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LAVCA | The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America

A non-profit member organization

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Family-Controlled Business: A Model for Long-Term Investing

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…

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Deal Case Highlight Aqua Capital | Yes Synergy: Sustainable Animal Nutrition

Deal Case Highlight Aqua Capital | Yes Synergy: Sustainable Animal Nutrition

READ the latest deal case featuring Aqua Capital’s investment in Brazil-based agribusiness/animal feed additives company Yes Synergy. Since Aqua’s investment, the company shifted from low-cost towards higher…

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Featured Articles

  • Unicorns and IPOs: Latin America’s Record Start to 2018

    The first half of 2018 was a record-breaking semester for startup investment in Latin America. Investment dollars grew for every major market in the region with Brazilian and Mexican startups capturing the most investment.

  • LAVCA Venture Investors Annual Meeting

    RECAP: LAVCA Venture Investors 2018 Annual Meeting

    LAVCA hosted its Venture Investors Annual Meeting in New York City on September 27, 2018, with record attendance among early-stage tech investors, and participation from notable venture-backed startups and leading…

  • Luis Cervantes, General Atlantic

    Member Profile: Luis Cervantes, Principal & Head of General Atlantic’s Mexico Office

    LAVCA spoke with Luis Cervantes, Head of General Atlantic’s Mexico City office, about the LatAm opportunity and the importance of family offices…

  • 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.

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    September 29, 2020
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    March 12, 2020
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    March 9, 2020
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    March 4, 2020
  • FKS Group Acquires Stake in Tietê Agroindustrial from Proterra (em português)

    March 4, 2020
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    March 4, 2020
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    March 2, 2020
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    March 1, 2020
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    February 29, 2020
  • Cicero Impact Capital and Promotora Social México Make a US$4m Debt Investment in Medica San Carmen (en español)

    February 24, 2020
  • Americold Realty Trust to Acquire 15% Stake in Patria-Backed SuperFrio for US$28m

    February 24, 2020
  • Kinea Acquires Stake in Matera (em português)

    February 18, 2020
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    February 14, 2020
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    February 14, 2020
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    February 12, 2020
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    February 10, 2020
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    February 4, 2020
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    February 1, 2020
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    January 28, 2020
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    January 28, 2020
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    January 24, 2020
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    January 20, 2020
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    January 16, 2020
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    January 16, 2020
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    January 13, 2020
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    January 10, 2020
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    August 3, 2020
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    July 30, 2020
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    July 29, 2020
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    July 29, 2020
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    July 22, 2020
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    July 22, 2020
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    July 18, 2020
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    July 17, 2020
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    July 16, 2020
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    July 14, 2020
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    July 14, 2020
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    July 14, 2020
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    July 11, 2020
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    July 7, 2020
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    July 4, 2020
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    July 3, 2020
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    July 2, 2020
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