|  IDB Invest partnered with Global Affairs Canada and BlueOrchard, to launch a USD200m private debt fund to invest in SMEs with a gender, diversity and inclusion focus in Latin America and the Caribbean. Read more. #PrivateCredit
Pátria Investments invested BRL620m (~USD127.2m) in Grupo Elfa, a Brazil-based hospital equipment and drug distribution company. This is Patria’s second investment in Grupo Elfa this year after an initial BRL253m (~USD50.6m) investment in January. Read more. #PE Pátria Investments and Temasek agreed to partially exit Hidrovias do Brasil, an integrated logistics solutions company focused on waterway transportation, through a BRL444m (~USD91m) secondary offering sale. Read more. #PE Riverwood Capital led a USD35m round for InvGate, a US- and Argentina-based IT infrastructure management platform for corporates, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst. This is InvGate’s first institutional round of funding since its founding in 2009. Read more. #VC GSV Ventures led a USD19m Series A for mattilda, a Mexican finance management and tuition collection platform, with follow-on from FinTech Collective and DILA Capital. Addem Capital provided a credit line of up to USD10m in February; FinTech Collective led a USD10m seed round in November 2022. Read more. #VC Foodology, a Colombia-based dark kitchen operator, raised a USD17m round with participation from 30N Ventures and follow-on from Andreessen Horowitz and Chimera. Read more. #VC Peruvian FoF COFIDE made a USD3m commitment to Alaya Capital III, Alaya Capital’s third flagship fund with a USD50m target to invest in early-stage startups across Spanish-speaking Latin America. Read more. #VC UK-based asset manager Ashmore acquired Concesionaria Ruta Bogota Norte, a Colombia-based construction, financing and maintenance company for infrastructure project Accesos Norte Fase II, from OHLA and Termotécnia Coindustrial. Read more. #RealAssets Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and LarrainVial reached an undisclosed first close on their infrastructure and renewable energy debt fund in Colombia. The Colombian peso-denominated fund has a target size of ~USD200m. Read more. #RealAssets Grupo Ransa, a Peru-based logistics operator backed by HIG Capital, merged with Transportes Centroamericanos del Futuro, a land freight transportation, storage and container repair services provider for major shipping lines across Central America. Read more. #PE Starboard acquired a 38% stake in Gasbol, a Brazil and Bolivia-based gas pipeline, facilitating an exit for EIG Energy. Read more. #RealAssets Aqua Capital agreed to exit YesSinergy Agroindustrial, a Brazil-based animal feed additives producer, through a sale to Olmix Group. Read more. #PE | 
