ACON Investment
ACON Investments is a private equity firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., specializing in buyouts, industry consolidation, and turnarounds within mature and middle-market companies. The firm focuses on companies experiencing operational distress or seeking strategic changes, including those that are bankrupt or over-leveraged and require financial restructuring. ACON predominantly invests in sectors such as energy, consumer goods, healthcare, and telecommunications, with a particular emphasis on businesses serving the U.S. Hispanic market. The firm targets investments in the United States and Latin America, specifically in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, typically deploying between $20 million and $150 million in equity capital. ACON seeks to take board seats in its portfolio companies and aims to hold investments for around five years, engaging with both controlling and significant minority equity interests as well as quasi-equity securities. Founded in 1996, ACON has expanded its presence with additional offices in Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Madrid, and Bogotá.
Salesland, S.L. is a Madrid-based company that specializes in providing comprehensive sales solutions for various markets, including Spain, Portugal, Peru, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, and Guatemala. Founded in 2000, the company offers a wide range of services such as sales force management, point of sale support, remote and digital sales, and brand marketing solutions. Additionally, Salesland engages in the recruitment and training of commercial teams, ensuring they are well-equipped to enhance sales effectiveness. The company also features Aracne, an online reporting system designed to track project performance. By focusing on both direct and indirect selling strategies, Salesland aims to help clients increase visibility at the point of sale and create unique customer experiences.
AMFORA Packaging specialize in the design, development and manufacture of plastic containers and lids for the Fragrance, Cosmetics, Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Food, among others. Latin American group with a productive presence in various countries such as Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, positioning ourselves, as well as a multi-plant regional supplier.
VETRA Energía S.L. engages in the exploration and production of oil and gas. It produces oil and gas from various production blocks located in Middle Magdalena Valley, Lianos and Catatumbo, and Putumayo. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Bogota, Colombia. VETRA Energía S.L. is a former subsidiary of Avantegenera.
Grupo Sala is a waste management companies in Colombia, operating under three business segments. The Urban Waste division provides municipal waste collection and disposal services in seven cities throughout Colombia and also operates four landfills. The Special Waste division provides internationally compliant incinerator and security cell services for industrial and medical waste. The Water Division manages the water utility in the neighboring towns of Sincelejo and Corozal.
Private Equity Round in 2010
Based in Bogota, Colombia, Credivalores-Crediservicios is a non-banking financial company that provides consumer loans for individuals and small companies. The company also focuses on payroll-deduction loans and consumer lending collected through public utility bills as well as discount of checks and financing of insurance policies to low and middle income individuals. The independent consumer finance company uses its funding received from Gramercy Funds Management to upgrade the company’s entire technology platform combined with various initiatives. Founded in 2003, Credivalores-Crediservicios offers its services to clients in Colombia, Mexico, and the United States.
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