August Roundup: Is Latin America ready for a global investment boom?
Japanese investor Softbank has been investing intensely in Latin America ever since the fund dedicated its $5B Innovation…
Brazil’s Base Partners closes $135M for LatAm growth fund
LatAm List – Base Partners, a growth-stage VC fund based in São Paulo, recently announced they had raised…
Softbank and Kaszek Ventures invest $17.6M in Volanty
LatAm List – Volanty, a Brazilian digital used car platform recently received $17.6M (R$70M) from Japanese tech giant,…
SoftBank leads $231M investment round for Creditas
LatAm List – Creditas, a Brazilian lending platform, is now valued at $750M after a new $231M investment…
SoftBank appoints new Managing Partner for LatAm fund
LatAm List – Japanese tech giant SoftBank will open an office in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by Andy…
SoftBank partners with Valor Capital in search of Latin American startups
LatAm List – SoftBank, a Japanese fund, partnered with venture capital firm Valor Capital to find new investments…
Gympass raises $300M from SoftBank
LatAm List – Gympass is a Brazilian B2B platform that grants users access to thousands of different gyms…
SoftBank invests $200M in Brazilian fintech Creditas
LatAm List – In May 2019, we reported that Japanese investor SoftBank was considering a $230M investment in…
Softbank considers $230M investment for Brazil’s Creditas
LatAm List – Japanese investor, Softbank, is reportedly in conversations with Brazilian fintech, Creditas, regarding a potential $230M…
Softbank contributes to $100M round for Mexico’s Clip
LatAm List – Clip develops mobile credit card readers much like Square in the United States, allowing small businesses to…