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Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTTP) has agreed to acquire a 100% interest in Brazil-based electricity transmission platform Evoltz from TPG for an undisclosed amount. (OTPP) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board…

TPG Capital’s Madrid-based renewable energy platform Matrix Renewables has acquired 154MW solar portfolio in Chile from Verano Capital for an undisclosed amount. (Renewables Now)  Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables, created by…

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TPG’s The Rise Fund acquired China-based photovoltaics producer Trina Solar’s assets in Spain, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico totaling 1GW. The assets will be managed by Matrix Renewables, a newly launched…

Evoltz, controlled by TPG Capital, agreed to acquire a 49.5% stake for R$232m in Eletrobras transmission lines in the north of Brazil. Transaction is pending approval by CADE and Aneel.…

LAVCA spoke with Angel Uribe, Partner at TPG Growth, about the fund’s exposure to Latin America to date and the trend of tech-enabled services and products continuing to grow in sectors like education, financial services and healthcare.

TPG is preparing to raise US$3.5b for its second impact investing fund, The Rise Fund II, and it will focus mainly on healthcare, education, financial services and energy. New Jersey…

Angel Uribe, Senior Advisor, TPG Growth on looking for exceptional stories during the LAVCA Venture Investors Meeting in NYC in 2017. This content is made possible with support from Omidyar…

Joaquim Lima, Regional Director, Riverwood Capital and Angel Uribe, Senior Advisor, TPG Growth on capital considerations for making investments during the LAVCA Venture Investors Meeting in NYC in September 2017.…

U.S. private equity firm Texas Pacific Group (TPG) has acquired 3,500 kilometers of energy transmission lines in Brazil from Spanish multinational Abengoa. (Valor Econômico) A novela em torno da recuperação…

TPG’s The Rise Fund made its inaugural investment in Latin America in Digital House, an Argentina-based coding school, with participation from Endeavor Catalyst, Omidyar Network, and previous investor KaszeK Ventures.…

U.S. PE firms Weston Presidio and TPG Growth have fully exited Brazilian airline Azul through a global offering of preferred shares on the New York and São Paulo Stock Exchanges.…

TPG has made an undisclosed investment in Brazilian agtech startup Solinftec through TPG ART, the firm’s Alternative and Renewable Technologies growth equity platform. (AgFUNDER News) Global private equity group TPG has…

(IDGNow!) TPG Growth led a US$19.2m (R$62m) investment in Resultados Digitais, a Brazilian automated marketing platform, with participation from Redpoint e.Ventures, DGF Investimentos and Endeavor Catalyst. TPG’s portfolio includes Uber,…

(PI Online) April 29, 2011 – Oregon Investment Council, Tigard, committed $100M each to the Brazil Real Estate Opportunities Fund II, managed by Vision Brazil Investments, and TPG Specialty Lending,

Augment Infrastructure and the Danish Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) agreed to invest USD85m in equity in Órigo Energia, a Brazil-based distributed generation solar energy company backed by TPG,…

NY-based PE Lightsmith Group led a USD60m round for Solinftec, a Brazil- and US-based farm analytics and operations management platform, with follow-on from Unbox Capital and Circularis Partners. Unbox Capital…

Ambar, a Brazilian real estate developer providing digitization services for construction projects, raised a ~USD36m Series C led by Echo Capital, the VC fund of Guilherme Weege (Malwee), and Oria…

Blue Like an Orange has provided BRL106m (~USD12m) in mezzanine financing to Órigo Energia, a Brazil-based solar energy solutions company serving SMEs and households. (Press Release) Blue like an Orange…

Mercado Libre, Globant, and Riverwood Capital invested USD50m in Digital House, an Argentine platform providing technical education for developers, with follow-on from KASZEK. TPG’s The Rise Fund led a USD20m Series…

This directory profiles the core group of LAVCA Member venture investors, corporates, and tech organizations dedicated to supporting startups and the tech ecosystem.

Latin American tech companies have been targets of M&A, and IPOs since 2012. This is a list of highlighted tech companies that raised US$1m+ and were acquired/IPO’d during that period.

Unbox Capital led a USD40m Series B round in Solinftec, a Brazilian agtech. Also included in the round was USD20m agri asset-backed debt, led by Itaú BBA and Gaia Securitizations…

Unbox Capital led a US$40m Series B round in Solinftec, a Brazilian agtech. Also included in the round was US$20m agri asset-backed debt, led by Itaú BBA and Gaia Securitizations…

LAVCA Week 2019 in New York concluded with our Venture Investors Annual Meeting in Tribeca, with record attendance from investors, and participation from startup CEOs by invitation for the first…

Riverwood Capital led a US$50m Series D investment in Resultados Digitais, a Brazilian marketing automation platform for small businesses in Latin America, with participation from existing investors DGF Investmentos, Redpoint…

Evoltz Participações SA, controlled by the Seville Investment Fund, purchased 50% of capital stock of ATE VIII, a company operating in the electricity transmission segment in Brazil. It was an…

Elevar Equity led a US$5.25m investment in Uruguayan digital banking platform Bankingly, with participation from The Rise Fund and Endeavor Catalyst.

Driven by new members and increased deals, LAVCA has been growing its footprint in impact investing, particularly where impact converges with traditional PE/VC.