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Thank you to the community of local investors and investors traveling from abroad for joining us for a series of record-breaking meetings in São Paulo last month. LAVCA Tech Brasil convened 90+ senior partners for curated conversations about Latin America VC and the perspective from global investors actively looking to deploy capital in the region. We thank our speaker faculty for taking part: Carlo Dapuzzo of monashees, David Xu of DiDi Global, Santiago Fossatti of KASZEK, Anthony Giambrone of StepStone Group, Igor Piquet of Endeavor Catalyst and Henrique Uehara of DGF Investimentos. | A special thank you to Fabio Coelho, President of Google Brazil, for our longstanding partnership and for hosting us, as well as to our Tech Growth Members AWS, MercadoLibre, Qualcomm Ventures, Riverwood Capital and SVB for their continued support. | Building on the success of LAVCA’s Family Office Meeting at LAVCA Week in New York, we co-hosted an in-region Family Office peer-to-peer program for 40+ families in collaboration with Peninsula Participações. We thank Peninsula and former LAVCA Board Member Flavia Almeida for hosting us. We partnered with LAVCA Member Cubo Itaú to host the second edition of Empower, a dedicated dinner in São Paulo for women investors across Latin America to strengthen relationships and share experiences within private capital. | LAVCA Week 2024 8-11 October 2024 | New York City LAVCA Week 2024 is shaping up to be a must-attend event for private capital investors, with newly announced sessions and speakers. This annual meeting provides a unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders, gain valuable insights and explore the latest trends in private equity, venture capital and other asset classes. | Energy Transition: Powering the Future | Juan Angoitia Senior Managing Director, Ardian | Javier Orellana Director, Actis | Tatiana Sasson Latin America Head of Impact, Lightrock | Felix Knidlberger Co-Head Fund of Funds LatAm and Africa, SIFEM | Getting to Sustainable Growth: Structured Financing for VC-Backed Companies | Elena Amato Managing Director, Investments, Community Investment Management | Armineh Baghoomian Co-Head of Global Fintech, Partners for Growth | Rodrigo Velasco Head of LatAm & Mexico Country Manager BBVA Spark | Andy Tsao Head of Global Gateway Silicon Valley Bank | A limited number of guest rooms are available at a discounted rate for attendees at the Conrad New York Downtown. Discounted Dates: Sunday, 6 October - Friday, 11 October Booking Deadline: Thursday, 12 September Attendees are encouraged to book their accommodations by the deadline to benefit from the discounted rates. | ◼︎ Linzor Capital Partners invested in Win, a Peru-based telecommunications provider. #PE ◼︎ ISAGEN, a Colombia-based energy generation company, secured a COP457b (~USD113m) loan from Banco Davivienda including COP144b (~USD35m) from the Davivienda Corredores Debt Fund. #PrivateCredit ◼︎ Colombia-based residential public utilities company EPM secured a loan from Banco Davivienda Corredores Debt Fund. #PrivateCredit ◼︎ Lazuli Partners and Vidya Capital invested BRL200m (~USD36.4m) in Farmax, a Brazil-based beauty, health and wellness company. #PE ◼︎ Cerberus invested USD30m in Bayport, a Colombia-based non-banking payroll loan company. #PE ◼︎ Nuveen Natural Capital acquired 20k hectares of eucalyptus plantations in Uruguay for its global timberland strategy. #RealAssets ◼︎ Credicorp Capital invested in ExcelCredit, a Colombia-based consumer lender. #PrivateCredit ◼︎ Proparco announced a USD15m commitment to Linzor Capital Partners’ fourth Private Equity fund in Latin America. #PE | 8-11 October 2023 New York, NY | | Mid-Year 2024 Industry Data & Analysis | | 2024 Startup Directory & Ecosystem Insights | | 2024 LAVCA Trends in Tech | | |