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Rodolfo Spielmann, Managing Director and Head of Latin America at Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and LAVCA Board Member, shared insights about partnerships with family-controlled businesses as a model…
In June 2022, DILA Capital led a USD20m Series B for Elenas, a social commerce platform that empowers micro-entrepreneurs in Colombia and Mexico to launch online businesses by selling products on social media sites…
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Trocafone is closing the digital gap in Brazil by making smartphones more affordable by powering trade-in programs for major carriers and manufacturers like Samsung, LG, Apple, and Movistar, and selling refurbished devices on Trocafone.com…
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LAVCA spoke with Alvaro Rodriguez Arregui, Co-Founder & Managing Partner of IGNIA Partners about how their strategy has evolved, including an unexpected deal source: international companies that have identified Mexico as a target market and want to partner with a local investor.
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Following the US Election in November, LAVCA sought insights from investors across Latin America and around the world in terms of the immediate and longer-term impact of the Trump presidency on the investment environment in the region.
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LAVCA spoke with Timothy T. Yates, Jr., Managing Directory of Commonfund Capital about their commitments to LatAm dedicated funds, including ~US$70m to four GPs in the last five years, and…
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After raising capital from local investors, Colombian delivery startup Rappi, co-founded by Simón Borrero, Sebastian Mejia, and Felipe Villamarin, raised over US$9m from international VCs in April 2016. Investors included…
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Conekta is a Mexican online/offline payments platform that just received a US$6.6m Series A from local investors VARIV Capital and Jaguar Ventures, retail giant FEMSA Comercio, and Conconi Growth Partners…
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LAVCA heard from Liza Velarde, Co-Founder of Semka Biomedical Technologies, to learn more about Mexico as a market for creating (and not just manufacturing) early stage medical devices and the…
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In late August LAVCA published data on PE/VC activity in Latin America for the first half of 2016. Between elections, impeachments, and peace agreements, it has been an eventful year…
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Ahead of the LAVCA/Cambridge LP Survey launch next week during the LAVCA Summit & Investor Roundtable, LAVCA heard from Iñigo Garcia Gordobil, Investment Director, PE, for Cambridge Associates about how they see LP appetite for LatAm, the opportunties and challenges that drive investments in the region and their experience with supporting first-time funds.
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LAVCA spoke with Member firm and long-time Board Member Hernan Kazah, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at KaszeK Ventures about his shift from entrepreneur to investor, their experience fundraising over the last few cycles, and KaszeK’s investment focus, including their LatAm-specific strategy and the success they have found co-investing in the region.
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Following a US$30k investment made by NESsT in 2014, LAVCA spoke with Marcio Waked, Founder of Bio Fair Trade about generating sustainable income for artisans in Brazil and how the Projeto do…
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LAVCA spoke with Jennifer McLeod Petrini, Senior Investment Officer, Regional Lead for PE Fund Investments in Latin America at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), about building relationships with fund managers in Latin America with a view toward fund performance and strong development impact.