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LAVCA ESG Deal Awards: 22 May 2024

Winners of the 2024 LAVCA ESG Deal Awards will be announced during an online ceremony on 22 May 2024 at 10am ET. The ceremony will take place virtually on LAVCA’s LinkedIn page. Additional details to come.

The 2024 LAVCA ESG Deal Awards received a record number of deal case submissions across asset classes, including private equity, VC/tech, private credit and real assets.

Winners will be chosen by a panel of institutional investors and awards will be conferred in six categories:

Private Capital Deal of the Year

Social Impact

Innovation

Environmental Responsibility

Gender and Diversity

Better Tech Award

LAVCA ESG Deal Awards seek to showcase best-in-class examples of private capital activity in Latin America by recognizing deals with extraordinary ESG outcomes. Select deals also will be profiled in our regular case studies publications.

Please email Marcelo Pizzato at mpizzato@lavca.org with questions or concerns.

LAVCA DATA

2024 Industry Data & Analysis

LAVCA Members can now access the 2024 Industry Data & Analysis PDF report, containing insights on: 

• Aggregate statistics on private capital investment in Latin America by deal size, country, asset class and industry  
• 717 disclosed private capital transactions across Latin America  
• VC breakout with analysis of activity by stage, country, sector, investor HQ, ticket size and tech vertical  
• Aggregate statistics on private capital fundraising in Latin America  
• 56 Latin America-dedicated funds with closes in 2023  
• Aggregate statistics on private capital exits in Latin America  
• Notable exits and listings in 2023  

LAVCA’s  Industry Data & Analysis  is available on a quarterly basis. LAVCA Members can log in to download the full report and underlying data. Non-members may purchase the report.

◼︎  Vinci Partners agreed to acquire Compass, a Latin America-based independent asset manager and investment advisory firm. The combined platform will manage USD50b+ in assets. #PrivateEquity

◼︎ Engie Brasil Energia, the Brazilian arm of global renewable energy generation company Engie, acquired five photovoltaic complexes from Atlas, an energy company backed by Global Infrastructure Partners, for BRL3.25b (~USD656.3m). #RealAssets

◼︎ Advent International led a BRL1b (~USD200m) investment in Inspira, a Brazil-based K-12 education network operating 100 schools, with participation from CPP Investments. #PrivateEquity

◼︎ Baubap, a Mexico-based consumer lending platform, secured USD120m in debt financing from SixPoint Capital Management. #VC

◼︎ BTG Pactual completed a full acquisition of Brazil-based fund of funds Signal Capital after being a minority shareholder since 2020. #PrivateEquity

◼︎ Leste Group, a global alternative investment manager, acquired a majority stake in Prestige Cosmetics, a Brazil-based luxury perfume and cosmetics distributor. #PrivateEquity

◼︎ DST Global led a USD25m Series A for Yuno, a Colombia-based checkout platform for last-mile delivery startups, with participation from Tiger Global and follow-on from KASZEK, monashees and Andreessen Horowitz. #VC

◼︎ Upload Ventures led a USD20m round for Topsort, a US-based advertising solutions platform, with follow-on from Quiet Capital and Pear Ventures. Topsort was founded by Chilean Francisco Larraín. #VC

LAVCA Week 2024

8-11 October 2024

New York, NY

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