Deals ▸ DEBT | CloudWalk, a Brazilian POS and blockchain-based payments platform for entrepreneurs and SMEs, raised ~USD313m through a FIDC (Fundo de Investimentos em Direitos Creditorios) from Itaú BBA, Bradesco BBI and Banco Votorantim. Coatue led a USD150m Series C for CloudWalk in November 2021 and a USD190m Series B in May 2021. ▸ BOND led a ~USD78m Series B for CRMBonus, a Brazil-based marketing automation platform, with participation from Valor Capital Group, Riverwood Capital, Igah Ventures and SoftBank. ▸ DEBT | Pagaleve, a Brazilian credit platform, raised ~USD49m through a FIDC (Fundo de Investimentos em Direitos Creditorios) from Credix Finance. Salesforce Ventures led a ~USD26m Series A in December 2022. ▸ BNPL | QED Investors led a USD45m Series B for Aplazo, a Mexican payment platform enabling buy-now-pay-later systems for merchants, with participation from Volpe Capital and follow-on from KASZEK, Picus Capital and Oak HC/FT. Oak HC led a USD27m Series A for Aplazo in 2021. ▸ monashees led a ~USD12.5m round for NG.Cash, a Brazilian digital money management platform for Gen Z, with participation from Tekton Ventures, Generalist Capital and follow-on from Andreessen Horowitz and 17Sigma. monashees and Andreessen Horowitz led a USD10m seed round in February 2022. ▸ HEALTHTECH | Volpe Capital led a USD7m Series A for Welbe, a Mexican employee health and wellness platform for startups and corporates, with participation from the IFC. NAZCA led a USD3m pre-seed round in May 2022. ▸ Magneto, a Colombian recruitment automation startup raised a USD7m seed round from Alive Ventures, Pashin, Impact Ventures PSM and Latin Leap. ▸ CROSSBORDER | Primary Venture Partners led a USD6.8m round for Cargado, a US-based cross-border freight startup, with participation from RyderVentures and follow-on from Ironspring Ventures, Zenda Capital, Wischoff Ventures and Proeza Ventures. ▸ HRTECH | Atlantico led a USD6m Series A for Worky, a Mexican recruiting automation platform, with participation from ADP Ventures. ARC Group Ventures invested in May 2022; Worky raised a USD3m round in July 2020. ▸ PROPTECH | monashees and Valor Capital Group led an undisclosed Series A for Spot2, a Mexican commercial real estate leasing platform Streamline Ventures led a USD4.2m round in May 2022. ▸ Citi invested in Cicada, a Mexican corporate and government bond investing platform. KASZEK and DILA Capital led a USD7.6m round in October 2022. ▸ PROPTECH | Primary Venture Partners led a USD3.1m round for Naya Homes, a Mexican short-term and vacation rental platform, with participation from BBG Ventures. Naya Homes raised a USD5.6m seed round in August 2022. ▸ FEMSA Ventures led a USD3m seed round for Celes, a Colombian retail data analytics platform, with participation from Primeline Group, Wayra Hispam, Kuiper VC, NOA Capital, Storm Capital, Santiago Gómez (Simetrik), Fabián Carrillo (Cluvi) and follow-on from MatterScale Ventures and Rockstart. Primeline Group led a USD1m seed round in July 2023. ▸ Salvy, a Brazilian B2B virtual telecom operator, raised a ~USD2m seed extension from Pioneer and Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox). SaaSHolic led a USD1m seed round in December 2023. ▸ HEALTHTECH | DoctorOne, an Ecuadorian telehealth platform, secured a USD2m loan from IDB Lab. ▸ Invexor led a USD1.5m seed round for BTrust, a Chilean invoice auction platform. ▸ Payssego, a Brazilian salary-on-demand service, raised a ~USD300k pre-seed round from undisclosed angels. ▸ Ahimsa Capital led a ~USD280k pre-seed round for Veef, a Peruvian plant-based meat startup. ▸ BoostLAB, the innovation arm of BTG Pactual, invested in four new companies: Beegol, a wifi monitoring platform, Incentivar, an employee incentive platform, Intuitive Care, a hospital billing automation platform and Regcheq, a compliance management platform.
▸ Enseada invested in Rezultz, a Brazilian B2B sales management platform.
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