Deals ▸ DEBT | IFC and Victory Park Capital provided a USD30m loan to Habi, a Colombia-based residential real estate technology platform. BBVA Spark granted an additional credit extension. These are the fifth and sixth debt facilities raised by Habi since 2022, including a USD15m structured loan from IDB Invest, a USD75m credit line from Triple Point Capital, a USD6.3m credit line from Bancoldex and a USD100m credit line from Victory Park Capital. ▸ Zig, a Brazilian payments system designed for events, raised ~USD21.4m from Cloud9, Across Capital and Endeavor Scale-Up Ventures. ▸ Spark Capital led a USD10.6m Series A for dataplor, a Brazilian startup crowdsourcing local retail market intelligence, with participation from Acronym Venture Capital, Circadian Ventures, Two Lanterns Venture Partners, APA Venture Partners and follow-on from Quest Venture Partners. Quest Venture Partners made a USD4m follow-on investment in July 2020; Quest Venture Partners led an undisclosed seed round for the company in 2019. ▸ WOMEN-LED | Gradient Ventures led a USD9.3m Series A for Toku, a Chilean recurring payments automation platform for SMEs, with follow-on from Clocktower, YC, F-Prime Capital, Wolf Capital and Funders Club. F-Prime led a USD7m round in March 2023; Clocktower and Funders Club led a USD2m seed round in October 2021. Toku was co-founded by Francisca Noguera. ▸ CARS | DOMO led a ~USD8.7m round for Turbi, a Brazilian car rental platform, with participation from Reag Investimentos and Carbyne Investimentos. ARC Capital led a ~USD30.5m round in January; EXT Capital led a ~USD16.5m round in July 2023. DEBT | Turbi secured a ~USD21m loan facility from ARC Capital, Jive Investments, Augme, Capitânia, EXT Capital, Fator and Western in November 2022; DOMO Invest led a ~USD800k round in October 2018. ▸ M&A | Carryt, a Colombian e-commerce last-mile delivery platform, acquired the operations in Mexico and Colombia of Treggo, an Argentine last-mile delivery provider management platform for SMEs. Carryt also acquired Colombian logistics marketplace Liftit in January 2022. Chilean-based Impacta VC invested in Carryt in March 2022; Treggo raised a USDD2.8m round in August 2021 from Newtown Partners, Verve Capital, Latin Leap, Bluewatch Ventures and Kube VC. ▸ EmpreX, a Brazilian consumer credit platform, raised ~USD7.6m from SRM Ventures, the CVC arm of Brazilian asset manager SRM. EmpreX raised ~USD2.2m from undisclosed angel investors in April 2023. ▸ KASZEK led a ~USD6.7m round for Brandlovrs, a Brazilian influencer marketing platform connecting small creators with retailers. Canary led a ~USD2m seed round in April 2023. Brandlovrs is a spinoff of Brazilian digital brand developer Adventures. ▸ AGTECH | Capria Ventures led a USD6m Series A for GoFlux, a Brazilian freight network for agricultural products, with participation from The Yield Lab Latam, Blue Impact Global, Reflect Ventures, Arrebol Capital and follow-on from SP Ventures. SP Ventures and ADM Venture Capital, the CVC arm of Grupo Rendimiento, led a USD1.2m round in June 2021. ▸ Lightspeed Venture Partners led a ~USD3.7m for The Mobile-First Company, a France-based B2B application developer. The Mobile-First Company was co-founded by Chilean Ignacio Siel Brunet. ▸ ECUADOR | Kamina, an Ecuador-based personal finance platform, raised a USD3.2m pre-seed round from undisclosed investors. ▸ PROPTECH | Digital Innovation Group led a USD3m seed round for Koggi, a Colombian housing financing platform. ▸ Radar, a Chilean treasury management platform, raised a USD1.5m seed round from The Fintech Fund, Everywhere Ventures, Startup Istanbul, Rhombuz VC and angel Cristóbal Forno (Global66). ▸ OnePay, a Colombian B2B payment solutions platform, raised a USD1.3m pre-seed round from undisclosed investors. ▸ FENVentures and LatinLeap led a USD1.2m pre-seed round for Dapta, a US-based Open Finance startup, with participation from Seedstars and follow-on from Páramo Partners, Invariantes Fund and KuiperVC. Dapta raised a USD1m pre-seed round in December 2023. Dapta is founded by Colombian Nicolás Rojas. ▸ Connectic Ventures led a USD1m round for Serpa Cloud, a Mexico-based cloud computing network. ▸ APS Mobilidade Urbana, a Brazilian urban mobility solutions startup, raised ~USD1m from undisclosed investors. ▸ MAYA Capital led a USD750k pre-seed round for Crezes, a Mexican retail analysis platform. Angels participating included Sebastián Monroy (Zubale), Stiven Rodriguez (Heru), Miguel Ocampo (Ozon) and Andrés Villaquirán (Nomad). ▸ Greg, a Brazilian payments solution platform, raised ~USD390k from Hiker Ventures. ▸ Strive led a ~USD310k round for NewsCo, a Brazilian AI-based news platform. ▸ SQM Lithium Ventures invested in Binario Tech, a Chilean wastewater solutions company, and Zemaq, a Chilean hydraulic machinery company.
▸ ANGEL | Brazilian angel network SC Angels invested in Tecpet, a Brazilian pet services marketplace.
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