The private buying club wars of Latin America, begun they have. Privalia Venta Directa has secured €70m ($95m) from General Atlantic and Index Ventures, plus existing shareholder Highland Capital, to basically roll-up all the private online sales clubs in the region, as well as consolidate positions in Europe, according to Lucas Carné, joint chief executive and co-founder of Privalia. It's the latest in a number of investments by VCs in the exploding world of private online sales

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