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Latin America

Chilean food company Carozzi to invest $6m in startups

After months in stealth mode, Carozzi Ventures is ready to invest $6m over the next three years.

Oct 15, 2024

Zavala leaves corporate venturing role at insurer Consorcio

Tomás Zavala is leaving after six years working on the Chilean financial services firm's corporate venture capital activities.

Oct 1, 2024

TechEnergy Ventures is on the hunt for hard assets

With a focus on hardware, the unit sees huge opportunity to help its parent company develop cleantech assets.

Sep 23, 2024

Energy transition is pushing mining companies to innovate faster, says Vale Ventures…

Bruno Arcadier says scaling up startups to handle the vast volumes of the mining industry is a key challenge.

Aug 28, 2024

CVC-as-a-service group Valetec Capital launches venture builder

As the Brazilian CVC market starts to cool, Valetec is looking to diversify its business with a venture building division.

Aug 23, 2024

Latin American innovation firms team up to catch market boom

Seven years ago the market was nascent, now even smaller corporates want to tap startup style innovation. Innova360 and Bluebox merged in part to make the most of that wave.

Aug 21, 2024

Gonzalez to head frozen food maker Sigma's CVC

Ciro Gonzalez, formerly an investment associate at CVC unit Munich Re Ventures, has been appointed as head of Sigma Ventures.

Aug 20, 2024

Lambert to lead Brazilian bank Rendimento's CVC

After a five-month spell at a financial advisory group, Claudio Lambert returned to Grupo Rendimiento’s corporate venturing subsidiary as head.

Aug 19, 2024

Other News

Credit Saison commits $200m to Latin American startups

The financial services firm's Mexican and Brazilian units are each equipped with $100m, and CVC unit Saison Capital will play a key role.

Jul 29, 2024

Time for Latin America to come out of stealth mode as an…

Latin America's energy transition is rarely reported on but the region is a secret leader in this. Its decarbonisation journey offers opportunities for the rest of the world.

Jul 11, 2024

Mexican and Chilean CVC-as-a-service firms join forces

Innova360 powered by Bluebox will have 35 team members and $15m distributed among eight corporate venturing funds across Latin America.

Jul 10, 2024

Emasa Ventures ceases operations

The Chilean auto parts manufacturer has shut down its $20m startup investment subsidiary and its Emasa Mobility Hub after three years.

Jun 25, 2024

Natura Ventures launches with $9.2m to back Brazilian beauty startups

The Brazilian beauty and wellness group’s CVC unit will target seed-stage opportunities in circularity, beauty and customer service segments.

Jun 18, 2024

Three companies co-launch Brazilian CVC fund manager

The Bakery will help clients build CVC strategies while Staged Ventures will manage the funds and Pipe Ventures will provide deal flow.

Jun 12, 2024

Editor's Picks

Braskem chooses an independent venture path with Oxygea

The Brazilian petrochemical company’s new CVC is late to the game, but doesn’t want to sit idle.

Dec 7, 2022
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