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Kaszek Ventures

Kaszek Ventures is the leading Latin American venture capital firm investing in high-impact tech entrepreneurs. Led by Nicolas Szekasy, MercadoLibre’s former CFO, and Hernan Kazah, MercadoLibre’s co-founder, the firm actively supports its portfolio companies through value-added strategic guidance and hands-on operational help, leveraging its partners’ successful entrepreneurial backgrounds and extensive network.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
GetNinjas 4/13Series A$3M3
Kekanto 1/13Series B$5.5M3
VivaReal 12/12Series B$15M4
GoIntegro 10/12Series A2
Oppa 10/12Venture Round$13M4
Pitzi 8/12Series A2
Open English 7/12Series C$43M4
eÓtica 6/12Series A1
BelezanaWeb 5/12Series A$10M2
MadeiraMadeira 5/12Series A3
ComparaOnline 5/12Series A$5M1
Restorando.com 2/12Series A$3.2M4
VivaReal 1/12Series A13
HelpSaúde.com 1/12Series A1
Kekanto 12/11Series A2
PedidosYa / PedidosJá 11/11Series A2
Open English 11/11Series B$2M1
SaferTaxi 9/11Series A$1M2
Eventioz 9/11Series A1
GetNinjas 9/11Seed1
ZupCat 9/11Series A$700k1
PetLove 8/11Series A3
OQVestir 6/11Series A2
GetNinjas 4/11Seed1

Videos

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Keynote Nicolas Szekazy at TNW Latin America 2012

Added: 1/10/13

Sources

  1. Latam Local Services Marketplace Startup GetNinjas Raises $3M Series A To Get More Nimble By Getting More Developers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  2. Brazilian social city guide Kekanto raises $5.5m, becomes W7 Brazil Capital’s first investment (thenextweb.com) [edit]
  3. VivaReal raises $15M to help people find home in Latin America (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  4. Endeavor Entrepreneur company GoIntegro secures growth equity funding from Riverwood Capital and Kaszek Ventures to fund growth initiatives (endeavor.org) [edit]
  5. Oppa.com.br Raises $13M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
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  7. Open English Lands $43M From Insight, Redpoint To Bring Online Language Ed To Latin America (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  8. eÓtica Closes First Investment Round, Looks Towards Contact Lens Program (pulsosocial.com) [edit]
  9. Com recursos de Tiger e Kaszek, site Beleza na Web amplia o portfólio (apsisconsultoria.com.br) [edit]
  10. Construction & Building Platform MadeiraMadeira Closes First Investment Round (pulsosocial.com) [edit]
  11. With Kaszek’s Investment, Chilean Startup ComparaOnline raises $5M (pulsosocial.com) [edit]
  12. Restorando Raises $3.2M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  13. Real Estate Site VivaReal Raises Cash To Be The Zillow For Brazil (techcrunch.com) [edit]
  14. helpsaude.com [edit]
  15. Kekanto Raises Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
  16. dealbook.nytimes.com [edit]
  17. Open English raises $2M in B-1 Round (floridaventuresourcing.com) [edit]
  18. SaferTaxi Raises $1m USD in Venture Funding (blog.safertaxi.com) [edit]
  19. scoop.it [edit]
  20. GetNinjas recebe aporte da Kaszek Ventures (exame.abril.com.br) [edit]
  21. Citation Needed [add]
  22. pulsosocial.com [edit]
  23. OQVestir recebe aporte da Tiger Global (baguete.com.br) [edit]
  24. GetNinjas, investida pela Monashees, lança marketplace online de serviços para jobs e freelances (startups.ig.com.br) [edit]
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