SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures
VC Fund
Miami, United States
SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures (SBLV) is an initiative of SOFTBANK CORP. SBLV is dedicated to helping build the Internet economy in Latin America by focusing on critical resources, technology, capital, and SOFTBANK's comprehensive network of partners in the region.
- Total investments:
- 78
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 71%
Last updated:
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Industries SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures invests in
Stages SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures invests in
Countries SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series A
- $10M–$35M
- Series B
- $30M–$181M
- Series C
- $50M–$1B
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 18 (23%)
- FinTech 17 (22%)
- Financial Services 13 (17%)
- E-Commerce 11 (14%)
- SaaS 10 (13%)
Stage
- Series B 20 (26%)
- Series A 11 (14%)
- Series C 10 (13%)
- Series D 7 (9%)
- Series E 6 (8%)
Country
- Brazil 26 (33%)
- United States 13 (17%)
- Mexico 10 (13%)
- Chile 4 (5%)
- Colombia 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Franck
Investment lead and head of Mexico
|
Investment lead and head of Mexico | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Benjamin Lizana
Investor
|
Investor | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Laura Gaviria Halaby
Operating partner
|
Operating partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Masayoshi Son
Chairman and CEO
|
Chairman and CEO | Total investments: 24 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ualá is a fintech company whose mission is to bring Latin American financial services into the 21st century. Through an app and an international Mastercard card, it offers an innovative and integrated experience. It also brings the unbanked into the financial system by offering cheaper and more convenient services than any other alternative.Itwas founded by the Argentine entrepreneur Pierpaolo Barbieri and launched in October 2017 in Argentina and in September 2020 in Mexico.Ualá offers an international Mastercard card and is the first free card on the market, with no issuance, renewal, maintenance, and closing costs. It can be used to make purchases on any website or store in the world that accepts Mastercard. In addition, it offers the possibility of carrying out a wide variety of financial transactions through the app such as transferring money, paying bills, and topping up cell phones and transportation cards. Users can also track expenses through an analysis tool, apply for loans and invest in mutual funds.With more than 3.100 million cards issued, it is available throughout Argentina for anyone above 13 and Mexico for anyone above 18, both for Android and iOS. | $300M / Series E / Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Reflexivity is an intelligent investment platform aiming to give access to state-of-the-art investment technology to passionate investors. AI-powered algorithms organize the firehose of daily data and price information flow into actionable investment insights. It combines AI capabilities and institutional-grade analytics to provide investors withtools for the lifecycle of investment asset and portfolio management. | $30M / Series B / Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Clip is the leading commerce and digital payment platform that is empowering businesses in Mexico to interact and transact with its consumers more effectively through innovative technologies, best-in-class customer service, and the ability to accept all payment methods digitally. | $100M / Series D / Jun 18, 2024 | ||
| CRM&Bonus is a platform that aims to increase the sales of your stores from 10% to 20% (in up to 100 days) with an effective discount of less than 2%.Our objective is to increase the profitability of companies, diluting their fixed costs through the real increase in sales that we generate.CRM & BÔNUS was established in April, 2018 inSao Paulo, Brazil. | $78M / Series B / May 14, 2024 | ||
| Rankmi is aRankmi is a platform for automating all people management processes in a single location. A single SaaS platform with products connected to each stage of the employee cycle, allowing people and companies to achieve their purpose through memorable experiences. Solutions such as payroll, performance, benefits, recruitment, social hub,among many others.More than 1 million people, from different companies and industries in the world, use Rankmi! | $16.4M / Series A / Mar 01, 2023 | ||
| Buk is a cloud-based human resource management software system that unifies a wide range of HR functionality into one system. The software provides benefits, talent management, payroll, time tracking, and recruiting solutions. The Buk App allows teams to be managed more effectively, providing notifications, document signing, and access to payrolldetails directly from mobile devices. | $35M / Feb 22, 2023 | ||
| Buk is a cloud-based human resource management software system that unifies a wide range of HR functionality into one system. The software provides benefits, talent management, payroll, time tracking, and recruiting solutions. The Buk App allows teams to be managed more effectively, providing notifications, document signing, and access to payrolldetails directly from mobile devices. | $35M / Series A / Feb 21, 2023 | ||
| Nowports is a digital freight forwarder that helps companies improve the import process. It serves as a platform through which companies and individuals can manage their imports and exports in real-time. The company uses AI to make the import process easy, secure, and transparent. The platform allows users to request a quote, register the productsand providers that the company mostly uses, and book shipments from any port. | $150M / Series C / May 24, 2022 | ||
| Habi is a technology-driven real estate company that helps middle-class customers buy and sell their homes more quickly and efficiently, without the uncertainty of traditional real estate transactions. Using its proprietary pricing algorithm and scalable processes. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bogotá, Distrito Especial. | $200M / Series C / May 11, 2022 | ||
| unico IDtech is a developer of facial recognition and identification technology created to solve document and process management. The company's solutions operate on biometric authentication, digital onboarding and paperless verticals with a focus to transform relevant business processes, making the workflow between the company, government, andthe client to be simple and controlled. | $346.3M / Apr 14, 2022 | ||
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FAQ
What does SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures invest in?
SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Financial Services startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 78 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures's check size?
SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures typically joins rounds of $10M–$35M at Series A, $30M–$181M at Series B and $50M–$1B at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures participates in.
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Who are the partners at SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures?
The team at SOFTBANK Latin America Ventures includes Juan Franck (Investment lead and head of Mexico), Benjamin Lizana (Investor) and Laura Gaviria Halaby (Operating partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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