LatAm VC's standout 2021

Mega-rounds slow in retail healthtech; Razorpay scores $7.5B valuation; SenseTime reopens IPO; VoltaGrid grabs $100M for clean energy tech
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December 21, 2021
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  • VCs have invested $14.8 billion in Latin American companies this year—more than the previous six years combined. What's driving the surge?

  • A decline in huge deals has slowed overall VC activity in the retail healthtech industry.

  • US PE middle-market activity through Q3 2021 has smashed annual records for both deal count and value.
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Why 2021 was a breakout year for Latin America's VC ecosystem
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Venture-backed companies in Latin America raised nearly $15 billion in 2021—more than the previous six years combined. What happened?
  • The most obvious catalyst was mass digitization under the pandemic, which helped push tens of millions into online banking and draw more investors to fintech startups in the region.

  • The region's growth is likely to accelerate interest among international investors, who hope that the region could mimic Southeast Asia's startup success.

  • Valuations are rising fast, but "it's still early innings," said a leading growth investor.
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Mega-rounds slow in retail healthtech
Demand for mobile and digital healthtech skyrocketed during the pandemic. While interest is still high, it may not be rising as rapidly, as demand was pulled forward for at-home fitness equipment. Additionally, gyms are reopening and in-person doctor visits are becoming safer again.

Our recent installment of Emerging Tech Research explores key trends, VC activity and new business opportunities in the retail healthtech sector. Among the takeaways:
  • Deal value in the space dropped to $2.6 billion in Q3 from $3.5 billion in Q2, while disclosed median deal size declined to $11 million, largely due to a decrease in mega-deals.

  • VC exit value fell to $2.4 billion—following Q2's record $7.6 billion, which included the public listing of 23andMe.

  • Emerging opportunities in the industry include utilization-based insurance for high-cost digital health solutions and startups developing applications to help patients make use of data from continuous glucose monitors.
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US PE middle market smashes annual records in 2021
Middle-market private equity firms have sustained a feverish pace of activity throughout 2021, as investors push to capitalize on booming economic growth and low interest rates before the macroeconomic tide turns.

Going into year's end, dealmaking has already broken annual records in both volume and value, with nearly 2,900 transactions comprising $438.6 billion, according to our Q3 US PE Middle Market Report. The report, sponsored by Antares, Canton & Company, and LBMC, is now updated with league tables. Takeaways include:
  • US middle-market exits also continued at a remarkable pace, with a combined $184 billion in value through Q3—also an annual record.

  • Inflation remains top of mind for middle-market firms, with increased labor, raw materials and energy costs driving down earnings growth in industries such as manufacturing.

  • The fundraising environment favors large funds and established managers, prompting many firms to launch additional middle-market strategies.
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  2016 Vintage Global Venture Funds with less than $250M  
  VC Deals  
  Razorpay scores $7.5B valuation  
  Cars24 raises $400M at $3.3B value  
  India's OfBusiness picks up $325M  
  SoftBank backs $200M+ round for Colombian fintech startup Addi  
  Coatue leads $145M round for Rec Room  
  E-scooter startup Voi lands $115M Series D  
  Mumbai's Bizongo snags $110M Series D  
  Figment captures $110M in new financing  
  Turing hits unicorn valuation after $87M Series D  
  Taptap Send takes in $65M  
  PE Deals  
  Anchor Equity Partners invests $210M in Kurly at $3.3B value  
  VoltaGrid raises $100M for clean energy tech  
  Francisco Partners lands healthcare clearinghouse Office Ally  
  Audax acquires marketing platform provider Integrate  
  Exits & IPOs  
  ZeroFox to be valued at $1.4B in public debut  
  Platinum to sell Ball Metalpack stake to Sonoco  
  Senti Bio to make Nasdaq debut via $601M SPAC merger  
  SenseTime reopens IPO, raises $512M from investors  
  Open English files to go public  
  Fundraising  
  Hayfin collects $2.3B+ for special opportunities vehicle  
  Crossbeam locks down $70M for Fund II  
 
 
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VC Deals
Razorpay scores $7.5B valuation
Indian online payments company Razorpay has raised $375 million in Series F funding at a valuation of $7.5 billion. The round was led by Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital Management and TCV with participation from Tiger Global, Sequoia India, GIC and Y Combinator. Razorpay was valued at $3 billion after a $160 million round in April.
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Cars24 raises $400M at $3.3B value
India's Cars24 has been valued at $3.3 billion in a new funding round, up from $1.84 billion in September, according to reports. Alpha Wave Global led the $300 million Series G round, which was raised alongside $100 million in debt. Cars24 offers a marketplace for used cars and motorcycles, operating across 182 Indian cities as well as the United Arab Emirates, Australia, Saudi Arabia and Thailand.
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India's OfBusiness picks up $325M
OfBusiness has raised $325 million in Series G financing from Alpha Wave Global, Tiger Global and SoftBank. The round valued India-based OfBusiness at about $5 billion, an increase from $3 billion in October. OfBusiness operates a platform for the procurement of raw materials and offers credit servicers for small and medium-sized businesses.
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SoftBank backs $200M+ round for Colombian fintech startup Addi
Bogotá, Colombia-based Addi has raised $80 million in equity from Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC, the SoftBank Latin America Fund and other investors, Bloomberg reported. The company has also reportedly raised $125 million in debt funding, the majority of which came from Goldman Sachs. Addi, which brought in $75 million for a Series B extension in September, provides buy now, pay later services for ecommerce, mobile and brick-and-mortar purchases in Brazil and Colombia.
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Coatue leads $145M round for Rec Room
Virtual reality startup Rec Room has raised $145 million at a $3.5 billion valuation. Coatue led the round, with participation from Sequoia, Index Ventures and Madrona Venture Group. Seattle-based Rec Room, which provides a social gaming platform for user-generated content, was valued at $1.25 billion earlier this year.
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E-scooter startup Voi lands $115M Series D
Stockholm-based Voi has raised $115 million in a round led by Raine Group and VNV Global. The startup will use the funds to enter new European markets and add more e-bikes to its rental fleet. Voi has received $430 million in total funding since its founding in 2018.
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Mumbai's Bizongo snags $110M Series D
Bizongo, a Mumbai-based B2B platform for made-to-order products, has reportedly raised $110 million in new funding at a valuation of $600 million. Tiger Global is said to have led the round, with support from investors including Chiratae Ventures and AddVentures. Founded in 2015, the startup provides digital vendor management, supply chain automation and supply chain finance services to enterprise customers across sectors including fashion, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods and ecommerce.
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B Capital Group, CDC Group, Castle Investments, IFC, Satyadharma Investments
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Figment captures $110M in new financing
Figment, a blockchain services provider, has raised a $110 million Series C at a $1.4 billion valuation. The funding was led by Thoma Bravo, with support from Counterpoint Global, Mirae Asset, Bonfire Ventures, Two Sigma Ventures, Liberty City Ventures and many others. Launched in 2018, Figment provides developer tools and infrastructure designed to support the growth of the Web3 ecosystem. The startup raised a $50 million Series B in August.
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Anchorage Digital, Avon Ventures, B Capital Group, Bitstamp, BlockFi, Chaos Ventures, Cobalt Capital
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Turing hits unicorn valuation after $87M Series D
HR tech startup Turing has raised $87 million at a valuation of about $1.1 billion in a round led by WestBridge Capital, with support from Foundation Capital, StepStone Group and other backers. Based in Palo Alto, Turing is the creator of an AI-based platform that helps companies vet, hire and manage remote software developers in over 140 countries.
Additional Investors:
AltaIR Capital, BrainStorm Ventures, Frontier Ventures, HR Tech Investments, Modern Venture Partners, Plug and Play Ventures
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Taptap Send takes in $65M
Taptap Send, the developer of a cross-border fintech platform, has raised a $65 million Series B led by Spark Capital, with participation from Unbound, Canaan Partners, Slow Ventures, Flourish Ventures and other investors. The startup's tech allows users in underserved markets to send cross-border payments quickly and without fees. Since the start of the pandemic, Taptap has expanded into 13 additional locations, including Bangladesh, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam.
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Breyer Capital, Wamda Capital, Reid Hoffman
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PE Deals
Anchor Equity Partners invests $210M in Kurly at $3.3B value
Anchor Equity Partners has reportedly invested $210 million in Kurly ahead of its planned IPO, with the new funds valuing the South Korean online grocery delivery startup at about $3.3 billion. Kurly has received prior backing from other investors such as Sequoia China, Hillhouse Capital and DST Global, TechCrunch reported.
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VoltaGrid raises $100M for clean energy tech
VoltaGrid has raised $100 million in funding from the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Longbow Capital, Pilot Company and Walter Ventures. Founded in 2020, the energy management and generation company offers an AI platform that provides live emissions tracking, asset carbon intensity, automated back-office management and ESG reporting on a centralized database.
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Francisco Partners lands healthcare clearinghouse Office Ally
Francisco Partners has acquired Office Ally, a Vancouver, Wash.-based provider of healthcare clearinghouse, revenue cycle management and software solutions. Founded in 2000, Office Ally processes approximately 25 million claims monthly for more than 720,000 providers and 4,000 payers in the US. Francisco Partners frequently invests in the healthcare IT and software space.
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Audax acquires marketing platform provider Integrate
Audax Private Equity has made a majority investment in Integrate, the provider of a B2B marketing platform. Integrate works with enterprise organizations like Salesforce, Microsoft and Pluralsight to power their precision demand marketing strategies.
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Exits & IPOs
ZeroFox to be valued at $1.4B in public debut
External cybersecurity startup ZeroFox has agreed to combine with blank-check company L&F Acquisition Corp. in a deal that will see the company list on the NYSE at an equity valuation of approximately $1.4 billion. The merger comprises $170 million in financing led by Monarch Alternative Capital, with support from others including Victory Park Capital, Corbin Capital and NEA. ZeroFox will also acquire IDX, a provider of privacy protection and data breach response services.
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Platinum to sell Ball Metalpack stake to Sonoco
Platinum Equity and Ball Corporation have agreed to sell Ball Metalpack, a manufacturer of sustainable metal packaging for food and household products, to consumer packaging company Sonoco for $1.35 billion.
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Senti Bio to make Nasdaq debut via $601M SPAC merger
Senti Bio has agreed to go public on the Nasdaq through a merger with blank-check company Dynamics Special Purpose Corp. The transaction is expected to provide over $296 million in gross proceeds and value the combined entity at $601 million. Senti is the creator of a synthetic biology platform that's designed to treat complex diseases by programming cell and gene therapies with "gene circuits." The company raised a $105 million Series B in January from backers like Intel Capital, Leaps by Bayer, Matrix Partners China and NEA.
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SenseTime reopens IPO, raises $512M from investors
Venture-backed Chinese AI firm SenseTime Group has raised $512 million from cornerstone investors after reopening orders for its Hong Kong IPO, Bloomberg reported. SenseTime originally postponed the listing to update its prospectus following new US sanctions placed on the company. SenseTime aims to raise up to $767 million and hit a valuation of about $17 billion in its IPO, according to reports.
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Open English files to go public
Open English has filed confidentially with the SEC for a public debut that could occur sometime next year, Bloomberg reported. The Florida-based company had reportedly been considering going public via a SPAC merger, but opted to pursue an IPO instead. Open English offers English language learning services to children, adults and corporate clients in the US, Latin America and Turkey. The company has raised prior funding from investors including Insight Partners, Redpoint Ventures and Flybridge.
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Fundraising
Hayfin collects $2.3B+ for special opportunities vehicle
Hayfin has closed its third special opportunities fund, surpassing a target of €2 billion (about $2.3 billion). The vehicle will be used to invest in corporate and asset-backed opportunities created by post-pandemic dislocation and related balance sheet restructurings. Founded in 2009, the London-based alternative asset manager has invested €9 billion across its special opportunities strategy; it has provided some €28 billion in total capital across 400-plus portfolio companies.
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Crossbeam locks down $70M for Fund II
Crossbeam Venture Partners has closed its second flagship fund on $70 million. The vehicle will focus on backing companies at the pre-seed through Series A stages. The firm, which typically backs startups related to new internet economies, financial services or novel asset classes, closed the fund's predecessor on $25 million in March 2020. Crossbeam's portfolio includes lawsuit software specialist EvenUp and Spotter, which values and provides up-front cash for existing content libraries on YouTube.
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