The Latin America PE/VC Report spoke with Ernest Bachrach, Managing Partner and Co-Head of Latin America for Advent International. Founded in 1984, the firm recently raised the largest-ever private equity fund dedicated to the region.
Member Firm Profile: An Interview with Ernest Bachrach, Advent International
Tags: General Partners, GPs, Private Equity, Profiles
An Interview with Alvaro Goncalves, Stratus Investimentos
Tags: Brazil, General Partners, GPs, Private Equity
LAVCA spoke with Alvaro Goncalves, Managing Partner of Stratus Investimentos. Founded in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1999, Stratus manages a $285 million mid-market private equity fund, which includes a mezzanine infrastructure fund in joint venture with Darby Overseas. Stratus is currently raising capital for the buyout platform and real estate.
LAVCA: How do you differentiate yourself strategically from other funds active in Brazil?
Erik Peterson, from Aureos Capital, speaks about Central America
Tags: General Partners, GPs, Profiles
LAVCA spoke with Erik Peterson, Regional Managing Partner of Aureos Capital’s $184 million pan-regional Aureos Latin American Fund (ALAF). In addition to ALAF, which held a final closing earlier this year, Aureos also operates the $21 million EMERGE Fund, which focuses specifically on Central America and the Dominican Republic, and is currently in divestment stage of its $36 million Aureos Central America Fund. Aureos Capital manages over $1.2 billion globally.
An Interview with Tim Purcell, Linzor Capital Partners
Tags: General Partners, GPs, Profiles
LAVCA spoke with Tim Purcell, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Linzor Capital Partners LP. Based in Santiago, Chile, Linzor manages a $200 million private equity fund that is focused on mid-cap buyouts with a stated interest in industrial, service and retail sectors throughout Latin America. The fund has made 4 investments since its inception in 2006.
An Interview with Alejandro Quentin, Pampa Capital
Tags: General Partners, GPs, Member Firm, Profiles
LAVCA spoke with Alejandro Quentin, Founder & CEO of Latin America-based private equity firm Pampa Capital. Founded in 2005, Pampa Capital invests in companies in the agribusiness value chain through its fund Pampa Agribusiness Fund LP. With $365 million in assets under management, Pampa focuses on companies primarily in Argentina and Brazil, and selectively in Chile, Peru and Uruguay.
Christopher Meyn, Gávea Investimentos
Tags: Brazil, General Partners, GPs, Member Firm, Profiles
LAVCA spoke with Christopher Meyn, a Partner at Rio de Janeiro-based investment fund manager Gávea Investimentos. Gávea has approximately $4.8 billion in assets under management and operates private equity funds, hedge funds and other wealth management services. In July of 2008, Gávea closed on $1.3 billion for its third private equity fund, which has already invested half its capital.
