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Van Marcke Scott & Muñoz Investments

Latin America

Where execution is worth more than the cheque.

The firm brings European operating standards to Latin American companies, and takes Latin American companies to markets abroad.

The thesis

The scarce input is execution, not ambition.

Latin America is not short of founders or of good ideas. What is scarce, and expensive, is the operating layer: the brand, the digital infrastructure, the demand engine and the discipline that turn a promising company into one a European buyer or partner takes seriously.

That is precisely what the firm carries across from Europe, and it is worth more here than the cheque attached to it.

What we look for here

Three shapes that travel well.

I

One operation, several countries

Businesses that can serve the region from a single operation rather than rebuilding themselves in every market. Shared language and shared payment rails make this far more achievable here than in Europe.

II

Export facing

Companies selling goods or services into Europe or North America, where the binding constraint is meeting a foreign standard and being credible at a distance.

III

European companies coming in

The crossing works in both directions. A European business entering the region needs local structure, local hiring and local credibility, and that is a problem the firm solves from the inside.

In this region

Where the firm is working today.

  • Gift and gift list platform, Chile

The Latin American book is deliberately young. The firm would rather be honest about that than pad a list.

Next step

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