Victoria Capital Partners

Victoria Capital Partners is an independent private equity firm specializing in investments in leading, growth-oriented companies across South America. Established in 2007 as DLJ South American Partners and renamed in 2011, the firm has raised capital commitments exceeding US$1.7 billion. The team, with an average of over 19 years of experience, has been instrumental in pioneering private equity investing in the region since 1995. The firm's regional approach provides investors with broad diversification by country and emphasizes relative value in different cycles across the region. Victoria Capital Partners actively customizes and refines its strategy for each country according to the prevailing trends, opportunities, and risks within the relevant market. The firm generally targets control, joint-control, and significant minority positions with active board participation, value-creation involvement, and contractual governance tools. Victoria Capital Partners is active in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. The firm's vision is to create the premier private equity house in Latin America by generating superior returns to investors and building long-term relationships with partners, within an environment of professional excellence and by adhering to the highest ethical standards. The investment activities and day-to-day work are guided by principles such as transparency, active value creation involvement, teamwork, meritocracy, strong alignment of interests with investors, flexibility, and excellence. In 2020, Victoria Capital Partners entered into an agreement with São Pedro Capital, an independent investment firm, to provide services in respect of the funds that hold, or formerly held, certain of the Brazilian portfolio companies. The firm's investor base comprises sovereign wealth funds, multilateral agencies, private and governmental pension funds, insurance companies, funds-of-funds, endowments, and other institutional investors.