Nov 30
Mexican retail startup Zubale raises US$25 million to accelerate growth at home and in Brazil. The startup is a set of tools and services designed to empower the profitable expansion of retailers’ digital channels, secured an investment of USD$25 million in a round led by QED Investors, backed by NFX, Kevin Efrusy, and other investors.
Nov 30
Apple selected two Brazilian applications among the best in the world:
Makeup platform Prêt-à-Makeup, with 5 million downloads in 170 countries, and fitness app SmartGym, 4 million downloads in several countries.
Nov 30
Brazilian Gohobby plans pre-sale of ‘flying car’ in the next quarter. Startup signed an import contract from Chinese manufacturer EHang and is awaiting approval from Anac to begin manned tests in the first quarter of next year.
Nov 29
BRQ Digital Solutions announced another strategic investment through its Innovation Hub innovation center. The company invested US$200,000 for 4% of Kobana, an open finance startup that automates the financial flow of companies.
Nov 25
BayBrazil releases a series of videos of its annual conference 2023:
Watch the generative AI-focused sessions with enterprise use cases presented by the remarkable Yogesh Agrawal, VP NVIDIA Enterprise AI Business, and Rayn Veerubhotla, Managing Director at Google.
Stay tuned for more video releases!
Nov 22
Venture Capital investments in the 3rd quarter reached R$1.9 billion, with 62 rounds, according to a report produced by the ABVCAP in partnership with TTR Data. In relation to the 2nd quarter, there was a 19% increase in value and a 16% drop in the number of operations; in the annual comparison, however, the drop was 29.6% in the amount invested and 66% in total operations.
Nov 13
Fracttal, a startup that uses cutting-edge technology for maintenance and asset management, received a new investment of US$10 million. The round was led by Kayyak Ventures, a Latin American Venture Capital, complemented by GoHub Ventures, a current investor that continues to support the company, with the collaboration of Amador Holdings.
Nov 13
The fintech CondoConta raised R$72 million. The company operates as a “bank for condominiums”, offering services such as credit for financing, insurance and advance payment of the condominium fee. The new investors are SYN Proptech, Endeavor Scale-Up and Terracotta Ventures, in addition to current investors such as Redpoint eVentures and Igah Ventures.
Nov 9
The healthtech Liti, focused on weight loss, raises R$21 million from monashees, Canary, Grão, Norte, Eclipseon, Newtopia, The Fund and Latitud. The round also includes a team of angels behind companies such as Rappi itself, as well as Inventa, Loopi Pay, Yuno Payments, Cayena, Salú, JHSF and Coteminas.
News gathering by Thais Chertman
