20 August 2025

MEMBER PROFILE

Claudia Arango | Exagon Impact Capital

LAVCA recently spoke with Claudia Arango, Managing Partner of Exagon Impact Capital, about the firm’s transition from a broad infrastructure strategy to a focused approach on renewable energy, the challenges of raising a first-time impact fund and how Exagon is addressing the middle-market funding gap in Latin America. Claudia also shared how Exagon is supporting portfolio companies like SunRoof in scaling distributed solar energy solutions across the region, and discussed the role of ESG and gender equity as core pillars of the firm’s investment strategy.

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UPCOMING EVENT

VC Trends in Latin America in 2025

hosted by LAVCA and Silicon Valley Bank

Join LAVCA and Silicon Valley Bank for a virtual webinar on VC Trends in Latin America in 2025 on 4 September from 12:00 - 1:00 pm EDT.

LAVCA’s Managing Director of VC, Carlos Ramos de la Vega, will present Q2/H1 data from the third edition of LAVCA’s Startup Ecosystem Insights report, covering Mexican startups surpassing Brazil in venture investment for the first time in 15 years, investor strategies around AI, new startup hubs and women-led ventures.

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LAVCA WEEK 2025

Featured Session and Early Bird Deadline

Join us at LAVCA Week, taking place 7-9 October at the Conrad New York Downtown. as we convene leading private capital investors from Latin America and around the globe each year for a series of meaningful discussions and private meetings covering the latest trends in private equity, venture capital and other private capital strategies.

Bridging the Investment Gap Between Latin America and Asia

Marisela Alvarenga
Chief Industries Officer,
IDB Invest

Irene Hoffman

CEO,
IDB Lab

Masahiro Juraku

Director of Private Sector Investment Finance Division 2, Japan International Cooperation Agency

MyeongSeon Kim

Regional Director,
Korea Venture Investment Corporation

LAVCA Members have access to special early bird rates through 29 August 2025.

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◼︎ Macquarie Asset Management-backed Odinsa Vías secured COP1.8b (~USD442m) for Tunel de Oriente, a Colombia-based tunnel concession, with participation from Bancolombia, Grupo Aval, Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional (FDN) and Davivienda. #RealAssets

◼︎ Kinea increased its stake to 10% in LWSA (formerly Locaweb), a Brazil-based web services hosting platform. #PE

◼︎ IDB Invest provided a BRL295m (~USD50m) financing package for Brazil-based payment solutions provider Stone to support the expansion of credit offerings for SMEs. #VC

◼︎ Promecap raised USD35.1m for its first fund of funds program through an initial Development Capital Certificates (CKD) offering on the Mexican Stock Exchange. #PE

◼︎ IG4 Capital exited its 50% stake in Abastecedora del Comercio (Adelco), a Chile-based wholesale merchandise distributor. #PE

◼︎ CPP Investments agreed to exit its 49.87% stake in Transportadora de Gas del Peru, a Peru-based natural gas pipeline operator, via sale to EIG. #RealAssets

◼︎ MAS Equity Partners agreed to exit Mimo's, a Colombia-based ice cream company, via sale to Grupo Nutresa for COP50b (USD12.3m). #PE