FEATURED SESSIONS

Sessions on the sector themes and strategies driving investment today, including:

• Perspectives from Global Asset Allocators with the Division of Investment Department of the Treasury State of New Jersey, the Office of the New York City Comptroller, the Los Angeles County Employee Retirement Association and Hamilton Lane

• In Conversation with Latin American Pension Funds with Afore XXI Banorte, the endowment of the Tecnológico de Monterrey and Lexington Partners

Interactive breakout sessions include:

• Unlocking the Game: The Role of Private Capital in Sports and Entertainment with Draftea and Treecorp
• Maximizing Returns in Real Estate Investment with Yellowstone Capital Partners and TC Latin America Partners

AGENDA AT A GLANCE

TUESDAY

10 October

Welcome Reception for LAVCA Members hosted by Advent International 

WEDNESDAY

11 October

LAVCA Week and Reception hosted by Vista Equity Partners

THURSDAY

12 October

LAVCA Week, Tech Lunch hosted by Valor Capital Group and Tech Reception hosted by KASZEK & Riverwood Capital

FRIDAY

13 October

LAVCA Week Breakout Sessions

Registration is open to LAVCA Members, qualified institutional investors and non-member private capital investors, subject to approval. 

For inquiries, please contact lavcaweek@lavca.org.

◼︎ BTG Pactual reached a BRL1.2b (~USD239m) first close for BTG Pactual Infrastructure Fund III. The vehicle will invest in greenfield and brownfield opportunities across Latin America in sectors such as energy and logistics. #RealAssets

◼︎ EQT Growth led a USD85m Series F for Gympass, a Brazil-based B2B gym membership platform with global operations, with participation from Neuberger Berman. Gympass raised a USD220m Series E at a USD2.2b valuation in June 2021. #VC

◼︎ Tiger Global led a USD61m Series B for Nomad, a Brazil-based fintech offering US checking accounts for Brazilian residents, with follow-on from monashees, Stripes, Spark Capital, Propel Ventures, Globo Ventures and Abstract. Nomad was founded by iFood co-founder Patrick Sigrist. #VC

◼︎ Praso, a Brazil-based distribution platform for small retailers, raised a USD9.3m Series A led by Valor Capital Group and NFX and acquired the intellectual property of Floki, a Brazil-based restaurant management operation platform. #VC

◼︎ Infraestructura Brasil Holding 21, a Brazil-based infrastructure holding controlled by Patria Investimentos, won an auction to partially manage the highway road system in the State of Paraná. The roads auctioned had been without concessionaires for more than a year. #RealAssets

◼︎ Sekura, a Mexico-based insurance brokerage platform, acquired insurance broker Alternativas en Riesgos (AER) through an equity investment from Australis Partners and the IFC, among other undisclosed investors. Sekura’s bank syndicate also participated in debt financing. #PE

◼︎ Penta acquired a 50% stake in Infraestructura Interportuaria Central from BTG Pactual through its fund Penta Las Americas Infraestructura Cinco for ~USD50m. #RealAssets

◼︎ HIG Capital partially exited Eletromidia, a Brazil-based advertising company, via a sale to Grupo Globo, a Brazil-based media conglomerate. #PE

◼︎ BTG Pactual fully acquired Eco Medical Center, a Brazil-based chain of medical offices operating in Curitiba. #PE

IDB Invest’s Asset Management Platform

IDB Invest is seeking a strategic partner to spearhead the creation of an innovative investment platform with an approach that is alternative to traditional models of private equity and aims to attract like-minded institutional investors for longer investment tenors.

Applications are open until 18 September 2023. Click here to learn more. 

LAVCA Week 2023

10-13 October 2023

Conrad New York Downtown, NY

Brazil Climate Summit

13-14 September 2023

The Forum at Columbia University
Contact partnership@gpcapital.org for more information.

LAVCA RESEARCH