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Organización Corona VC | Lilianne Brunstein

LAVCA recently spoke with Lilianne Brunstein, Head of Organización Corona VC, about the evolution of one of Colombia's most active corporate venture capital programs. She discussed how Corona VC combines venture client and investment strategies to drive innovation, create strategic partnerships with startups and venture funds and help bring new technologies into the business.

▸ CROSS-BORDER | Goldman Sachs Alternatives led a USD110m Series C for Taktile, a New York- and Berlin-based AI decisioning platform for financial institutions, with participation from Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, YC and Dig Ventures.

• Taktile will use part of the proceeds to expand across Latin America.

▸ Citius led a USD85m Series D for ADDI, a Colombian point-of-sale lending and financial services platform, with co-lead from BTG Pactual and participation from GIC, monashees and others.

• ADDI secured a USD150m structured credit facility led by JP Morgan in April 2026.

▸ DEBT | Victory Park Capital provided a USD50m financing facility to Digitt, a Mexico-based credit card debt refinancing platform for prime borrowers.

▸ Haun Ventures led a USD30m Series A at a reported ~USD180m valuation for Jota, a Brazilian AI-enabled digital account and conversational financial assistant for entrepreneurs, with participation from HOF Capital, Alter Global and Greyhound Capital.

▸ DEBT | BBVA Spark and SixPoint Capital provided a ~USD22.8m credit facility to Baubap, a Mexican digital microloan platform.

▸ Valor Capital Group led a USD18m Series A for Aviva, a Mexican neobank and microcredit platform for underserved communities, with participation from IDB Lab, Caravela Capital, Endeavor Forward and follow-on from Wollef, IGNIA, Krealo and Newtopia.

▸ CVC | Krealo, Credicorp’s corporate venture capital arm, led a USD5.2m seed round for Blanco Financiero, a Chilean AI-enabled factoring platform for SMEs founded by former Xepelin co-founder Diego Contreras.

▸ CROSS-BORDER | Fabric Ventures led a ~USD2.9m pre-seed round for Zeom, a London-based global account and investment platform founded by Brazilians, with participation from Plug and Play and Tritemius.

▸ AGTECH | SiloReal, an Argentina-based agtech platform digitizing grain stocks to make agricultural assets verifiable, insurable and financeable, raised a USD2.5m round from Draper Cygnus, Xperiment, Innventure, Galicia Ventures and BYMA Ventures.

▸ FOODTECH | Capibara Fideicomiso de Impacto invested USD1m at a reported USD16m valuation in Ecoterra, a Chilean foodtech producing pasture-raised eggs, dairy products, proteins and coffee.

▸ AI | Magma Partners and Matterscale Ventures co-led a USD500k pre-seed round for Bianca AI, a Buenos Aires-based AI commercial intelligence platform for CPG companies.

▸ HEALTHTECH | Impact Ventures PSM Seed, operated by Impacta VC, invested in ANA Care, a Mexico-based homecare software platform using AI to train, support and connect caregivers.

▸ B Venture Capital reached a USD7m final close for BVC Fund III, its third early-stage fund to invest in pre-seed and seed B2B and AI startups across Latin America.

• The fund has already deployed capital into eight startups and expects to build a portfolio of 20-22 companies, with initial tickets of USD150k-200k.

▸ M&A | Kikos, a Brazilian fitness equipment company, acquired GuruPass, a Brazilian fitness access platform connecting users with gyms and sports studios, in a cash-and-stock deal for an undisclosed amount.

• The transaction involved the buyout of stakes from angel and private-capital investors, including Estáter, Nébula and an a16z scout fund.

▸ IPO | Securitize, a US-based tokenization infrastructure platform for real-world assets, listed on the NYSE through a business combination with Cantor Equity Partners II.

• The transaction valued Securitize at a reported USD1.25b pre-money equity value.
• NXTP participated in Securitize’s USD12.75m Series A in 2018, alongside Coinbase Ventures, Ripple and Global Brain; other investors include BlackRock, ARK Invest, Blockchain Capital, Hamilton Lane, Jump Crypto, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Tradeweb Markets.

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