Founded in 2001, we are a large and experienced global private equity firm. We have established a globally integrated team of more than 20 investment professionals, focused on buyouts and growth equity investments in two core sectors. Since initiating our private equity strategy in 2001, we have invested $2 billion in over 50 private equity investments across 7 countries. Today, as we did more than 19 years ago, we seek to invest in well-positioned companies and partner with management teams to create value through sustained revenue and earnings growth.
OUR GLOBAL REACH
We have one of the most extensive geographic reaches of any private equity firm. This platform gives us not only a broad international perspective, which is important in today’s global marketplace, but also a deep understanding of local markets. We can therefore help companies expand into new territories, tap into global financial markets and apply international best practices alongside local conventions and laws.
INVESTMENT STRATEGY
We employ a long-established strategy of operationally intensive, sector-focused investing across North America and  Latin America. We seek to invest in well-positioned companies with operational and strategic improvement potential and partner with management teams to create value by driving revenue and earnings growth.
We do not designate a fixed percentage of capital to any particular geography or sector. We can respond to changing market conditions and dynamically allocate capital and resources to the most attractive investment opportunities across our target markets.
SECTOR SPECIALIZATION
We focus on two core industry sectors where we have substantial experience and deep local and international knowledge:
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• Business & Financial Services
• Healthcare
We have been investing in each of these sectors an average of 15 years and have made at least 20 and in most cases over 30 investments worldwide in each sector. This specialization enables us to develop useful insights into industry trends and create effective strategies to better support our portfolio companies in achieving their growth objectives.
·        HEALTHCARE SERVICES & IT
Rising healthcare costs are creating an opportunity to drive growth through cost-containment services for payers and providers.
Technology-enabled service businesses have strong growth potential given their ability to improve productivity and outcomes through innovative, cost-effective solutions.
Specialty care providers offer a more efficient and lower-cost alternative to facility-based care.
• We are interested in companies that deliver value for both payers and providers by improving management and processes, shifting the site of care to more cost-efficient locations or offering better facilities, technology and service.
Specialty care providers offer a more efficient and lower-cost alternative to facility-based care.
We are interested in companies that deliver value for both payers and providers by improving management and processes, shifting the site of care to more cost-efficient locations or offering better facilities, technology and service.
Business and Financial Services
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We focus on financial service providers and business-to-business players that tend to have technology at their core. Market growth is a common thread to our activities across geographies. We look for secular growth underpinned by robust trends, resilient business models with high margins and cash generation, and transformational opportunities from carve-outs and undercapitalized state-owned and family businesses.
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Following are examples of some of the areas of our investment:
B2BÂ & INFORMATION SERVICES
Big data and access to information are revolutionizing the way businesses make decisions and bring their products to market.
The opportunity to drive revenue and cost improvement through enhanced access to sophisticated data and analytics is still in the early stages, with substantial growth opportunities in many different end markets.
BACK-OFFICE ADMINISTRATION
AND SERVICES
Focused technology-enabled service providers with best-of-breed products and services offer a strong value proposition to any end market.
As businesses redefine their core competencies in the current market environment, it is creating increased opportunities for back-office administration and service businesses and the potential for carve-outs.
OWNERSHIP APPROACH
We typically take a majority shareholding in a company, as our experience shows that we can support the implementation of the value creation plan more effectively if we have control and are an active owner. However, we will also consider minority ownership where we are working with like-minded shareholders.
OPERATIONALLY DRIVEN
VALUE CREATION
We partner with high-quality management teams to build long-term value in companies by driving revenue and earnings growth through operational improvements, strategic repositioning and market expansion, both domestically and internationally. Value is created mainly through operational expertise rather than financial engineering.
GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS
We manage two investment programs focused on established and developing markets around the world: Global Private Equity (GPE), investing in North America, a technology-focused companion fund to the GPE program, and Latin American Private Equity Fund investing across Latin America.
FLEXIBILITY ACROSS
DEAL TYPES AND SIZES
The breadth and depth of our capabilities gives us flexibility to invest in transactions of various types and sizes. Our track record includes deals ranging from all-equity and leveraged buyouts to growth equity investments, public-to-private transactions and recapitalizations. Depending on the fund we’re deploying, we can invest anywhere from $5 million to $100 million of equity.