.5m investment in WallJobs, a career platform for young Brazilians.
> Unnamed investors made a R$500k investment in LadyDriver, a Brazilian rideshare startup for female passengers.
> IGNIA, Antai venture Builder, Pedralbes Partners, Bonsai Venture Capital, and Banco Sabadell made an undisclosed investment in Trendier, an affordable fashion platform operating in Mexico and Colombia.
> Alsagra Ventures, Ajba Software and Intelectix made an undisclosed investment in Muventa, a Mexican cloud ecommerce platform for small businesses.
> #HEALTHTECH Kick Ventures made an undisclosed investment in Anestech, a Brazilian startup working on anesthesiology technology.
> #HEALTHTECH Labi, a Brazilian clinical lab analysis startup, raised an undisclosed investment from investors including Luís Terepins, Eduardo Vidigal, and Marcus Vinícius da Costa.
> #EDTECH Ubits, a Colombian corporate learning platform, will receive a US$120k investment from Y Combinator as part of its Spring 2018 cohort.
> The Venture City will grant US$20k to Poder.IO, a Miami-based real time audience behavior platform, and Softcube, a Ukrainian product recommendation platform, through its Garden growth accelerator program.
> #HEALTHTECH Intel Capital led a US$8.5m Series A investment in EchoPixel, a California-based VR solution for interpreting medical images, with participation from existing investors Aurus Capital, Runa Capital and Harris & Harris Group, and new investors LAM Research and Binomial.
> LEAP Global Partners led a US$8.5m Series A investment in Listo, a consumer financial services startup offering insurance products and loans to US-based Latinos, with participation from Mexico Ventures and Continental Advisors.
> Kleiner Perkins led a US$40m Series B investment in Spotahome, a Madrid-based rental property platform, with participation from TheVentureCity, Seaya Ventures and Passion Capital. This is Kleiner Perkins' first investment in a Spanish company.