TWO WEEKS

LAVCA Week is fast approaching. Each year, we bring together the most influential private capital investors from Latin America and around the world for curated discussions and private meetings focused on the latest developments in private equity, venture capital and beyond.

FEATURED SESSION

The Path to Building a Generational Company

Francisco Alvarez-Demalde
Co-Founder & Managing Partner,
Riverwood Capital

Marcelo Lombardo

Founder & CEO,

Omie

 LAVCA Women in Private Capital Lunch

▸ Partners Group led a ~USD160m round for Omie, a Brazilian ERP for SMEs.

• Omie raised a ~USD116m Series C led by SoftBank in August 2021. 
• This is Partners Group's first growth equity investment in Brazil, and the largest round for a Brazilian startup this year, per LAVCA Data.
• Look forward to catching up with Omie CEO Marcelo Lombardo on stage during LAVCA Week 2025. 

▸ Founders Fund and Sequoia led a USD35m Series A for Enter, a Brazilian AI startup developing a legal defense platform for enterprises, at a reported USD350m valuation, with participation from Altantico and ONEVC.

• Sequoia just led a USD5.5m round in March in its first investment in a Brazilian startup since leading the USD14.3m round for Nubank in 2014. 

▸ HEALTHTECH | KASZEK and Base10 Partners led a ~USD20m Series A for Arvo, a Brazil-based healthcare payments platform, with follow-on from Canary and K50 Ventures.

• Canary and K50 Ventures co-led a ~USD4.4m round in September 2024. 

▸ SunCompany (formerly SunColombia), a Colombia-based energy holding company that combines solar panels with battery storage systems, raised a USD15m Series B with participation from Bancolombia and SEAF. 

▸ Sempli, a Colombian lending platform for SMEs, raised USD10m in debt financing from Banco de Occidente, Bancolombia, Banco AV Villas, Bancoldex, Fondo Presente and Comfama.

▸ Flourish Ventures and Quona Capital co-led a USD10m Series A for Kamino, a Brazilian financial management software platform, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst.

• Inspired Capital led a USD6.1m pre-seed round in March 2022.

▸  Hedosophia and American Family Ventures co-led a USD10m Series A for Momento Seguros, a Mexico-based digital auto insurer, with participation from Foundation Capital, YC, Hudson Structured Capital and Clocktower Ventures.

▸ LOGISTICS | Canary, Indicator Capital and Citrino Ventures co-led a ~USD7.5m round for INFLEET, a Brazilian fleet operations management platform, with participation from Endeavor Scale-Up, BluStone and follow-on from DOMO.VC.

• Indicator Capital led a ~USD1.9m round in May 2024; Citrino Ventures led a ~USD1m round in April 2023; DOMO.VC and BossaNova made a ~USD520k investment in June 2022.

▸  Vivo Ventures invested ~USD6.6m in Asaas, a Brazil-based payment management platform.

• BOND led a ~USD146m Series C in October 2024; Asaas raised a ~USD30m Series B+ in June 2023; Inovabra led a ~USD7.5m round in October 2020.

▸ SECURITY | Qualcomm Ventures and Astella led a ~USD6.5m round for Gabriel, a Brazilian developer of security camera networks, with participation from Alter Global and follow-on from Globo Ventures.

• Qualcomm Ventures and Astella led a USD7m round in January 2024; SoftBank led a ~USD13.2m Series A in October 2021; Canary invested USD1.5m in January 2020.

▸  Alexia Ventures and Upload Ventures co-led a USD5.5m Series A for CUB, a Brazilian real estate receivables management platform.

▸ EDTECH | Constellation CSI led a ~USD4m round for Layers, a Brazilian educational tool management platform.

▸ Databricks Ventures invested in Indicium, a Brazilian data solutions startup.

• Columbia Capital led a USD40m Series A in May 2024. 

▸ WeHandle, a Brazilian service provider management software, raised a USD4.8m round from Canary, Valutia, Blustone and Quartzo.

• ONEVC led a USD1.2m seed round in August 2024. 

▸ 6 Degrees Capital led a USD3.2m seed round for Paggo, a Guatemala-based payments platform for SMEs, with participation from Caricaco Ventures and undisclosed angels. 

▸ PathPilot, a US-based virtual sales agent management platform, raised USD1.3m from YC, Alaya Capital, Unpopular Ventures, Network VC and undisclosed angels. 

• PathPilot was founded by Peruvian Victor Laguna.

▸ The sovereign wealth fund of Brazilian state Espirito Santo invested USD1m in Aevo, a Brazilian corporate innovation management platform. 

• Espirito Santo’s sovereign wealth fund was structured to invest ~USD200m in government-collected capital from oil royalties into diversified sectors and asset classes in Brazil.

▸ HRTECH | Aggir Ventures invested ~USD940k in Deepful, a Brazilian pharmaceutical representative training platform. 

▸ DOMO.VC and Bossa Invest co-led a ~USD715k round for RevisaPrev, a Brazilian retirement plan management platform.

▸ AGTECH | BR Angels led a ~USD412k round for Olho do Dono, a Brazilian cattle monitoring platform. 

▸ Chefia, a Brazilian food service platform, raised ~USD190k from Anjos do Brasil and Investidores.vc. 

▸ Box 24x7, a Brazilian smart locker rental startup, raised ~USD200k from Anjos do Brasil and undisclosed angels. 

▸ Conecta Dados, a Brazilian data analytics platform, raised ~USD190k from undisclosed investors. 

▸ Nature Ventures and CLIN invested in Wareclouds, a Chilean e-commerce fulfillment platform.

• 2048 Ventures led a USD2m in October 2023; ChileGlobal Ventures led a USD1.2m seed round in October 2022.

▸ NuMundo Ventures invested in Altur, a Mexican AI agent for debt collection. 

▸ Parceiro Ventures invested in Joinin, a Brazilian people management platform. 

▸ William Cordeiro and Diego Gomes of SaaSholic are proposing a new financial metric to measure capital efficiency in venture portfolios- cost of ARR (cARR). 

• Unlike round-based signals or liquidity-dependent metrics such as MOIC and IRR, cARR can be tracked monthly and reflects company performance independent of exit markets. 
• SaaSholic argues that LatAm VC may show particularly strong cARR outcomes compared with other regions, spotlighting capital efficiency as a potential regional edge.

▸ Headline launched Headline Prime I, a FIP (Fundo de Investimento em Participações) listed on B3 and managed by XP. 

• Headline has been active locally led by Romero Rodrigues, with recent announced investments in VAAS, Pipeimob and Mercado de Recebiveis.

▸ Colombia-based Uventures launched a ~USD3m fund to invest in university- and school-level founders at idea and incubation stages. 

• The fund aims to invest in at least 30 startups with direct equity. 
• The initiative is also tied to a broader 16-week program of founder mentoring and is backed by Universidad EAFIT, Universidad EIA, and Fundación Fraternidad Medellín. 

▸ Chile-based KunzA.I Ventures launched its inaugural fund to invest in AI-enabled startups focused on the mining industry. 

• The fund has already invested in Ecometric (monitoring tech for mining), and Nomi (voice-based biometrics for mining employee safety).
• KunzA.I is led by BNamericas Founder Greg Barton.