Private capital investors deployed USD16b in Latin America in 2020, a new record. Venture investment topped USD4b for the second year in a row, demonstrating sustained momentum for the region’s ongoing digital transformation.
GPCA Research on Latin America is produced in partnership with LAVCA. Since 2008, LAVCA Research has tracked private capital activity in Latin America through direct contact with over 500 fund managers active in the region, using the same data methodology as GPCA.
Members can access GPC Analytics for a ten-year archive of Latin American private capital transactions and data cuts.
Research Team
Emanuel Hernandez, Director, Research
Mario Avila, Analyst, Research
Latin America Research
2022 LAVCA Industry Data and Analysis
March 22, 2022GPCA members should use their member login to download an accompanying Excel Data Pack containing all underlying data, including a full list of funds reaching a close and investments in… Read More
Mid-Year 2021 Global Private Capital Industry Data & Analysis
September 16, 2021GPC 1H 2021 data on fundraising, investment and exit activity across Asia, Latin America, Africa, CEE and the Middle East Key data takeaways: All major markets posted year-over-year gains… Read More
Latin America 2021 Industry Data and Analysis
March 31, 2021The LAVCA 2021 Industry Data & Analysis includes data and insights on fundraising, investment and exit activity from the full year in 2020. Member access includes: LAVCA Analysis: A summary of… Read More
Latin America Data Insights (Mid-Year 2020)
September 10, 2020EMPEA Members can log in to receive exclusive access to the full detailed report (PDF) and underlying data (Excel). Despite the difficulties introduced by COVID-19, year-over-year fundraising increased 30% Fundraising for Latin… Read More
LAVCA’s 2021 Review of Tech Investment in Latin America
April 22, 2021Venture investment in the region topped USD4b for a second consecutive year, with a record 488 deals in 2020, record seed and early-stage investments in a number of major markets,… Read More
2021 Climate Data Insight
November 2, 2021Based on GPCA’s newly developed taxonomy of climate-dedicated businesses, the 2021 Climate Data Insight covers climate-focused private capital activity in Asia, Latin America, Africa, Central & Eastern Europe and the… Read More
Latin America News
Macquarie Asset Management To Acquire Stake in Colombia’s Opain and Quiport from Grupo Argos’ Odinsa
Macquarie Asset Management, through its fund Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V, agreed to acquire 50% of Odinsa’s stake in Colombia-based airport platforms Opain and Quiport for an undisclosed amount. Odinsa is… Read More
Lightrock Leads ~USD48m Round for Brazil’s Cortex
Lightrock led a BRL260m (~USD48m) round for Cortex, a Brazil-based data and analytics platform for marketing and sales, with follow-on from Softbank Latin America and Riverwood Capital. SoftBank led a… Read More
Kandeo Asset Management and CrossRegional Partners Invest in Colombia’s Liquitech
Kandeo Asset Management and CrossRegional Partners invested in Liquitech, a Colombia-based factoring platform for SMEs. Read More
Crescera To Acquire ~10.6% of Brazil’s Vitru for ~USD56m
Crescera agreed to acquire a ~10.6% stake in Brazil-based, US-listed higher education platform Vitru for BRL300m (~USD56m). Read More
Goldman Sachs-backed Global Compute Infrastructure and Southern Cross Group To Invest in Colombia’s Data Horizon Americas
Goldman Sachs-backed Global Compute Infrastructure and Southern Cross Group agreed to invest in Colombia-based data center property developer Data Horizon Americas. Read More
Vinci Partners To Manage Brazil’s ~USD142m Sustainable Regional Development Fund
Brazil’s Ministry of Regional Development selected Vinci Partners’ infrastructure arm to manage the BRL750m (~USD142.5m) Sustainable Regional Development Fund (FDIRS). Read More
Vinci Partners To Acquire Minority Stake in Brazil’s Efficopar
Vinci Partners, through its impact fund Vinci Impacto e Retorno IV, agreed to acquire a minority stake in Efficopar, a Brazil-based water and sewage services company, for an undisclosed amount.… Read More
Vinci Partners, XP, Genial To Acquire Brazil’s Campinas Shopping from BR Malls for ~USD80m
Vinci Partners, XP and Genial agreed to acquire Brazil-based shopping mall chain Campinas Shopping from BR Malls for BRL411.4m (~USD80m). Read More
Globant Ventures invests ~USD1m in Uruguay’s Bunker DB
Globant Ventures invested ~USD1m in Bunker DB, a Uruguay-based communications and marketing automation platform for SMEs. Read More
HSBC, Goldman Sachs, Santander To Provide USD810m Debt for Mexico’s VC-Backed Kavak
HSBC agreed to provide USD675m in debt financing for Mexico-based used car platform Kavak, with Goldman Sachs and Santander providing USD135m in additional credit lines. Read More
Astella Leads ~USD7.6m Series A for Brazil’s Amicci
Astella Investimentos led a BRL40m (~USD7.6m) Series A for Amicci, a Brazil-based private level developer for retailers focused on consumer products, with participation from DGF Investimentos and Endeavor Scale-Up Ventures.… Read More
BTG Pactual To Acquire Brazil’s UPI Itiquira for ~USD28m
BTG Pactual agreed to acquire UPI Itiquira, a Brazil-based logistics terminal serving the agricultural sector, for BRL146.7m (~USD28m). Read More