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LAVCA Announces Winners of the 11th Annual Deal Awards Highlighting Transformative Investments Across Latin America
Awardees include Patria with Delly’s (Private Capital Deal of the Year), SP Ventures with Gênica (Environmental Responsibility), DNA Capital with Sanar (Social Impact), Crescera Capital with BomConsorcio (Innovation) and Lightrock with Konfio (Better Tech).

NEW YORK, 21 May 2025 – The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA) announced the winners of the 11th Annual LAVCA Deal Awards, recognizing outstanding investments by fund managers in the region, specifically targeting tech, innovative, social and environmental initiatives.

About the 2025 Latin American Private Capital Deal Award Winners:
Patria received the 2025 Private Capital Deal of the Year Award for its investment in Delly’s, a Brazilian B2B food distributor serving restaurants, retailers and food service clients. With 18,000 orders fulfilled daily and 105,000 monthly customers, Delly’s holds 11% market share in its target regions and plays a key role in connecting small retailers to large food processors. 

SP Ventures received the 2025 Environmental Responsibility Award for its investment in Gênica, a Brazilian agri-biotech innovator advancing regenerative agriculture. In 2024, Gênica’s diverse team — 52% women — supported more than 1,300 farmers, 58% of whom are small and medium producers. The company’s practices helped avoid the use of 800,000 tons of chemical products and impacted over 9 million hectares of farmland. 

DNA Capital received the 2025 Social Impact Award for its investment in Sanar, a Brazilian healthcare education platform specializing in lifelong learning for physicians. Since DNA’s investment in 2020, Sanar has grown its monthly course participants from 19,900 to over 69,000, and in 2024 alone supported the specialization of over 5,000 doctors. 

Crescera Capital received the 2025 Innovation Award for its investment in BomConsorcio, a fintech providing pre-purchased financing pools widely used by lower-income Brazilian families to acquire high-value assets. In 2024, the platform had 11.2 million active members and enabled nearly BRL 17 billion in credit, offering lower interest rates and favorable tax conditions.  

Lightrock received the 2025 Better Tech Award for its investment in Konfio, a Mexican fintech accelerating SME growth through improved access to credit and digital payments. Leveraging tax data from Mexico’s IRS, Konfio developed automated credit models that have served over 35,000 borrowers annually for three consecutive years — with approvals in just seven minutes. In 2024, a new SME credit model increased approval rates and average loan sizes while maintaining expected credit losses, contributing to 35% of first-time originations in Q2 and Q3. 

The winners of the 2025 Latin American Private Capital Awards were selected by a distinguished panel of institutional investors from development finance institutions, insurance companies, pension funds and trusts. Additional information about the awards can be found here. 

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