LAVCA spoke with Fernando Borges, Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, about his firm’s focus on Brazilian consumer sector growth and Carlyle’s successful partnership with Banco do Brasil. Member Profile:…
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Darby Backs Logistics and Cargo Operator in Ecuador
December 3, 2012(PEHub) December 3, 2012 – Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Darby Latin American Mezzanine Fund II, L.P. (“DLAMF II”) completed an investment…
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Carlyle Reduces Stake in Brazil’s Qualicorp
November 30, 2012(Dow Jones) November 30, 2012 – Carlyle Group sold a portion of its shares in Brazilian healthcare company Grupo Qualicorp SA , reducing its stake to 5.93% from 17.47% in…
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Member Profile: An Interview with Diego Córdoba, Teka Capital
November 29, 2012LAVCA spoke with Diego Cordoba, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Teka Capital, about his firm’s vision to internationalize Colombian companies by serving the demand of Latin America’s growing middle-class. Member…
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KKR in Talks to Buy Brazil Health Insurer-Report
November 26, 2012(Reuters) November 26, 2012 – Private-equity firm KKR & Co LP is in preliminary talks to buy Brazilian health insurer Golden Cross Planos de Saúde SA, Valor Econômico newspaper reported…
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Southern Cross gains control of Colombia’s Barranquilla port operator SPRB (en español)
November 16, 2012(El Heraldo.co) November 16, 2012 – Southern Cross Group has acquired more than 50% of the Sociedad Portuaria de Barranquilla, with an eye toward growing the Colombian port’s capacity to…
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3i Looking to Raise $500M Brazil Fund
November 15, 2012(Reuters) November 15, 2012 – Private equity group 3i wants to launch a $500 million fund next year in Brazil, one new market still underpinning its turnaround plans as it…
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Spectron Partners Join Alta Growth Capital Mexico Team
November 14, 2012(Alta Growth Capital) November 14, 2012 – Alta Growth Capital announced that Javier G. Teruel and Javier Garcia-Teruel, co-founders of Spectron Desarrollo, have agreed to join forces with Alta Growth…
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Latin America’s Navent Raises $30M From Riverwood Capital, Tiger Global To Bolster Regional Online Classifieds Business
November 13, 2012(TechChurch) November 13, 2012 – Latin American real estate and jobs classifieds company, Navent, has announced it’s raised $30 million in Series B funding from global technology private equity firm Riverwood Capital and…
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Ultrapetrol Announces Investment by Southern Cross Group
November 13, 2012(NASDAQ) November 13, 2012 – Ultrapetrol (Bahamas) Limited (Nasdaq:ULTR), an industrial transportation company serving marine transportation needs in three markets (River Business, Offshore Supply Business and Ocean Business) and Sparrow…