Investors in Costa Rica

Costa Partners, Venture Capital Arm is a venture capital arm of Costa Partners specializing in early stage investments. The firm primarily invests in in real state management and eco­friendly developments. It seeks to invest in Latin America. Costa Partners, Venture Capital Arm was founded in 2006 and is based in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dale Ventures is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, turnarounds, and carve-outs investments. It prefers to invest in financial & business services, technology, media, real estate, telecom, consumer & retail sectors. It prefers to invest in companies based in Europe, the Middle East, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Africa regions. Dale Ventures is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with additional offices in San Jose, Costa Rica, Panama City, Panama, Nassau, Bahamas, London, Hong Kong and Singapore.

Carao Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in San José, Costa Rica, founded in 2012 by Allan Boruchowicz and Adrián García. The firm focuses on investing in small and medium-sized markets across Latin America, particularly in Spanish-speaking countries such as Central America, the Dominican Republic, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Carao Ventures aims to support entrepreneurs with the technical skills and determination needed to disrupt industries and create valuable companies. Their investment approach combines best practices from early-stage venture capital, angel investor networks, venture building, and startup accelerator programs. The firm has a sector-agnostic investment strategy, seeking opportunities in various industries, including biotech, healthtech, fintech, artificial intelligence, construction technology, and education. Notably, in July 2021, Carao Ventures launched a US$35 million fund to invest in early-stage startups from small and medium-sized economies in Latin America, with support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Novita Capital S.A. is a venture capital firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within the direct investments, it invests in incubation, seed, growth capital, and startup and early stage investments. It seeks to invest in Healthcare investments. Within the fund of fund investments, it invests in real estate funds and hedge funds. It seeks to invest in Costa Rica and Latin America. It seeks to invest in ideas and projects, and also considers investments in companies undergoing a change in management or ownership. The firm's source of capital is personal capital and balance sheet investments. The firm prefers to take management positions or become advisor of its portfolio companies. Novita Capital also provides financial advisory and project management services. Novita Capital S.A. was founded in 2005 and is based in San Jose, Costa Rica with an additional office in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Vanquish Equity is a private equity firm focused on partnering with and scaling purpose-driven consumer wellness brands. They specialize in operational improvements and strategic expansion across domestic and international markets.

Artemis Growth Partners is a team of professional investors, operators, and advisors dedicated to integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles into the global cannabis industry. Since 2015, they have managed over $400 million in mission-driven discretionary assets, focusing on investments across the cannabis value chain, including branded products, distribution, value-added services, and research and development platforms. Their team comprises individuals with experience at Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Mesoamerica, as well as founders and operators of licensed cannabis businesses. Artemis Growth Partners emphasizes creating value through world-class governance, strategy, and controls, aiming to improve outcomes for all stakeholders through regenerative business practices and ethical governance.

Mesoamerica Investments is the private equity arm of Mesoamerica specializing in buyouts, middle market, acquisitions, mezzanine, growth and expansion capital financing, recapitalization and selected real estate investments. The firm seeks to invest in Energy Transition, Circular Economy and Conservation. The firm seeks to invest in Latin America. It typically invests a minimum of $50 million per equity investment and between $10 million to $20 million in mezzanine transactions. It prefers to acquire a controlling stake or significant minority positions in its portfolio companies, seeking participation in management over a medium-term investment horizon. It typically invests for a period of four to eight years. The firm considers co-investments and primarily exits its investments through sales to multinationals, IPOs or leveraged recapitalizations. Mesoamerica Investments was founded in 1996 and is based in Bogota, Colombia with an additional office in San Jose, Costa Rica.

Alten Capital Group, LLC is a private equity investment firm specializing in middle market investments. It seeks to invest in the Latin American and Caribbean region with a focus on Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The firm prefers to take a seat on the board of its portfolio companies. It also makes public investments. It can take a minority or majority stake in its portfolio companies and also co-invests with other firms. Alten Capital Group, LLC is based in United States with an additional office in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Cross-Border Impact Ventures is a women-owned venture capital firm specializing in Series A/B companies and emerging markets. It prefers to Invest in medical devices, therapeutics, digital health innovations consumer discretionary, retailing, internet and direct marketing retail , internet and direct marketing retail , online specialty retail , online healthcare and medical supply retail, health care , health care equipment and services , health care equipment and supplies , health care equipment , medical testing, analyzing, and diagnostic equipment , health care technology , health care technology , healthcare industry software , pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and life sciences , biotechnology , biotechnology , medical device research and development , medical device research equipment sectors. It focuses on the health of women and children. The firm prefers to invest in Africa / Middle East , Middle East , Israel , Europe , Latin America and Caribbean , Caribbean , Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Aruba , Bahamas, The , Barbados , Bermuda , British Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands , Cuba , Dominica , Dominican Republic , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Haiti , Jamaica , Martinique , Montserrat , Netherlands Antilles , Saint Kitts & Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Vincent and The Grenadines , Trinidad and Tobago , Turks & Caicos Islands , Central America & Mexico , Belize , Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Mexico , Nicaragua , Panama , United States and Canada , Canada , United States of America. The firm prefers to invest in companies with sales value between $1 million and $10 million. Cross-Border Impact Ventures was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Continental Grain Company Corp. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializes in early stage, middle market, growth businesses, growth capital and buyout investments. The firm also invests in public companies. The firm operates in food, agribusiness, and commodities businesses worldwide. The firm prefers to invest in food and agriculture, ag biotech, digital infrastructure, alternative protein, novel ingredients, animal health/nutrition and downstream enterprise technology for restaurants and retailers. The company engages in a range of businesses, including feed milling, animal husbandry, and meat production and processing, protein and animal feed and husbandry industries, food processing, retail, consumer staples and food service. The firm seeks to invest in North and Latin America, United States with focus on Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. The firm seeks a majority stake in its portfolio companies. Continental Grain Company Corp. was formerly known as ContiGroup Companies, Inc. and changed its name to Continental Grain Company Corp. in February 2008. The company was founded in 1813 and is based in New York, New York.

Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, Investment Arm is a private equity and venture capital of Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V. specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. Within direct investments, it invests in middle market, mature, later stage, seed/startup, early venture, emerging growth, recapitalization, buyout, and growth capital investments. Within fund of fund investments, it invests in private equity funds, venture capital funds, and mezzanine funds. It does not invest production or activities involving forced labour or child labour; production or trade in any product or activity deemed illegal under host country laws or regulations or international conventions and agreements; production or trade in a weapons and munitions, tobacco, hard liquor, gambling, casinos and equivalent enterprises; any business relating to pornography or prostitution; coal or coal mining; trade in wildlife or wildlife products regulated under CITES; production or use of or trade in hazardous materials such as radioactive materials, unbounded asbestos fibres and products containing PCBs; cross-border trade in waste and waste products unless compliant to the Basel Convention and the underlying regulations; drift net fishing in the marine environment using nets in excess of 2.5 km in length; production, use of or trade in pharmaceuticals, pesticides/herbicides, chemicals, ozone depleting substances and other hazardous substances subject to international phase-outs or bans; significant conversion or degradation of critical habitat; production and distribution of racist and anti-democratic media; significant alteration, damage, or removal of any critical cultural heritage; relocation of indigenous peoples from traditional or customary lands. The firm seeks to invest in agriculture and fisheries, mining, agribusiness, manufacturing industry, service sector, banking and insurance industry, housing, finance, energy, trade industry, Information technology, consumer staples, environment and infrastructure sectors. Within the housing sector, the firm seeks to invest in companies primarily operating in the land acquisition, infrastructure and construction, mortgage finance, leasing, building-related sustainability and housing-microfinance activities. Within the energy domain, it seeks to invest in developing energy-efficient technologies to distributing renewable energy. In case of its finance sector investments, the firm focuses on financial institutions, including banks, and microfinance institutions. In case of Infrastructure, the firm invests in infrastructure projects that contribute to development or improvement of socio-economic infrastructure such as the power, telecom, water, transport, environmental, and social infrastructure sectors. It seeks to invest in developing companies and emerging markets. It invests in Africa with a focus on Morocco, Tunisia, Angola, Botswana Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Senegal, Nigeria Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. It also invests in Turkey, Lebanon, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, India, China, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Vietnam, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, Mexico, Netherlands, Croatia, Hungary, Malta, Poland ,Romania, Aruba, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Uruguay and Russia with a focus on Slovakia. It prefers to invests between €3 million ($4.28 million) and €5 million ($7.14 million) per company. The firm makes seed capital investments of minimum €1 million ($1.43 million) per company or fund. The firm takes minority equity stakes between 10% and 35% in private companies. It prefers to exit its direct equity investments in five years. The fund provides loans of up to €15.5 million ($20.92 million). It also co-invests. Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden NV, Investment Arm was founded in 1970 and is based in The Hague, Netherlands with additional offices in Nairobi, Kenya; Johannesburg, South Africa and San Jose, Costa Rica.