Monashees raises US$150M to invest in Latin American startups
LatAm List – With over US$430M of capital under management, monashees is one of Latin America’s largest venture…
Monica Black to lead The Venture City as Partner for the Americas
LatAm List – The former Investment Director for the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative will be moving to Miami to lead…
IDB Invest and OPIC launch Latin America’s first female-focused fund
LatAm List – Women-owned business worldwide face a shortfall of over US$1.7 trillion in financing. To combat this…
UK Fund, Mind the Gap, will focus on Series A funding for LatAm startups
Adán Bernal and Israel Pons want to invest in Latin American startups, and not just at the seed…
Social Capital Launches Capital As A Service in Brazil
https://medium.com/social-capital/e-a%C3%AD-brazil-capital-as-a-service-is-now-live-for-brazilian-startups-959545a24fc4 Social Capital, the venture capital fund founded by Chamath Palihapitiya, launched their CaaS, or Capital as a…
Chilean VC fund DisrupTech to invest US$19M in blockchain, IoT, and AI startups
In a story originally reported by El Mercurio and brought to our attention by LAVCA, the Chilean VC…
Chilean Entrepreneur Association (ASECH) launches CLP$500M fund
Last week marked the first meeting of the G100 of the Chilean Entrepreneurship Association (ASECH), the largest association…
Private investment firm Ardian opens first LatAm office in Chile
In a press release published on LAVCA, Ardian, a private investment firm with over US$71B in assets worldwide,…
Chilean VC FEN Ventures prepares to raise US$21M for Fund II
FEN Ventures is raising its second fund, backed by Chilean development organization, CORFO, to keep investing in early-stage…
Southern Brazil’s largest bank launches US$13M Fintech Fund
Banrisul, the largest bank in Southern Brazil, is ready to invest in disruptive innovation. At the Banrisul International IT…