Topic: Venture capital

Emergent Cold Latin America has enlisted Latham & Watkins LLP in San Diego and Los Angeles and Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados in Lima to raise US$450 million in an investment round to launch a temperature-controlled warehousing business in the region and make its first acquisition in Peru.

09 September 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP in Miami and BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão in São Paulo have helped Brazilian digital pet retailer Petlove raise 750 million reais (US$150 million) in an investment round.

06 September 2021

US firm Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has helped Argentine fintech Ualá raise US$350 million in a funding round co-led by SoftBank’s Latin America fund and Chinese investor Tencent, making it a unicorn company.

25 August 2021

US venture capital fund Insight Partners has enlisted Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP in New York and Brazilian firm Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, Marval O'Farrell Mairal in Buenos Aires and Mexico’s González Calvillo, SC to inject US$500 million into Brazilian e-commerce platform Nuvemshop.

24 August 2021

Brazilian fintech company Blu Pagamentos has hired Bronstein Zilberberg Chueiri & Potenza Advogados to raise 300 million reais (US$58 million) in a funding round led by US investment company Warburg Pincus.

29 July 2021

Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados has helped Brazilian investors XP and Atmos Capital lead a 250 million reais (US$50 million) funding round in local finance start-up Will Bank.

19 July 2021

Global private equity platform Lightrock has hired Cescon, Barrieu, Flesch & Barreto Advogados in São Paulo to lead a 700 million reais (US$138 million) investment in Brazilian travel app Buser.

02 July 2021

US firm Gunderson Dettmer Stough Villeneuve Franklin & Hachigian LLP has helped Chilean purpose-driven benefit platform Betterfly raise US$60 million in a funding round.

30 June 2021

Chilean biotechnology company Phage Technologies has relied on Carey in Santiago to raise US$30 million in an equity financing round.

30 June 2021

Brazilian internet services company Locaweb has hired Tauil & Chequer Advogados in association with Mayer Brown to acquire two technology start-ups.

29 April 2021