LAVCA member investment firms and qualified institutional investors were invited to attend the 🏆 Latin American PE Awards during the PEI/PRI Responsible Investment Forum in New York on March 4, 2020.

During the event LAVCA announced the winners of the 2020 Latin American Private Equity Awards:

🏆 A panel of institutional investors selected Alta Growth Capital for the 2020 Private Equity Deal for their investment in Mexican semi-trailer manufacturer Fruehauf de México. Alta Growth Capital exited the investment with the sale of Fruehauf to Mexican conglomerate Fultra in March 2019 after only four years, doubling both the company’s sales and EBITDA and successfully reentering the US market following a 20-year absence.

🏆 Lafise Investment Management received the 2020 Social Responsibility in a Private Equity Deal award for their investment in Paradise Ingredients, a Costa Rican banana puree processing company with an occupational health and safety management system, including free medical services to women at the company’s clinic and provision of school supplies to single mothers. The company also offers 24-hour medical services and physical therapy, and employees receive food subsidies and transportation services.

🏆 Actis received the 2020 Environmental Responsibility in a Private Equity Deal award for their investment in Mexican renewable energy firm Zuma Energía. The company provides low-cost, clean power to communities in Mexico through its windfarms and solar plant projects, which contribute to the reduction of 1.35 million tons of CO2 emissions on a yearly basis. Zuma also implemented wild flora and fauna rescue and relocation programs, and achieved one of the lowest collision rates for wildlife at their windfarms compared to North American standards.

🏆 LAVCA awarded Axxon Group a 2020 Environmental Responsibility Private Equity Deal Honorable Mention for their investment in Brazil’s BR Marinas, the largest marina operator in South America. The company implemented a series of programs to reduce plastic consumption and to educate communities about the environment.

Judges included international institutional investors such as development finance institutions, insurance companies, pension funds, and trusts. Scores took into consideration company transformation, IRR, EBITDA, governance, and, where relevant, social and environmental impact.

These deals and others are highlighted in the sixth edition of the Latin American Private Equity Deal Book and ESG Cases. Over 70 deal cases have been published by LAVCA since 2014.

NEW IN 2020: LAVCA is looking to highlight how firms are supporting portfolio companies and surrounding communities during the global pandemic as a way to showcase the importance of the private sector for a long-term recovery.

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The Latin American Private Equity awards bring recognition to fund managers with successful deal cases in Latin America. Honored investments were published in the Latin American Private Equity Deal Book & ESG Cases, in response to demand from LPs for specific examples of private equity case studies.

Over 70 deals have been published by LAVCA since 2014.[/content-static][content-static header=”Read Press Release” type=”half” headline=”Alta Growth Capital Receives Top Latin American Private Equity Deal Award for Investment in Mexican Manufacturer” last=”yes” linkto=”https://www.lavca.org/press-release/alta-growth-capital-receives-top-latin-american-private-equity-deal-award-for-investment-in-mexican-manufacturer/” target=”_blank” image=”https://www.lavca.org/app/uploads/2020/02/PE-Awards-2020.png”]The Association for Private Capital Investment in Latin America (LAVCA)announced the winners of the 2020 Latin American Private Equity Awards. A panel of institutional investors selected Alta Growth Capital for the 2020 Private Equity Deal for their investment in Mexican semi-trailer manufacturer Fruehauf de México. Alta Growth Capital exited the investment with the sale of Fruehauf to Mexican conglomerate Fultra in March 2019 after only four years, doubling both the company’s sales and EBITDA and successfully reentering the US market following a 20-year absence. [/content-static]