(Press Release) Santiago - InverSur Capital, a private investment fund management company linked to Oliver Flögel, launches its first venture capital fund, focused on high-impact information and communication technologies (ICT) ventures. The company starts its operations in Chile through the Amérigo Chile Early Stage & Growth Fund with a maximum size of US $50 million under management, from which US$ 30 million have already been committed, combining both the participation of private Limited Partners and the Financing Program for Venture Capital Investment Funds – Early-Stage Funds – of CORFO. Read more
InverSur Capital launches a venture capital fund oriented on ICT ventures
Tags: Chile, Fundraising, ICT, Inversur, Venture Capital
Nexus Group raises $600m for NG Capital Partners II, L.P.
Tags: Fundraising, Nexus Group, Peru, Private Equity
(Press Release) Lima, Peru – Nexus Group, a pioneer of private equity in Peru, is pleased to announce that its second institutional fund, NG Capital Partners II, L.P., held its final closing on Friday, April 26th. NG reached the Fund’s hard cap of $600 million, exceeding its $500 million fundraising target. The Fund will invest primarily in Peru with the flexibility to execute investments in the Andean region. Read more
Latin America’s Navent Raises $30M From Riverwood Capital, Tiger Global To Bolster Regional Online Classifieds Business
Tags: Fundraising, Member Firm, Real Estate
(TechChurch) November 13, 2012 – Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company, Navent, has announced it’s raised $30 million in Series B funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital and global internet investor Tiger Global Management, also a controlling shareholder of the company. Read more
CoreCo Holdings and IFC raise US$53.5 Million to finance Central American Businesses (en español)
Tags: Central America, Fundraising
(Summa) September 24, 2012 – After closing a PE fund in the United States, Guatemalan Alex Von der Goltz, set his sights to his home country and partnered with the IFC to build a fund dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship in the region and providing capital for those entrepreneurs to grow outside their borders. (Continues in Spanish) Read more
Alta Ventures Mexico Raises $70MM USD to Fuel the High Growth Companies of Mexico and Latin America
Tags: Fundraising, Member Firm, Mexico
(Alta Ventures) August 17, 2012 – Alta Ventures Mexico announced the completion of its final close on 70M dollars for its first venture fund in Mexico. Since its founding in 2010, Alta Ventures has become the leader in a new generation of technology funds entering Mexico.
500 Startups Looking to Latin America and India for Second Fund
Tags: Fundraising, Venture Capital
(Forbes) August 8, 2012 – Seed fund and incubator 500 Startups is bullish on international investing – especially Latin America and India, the overseas markets it will concentrate on in its second fund, said Paul Singh, an investing partner who manages the accelerator and focuses on investments in Asia. Read more
EIG opens office in Rio to ramp up investments (em português)
Tags: Brazil, Fundraising
(ABVCAP) August 7, 2012 – EIG Global Energy Partners will open an office in Rio with an eye towards investmetnts linked to the Petrobras and other Brazilian companies. EIG already has a stake in several Brazilian companies, including 7 percent of Sete Brasil Participações SA. Read more
