ACON Investments

ACON Investments, L.L.C. is a private equity firm established in 1996 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in Mexico City, São Paulo, Madrid, and Bogotá. The firm specializes in buyouts, industry consolidation, and turnarounds of mature and middle-market companies, primarily focusing on those facing operational distress or in need of corporate strategy changes. ACON Investments avoids real estate and conventional infrastructure assets, concentrating instead on sectors such as energy, consumer goods, healthcare, media, and financial services, with a particular emphasis on the U.S. Hispanic market and companies based in the United States and Latin America, including Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The firm typically invests between $20 million and $150 million, aims to take board seats in its portfolio companies, and generally holds investments for about five years. ACON Investments also engages across the capital structure by acquiring common equity, including both controlling and significant minority interests, as well as quasi-equity securities.