US-based hedge fund Viking Global Investors led a US$150m round in Conductor, a Brazil-based payments processor and card issuance provider for fintechs, with participation from Advent affiliate Sunley House Capital,…

Viking Global Investors led a US$150m round for Conductor, a Brazilian payment processing platform and banking as a service company, with additional participation from Sunley House Capital Management, an affiliate…

Advent-backed Grupo BIG, a Brazilian supermarket chain, filed for an initial public offering. Advent acquired 80% of  Walmart Inc’s operations in Brasil in 2018 renaming it a year later to…

Advent International has raised a US$2b final close for Advent Latin American Private Equity Fund VII (LAPEF VII). The vehicle will target investments in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru across…

Advent International has agreed to sell its stake in Brazil-based digital investment platform Easynvest to Brazilian fintech Nubank. As part of the agreement, Advent and other shareholders of Easynvest have…

Advent International has agreed to sell its 88% stake in Brazil-based home improvement retailer Lojas Quero-Quero via the company’s IPO for up to R$1.9b. Advent originally invested R$300m in the…

Advent International-backed Brazil-based educational group YDUQS acquired Brazil-based post-secondary educational group Grupo Athenas for R$120m.  (Brazil Journal) A YDUQS acaba de comprar o Grupo Athenas, reforçando sua presença no Norte…

Advent International completed the sale of stake in OCENSA, a Colombian oil pipeline, to fund manager I Squared Capital through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund. (Press Release) I Squared Capital,…

Advent International acquired auto parts retailer Rondobras in an add-on acquisition. Rondobras will be absorbed by Fortbras, an auto parts maker Advent acquired in 2016. Financial details of the transaction…

Advent International and Essex Woodlands fully exited Brazilian pharmaceutical company Biotoscana through a strategic sale to Canadian pharmaceutical company Knight Therapeutics. Advent and Essex Woodlands ‘s 51% stake was purchased…