(DFC) DFC approved a USD50m commitment to Aqua Capital’s Fund III targeting agriculture and food enterprises, USD25m to GEF’s LatAm Climate Solutions Fund III focused on Brazil and USD22.5m to…

(Valor) Patria acquired Brazil-based supermarket retailer Avenida for BRL300m.

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Ashmore Group, acquired a majority stake in Avenida Capital, a Latin America-based private equity real estate investment firm. The acquisition aligns with Ashmore’s strategy to expand its alternative investment product offering in key emerging markets, and further strengthens its footprint in Latin America.

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The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has committed up to US$50m to Avenida Capital’s Colombia Real Estate Fund II (CREF II) to support the development of low and middle-income housing and sustainable commercial and mixed-use projects in urban parts of Colombia.

OPIC will provide up to US$50m in financing for the Avenida Colombia Real Estate Fund II LP, a private equity fund that invests in real estate projects for Colombia’s low…

LAVCA caught up with Alexander Chalmers, Managing Director of private equity real estate firm Avenida Capital, to learn more about Colombia as an important real estate market and the appetite…

(TechCrunch) Avenida is set on cementing its leadership position Argentina’s e-commerce market after a US$30m Series C led by Naspers with participation from Tiger Global (both firms are returning investors).

(PulsoSocial) Despite being headquartered in an Argentina mired by a cyclical series of crises and technical default, small early stage e-commerce site, Avenida!, achieved an unexpected milestone when it received…

(Exame) Alternative investment management firm Kinea Investimentos has agreed to purchase a 20 percent stake in Brazil-based clothing store Lojas Avenida for R$200m (approximately US$84.5m). Kinea has the option to…

(Press Release) Avenida Capital, the Latin American real estate investment firm with offices in Bogota and New York, announced today that it successfully completed its inaugural fundraising effort of US$140m…

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This edition features 12 cases across sectors and stages and includes deals from Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Costa Rica, and other Latin American markets.

Global private equity firm, Advent International, sold its 10% stake in International Meal Company (IMC), a Brazilian fast food operator. Advent sold its 10% stake in a secondary market offering…

Fortem Capital, a subsidiary of the IPB Group real estate company, seeks to raise MXN$5,000m via BIVA. Fortem Capital now joins a group of companies, including LIV Capital, Ignia, and Crédito Real, which decided to change their listing to BIVA instead of the BMV.

Thor Urbana acquired the Marina Town Center mall, within the Puerto Cancun mixed-use mega-project, in Cancún, Quintana Roo

Over the last few years, coinciding with a period of political uncertainty in major Latin American economies, private capital investors including international…

The Latin America Group of Graycliff Partners has spun-off to form an independent private investment firm, Bela Vista Investimentos. The firm will be led by Cristiano Boccia and Guilherme Cunha. (Press…

Brookfield and BTG Pactual have closed a swap of office assets in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. BTG Pactual is selling a portfolio that is worth R$1.3b (US$393m) and Brookfield…

When it comes to international players investing in Latin American startups, US investors dominate the list, representing 67% of all global investors into LatAm startups since 2013.

Corporate investors participate in some of the largest investments in LatAm startups, but have also demonstrated an appetite across a range of stages and sectors.

Mexican housing developer Be Grand will launch a CKD vehicle on the Mexican Stock Exchange (BMV) that seeks to raise up to MXN$1.5b with the intent of funding seven to…

Digio, a digital credit card owned by CBSS bank, has acquired Brazilian cashback startup Poup. Wayra Brazil accelerated the company in its first batch. (E-commerce News) Digio, a digital credit…

A5 Capital partners has made an undisclosed investment in Brazilian co-working network Copa. (Baguete) Alexandre Guerra, conselheiro e ex-CEO da rede de fast food Giraffas e vice-presidente da ABF (Associação…

Luxury hotel developer and investor RLH Properties has acquired Vertex Real Estate Investors’ stake in the Four Seasons Hotel in Mexico City for MXN$365m. (Investing.com) RLH Properties, una empresa dedicada…

(Reuters Brasil) Kinea, the alternative investment arm of Itaú Unibanco, may enter the infrastructure sector in 2017, launching a fund to purchase convertible debt notes. A Kinea, braço de investimentos…

(Press Release) ALLVP is thrilled to announce their co-lead of Cornershop’s US$6.7m Series A investment round with Jackson Square Ventures and committed co-investors Accel Partners, Creandum, Endeavor Catalyst, and Grupo…

(Comunicados.co) Bogotá based grocery delivery platform Merqueo.com acquired its competitor Lulo, strengthening its position as the largest online supermarket.

(South Ventures) South Ventures invested part of SV Global Fund II into Brazil’s Trocafone, a e-commerce site for mobile telephones.