News

Highlights and news from the Private Equity and Venture Capital ecosystems, as well as other investment market topics.

Private Equity

Lightrock, a pioneering climate management company, sees opportunities beyond the 'green premium'.‘

With 90 companies invested in PE, the asset manager focuses on solutions that combine growth, technology, and impact strategies.
Venture Capital

SP Venture's fund for climate mitigation in agriculture raises US$28 million.

The asset manager has just completed a funding round for new investors in its AGV III fund, which raised US$$ 50 million with the new fundraising.
Private Equity

With a check for R$ 150M, Kinea bets on The Led panels.

With this deal, The Led will begin a new phase of expansion, focused on technology and new ways of marketing advertising space.
Venture Capital

Headline and XP raise funds to buy stakes in startups and target "dead equity"“

The Headline Prime I fund, with R$ 62 million, is focused on secondary funding rounds to acquire stakes in technology startups.
Private Equity

Patrice Etlin, from Advent: "Our best deals in Brazil were during the worst times."“

Advent's managing partner attributed the strong returns to the team's sector expertise, with a focus on the healthcare, retail, consumer goods, financial services, and technology segments.
ABVCAP

Brazil invests in infrastructure to gain ground in AI.

Priscila Rodrigues, president of the Association, states that measuring private investment in AI is complex because the technology generally appears as a tool, not as the main business.
ABVCAP

Private investment in innovation grows with more robust funding rounds.

According to Priscila Rodrigues, president of the Association, the appetite of foreigners is starting to return, but still only sporadically.
Private Equity

Crescera buys stake in Vix Brasil, Paula Hermanny's beachwear brand.

Crescera Capital acquired 27.8% from Vix Global Enterprises, owner of the beachwear brand Vix Brasil, founded by Paula Hermanny and internationally recognized by a high-income audience.
Infrastructure

Kinea is targeting the auction and concession calendar for 2026.

Kinea wants to expand its infrastructure investments with the drop in interest rates, focusing on highways, sanitation, and data centers, an area in which it does not yet operate.
Private Equity

Opportunity enters, Warburg exits, and Grupo Salta is now worth almost R$ 6 billion.

Given that the company had a net debt of R$ 1.2 billion at the end of September, the equity value involved in the transaction was R$ 4.6 billion.
Venture Capital

ColmeIA raises R$ 18M in follow-on funding round with Crescera Capital.

Crescera has made a new investment in ColmeIA, totaling R$43 million since 2024 and bringing the company closer to a valuation of R$500 million.
Private Equity

Global asset manager sees evergreen funds for private equity as the next wave in the market.

According to Adam Howarth, a partner at Partners Group, evergreen funds offer access to the private market with flexible entry and exit windows, and will grow even in countries like Brazil.
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