Amidst a fast-growing techinnovation ecosystem, VC money has been flowing into the veins of startups in LatAm, which has nearly 30 unicorns. Yet, none of those startup ventures valued at $1 billion or more is an agtech company, although there are already 663 agtech companies in the region, according to Crunchbase's data, and the agriculture […]
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Susana García-Robles, la “arquitecta” del ecosistema venture capital de Latam: «En este momento lo que Chile necesita es un fondo de fondos»
La experta en capital emprendedor conversó en detalle con Startups Chilenas y repasó su rol en la creación de la industria regional y describió cómo debe ser este nuevo vehículo de inversión que se busca levantar a nivel local. Lo primero que se observa al entrar a su perfil de Linkedin es un «América Latina» que se desprende de lo alto de su […]
The world no longer ignores Latin America
Capria Ventures is a global fund focused on emerging markets (EMs): LATAM, Sub-Saharan Africa, MENA, India and SE Asia. Our strategy is to invest in funds and in some of their portfolio companies. But we’re more than your typical investor! Capria is a global investment firm leading the largest network of fund managers collaborating to deliver […]
Unitus Ventures plans to step up investments in Indian job-tech firms
Early-stage venture fund Unitus Ventures is scouting to invest more in job-tech firms and at least for the next five years, they will continue to invest more in this vertical. India’s jobs crisis and aspiration to shift from informal to formal work is creating a big opportunity for new entrepreneurs and making it a key investment theme, Surya […]
Wuri Ventures and Capria Ventures invest USD $1.5 million in mobility data startup WhereIsMyTransport
Also joining in the $14.5 million Series A extension round are Naspers Foundry, AfricInvest, and SBI amongst others. This round follows up on the Series A led by Google, Toyota Tshusho and others, in which Wuri Ventures also participated. WhereIsMyTransport plans to utilise funds to scale up technology, to expand to other cities, and to launch […]
A story of resilience: How has the LatAm Venture Capital ecosystem grown?
During the last five years, I have been working with the LatAm ecosystem both as an insider and as an outsider. This has provided me with insights about the spectacular evolution of the venture capital ecosystem in the region and how we got to the massive explosion of investments in the first place! To better dimension the opportunity both […]
Africa-focused VC firm Atlantica Ventures raising $50m fund for seed-onwards tech investments
Africa-focused venture capital (VC) firm Atlantica Ventures is raising a US$50 million fund that will invest in tech and tech-enabled businesses from seed stage onwards. Founded in 2019 by Aniko Szigetvari and Ik Kanu, who have previously worked for the likes of IFC, Helios and Convergence and have extensive angel investing experience, Atlantica […]
Revenue of Unitus Ventures’ portfolio firms rises to $141 million
Early stage venture fund Unitus Ventures said its 24 portfolio companies impacted over 12.2 million bottom-of-the-pyramid lives in 2020 – an increase of 34 per cent from 8.9 million in 2019. The cumulative revenue of the portfolio companies improved by 26 per cent through 2020 at $141 million. Masai School, Gigforce, DriveU, Blowhorn, GoCoop, […]
Africa accelerating
Our collective world has gone through rapid change since we set out on the journey we did 4 years ago, but boy did 2020 keep us on our toes! Our confidence that world-class companies are being built in Africa has entered a new phase as we witness the scale potential of our most successful portfolio companies. Rewind to 2017 and a handful of […]
Angel Ventures invierte en Done Properly a través del Fondo de la Alianza del Pacífico AVPAF II
Done Properly concluyó con éxito su ronda de inversión con la participación de Angel Ventures y Endurance Investments. La compañía busca el escalamiento industrial de su tecnología para poder abastecer la demanda global que tienen las empresas líderes de alimentos en el mundo. En noviembre de 2020, Done Properly fue reconocida como la empresa […]
Capria Ventures Partners with SP Ventures to Invest in Latin American Agtech Startup Agrofy
This is Capria Ventures’ first direct co-investment in Latin America’s thriving agtech ecosystem. Listings on Agrofy have grown 89% YOY as more players in the market are adopting and becoming more comfortable with the e-commerce model. Seattle, October 29, 2020: Leading agtech startup, Agrofy, has raised USD 3 million in Series B funding from […]
SP Ventures has reached the first closing of its USD50MM LatAm focused AgFood Tech venture fund
Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 2020 SP Ventures, one of the most active global agtech venture investors & a sector leader in Latin America, has just announced the first closing of its latest early stage fund. The new investment vehicle, AgVentures II, targets a minimum of USD 50MM & a cap of USD 75MM to invest in 20-25 tech firms with the […]
