(Investimentos y Noticias) Private equity fund Siguler Guff & Company, which has over $ 12 billion of assets under management around the world, is targeting a $ 300 million Brazilian fund to start investing in 2014. The companies that will receive capital should be from the consumer, healthcare, education, mining and infrastructure sectors. Read more
Eventioz Receives US$ 1.5m Investments from Kaszek Ventures (em português)
Tags: Chile, Leisure, Peru, Private Equity
Wayra Perú Launches Tourism Incubator, Andes Factory
Tags: Andes Factory, Incubator, Leisure & Tourism, Peru, Wayra
(Pulso Social) Early this May, Wayra Peru launched Andes Factory, a technology incubator for socially responsible tourism industry. The number of tourists in Peru is expected to reach 3 million tourists in 2013, according to the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism. Read more
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
Perú Capital Network, the first Angel Network in Peru (en español)
Tags: Angel Investing, Peru
(Pulso Social) Peru Capital Network (PCN) is a program launched by Instituto Invertir, which was founded in 2010. PCN seeks to support entrepreneurs in their development and in their search for potential investors. It should be noted that this program is the first angel network in Peru, and the first network to form a strategic alliance with Chile Global Angels and another group of prominent specialists in the private equity market. Read more
Nexus Group Past Halfway Mark to Second Fund Closing
Tags: Nexus Group, Peru
(Dow Jones) Less than two years after holding a final close on its debut fund, Nexus Group has surpassed the halfway point for its sophomore vehicle, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
NG Capital Partners II LP has raised $372 million from 32 investors, according to the filing. That puts Fund II $52 million ahead of the Lima, Peru, firm’s debut vehicle, which closed on $320 million in May 2011 (more available on Dow Jones).
Carlyle-backed China Fishery acquires Peruvian fishing group
Tags: Carlyle Group, China Fishery, Copeinica, Peru, Private Equity
(AltAssets) Carlyle-backed fishing business China Fishery has expanded its presence in Peru by acquiring its local peer Copeinca for $555.8m.
According to China Fishery, the deal should make it the largest player in the world’s largest market for fishmeal and fish oil exports. Read more
The Carlyle Group Raises $308M For Peru Fund
Tags: Carlyle Group, Peru, Private Equity
(Press Release) Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group has raised $308 million for Carlyle Peru Fund, L.P. and its parallel vehicles, extending the South America investment presence the firm established five years ago. Read more
Conduit Capital and CAF Invest in 40 Megawatt Peruvian Solar Project
Tags: Energy, Member Firm, Peru, Private Equity
(OBPR) November 12, 2012 – Conduit Capital Partners LLC, a private equity investment firm focused on energy infrastructure investment and development in Latin America and the Caribbean, and CAF, development bank of Latin America, announced that they have invested in the Tacna and Panamericana solar projects in southern Peru, and that the Tacna project has entered into operation. Read more
Aureos invests in leading Peruvian restaurant group
Tags: Food, Peru, Private Equity
(Aureos Capital) July 12, 2012 – The Aureos Latin America Fund (ALAF) announced that it has acquired a significant stake in the Peruvian restaurant business, Acurio Restaurantes. This investment is ALAF’s twelfth investment in Latin America and its third in Peru. ALAF is managed by a subsidiary of Aureos Capital, a leading small and mid-cap private equity fund manager specializing in global growth markets. Read more
