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LAVCA | The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America

A non-profit member organization

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Latin American Sectors

Executive Briefing: The Glass Half Full – Finding Opportunity in Latin America Today

The recent EU-LatAm trade deals are a bright spot in the midst of a complex political environment in Latin America’s major economies and LAVCA data shows growth opportunities in tech-related startups, infrastructure, power and renewable energy, and consumer sectors.

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Member Highlight

Member Profile: Victor Aguilera, Aurus Capital

Member Profile: Victor Aguilera, Aurus Capital

LAVCA recently spoke with Víctor Aguilera, Managing Partner of Aurus Capital, about the opportunity for industrial tech and impact in Latin America and about the perception around SoftBank’s recent uptick in commitments to the region.

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Featured Articles

  • Mexican Transport Hits the Gas with Emerging Players eConduce, Urbvan & Liftit

    Mexico is fast emerging as the new battleground for the global transport wars, from rideshare and delivery to e-scooters and mopeds: In the past year, Chinese heavyweights Didi Chuxing (rideshare),…

  • Wevo

    Brazil’s Wevo is Bringing Platform Integration Tech to the Forefront

    Wevo is a Brazilian ecommerce cloud integration platform that raised its first funding in an undisclosed Series A investment from Cventures Primus and Omnilink founder Cileneu Nunes. In this interview, co-founder and CEO Diogo Lupinari discusses the company’s critical pivot in 2014 and its global ambitions.

  • SocialDiabetes

    Healthtech & the Opportunity to Reduce Diabetes in Mexico

    SocialDiabetes is a Barcelona-based healthtech platform for diabetes patient care with funding from ALLVP and the European Commission. In this interview, we learn about the opportunity to reduce diabetes prevalence in Mexico, a country with the highest rate of diabetes among the OECD countries.

  • CMN Updates Alternatives Investment Regulation for Brazilian Pension Funds (em português)

    Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN) has updated the alternatives investment regulation for pension funds. The CNM decreased pension funds’ investment limit in private capital vehicles from 20% to 15% of assets under management, and vetoed any new direct investment in real estate assets.

  • Fernando Gonzalez - ComparaGuru

    ComparaGuru is on a Mission to Foster Financial Progress in Mexico

    ComparaGuru is a Mexico-based financial management platform for comparing insurance and banking products that has raised US$11m in financing to date. In this interview with CEO Fernando González-Ambía, also an Executive in Residence at QED Investors, we learn how ComparaGuru is encouraging financial literacy and bridging the banking gap in Mexico

  • Complying with New Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering Regulations

    By Gwen McLaughlin, Director, Private Equity, Trident Trust (Cayman Islands); Nick Bullmore, Partner, Carey Olsen (Cayman Islands); Adam Bathgate, Counsel, Carey Olsen (Cayman Islands) On October 2, 2017 the Cayman…

  • Telefonica Open Future_ LAVCA Venture Investors

    2017 LatAm Tech Investment Highlights: Telefonica Open Future_

    Since its deployment, Telefonica Open Future_ has evolved its investment strategy to the interests of Telefónica, and today it only invests in startups that have a clear fit with the global corporate strategy or with the local strategy of its different units of business. Thus, to date, more than 62 Latin American startups are doing business with the Telefónica Group.

  • 1Doc3 Javier Cardona LAVCA Venture Investors

    1Doc3: “The Digital Revolution in the Health Industry has not even Started”

    1Doc3 is a digital health platform providing individualized medical information to over 1.5 million Spanish-speaking users per month. In this interview with founder Javier Cardona, we learn how 1Doc3 is innovating around access to medical information and care: “the digital revolution in the health industry has not even started, and we are playing the leading role.”

  • Nicolas Azcuenaga Autolab Polymath Ventures LAVCA Venture Investors

    Autolab’s Turning the Tide of Auto Repair, Boosting Job Growth & Satisfaction for Colombia’s Middle Class

    An unnamed group of American, British, Colombian, Mexican, and Peruvian investors participated in the US$525k Series A for Autolab, an autoshop startup based in Colombia. Autolab was incubated at Polymath Ventures. In this interview, Founder & CEO Nicolás Azcuénaga explains how Autolab began as solution to a labor issue that quickly transformed an industry in decline into a first-rate service, disrupting a market expected to exceed $100b by 2021.

  • Mesfix Felipe Tascon LAVCA Venture Investors

    Mesfix’s Felipe Tascón Ortíz on fueling Colombia’s Economy through Crowdfunding

    Mesfix is a Colombian crowdfunding platform that has helped 80+ businesses collectively raise over US$4m. In 2017, InQlab and IKON Banca de Inversion made a US$1.2m investment in Mesfix. In this interview with founder and CEO Felipe Tascon Ortiz we learn about the challenges and opportunities of being Colombia’s first crowdfunding platform, and about the impact it can have on SMEs in LatAm.

  • Tpaga Andrés Gutiérrez LAVCA Venture Investors

    TPAGA Co-Founder Andrés Gutiérrez on Bringing Mobile Payments to Colombia’s Unbanked

    TPaga is a Colombia-based mobile payment platform for the unbanked. In 2017, Silicon Valley fund Green Visor Capital led a US$2.5m investment in Tpaga, and Y Combinator invested US$120k. Co-founder Andrés Gutiérrez talks with LAVCA about how TPaga emerged from running Tappsi, a Colombian taxi app that merged with Easy in 2015, the opportunity to bring mobile payments to the unbanked, and the importance of competition.

  • ESCALA Educacion Andrea Echavarria LAVCA

    ESCALA Educación is Breaking Down Barriers to Higher Education in Colombia

    Accion Venture Lab, Mountain Nazca Colombia, Invictum Capital, and several Colombian angel investors made an undisclosed seed investment in ESCALA Educación, a social enterprise that offers savings plans for higher education as an employee benefit with the goal of increasing access to education and ultimately reducing income inequality. This is the startup’s first institutional investment and Accion Venture Lab’s first investment in Colombia.

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  • Alaya Capital Partners Invests in Aquabyte (en español)

    November 1, 2019
  • Anacapa Partners Invests in Auronix

    October 30, 2019
  • ALLVP Leads a US$15m Series B in MUY Tech

    October 30, 2019
  • SP Ventures Launches Brazil Venture Debt of R$140m from BNDES and Others (em português)

    October 29, 2019
  • Patria Exits Supplier via Sale to Totvs for R$455m (em português)

    October 29, 2019
  • DXA Invests in Brazilian Software Provider SIKUR

    October 29, 2019
  • EIG Global Energy Partners Buys Likana Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project from SolarReserve

    October 29, 2019
  • Acumen (ALCP) Invests in SUNCOLOMBIA

    October 28, 2019
  • SEAF Caribbean SME Growth Fund Raises Over US$35m in First Close

    October 25, 2019
  • Verus Group Invests in Alstra (em português)

    October 25, 2019
  • Confrapar Invests R$7.5m in Compass 3D (em português)

    October 24, 2019
  • Bossa Nova, 42K, Gavea Angels, and Hangar 8 Invest in GeekHunter (em português)

    October 24, 2019
  • Mountain Nazca, Foundation Capital, and FEMSA Ventures Invest US$10m in Jüsto

    October 23, 2019
  • North Star and Axen Capital Invest R$1.2m in GlooPay (em português)

    October 23, 2019
  • Qualcomm Ventures Leads a R$40m investment in idwall (em português)

    October 23, 2019
  • Redpoint eventures and Angels Invest R$4.5m in Antecipa (em português)

    October 22, 2019
  • Patria Completes a Follow-on Investment in Alphaville Urbanismo (em português)

    October 22, 2019
  • Advent and Essex Woodlands Exit Biotoscana Via Sale to Knight Therapeutics

    October 21, 2019
  • Trivèlla M3 Investimentos Acquires AMcom for R$15m (em português)

    October 18, 2019
  • Alaya Capital Partners Invests in Inti Tech, Entelai, and Aquabyte (en español)

    October 18, 2019
  • Astella Leads a R$15m Investment in Exact Sales

    October 18, 2019
  • Elevar Equity Leads a US$3m Series A in Canasta Rosa

    October 17, 2019
  • NFX Leads a US$4.4m Investment in Zubale

    October 17, 2019
  • SoftBank Leads a R$190m Investment in Olist (em português)

    October 17, 2019
  • Colombia’s Government Awards a Metro Construction Contract to Consortium Apca Transmimetro

    October 17, 2019
  • Canary and Valor Capital Lead a R$20m Investment in Alicerce (em português)

    October 17, 2019
  • ALLVP and InQlab Invest ~US$2.5m in Slang (en español)

    October 17, 2019
  • BR Properties to Purchase Faria Lima 4440 Building for R$310.7m (em português)

    October 16, 2019
  • FTV Capital Makes a Follow-on Investment in EBANX – Now a Valuation of US$1b (em português)

    October 16, 2019
  • EDP Ventures Brasil and Criatec 3 Invest R$4.5m in Fractal Engenharia e Sistemas (em português)

    October 15, 2019
  • BR Properties Acquires Properties from Hemisferio Sul Investimentos (em português)

    October 14, 2019
  • DOMO Invest, Bossa Nova Investimentos, and GV Angels Invest R$2.2m in Resolvvi (em português)

    October 14, 2019
  • Ripple, Pantera Capital, Jump Capital, Coinbase, and Others Invest in Bitso (en español)

    October 14, 2019
  • Fifth Wall Ventures Leads a Series A US$10m Investment in Cobli (em português)

    October 11, 2019
  • Alta Growth Capital and Others Invest in Mexico’s Lottus Education

    October 11, 2019
  • Uber To Acquire Cornershop

    October 11, 2019
  • Doble Impacto and Quest Capital Launch a US$10m Chilean Social Impact Fund

    October 10, 2019
  • Banco Santander México, CONTPAQi, and Others Invest MX$250m in Innohub (en español)

    October 10, 2019

Latest Private Equity News

  • Ardian and CMB Acquire 33% Stake in Chilean Toll Roads from Brookfield

    September 6, 2019
  • OPIC Invests US$400m in Argentina Toll Road

    September 5, 2019
  • Axxon Invests R$100m in Brazilian Edtech Estratégia Concursos (em português)

    September 5, 2019
  • OPIC and IDB Commit to Two Colombian Funds

    September 3, 2019
  • H.I.G. Capital Completes Acquisition of Nadir Figueiredo

    September 3, 2019
  • Starboard Restructuring Partners Acquires 93% Stake in 3R Petroleum (en español)

    August 20, 2019
  • CDPQ Acquires a Stake in Sanfer for US$500m

    August 19, 2019
  • Altum Capital Raises US$92m CKD

    August 16, 2019
  • Cade Approves Sale of Schlumberger Oil and Gas Assets to WIS (em português)

    August 15, 2019
  • The Carlyle Group Acquires Three Amusement Parks from Empresa Editora El Comercio (en español)

    August 14, 2019
  • Kandeo Exits Grupo Factoring de Occidente via Sale to Latin Trade Capital (en español)

    August 14, 2019
  • Crayhill Capital Management Invest US$100m of Debt Financing in Mutuo Financiera

    August 14, 2019
  • Alloy Merchant Finance Invests in Mexican Education Platform (en español)

    August 14, 2019
  • Blue Water Exits Peruvian Electricity Provider Electro Dunas Energía

    August 13, 2019
  • Ameris Capital Acquires a 37% Stake in GNL Mejillones for US$193.5m (en español)

    August 8, 2019
  • One Equity Partners Exits Unicoba Baterias Through a Sale to Confrapar and GEF (em português)

    August 7, 2019
  • Triunfo Sells Three Electric Power Subsidiaries to BlackRock for R$169.5m (em português)

    August 2, 2019
  • Crescera Investimentos and Bradesco Acquires a Minority Stake in Semantix (em português)

    July 31, 2019
  • Vinci Partners Increases Stake in OnTime Log (em português)

    July 31, 2019
  • Mexico Infrastructure Partners Acquires Colombia’s Oriente Airport Concession (en español)

    July 30, 2019
  • Oaktree Agrees to Acquire a 20% Stake in Singular

    July 29, 2019
  • Advent Invests in CI&T

    July 29, 2019
  • Advent Fully Exits IMC through Secondary Market Offering (em português)

    July 29, 2019
  • Actis Acquires Brazilian Windfarm (em português)

    July 29, 2019
  • Jamaican Government Proposes Changes to Pension Funds Investment Regime

    July 26, 2019
  • Evoltz Buys Electricity Company ATE VIII (em português)

    July 26, 2019
  • Nexxus Announces a Follow-On Investment in AgileThought

    July 24, 2019
  • Warburg Pincus to Acquire Pampo and Enchova Oil Fields from Petrobras

    July 24, 2019
  • AIMCo and IG4 Capital Acquire Galpar’s Stake in Iguá Saneamento

    July 22, 2019
  • Crescera Investimentos and Others Exist Brazilian Medical Education Group Afya

    July 18, 2019
  • Principia Capital Partners Exits Brazilian Student Loan Provider Pravaler (em português)

    July 18, 2019
  • Riverstone-Backed Vista Oil & Gas Completes A Follow-On Offering via the NYSE

    July 18, 2019
  • Singapore’s Temasek Seeks to Increase Allocations to Brazil (em português)

    July 15, 2019
  • HIG Capital Invests R$836m in Brazilian Glassware Manufacturer Nadir Figueiredo (em português)

    July 15, 2019
  • Nexus Group Sells Stake in InRetail Peru for US$240m (en español)

    July 11, 2019
  • Brazil Votes in Favor of a Bill to Overhaul Pension System

    July 10, 2019
  • Brookfield Completes Acquisition of Brazil’s Ouro Verde

    July 8, 2019
  • Casaforte Will Invest R$270m into Solar Energy (em português)

    July 4, 2019

Latest Venture Capital News

  • FTV Capital Makes a Follow-on Investment in EBANX – Now a Valuation of US$1b (em português)

    October 16, 2019
  • EDP Ventures Brasil and Criatec 3 Invest R$4.5m in Fractal Engenharia e Sistemas (em português)

    October 15, 2019
  • DOMO Invest, Bossa Nova Investimentos, and GV Angels Invest R$2.2m in Resolvvi (em português)

    October 14, 2019
  • Ripple, Pantera Capital, Jump Capital, Coinbase, and Others Invest in Bitso (en español)

    October 14, 2019
  • Fifth Wall Ventures Leads a Series A US$10m Investment in Cobli (em português)

    October 11, 2019
  • Uber To Acquire Cornershop

    October 11, 2019
  • Doble Impacto and Quest Capital Launch a US$10m Chilean Social Impact Fund

    October 10, 2019
  • Banco Santander México, CONTPAQi, and Others Invest MX$250m in Innohub (en español)

    October 10, 2019
  • KaszeK Ventures Leads a R$20m Series A in SouSmile (em português)

    October 8, 2019
  • Confrapar Invests R$20m in Ubook

    October 8, 2019
  • Yunus Invests in Arbusta

    October 8, 2019
  • SoftBank Latin America Fund and Grupo Globo Invest in Buser

    October 7, 2019
  • Vox Capital and Kviv Ventures Invest R$6m in VirtusPay (em português)

    October 6, 2019
  • KaszeK Ventures Leads a R$7m Investment in Theia, founded by Flávia Deutsch & Paula Crespi (em português)

    October 4, 2019
  • ONEVC Closes its Inaugural US$30m Cross-border Fund

    October 3, 2019
  • Poli Angels Invests R$700k in IDGeo (em português)

    October 3, 2019
  • NXTP Ventures Invests US$1.5m in Worcket (en español)

    October 2, 2019
  • MOR Capital, Drone Fund, and Francisco Forbes Invest in Arpac (em português)

    October 2, 2019
  • The Yield Lab Invests R$2m in TerraMagna (em português)

    October 2, 2019
  • Valor Capital Leads a US$2m Investment in TNH Health

    October 1, 2019
  • Carrefour Brasil Acquires a 49% Stake in Ewally (em português)

    October 1, 2019
  • Ribbit Capital Leads a R$35m Investment in Gorila Invest (em português)

    September 30, 2019
  • Confrapar Invests R$20m in Vindi

    September 30, 2019
  • Fundo BR Startups Invests R$2.5m in Árvore Educação (em português)

    September 30, 2019
  • Bossa Nova Investmentos Invests in Yazo (em português)

    September 25, 2019
  • Klar Raises US$57.5m In Debt and Equity

    September 25, 2019
  • Kaufmann and MakeMyTrip.com Invest a Series A Round to PasajeBus

    September 24, 2019
  • DGF Lead a R$18m Investment in Stilingue (em português)

    September 24, 2019
  • Grupo Globo Invests R$35m in Bom Pra Crédito (em português)

    September 24, 2019
  • Oikocredit and Incofin CVSO Leads a US$8m Series A Investment in Sempli

    September 24, 2019
  • e.bricks Ventures Leads a R$20m Series A in Labi (em português)

    September 24, 2019
  • Global Founders Capital Leads a R$4m Investment in LAR.app (em português)

    September 24, 2019
  • EqSeed Invests R$1.2m in Bynd (em português)

    September 23, 2019
  • Axon Partners Invests in Billpocket

    September 20, 2019
  • Redpoint eventures, Diego Gomes, Renato Freitas, and Pedro Sirotsky Invest R$1.6m in BossaBox (em português)

    September 20, 2019
  • Carao Ventures Leads a US$2m Investment in Costa Rican SaaS Huli

    September 18, 2019
  • Banregio Invests US$500k in Play Business (en español)

    September 18, 2019
  • Vostok Emerging Finance Leads a US$13m Investment in Xerpa (em português)

    September 17, 2019

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