ZoeMob Co-founder, Daniel Avizú, spoke with the Latin America PE/VC Report about how his previous job in Brazil sparked an idea that is now a growing start-up reaching customers around the world. Read more
Latin American Entrepreneurs: To “Flip” into a C-Corp or a LLC?
By: Juan Pablo, Principal Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig; co-founder idea.me & Sauber Energy
An emerging trend in Latin America is the significant number of Latin regional venture businesses that are using a Delaware company as a holding company for their Latin based operating group. Sometimes these are de novo holding companies and sometime these are “Delaware Flip” transactions-where a local holding company is replaced or merged (“flipped”) into a Delaware company. Read more
Video: Why Do Companies Fail & Top Dealbreakers
Tags: Deals, Entrepreneurs
In this video, hear from Clare Fairfied of Concerto Advisor, Erik Peterson of Aureos Capital, Paul Ahlstrom of Alta Group, Francisco Mira of Promotora and Joaquin Avila of EMX Capital about why companies fail and the top “dealbreakers” when they are looking to invest in a company. The video contains both Spanish and English content. Read more
Welcome: November 2011 Latin America PE/VC Report
Welcome to the November 2011 Latin America PE/VC Report Read more
Executive Briefing: Going Public
Tags: outlooks, Public Offerings
In October, a special task force comprised of VCs, CEOs, investors and investment bankers issued a report citing a crisis in the US IPO market, particularly for new listings under $50m. I heard Kate Mitchell of Scale Ventures talk about the report at a meeting in Israel, and it got me thinking about the IPO market in Latin America. Read more
Member Profile: An Interview with Enrique Bascur, CVCI
Tags: Deals, Member firms
Enrique Bascur, Managing Director and Region Head (Latin America) of Citi Venture Capital International (CVCI) spoke with LAVCA about the firm’s continued focus on emerging markets private equity and Latin America specifically. Read more
LP Profile: An Interview with Alvaro González, Altamar Private Equity
Tags: Chile, LPs, Private Equity
LAVCA recently spoke with Alvaro González, Executive Director Latin America for Altamar Private Equity, about the fund of funds’ activities in the region and new office in Chile. Read more
Entrepreneur Profile: An Interview with Jaime Cater, Health Digital Systems
Tags: Entrepreneurs, Health, Mexico, Venture Capital
Jaime Cater, CEO of Mexico-based Health Digital Systems (HDS) recently spoke with LAVCA about how changes and inefficiencies in the health care system opened up opportunities for entrepreneurs. Read more
Growth Capitalism: Notes from the 2011 LAVCA Summit
Tags: LAVCA, Private Equity
By Patrick McGinnis
Private equity conferences offer a forum in which investors, be they GPs or LPs, can reflect on the state of their industry. Personally, I have watched the Latin American private equity industry evolve over the last decade in part by attending conferences.
After a bit of reflection, I have compiled a list of what I view as key takeaways from the 2011 LAVCA Summit. Read more
