Evercore Mexico Capital Partners (EMCP), the Mexican private equity business of investment banking firm Evercore Partners, has raised US$201 million for Evercore Mexico Capital Partners III (EMCP III). EMCP III, which was launched in the second quarter of 2012, will employ EMCP’s strategy of making minority investments in high-growth,… Read More
ACON Investments, a private equity firm focused on the United States and Latin America, has exited its investment in Mexico’s InverCap Holdings, which manages independent Mexican pension fund manager Afore InverCap, in a company buyback. ACON originally invested in InverCap via a mix of debt and warrants in October… Read More
Indian venture capital firm Nexus Venture Partners has invested US$2.5 million in Indian online real estate search platform Housing.co.in as part of a pre-Series A round of financing. In addition to developing new technologies, Housing.co.in intends to use the funding to set up a data science lab to leverage… Read More
Africa, Asia and Latin America-focused private equity firm Actis has invested US$290 million for a 60 percent stake in Aela Energía, a Chilean wind and solar energy provider. Mainstream Renewable Power, a global wind and solar energy developer, invested alongside Actis and will own the remaining 40 percent stake… Read More
Brazilian private equity firm Vinci Partners and Argentine agribusiness group Los Grobo have sold their 60 percent stake in Brazilian grain company Los Grobo Ceagro do Brasil to Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi previously acquired a 20 percent stake in Ceagro in January 2012, resulting in a total ownership stake… Read More
The findings of this Survey are based on data collected from 112 LPs from over 30 countries. Representing public and corporate pension funds, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, banks, asset managers, endowments, foundations, family offices, development finance institutions, multilateral organizations and funds of funds, these institutional investors collectively represent disclosed… Read More
Download the full study here. A joint study of private equity exits in Latin America by EMPEA and Ernst & Young Our second annual study, looking at how PE investors create value in Latin American businesses, extends our research into PE’s transformational role in Latin America’s continued… Read More
Global alternative asset manager Brookfield Asset Management has closed its Brookfield Brazil Timber Fund II with US$270 million in capital commitments, surpassing its initial target of US$200 million. The fund will focus on equity and equity-related investments in Brazilian timberlands and timber-related assets. Brookfield is currently invested in 2.6… Read More
Frontier markets investment firm Leopard Capital has invested in dloHaiti, a water kiosk venture operating in Haiti. dloHaiti seeks to sell five-gallon containers of water, which have been purified and filtered using solar power, to underserved communities. Leopard’s investment is intended to help finance dloHaiti’s business and product development,… Read More
Brazilian private equity firm Gávea Investimentos has invested in Camisaria Colombo, a Brazilian menswear retailer. As part of the transaction, Gávea converted debentures acquired in 2011 into equity. While financial details of the transaction were not disclosed, Gávea reportedly invested BRL150 million (approximately US$75 million) in the company. Read More
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