Executive Briefings
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Executive Briefing: The Glass Half Full – Finding Opportunity in Latin America Today
The recent EU-LatAm trade deals are a bright spot in the midst of a complex political...
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Executive Briefing: Mapping Impact Deals & Funds in Latin America
Driven by new members and increased deals, LAVCA has been growing its footprint in impact...
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Then & Now: Revisiting the 2008 Financial Crisis & Impact on Latin America
By Cate Ambrose, President & Executive Director, LAVCA THEN: I joined LAVCA and...
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Executive Briefing: What is Driving Private Real Estate in Latin America?
Over the last few years, coinciding with a period of political uncertainty in major Latin...
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State of the Industry: 2017 VC Deal Activity & Highlights
The entrance of major global investors into a string of recent early and expansion stage...
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Executive Briefing: Four Trends – What is Driving Deals in Latin America Today?
Deal activity in Latin America has been robust over the last 18 months as PE/VC firms...
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Executive Briefing: Finding a New Normal
Following the US Election in November, LAVCA sought insights from investors across Latin...
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RECAP: LatAm Venture Investments in October 2016
September/October 2016 was a busy time for LatAm VCs in terms of new fundraising and...
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Investment Trend Watch: Mid-Year 2016 VC Analysis
Venture investments in Latin America continue to climb, despite the economic uncertainty...
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Executive Briefing: The New Opportunity in Peru
By Cate Ambrose, President & Executive Director, LAVCA Today, July 28, 2016, Peru...
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Executive Briefing: Consumer Deals in a Downturn – Education, Healthcare and Fintech Weather the Storm
On a recent trip to São Paulo and Rio I was struck by the number of investors who talked...
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Executive Briefing: Beyond the Headlines – What’s the Deal in Mexico and Brazil?
Conventional wisdom has it that the PE/VC opportunity in Latin America is never quite as...
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Executive Briefing: Raising Capital from Latin American LPs-Is it Getting Harder, or Easier?
Over the last decade, pension funds in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico have...
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Executive Briefing: Pink Tide Recedes as Voters Call For Change in Latin America
Macri will be sworn in next week, heading a government packed with private sector stars...
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Executive Briefing: LatAm PE/VC – Are Regulators Getting it Right?
Last week LAVCA published the 2015/2016 Scorecard on the PE/VC Environment in Latin...
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Executive Briefing: On the Front Lines of LatAm Venture Investing
Venture deal flow has been dynamic across LatAm in recent months, and the LAVCA team and...
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Executive Briefing: LatAm Deal Making in 2015-Amateurs Need Not Apply
With record fundraising for LatAm PE last year, the question now is, how will managers...
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Executive Briefing: Why are investors piling into LatAm PE in the midst of a downturn?
The LAVCA research team is finalizing data on 2014 LatAm PE activity, and results point...
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Executive Briefing: A New Urgency Around ESG
An increasing number of private equity investors active in Latin America are focused on...
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Executive Briefing: New Momentum
This is a month of momentum for the LAVCA team – September kicked off with the...
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Executive Briefing: The Venture Industry Evolves
As LAVCA’s research team tracks down deals closed in 1H2014 to produce data on...
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LAVCA Scorecard: How Do the Major Markets Measure Up?
With this edition of the Latin American PE/VC Report we are launching the 2014 Scorecard...
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Executive Briefing: What Are Sector-Focused Funds Doing In LatAm?
As we collected and analyzed fund and deal information for LAVCA 2014 Industry Data, one...
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Executive Briefing: From Palo Alto to Punta del Este
Last week I escaped frigid NYC for Palo Alto, where LAVCA teamed up with the NVCA and...
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Executive Briefing: What’s Happening in the Oil & Gas Sector?
Last week I had the opportunity to interview a major figure in the oil industry at the...
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Executive Briefing: LAVCA Travel Blog
Travel Blog: Sao Paulo I was in Sao Paulo this month to participate in a conference...
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Executive Briefing: Ranking LatAm Markets: the 2013 Scorecard
Last month LAVCA released the 2013 Scorecard on the PE/VC Environment in Latin America,...
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Executive Briefing: What Does 2013 Industry Data Tell Us About the Future of PE/VC in Latin America?
Earlier this month LAVCA Chairman Patrice Etlin presented initial findings from the 2013...
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Executive Briefing: Warming Up To Start-Up Investing
I had the chance to escape winter in New York to take part in events in Miami in December...
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Executive Briefing: PE Players Take the Field in Colombia
The LAVCA team decamped to Bogota and Medellin earlier this month for our annual Colombia...
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Executive Briefing: The Takeaway – Five Themes in LatAm PE today
Over the summer LAVCA and Coller Capital teamed up to reach out to over 100 global...
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Executive Briefing: Is Capital a Commodity in Latin America?
Investors active in Latin America a decade or more ago would have had a hard time...
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Executive Briefing: It’s Hot in Mexico
April and May are peak months on the PE/VC industry conference circuit, and I mixed with...
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Executive Briefing: Funds, Deals and Exits: A Snapshot of Latin America PE/VC in 2011
LAVCA released 2011 data on fundraising, investments and exits for Latin America private...
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What are Family Offices and HNWI doing in Latin America?
An increasing number of US and Latin American family offices and high net worth...
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Executive Briefing: Going Public
In October, a special task force comprised of VCs, CEOs, investors and investment bankers...
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By the Numbers: 2011 Funds, Deals and Exits
Earlier this month LAVCA announced 1H 2011 data on fundraising, investments and exits for...
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Executive Briefing: The Tech Boom Migrates South
I was in San Francisco recently to speak at the Endeavor Entrepreneur Summit and to meet...
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Getting Regulation Right: A Work in Process
Last week I took part in a panel discussion on the impact of regulation on emerging...
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What are Asian investors doing in Latin America?
In February I headed to a conference in Hong Kong organized to promote investment between...
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Executive Briefing: LatAm Governments Open the Door to Global Investors
Global investors who have historically concentrated their emerging market portfolios in...
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Executive Briefing: On the Road in Colombia and Argentina
This week LAVCA is on the road in Buenos Aires and Bogota, and Yigal Erlich, the founding...
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Executive Briefing: Latin America PE in 2010: Overheated, or Just Hot?
Next week in New York we will be hosting a record number of investors at the 2010 LAVCA...
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Executive Briefing: Argentina Builds Momentum as a Global IT Hub
A decade ago Argentina was at the forefront of Latin America’s internet bubble, and its...
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