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igc partners is the leader in sell-side M&A in latin america. Our track record with more than 400 completed transactions, in more than 27 years of history, proves that our greatest commitment is to the client.
One7 sold minority stake to XP Asset
Moip was acquired by Wirecard
Localcred and Brascobra have merged their operations to form Localcredbrascobra
igc partners is pleased to announce that it has advised Kawa, an investment manager with US$1.8 billion in assets under management, in the sale of a minority stake to BTG Pactual, the largest investment bank in Latin America. Founded in 2007, Kawa is a capital solutions provider and independent asset manager. Kawa’s capital solutions arm focuses on real estate financing, while also being active in structuring, purchasing and financing ground leases across the United States. As an asset manager, Kawa provides investors with diversification opportunities and consistent absolute returns, with transparency about risks and execution. Through the partnership with BTG Pactual, Kawa will accelerate its growth and offer more opportunities to Brazilian investors interested in having exposure to onshore U.S. assets. The completion of the transaction is subject to verification and the necessary regulatory approvals, including from the Central Bank of Brazil.
GTIS partners with GP Investments for the acquisition of BHG
igc partners is pleased to announce that it advised Giant Steps Capital, an investment manager with approximately R$ 7 billion in assets under management, in the sale of a minority stake to XP Investimentos. Founded in 2012, Giant Steps is an investment manager specialized in quantitative funds, leader in this segment in Brazil and recognized for its pioneering spirit, innovation, intensive use of technology, and robust results. Through the partnership with XP Investimentos, Giant Steps will accelerate its national and international expansion plans, in addition to broadening its product portfolio by creating new strategies and solutions for the market. The conclusion of the transaction is subject to the verification of the conditions precedent common to this type of operation.
Foxbit closed its Series A fundraising led by OK Group With the support of the second largest cryptocurrency player in the world, Foxbit is uniquely positioned in Latin America, seeking to better serve its customers and expand its B2B market. Foxbit was born in 2014 with the goal of developing a solid and credible market in Brazil for trading bitcoin and other digital assets. In 2021, it consolidated itself as one of the largest exchanges of Latin America with more than 20 billion reais traded so far and almost 1 million customers. Most recently, it expanded its business with new products and services aimed at the B2B and B2B2C market such as asset tokenization, crypto-as-a-service, and crypto payment methods. The injection of capital into Foxbit's operation will help the company accelerate its mission to build a practical, simple and affordable future through the crypto economy, enabling anyone to invest in their financial independence, by increasing the product portfolio with new integrations, lowering service fees with more blockchain networks, increasing the speed of the platform and application, and developing robust and innovative solutions to support the growth of the B2B market and bring traditional players in Brazil closer to this new market. The Series A funding that was advised by igc partners, gives Foxbit not only an investor, but also a great commercial and strategic ally, which will contribute to the business with extensive know-how to strengthen its infrastructure and liquidity to support the company's growth in its various business fronts.
Muxi received investment from Confrapar
DM sold a minority stake to Vinci Impact and Return IV The transaction allows DM to invest in technology and improve digital customer experience. DM, a leading company in the segment of processing and issuing white label cards, received a minority investment from Vinci Partners’ fund. DM offers credit to low-income consumers (Classes C, D and E) through private label and branded cards, digital accounts, and personal loans. DM serves this public through retailers who seek attractive products to offer to their customers, playing a key role in the retailers' loyalty programs. Last year, the company's credit portfolio grew 60%, reaching the R$810 million mark, and the volume of payments processed (TPV) was R$4 billion, a 37% expansion. With the investment, DM intends to invest in technology, especially to improve the digital experience of customers, and in acquisitions.
Conductor was acquired by Riverwood Capital.
Comdinheiro was acquired by Nelogica Transaction boosts the development of new products for the Brazilian financial market. A provider of solutions to the financial market, including individuals, banks, brokers and managers, Comdinheiro was acquired by Nelogica, a portfolio company of Crescera and Vulcan Capital. Founded in 2012 for academic purposes, Comdinheiro currently serves over 600 clients. Through proprietary algorithms, the platform offers market data, investment simulations, portfolio consolidation and regulatory risk analysis. In addition, the company also provides special products customized for each client. The acquisition of Comdinheiro, which was advised by igc partners, enables Nelogica to accelerate, potentialize and develop new customized tools for the Brazilian financial market. Furthermore, it will add an even stronger team coming from Comdinheiro.
BX Blue was acquired by PicPay PicPay acquires BX Blue and adds another service to its financial vertical. BX Blue offers payroll loans for public sector employees, retirees, and INSS pensioners through its marketplace. With over 1 million registered customers and over BRL 2.4 billion in processed contracts, BX Blue has technology, intelligence, and partners on an extremely secure digital platform. With the acquisition, PicPay enters the payroll loans credit market with enormous scaling potential. BX Blue was advised by igc partners in the transaction.
Bexs Banco, specialized in foreign exchange, was acquired by the fintech Ebury. The acquisition will allow Ebury to expand its operations in Brazil, which is the gateway to Latin America. Founded in London in 2009, Ebury is one of the world's largest fintechs in international transactions for SMEs. Brazil is Ebury's entry point into Latin America, being the only country in the region where it operates. Bexs' infrastructure will enable the management of large volumes of payments from abroad to Brazil and the opening of accounts in other countries via Ebury. This way, small businesses will be able to conduct transactions directly in the currency of each market. Additionally, the acquisition will provide Ebury with new customer opportunities and allow it to replicate its business model in other markets.
Atento acquired Rbrasil.
BTG signs a partnership with Absolute Investimentos, through a minority stake acquisition, in the largest asset management transaction in Brazil The transaction will allow Absolute to expand its operations to new business streams and increase its product distribution strength. Absolute, with more than R$ 21 bn in AuM, is one of the largest Brazilian independent asset management firm, with focus on Macro, Arbitrage and Equity strategies. Founded in 2013, the company developed a solid partnership culture, along with a seasoned team of professionals with complementary backgrounds who have been able to deliver consistent and above benchmark returns. The sale of Absolute’s minority stake to BTG Pactual was the fifth transaction in the asset management firm business advised by igc partners in the last 12 months.
Top Service was acquired by Predial
Delta was acquired by AGV Logística.
Terco & Ernst & Young have combined their operations to form Ernst & Young Terco
Crivo SA sold majority stake to Transunion.
Investor Group formed by 3i, Neuberger Berman and Siguler Guff acquired Óticas Carol
América Net sold a stake to Axxon Group.
Global Aviation was acquired by CBair
BC2 sold an equity stake to Vivante, an Axxon Group investee.
igc partners is pleased to announce that it advised Wooza, the technology and marketing company responsible for operating the online sale of plans and services, on the spin-off and sale of its Telecom division to Allied, the largest provider of electronic products in Brazil and invested by Advent, a North American private equity manager with over US$ 42 billion of assets under management around the world.
RZF sold equity stake to the GPS Group
Texlog was acquired by Sequoia, an investee company of Warburg Pincus.
igc partners is pleased to announce that it has advised Transmoreno, a company operating in the vehicle transportation and automotive logistics segments, on the transaction with JSL (B3: JSLG11), one of the largest providers of transportation and logistics services in Brazil. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in São José dos Pinhais (state of Paraná), Transmoreno is one of the main logistics services companies for the automotive sector in Brazil, with Renault, Nissan and Volkswagen as its main clients and maintains operations in Paraná and Rio de Janeiro. It mainly operates in the transport of new vehicles and provides services of supply, storage, dispatch and quality, and yard management of new vehicles This acquisition will accelerate the growth, diversification and consolidation of JSL logistics platform, and will expand its share in the automotive transportation and logistics segment.
igc partners is pleased to announce that it has advised Pollux, a leading provider of industry 4.0 solutions in Brazil and the Americas with Accenture (NYSE:ACN), a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Founded in 1996, and based in Joinville (SC), Pollux also has offices in Mexico, Canada and the United States, and has already delivered more than 1000 solutions in over 13 countries throughout the Americas. The company designs, engineers and deploys fully functional assembly lines that include robots and other hardware, plus the software that controls them. They also offers visual analytics inspection solutions, autonomous mobile robots and robots as a service for shopfloors and warehouses, among others.
igc partners is pleased to announce that it has advised Liderança Cobranças, a market leader in friendly debt collection in Brazil, in its transaction with Banco Santander, one of the biggest privately-owned banks in the country. Founded in 1988, Liderança Cobranças, a national reference in friendly debt collection, has more than 3.200 employees and 2.500 service positions serving key institutions in the market. With four offices in Brazil – São Paulo, Barueri (2) and Foz do Iguaçu – their clients from diverse industries certify the company’s know-how in operating with different types of debt collection. The acquisition will reinforce and expand Santander’s defaulting assets branch, in which the bank already operates with a digital platform of renegotiation emDia and Return.
igc partners is pleased to announce that it has advised CDF, a leading company on the technical support and installation services market, in the sale of a majority stake to a Private Equity fund from BTG Pactual. Founded in 2007, CDF has a B2B2C business model, that operates through partnerships with Brazil’s largest retailers, telecom and utilities companies, offering remote premium technical support, installation services for white and brown goods and maintenance services for home appliances. Through the partnership with BTG, CDF will be able to grow by expanding support services to new customers/markets, through partnership with regional retailers and utilities companies and offering new services, while accelerating its M&A agenda.
GEF Capital Partners (GEF) completes a minority investment in Automalogical The investment, combined with GEF's know-how in the sector, will further strengthen the performance of Automalogical, a leading company in its sub-segment of solutions for operations and monitoring of renewable energy plants. Automalogica, a company focused on developing and delivering technological solutions for operation and efficiency gains for the electricity sector, received an investment from GEF, a global Private Equity fund focused on climate solutions with more than 600 million dollars under management dedicated to sustainable investments. Founded in 2006, Automalogical is a technology and engineering company that has become a reference in the supply of systems used by the main companies in the Brazilian electrical sector, including energy distributors, transmitters, and energy generation. Its solutions are used to supervise, control, and protect substances and to operate and monitor wind, photovoltaic and hydroelectric power plants, totaling more than 28GW of installed capacity, more than half of all the centralized wind and solar generation in the country. Automalogica's transaction, which was advised by igc partners, meets GEF's strategy for sustainable investments in the renewable energy and energy efficiency segment.
e-Vertical sells 55% of its shares to GPS Group The transaction should boost the growth of current and new solutions offered by the company e-Vertical is the leader in providing technology-driven operation, maintenance and installation services for property automation and electronic security to the most modern Corporate Buildings in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, as well as to Logistic Warehouses, Hospitals, Shopping Malls, Banks, Hotels, Schools, Cultural Institutions and Companies spread across Brazil and Latin America. The transaction, which was advised by igc partners, will strengthen e-Vertical’s presence in the national market, who will then be able to offer its technology solutions, centered in boosting efficiency, to more than 3,100 customers of the GPS Group, and to complement its portfolio with the services from the various companies that are part of the GPS Group, thus increasing its customers’ service. e-vertical's current partners and executives will remain in charge of the company's management.
Bertelsmann Group sold Afferolab to Bossa.etc, a content-tech company belonging to the Blue Management Institute (BMI) group. The German group Bertelsmann concluded the sale of its stake in Afferolab, one of the most renowned Corporate Training & Development companies in Brazil. Advised by igc partners in the transaction, the German group held total stake in the edtech company, that will now be part of BMI’s content-tech company Bossa.etc.
Kenoby is now Gupy Reference in the HR Tech market, Kenoby will be incorporated into Gupy. Kenoby is one of the biggest ATS (Aplicant Tracking System) of Brazil: a software that organizes and structures the hiring process. The company has also developed proprietary tests, based on organizational and behavioral psychology, to evaluate the profile and skills of candidates. Assisted by igc partners in the transaction, Kenoby and its team will be incorporated into Gupy's operation. With this transaction, Gupy will now serve a portfolio of more than 2,300 clients, 36 million users, about 80,000 job boards published every month and a team of more than 600 employees.
ClearSale makes its first M&A: the acquisition of Beta Learning Through an acquihire, the transaction will foster the company’s digital products portfolio and the growth of its tech work force. Beta Learning, a consulting company that provides digital solutions to large enterprises, was acquihired by ClearSale, a publicly traded company which is the market leader of antifraud solutions. Founded in May of 2019, Beta Learning has a team of over 100 tech employees, who are responsible for developing tailor made end-to-end digital solutions, from idea generation to development and deployment of products, platforms and solutions. With a focus on enhancing user experience and on leveraging the operations of its clients, Beta Learning has already carried out projects with large brands such as C&A, Ame, Faber Castell and ClearSale itself. The acquisition of Beta Learning, which was advised by igc partners in the transaction, will foster ClearSale’s strategy of growing organically, addressing an immediate demand for qualified tech employees and increasing the company’s digital products portfolio.
Conexamerica concluded the issuance of a CRI to finance the construction of photovoltaic plants The financed plants will have a capacity of 3.8 megawatt-peak (MWp) Conexamerica specializes in providing economically attractive green energy services to commercial clients with the goal of establishing a sustainable environment. The group currently operates a 0.3MWp power solar plant and has an extensive pipeline of new projects. The proceeds from this issuance, which marked Conexamerica's entry into the capital markets, will fully finance over a 15-year period the construction of seven new photovoltaic power plants with a combined installed capacity of 3.5MWp.
MOVE3 Group and Sequoia Logística e Transporte (SEQL3) have merged their operations. The agreement marks the creation of the largest private small package delivery company in Brazil. MOVE3 Group was a pioneer in creating a logistical ecosystem that aims to provide technological solutions for fast and efficient deliveries through its network of companies that handle the entire logistics process of deliveries and product storage. Sequoia (SEQL3) is a publicly traded company on the Brazilian stock exchange specializing in small package transportation and logistics solutions. The deal comes amidst Sequoia's financial restructuring, leveraging the combined company's operation and creating a market-leading private entity, with a strong focus on automation and process efficiency. igc partners acted as the exclusive financial advisor to MOVE3 Group in the transaction with Sequoia Logística e Transporte (SEQL3).
Corpflex received investment from 2BCapital.
igc partners is proud to announce that it has advised Semantix, big data and artificial intelligence technology company, on raising growth capital with Crescera Investimentos and Inovabra Ventures. Founded in 2010 in Brazil, the company has offices in Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Bogota. With the investment, Semantix will accelerate its business plan execution, develop new strategies and strengthen international expansion.
igc partners is pleased to announce that it has advised Raccoon Group, the leading digital performance agency in Brazil and one of the largest digital agencies in Latin America, in the transaction with S4 Capital (LSE:SFOR), a tech-led global advertising and digital marketing services company. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in São Carlos (SP), Raccoon Group specializes in three types of services: Digital Paid Media (search, social and commerce media), Inbound Marketing (search engine optimization and conversion rate optimization) and IT/Business Intelligence (data analytics). With a broad client base including Natura, Nubank, Carrefour, Gympass, iFood, Leroy Merlin, Yduqs, Unilever and Google, the Group has managed approximately R$1Billion in digital media campaigns on Google and Facebook in 2020 and comprises over 1,000 engineers, mathematicians, statisticians, programmers and digital media specialists.
BR Media receives R$ 105 MM from Bridge One in exchange of a minority interest The transaction will strengthen BR Media’s positioning in the influencers marketing industry Consolidating itself as a one-stop shop and leader in the influencer marketing segment, BR Media Group received an investment from Bridge One, a fund specialized in the technology sector, in exchange of a minority stake. BR Media Group is the largest influence and content hub for brands and creators in Brazil. The Company creates, plans, and executes campaigns for its blue-chip client base. Also part of the group is MIS, a platform that connects micro and nano influencers with brands, Farol, an accelerator for content creators, which offers all the support needed during the development of its talents careers, and Farol Space, the group's content house, which raises the production level both of the content of the campaigns of BR Media's clients and of the proprietary projects for content creators. The transaction, which was advised by igc partners, is an opportunity to accelerate and strengthen BR Media’s market positioning, expanding its current business lines and increasing its investments in proprietary technology and data analytics.
Vita IT was acquired by Telefonica The transaction will expand Telefonica's presence in the IT consulting and services market Vita IT, headquartered in São Paulo, is an IT service provider for the corporate market with nationwide operations. The Company, which serves the digital transformation and technological infrastructure segments, with the goal of improving the efficiency of its large clients' processes through technology. The transaction, which was advised on the sell side by igc partners, is an opportunity to accelerate Telefonica's plans to become a relevant player qualified in the professional and managed services segments. Concomitantly, this serves as an opportunity for Vita IT to be part of one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world, who will grant them access to a wider potential customer base for them to offer their portfolio of products and services.
Iteris was acquired by Globant
Indicium received investment from Columbia Capital
Soko, part of FLAGCX, was acquired by Accenture
igc partners is pleased to announce that it advised Nepos, the leading player on car park system in Brazil, in its sale to CAME S.p.A, the Italian multinational company leader in integrated technological solutions to improve the quality of life in residential, urban mobility, and business areas. Founded in 2006, Nepos has seven advanced posts across Brazil, managing more than 15 thousand parking systems in more than 700 car parks, including malls, airports, exhibition centers, supermarkets and other places with a high flow of vehicles. Nepos’ acquisition is an important sign of CAME’s growth and market consolidation, strengthening its position on the car parking and parking systems global market.
igc partners is proud to announce that it has advised Padtec on the acquisition of its OTN-Switch (Optical Transport Network) platform by Ekinops, a French supplier of optical networking equipment, listed in the Paris Stock Exchange. Headquartered in Campinas, Padtec is the main player based in Latin American that is specialized in optical networking systems, developing, manufacturing and providing equipment for DWDM networking systems in the global market. The Company have over 200 thousand Km of deployed networks in the Latin American region.
igc partners is proud to announce that it has advised Padtec on the acquisition of its submarine networks division by IPG Photonics, a Nasdaq listed company and global leader in high power lasers and amplifiers. Headquartered in Campinas, Padtec is the main player based in Latin American that is specialized in optical networking systems, developing, manufacturing and providing equipment for DWDM networking systems in the global market. The Company has over 200 thousand Km of deployed networks in the Latin American region.
Prisma Pack was acquired by Huhtamaki
Graffo Paranaese, of Sonoco Group, acquires 100% of Inapel Embalagens The operation stands out as one of the main transactions in the flexible packaging segment in Brazil in recent years. Founded in 1971, Inapel is a traditional national flexible packaging company focused on the food sector, with a wide portfolio of products such as bags, blisters, pouches, brick packs, doy packs, flow packs and others. The Company, which has its headquarters in Guarulhos/SP and an industrial plant in Jundiaí/SP, is a supplier to the main multinational consumer goods companies in the domestic market and has a production capacity of 1,500 tons/month. Sonoco is a global provider of consumer, industrial, healthcare, and protective packaging. With sales of $7.3 billion in 2022, the Company has 22,000 employees working in approximately 300 operations in 32 countries serving some of the world’s best-known brands in some 85 nations. The transaction is part of Sonoco's global strategy to increase its operations in response to the growing demand for this type of packaging in Brazil, adding value to customers and facilitating the development of Sonoco Graffo's activities in Brazil. For Inapel, this will guarantee the continuity of the Company's operations with excellence in the market, new investments, and expansion of its activities. igc partners, which served as the exclusive financial advisor for Inapel, enhances its sector expertise and global coverage, with over 50% of its transactions concluded involving international investors.