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A survey found a 16 percentage point rise in the number of Brazilian corporations investing in startups.
Monsanto and Qualcomm are partnering Microsoft on a $92m fund that will support Latin America-founded agribusiness technology startups.
Naspers made its fifth investment in the mobile commerce company, which has just invested $4m in online ticketing platform Sympia.
MMI Holdings' Exponential Ventures unit is the largest limited partner in a $16.5m fund closed by South Africa-based venture capital firm 4Di Capital.
Carsales.com has co-led a funding round for fintech developer PromisePay, which will use the money to expand internationally.
Australia-based data exchange platform Data Republic has raised $7.6m in a round featuring domestic corporates Qantas, Westpac and National Australia Bank.
The two Australia-based, Rocket Internet-backed grocery e-commerce businesses have merged into a single company that will operate as ShopWings.
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