Deal activity in Latin America has been robust over the last 18 months as PE/VC firms deploy the US$17.6b raised for the region in 2014-2015. Over US$8.3b was invested in 2016, and early deal totals for 2017 are on par with last year. In addition to investors managing Latin American dedicated funds, global firms are stepping up activity…
LAVCA spoke with Manuela Larangeira Kayath, Partner, Jive Investments about how improvements to Brazil’s legal system combined with the consequences of the economic crisis the country has been facing has generated a significant opportunity for distressed investing.
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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.
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Brazil’s agtech startup Strider just raised a US$3m Series A from Monashees and Qualcomm. This marks Monashees first investment in agtech and Qualcomm’s first agtech investment in Brazil. LAVCA spoke…
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LAVCA caught up with Jaime Cardoso, Partner and Private Equity Co-Head at Bozano Investimentos, to learn more about the mid-market opportunity in Brazil, education as a target sector, and their newest capital raise and first dollar-denominated fund.
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Today, political and economic turbulence permeate certain geographies and industry sectors in Latin America. Nevertheless, international and domestic investors continue to seek attractive assets in the region.
In this article Fabio Pires, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, and Alvaro Araujo, Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal, discuss the importance of integrated due diligence to strengthen investor’s position at the negotiation table and maximize return on investment. -
On a recent trip to São Paulo and Rio I was struck by the number of investors who talked to me about education deals, and a few weeks earlier I was in Mexico hearing about a string of healthcare transactions.