2026 LAVCA DEAL AWARDS

Nominations Closing Soon

Nominations are open for the 2026 LAVCA Deal Awards, recognizing portfolio company deals that set a benchmark for private capital activity in Latin America.

Award-winning deals are featured across our research, communications and events, and may be selected as case studies that contribute to the market’s understanding of value creation and impact in Latin America.

Member GPs are invited to nominate a portfolio company by Friday, 30 January 2026.

Submissions can be across any asset class, including private equity, VC, private credit and real assets. All deals submitted, including those not selected for an award, are also considered for a case study feature.

Please complete the nomination form and email it to Marcelo Pizzato (mpizzato@lavca.org) by the deadline. 

LAVCA WOMEN

2025 LAVCA Top & Emerging Women Investors in Latin America

LAVCA just released its annual lists of Top & Emerging Women Investors in Latin America.

This year’s Top Women Investors list features 223 senior-level women investment professionals across private capital in Latin America, as well as notable women angel investors who complete three or more investments per year across the region.

The Emerging Women Investors list recognizes 350 junior- and mid-level women investment professionals in the region’s private capital ecosystem.

Congratulations to all the women recognized this year — your leadership, expertise and commitment continue to strengthen and shape the future of private capital in Latin America.

◼︎ Actis invested in Valia Energia, a Mexico-based private sector power generator. #RealAssets

◼︎ General Atlantic agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Grupo Aguilas, the owner of Mexico-based soccer team Club América. #PE

◼︎ Patria Investments won a bid for a BRL2.9b (~USD534.6m) sanitation project in Brazil. #RealAssets

◼︎ Ashmore CAF-AM, Bancolombia, and Sumitomo Mitsui invested COP1T (~USD268m) in the Nuevo Cauca Project, a Colombia-based road construction project. #RealAssets

◼︎ Kinea acquired a minority stake in Patria Investment's Winity Telecom, a Brazil-based wireless infrastructure solutions provider. #RealAssets

◼︎ Lumina Capital raised USD1.5b for its third fund focused on special situations in Brazil. #PrivateCredit

◼︎ Treecorp Investments partially exited its stake in Brazil-based Curitiba Football Club via sale to investors tied to Ecuador-based Independiente del Valle Football Club. #PE

◼︎ Advent International led a Series C round for Skyone, a Brazil-based software company specializing in cloud computing, data and AI solutions. #PE

◼︎ ArtCap arranged USD25m in debt financing for Blue Tissue, a subsidiary of GrandBay, to finance the acquisition of a second paper mill in Mexico. #PrivateCredit

◼︎ Kinea increased its stake in Petz, a Brazil-based retail company specializing in the pet segment. #PE

◼︎ Patria Investments-backed Sementes São Francisco acquired Auma Sementes, a Brazil-based soybean seed agribusiness company. #PE

◼︎ Actis launched TERRANOVA, a new USD1.5b hyperscale data center platform that will develop a portfolio of modern campuses in Brazil, Mexico and Chile. #RealAssets

◼︎ Mexico Infrastructure Partners agreed to pay USD1b for a 49% stake in a 1.3GW photovoltaic portfolio in the United States, together with the full stake in two wind farms in Mexico. #RealAssets

◼︎ Nomura Securities arranged a USD500m debt financing for Plata, a Mexico-based digital financial services company. #PrivateCredit

◼︎ Proparco and IDB Invest to provide USD40m in debt financing for CMI Alimentos, a family-owned Guatemala-based food corporation. #PrivateCredit

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FLII 2026
24-25 February 2026
Mérida, México

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Colcapital: 9th Private Capital Congress
10-11 March 2026
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Cumbre AMEXCAP 2026
17-18 March 2026
CDMX, México

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GPC Conference 2026

11-13 May 2026
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