Stratus Portfolio Company Senior Solution is first PE-backed listing on BOVESPA MAIS

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(Stratus Group) May 15, 2012 – Stratus Group, the leading Brazilian mid-market private equity investor, today announced the listing of its portfolio company, Senior Solution, on the BOVESPA MAIS segment of the BOVESPA exchange. The news marks the first private equity-backed company to list on the AIM or NASDAQ equivalent of Brazil’s exchange. Read more

Beamonte Investments to allocate up to 15% of its Funds to IT Companies in Mexico and Colombia

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(Beamonte) May 15, 2012 – Beamonte Investments, the leading Investment firm of Boston, has announced that it is going to dedicate up to 15% of its first fund to the IT companies in Mexico and Colombia. Read more

Gerbera Capital and Gava Capital Invest in Mexican Real Estate Project (en español)

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(Gerbera Capital) May 10, 2012 – Gava Capital, a Mexican-based real estate fund, and Mexican private equity firm Gerbera Capital,  announced an investment in Vista Acueducto, a corporate real estate project in Guadalajara. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more

Pegasus Capital Advisors Teams with Peruvian Pure Biofuels’ Management to Buy Company

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(peHUB) May 8, 2012 – Pure Biofuels del Perú, SAC (the “Company” or “Pure Biofuels”) management is pleased to announce the acquisition and recapitalization of Pure Biofuels in partnership with an investment fund affiliated with Pegasus Capital Advisors L.P. (“Pegasus”). Read more

Ideiasnet sells a stake in Spring Wireless

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(Ideiasnet) May 4, 2012 – Ideiasnet announces the sale of its 4.1% stake in Spring Wireless, a Brazilian enterprise with company value of R$ 329 million, that offers end-to-end solutions in mobile technology platforms, to Industry Ventures Fund. Read more

OpenGate Capital Completes Acquisition of Getronics LATAM from KPN

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(OpenGate) May 2, 2012 – OpenGate Capital, LLC, a private investment and acquisition firm, announced today it has completed the acquisition of Getronics LATAM, Getronics International’s portfolio of Latin American businesses, from KPN, a leading telecommunications and ICT provider in the Netherlands. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Read more

BTG Pactual buys stake in Brazilian fitness chain

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(Reuters) April 30, 2012 – BTG Pactual, Brazil’s largest independent investment bank paid an undisclosed sum to join the controlling bloc of Brazilian fitness chain BodyTech, seeking to tap into the nation’s growing health-conscious middle class.

To read an article in Portuguese about the deal, please visit Folha.com.br Read more

General Atlantic invests in Decolar.com

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(General Atlantic) April 27, 2012 – General Atlantic announced that it has completed an investment in Decolar.com. Financial details were not disclosed. Read more

WAMEX Private Equity Raises $160 Mln with Fund II

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(peHUB) April 25, 2012 – Mexico City based WAMEX Private Equity announced the final closing of its second growth equity fund MIF II at US$ 160 million. Read more

Inflexion expands team with hires in Brazil, China and India

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(Inflexion) April 24, 2012 – Inflexion Private Equity, the mid market private equity investor, today announces that it has expanded its international footprint with the recruitment of teams in Brazil, China and India to support portfolio development. Read more