Guatemala

DHS Private Equity Trust has acquired Mexican glass and beverage producer Grupo VITRO for US$1.2b. (Press Release) DHS, a firm transforming how equity and joint ventures are handled and created…

Guatemala’s Invariantes closes first fund with US$3.5m in commitments from a mix of high-net worth individuals and family offices in Central America and Mexico. The fund is industry agnostic but focuses on early stage technology startups, specifically in software.  Invariantes has already made a number of investments in sectors such as transportation, shipping and logistics, and construction management. 

Translatum Holding, a Nexxus Capital portfolio company, has reached commercial agreements with Remesas y Traslados SA and ONCA Holding LTD, strengthening its money remittance services in Central and South America.…

Pomona Impact has made a US$150k investment in Ecofiltro, a social impact water filtration startup based in Guatemala with a presence in Belize, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica.…

International investors FCP, ENGIE, FMO, Proparco, and H-Reff invested an US$8m Series B in Guatemala-based solar energy company Kingo. The funds will be used to expand to four new markets…

GTM Holdings, a portfolio company of private equity firm Advent International, has acquired Brazilian chemical distributor quantiQ following approval from CADE. (Press Release) GTM Holdings, S.A. (GTM), one of the…

(Expansión) Latin American private equity fund, Southern Cross, has acquired a 50% stake in IT management and consulting company, Intellego for an undisclosed amount. Southern Cross, fondo latinoamericano de inversión…

LAVCA caught up with Mike Till, Co-Head of Actis’ Energy Business and Michael Harrington, Partner of Actis’ Energy Business to learn more about the energy needs in Latin America and…

(Press Release) Actis has sold its 92% stake in Energuate, Guatemala’s largest electricity network, to IC Power, a wholly-owned subsidiary of New York Stock Exchange-listed Kenon Holdings. IC Power paid…

(PRNewswire) Actis has reached an agreement to sell Guatemalan electricity distribution company Energuate to I.C. Power. The transaction is expected to close by the end of January. Actis Exits Guatemalan…