Peru

Canadian agroforestry project developer Ecotierra launched Urapi, its first sustainable impact fund. Urapi will develop, invest, and implement sustainable agroforestry projects in Latin America. The fund’s first project is Cafe…

Acumen Latam Capital Partners led a US$4.5m Series A in Peruvian edtech Crehana, with participation from Dila Capital, Mountain Nazca Mexico, and previous investors including Rethink Education and Howzat Partners.…

Private equity firm, Advent International will invest US$100m in Peruvian company Adexus.  The transaction is subject to regulatory approval. (Diario Financiero) El fondo Advent International no está satisfecho con sólo…

Impact investor Acumen Latam Capital Partners completed an investment in Phoenix Foods, a Peruvian agro-industrial exporter (Press Release) Acumen Latam Capital Partners LLC (“ALCP”) announced today an investment in Phoenix…

Enfoca’s portfolio company Grupo Aúna has acquired a 97.3% stake in Promotora Médicas Las Américas, a holding company of the healthcare group Grupo Las Américas.  (Global Legal Chronicle) Grupo Aúna in…

CVC Krealo, Credicorp’s open innovation arm, made an undisclosed investment in Peruvian payment processor Culqi. This is Krealo’s first startup investment. (LatAm List) Credicorp’s venture capital arm, Krealo, recently invested…

Sigma Safi sold a US$250m bond through co-issuers Parque Eólico Marcona and Parque Eólico Tres Hermanas. Sigma used part of proceeds to fund the acquisition of the remaining 51% stake…

Stepstone Group expands presence in Latin America by opening an office in Lima, its second office in the region. Shannon Bolton, Managing Director, will run Steptstone’s new office and will lead the firm’s business development activities in the Andean Region.

Latam Logistic Properties, a portfolio company of Jaguar Growth Partners, raised US$77m to further expand operations by offering Class-A warehousing and logistics products in Latin America. The new capital will seek to allow LLP to build or acquire up to 5 million square feet (465,000 square meters) of GLA in Latin America. The investment was structured as a co-investment from new and existing investors.

U.S. private equity firm Pegasus Capital Advisors has sold its stake in Pure Biofuels Del Peru, the third largest fuels importer in Peru, to a subsidiary of Valero Energy Corporation.…