Altra Investments

Altra Investments, established in 2005, is a private equity firm headquartered in Bogota, Colombia, with an additional office in Lima, Peru. The company specializes in buyouts and industry consolidation, focusing on mid-cap, family-owned businesses in the Andean Region and Central America. Altra considers investments across various sectors, excluding primary development, construction, mining, and low-value services. It typically invests between $20 million and $50 million in companies with revenues between $15 million and $100 million, preferring majority or significant minority stakes with clear exit strategies. Altra's investment horizon is usually five to eight years. The firm has raised over $500 million in equity commitments since its inception, investing in fifteen platform companies.

Darío Durán

Director and Co-Founder

Juan Pablo

Managing Director

Mateo Hernandez

Junior Associate

Juan Camilo Muriel

Junior Associate

Cristian Muñoz

CFO

19 past transactions

Avla

Venture Round in 2024
Avla is an insurance group that specializes in providing comprehensive financial solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers a range of products, including surety, trade credit, SME credit, and mortgage credit solutions, which help connect SMEs with investors while ensuring protection for credit lines through insurance policies. In addition to facilitating access to judicial guarantees for SMEs, Avla aims to enhance the credibility of performance guarantee insurance, addressing challenges related to lengthy legal processes and the risk of non-payment of claims. The company's focus on financial guarantees, technical guarantees, and credit insurance underscores its commitment to supporting the financial needs of SMEs.

Avla

Private Equity Round in 2019
Avla is an insurance group that specializes in providing comprehensive financial solutions tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company offers a range of products, including surety, trade credit, SME credit, and mortgage credit solutions, which help connect SMEs with investors while ensuring protection for credit lines through insurance policies. In addition to facilitating access to judicial guarantees for SMEs, Avla aims to enhance the credibility of performance guarantee insurance, addressing challenges related to lengthy legal processes and the risk of non-payment of claims. The company's focus on financial guarantees, technical guarantees, and credit insurance underscores its commitment to supporting the financial needs of SMEs.

Termovalle

Private Equity Round in 2014
Termovalle is a company that operates mainly in the electric power and oil and gas sectors. With a total installed capacity of 205 MW and a combination of a 140 MW gas unit and a 65 MW steam turbine, Termovalle runs a combined cycle thermoelectric plant. In order to ensure payment of the reliability fee, it has a distillate diesel ("DDO") contract for 6,074 bpd. In the Pacific Free Zone in Yumbo, Valle del Cauca, the facility started running for profit on December 12th, 1998.

Coremar

Private Equity Round in 2014
Coremar provides maritime logistics services with its own infrastructure. The company is divided into four primary divisions: offshore services (ships and shore bases), a liquid terminal, a multipurpose port in Barranquilla, and bay tugboats. The company also has a real estate division that is building a free zone near a port in Barranquilla.

Prosalon

Private Equity Round in 2014
Prosalon is a pioneer in the retail marketing and distribution of specialized beauty products. The company offers products in three different areas of the beauty industry: luxury, mass, and masstige. In the luxury category, the company sells products under the BLIND SHOP brand in the domestic market. Additionally, it provides direct multi-channel distribution to more than 700 clients across the country for the Mass category. Product categories offered by Prosalon include makeup, skin care, hair care, perfumes, and nails.

Sapia

Private Equity Round in 2013
Sapia is a technology services company based in San Isidro, Peru, specializing in electronic data systems integration and information technology solutions. The company offers a broad range of services, including digital innovation, application management, cloud application development, and transactional business solutions such as customer relationship management and technology partnerships. Additionally, Sapia provides infrastructure and business continuity solutions, connectivity and access software, data management, and cyber security services. By focusing on digital transformation, Sapia enables organizations to enhance their business processes and optimize their investments in technology. The company also engages in strategic alliances with other IT firms to further expand its service offerings and capabilities.

Atica

Private Equity Round in 2013
Atica is an industrial waste operator specializing in the management of usable and hazardous waste, as well as used oil. The company provides comprehensive waste management services to industrial and commercial clients, equipped with the necessary infrastructure for storage, logistics, and hazardous waste disposal. Additionally, Atica offers operation and maintenance outsourcing services tailored for the oil and gas, mining, municipal, and construction industries. The company also delivers integrated water services, which include engineering design, construction, installation, commissioning, and operation of custom water and wastewater treatment systems.

Servicios Generales Saturno

Private Equity Round in 2012
Servicios Generales Saturno is a transportation company specializing in the movement of mineral concentrate from mines to export ports. With operational hubs located in both the central and southern regions of its country, the company's fleet consists of 61 container ships, 110 hopper ships, and 88 tractors, all with an average age of two to three years. Saturno provides handling, loading, and unloading services for mineral concentrates, lime, and cement, catering to both international and domestic shipping requirements. The company prioritizes security and continuous improvement, offering qualified staff-based value to its clients.

CrediQ

Private Equity Round in 2011
CrediQ, S.A. de C.V. is a financial services company based in San Salvador, El Salvador, specializing in vehicle financing. It provides financing options for new and used vehicles, as well as motorcycles, catering to a diverse customer base. Additionally, CrediQ offers various leasing financing services, aiming to facilitate access to mobility solutions for its clients. The company operates as a subsidiary of Inversiones CrediQ Business S.A.

TermoYopal

Private Equity Round in 2010
TermoYopal S.A. is a gas-fired thermoelectric power generator located in Yopal, Colombia, with an installed capacity of 109 megawatts. The company operates a power plant equipped with five generation units and is involved in both the generation and commercialization of electric power. By focusing on gas thermal energy, TermoYopal plays a significant role in meeting the energy needs of the region.

Servicios Mineros Gloria

Acquisition in 2010
Servicios Mineros Gloria S.A.C is a specialized underground mining contractor based in Peru. The company focuses on the development, preparation, maintenance, and exploitation of mines, providing essential services to enhance mining operations. Its offerings include heavy equipment rental, tunnel and wall reinforcement, as well as water pumping services. By catering to the needs of mining companies, Servicios Mineros Gloria aims to maximize productivity and ensure the high availability of mining equipment.

Summum

Private Equity Round in 2009
Summum is a project development and services company operating in the oil and gas industry, as well as in infrastructure. The company comprises three divisions: Summum Energy, which specializes in hydrocarbon services; Summum Projects, focused on engineering and construction for the oil and gas sector; and Gómez Cajiao, which provides infrastructure services. Summum operates in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru, offering a range of services that include procurement, construction engineering, well testing, subsurface analysis, project management, and supervision. The company is dedicated to delivering comprehensive solutions for industrial, energy, mining, and digital sectors.

Productores de Envases Farmaceuticos

Private Equity Round in 2009
Productores de Envases Farmaceuticos is a producer of plastic containers and devices for pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries in Columbia and Argentina.

Proenfar

Private Equity Round in 2009
Proenfar S.A. is a Colombian company based in Bogota that specializes in designing and developing plastic packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, health, cosmetic, and complementary sectors. The company offers a range of products characterized by features such as vacuum tightness to prevent water seepage, multilayer designs for enhanced barrier properties, and flexibility in color and design options. This enables clients in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries to receive customized packaging tailored to their specific needs, ensuring complete security of materials. In addition to packaging solutions, Proenfar provides technical advisory services throughout the development process, which includes project management, concept development, and tool building and testing, leading to efficient production and filling.

Infarmasa

Private Equity Round in 2007
Infarmasa manufactures and markets both branded and generic pharmaceutical products. Among its products are corticosteroids, antihistamines, analgesics, antibiotics and more than 600 registered products.

Colfrigos

Private Equity Round in 2007
Colfrigos is a logistics company based in Bogotá, Colombia, specializing in the storage and transportation of frozen and refrigerated products. It emerged from the merger of Provyser SA and Transportes Refrigerados de Colombia, positioning itself as a leading provider of frozen logistics services throughout the country. Colfrigos offers comprehensive supply chain solutions, including refrigerated warehousing and cold chain logistics, ensuring the safe handling and delivery of temperature-sensitive goods.

Digitex

Private Equity Round in 2005
Digitex is a Spanish provider of business process outsourcing services

Digitex

Acquisition in 2005
Digitex is a Spanish provider of business process outsourcing services
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