Fondo de Fondos is an investment firm which specializing in private equity funds and forments productive medium term investments across Mexico, promoting the development of small and medium sized companies thus increasing their competitiveness.Read More

Gold Sponsors

FEMSA is the largest beverage company in Latin America, exporting its products to the United States, and select countries in Latin America, Europe and Asia. Read More

Operating in Mexico for nearly 50 years, in Baker & McKenzie we have gained a deep understanding of local law and extensive experience assisting domestic and multinational companies investing in this jurisdiction. With five offices and a team of more than 240 seasoned professionals that includes lawyers, tax practitioners and economists, we can bring the right talent to any kind of transaction within or outside Mexico. We are regularly involved in major acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, as well as in complex financial transactions involving multiple jurisdictions. Our deep and diverse expertise allows to assist our clients in designing the most efficient structures and strategies to undertake sophisticated transactions within Mexico or abroad.

Globally, ours is a diverse and welcoming culture with a multinational mindset. The lawyers and other professionals in our Firm are citizens of more than 60 countries. We are admitted to practice in nearly 250 jurisdictions. We have been educated at more than 1,200 institutions, including nearly all of the world’s leading law schools. We speak more than 60 languages. English is our common language.

Baker & McKenzie’s Global Private Equity and Venture Capital (PE/VC) Practice Group employs lawyers locally qualified and admitted to practice in each jurisdiction where we have a presence. This enables us to deal with, and to advise on, all legal matters relating to PE/VC, international taxation and finance work in these markets. This Group is designed to meet clients’ needs at every stage of the investment process. Through cross-practice integration, we are able to offer a combined service that draws on the expertise and specialization of our lawyers in other practice areas, including tax, employment and compensation, banking and finance, intellectual property, trade, corporate compliance, environmental, and litigation. Read More

Gerbera Capital is a Venture Capital Fund Manager based in Mexico City. Gerbera applies a unique investment model called “Venture Equity”® which combines the investment vision of Venture Capital and the operational expertise of traditional Private Equity. The firm develops investment opportunities based on social, economic and technological trends which, along with the Venture Equity model, build solid, energetic companies capable of growing at a fast pace and undertaking today´s global challenges. Read More

Silver Sponsors

KPMG is a global network of professional firms, providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 144 countries and have more than 137,000 people working in member firms around the world. With more than 60 years in Mexico, KPMG in Mexico has 122 Partners and more than 2,200 professionals in 18 offices strategically located throughout the Mexican Republic and offers audit, tax and advisory services to local, national and multinational clients.

Our purpose is to turn knowledge into value for the benefit of our firms’ clients, our people and the capital markets. Our member firms provide o clients a multidisciplinary set of globally consistent advisory, financial and accounting services, based on thorough industry knowledge. Read More

Founded in 1947, our firm provides experience and strength in the legal field backed by a deep knowledge of the business environment and an extensive practice in a great variety of  domestic and international matters.

Santamarina and Steta offers tradition and comprehensive practice in practically all areas of law related to business activities and industries. We represent individuals, businesses and organizations with influence in the private and public sectors, and provide solutions in complex cases and transactions, with creativity and efficiency, while preventing conflicts and potential contingencies.

The relationship with our clients and the service we offer are both identified by fundamental premises of KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE, COMMITMENT, EFFICIENCY, CLOSE COLLABORATION and ADDED VALUE.

More than 1,000 active clients permanently rely on our service to face business challenges. Some of them have been with us for over 60 years, a result of our continuous development and expertise to cover several sectors of the productive economy.

Our partners have an extensive professional background and between 15 and 45 years of experience within Santamarina y Steta. A significant number of members of our firm have complemented their formation at international law firms and universities abroad.

Santamarina y Steta is the exclusive Mexican member of various international alliances with other premier law firms, allowing us to offer a solid network without borders. Read More

CEMEX is a global building materials company that provides high quality products and reliable service to customers and communities throughout the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. Our operations network produces, distributes, and markets cement, ready-mix concrete, aggregates, and related building materials in more than 50 countries, and we maintain trade relationships with more than 100 nations. Read More

PricewaterhouseCoopers provides industry-focused assurance, advisory, tax and legal services to build public trust and enhance value for our clients and their stakeholders. More than 163,000 people in 151 countries across our network share their thinking, experience and solutions to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice.Read More

The Ministry of Economy is an institution that promotes and implements public policies and programs to create more and better jobs, more and better businesses and more and better entrepreneurs. Its vision relies as the federal agency that promotes the generation of quality jobs and economic growth of the country, by promoting and implementing public policies that detonated the competitiveness and productive investment.Read More

Founding Sponsors

The Tecnológico de Monterrey is a Mexican private educational institution that was founded in 1943. At the present time it has campuses distributed throughout the country, and academic centers in Mexico and other Latin American countries; it also has international offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Through its Virtual University it is present all over the world, by means of learning networks and advanced information technologies. Read More

With an Embassy, seven Consulates General, two Consulates, and 14 Consular Agencies, the U.S. Mission to Mexico constitutes one of the largest U.S. diplomatic missions in the world. The U.S. Mission strives to promote U.S. – Mexico dialogue and partnerships in areas important to both countries, such as economic and business development, environmental protection, health, immigration, security, justice, culture, education, border cooperation, and democracy and human rights. Key to its efforts is providing services to U.S. businesses and to U.S. citizens in Mexico.Read More

Alta Ventures Mexico is an early-stage venture fund supporting innovative companies and passionate entrepreneurs in Mexico. Based in Monterrey, Alta Ventures Mexico provides seed, venture and growth capital to companies targeting high-growth sectors. With deep entrepreneurial experience and a proven investment track record, the Alta Ventures Mexico team has assembled supportive ecosystem partnerships and an extensive international network to help build world-class companies.

Media Sponsors

The Latin American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA) is a not-for-profit membership organization dedicated to supporting the growth of the PE and VC industry in Latin America. Its members include leading global investment firms active in the region, as well as local firms from Mexico to Argentina. LAVCA’s mission–to spur regional economic growth by advancing venture capital and private equity investment–is accomplished through programs of research, networking, education, the promotion of best investment practices, and the advocacy of sound public policy. Read More

The Mexican Association of Private Equity (AMEXCAP) is a nonprofit civil promoting private capital in Mexico and whose mission is:

• Raise awareness about the importance of private capital as a key to economic development in Mexico.
• Design, propose and manage policies that facilitate private equity transactions.
• Support to private equity investors interested in Mexico.
• Promote ethical standards and world class operation between private equity funds.

AMEXCAP advocate key issues to the Mexican government to facilitate private equity transactions, facilitates contacts between stakeholders in the industry, organizes various types of private capital-related events, conducts research on the industry, and promotes the creation of capital funds risk. Read More

Endeavor transforms the economies of emerging markets by identifying and supporting high-impact entrepreneurs.

High-Impact entrepreneurs have the biggest ideas and most ambitious plans. They have the potential to create thriving companies that employ hundreds, even thousands of people, and generate millions in wages and revenues. And they have the power to inspire countless others.

Endeavor targets only entrepreneurs with high-impact potential. We scour a country for these entrepreneurs, help them break down a society’s barriers to success, offer world-class strategy advice, and open doors to capital. With Endeavor’s guidance, they become role models, encourage others to innovate and take risks, and create sustainable economic growth.

Together, Endeavor and high-impact entrepreneurs are changing industries, communities and entire countries.Read More

La Red ENLACE E+E está conformada por empresarios exitosos en diferentes áreas de actividad económica y comprometidos con el desarrollo del país, que comparten la misión de promover la generación de riqueza y empleo en el país, impulsando el crecimiento y consolidación de empresas de alto valor.

El objetivo de este grupo está alineado con la Misión que el Tecnológico de Monterrey se ha fijado hacia el 2015, y a través de un modelo sustentable y replicable, apoya a emprendedores destacados por su liderazgo emprendedor que son seleccionados por contar con empresas constituidas que se distinguen por su potencial de crecimiento, además de aportar beneficios a México a través de su propuesta innovadora y atractivo modelo económico.

ENLACE E+E pone a disposición de los emprendedores seleccionados: su experiencia, conocimientos, talento y capital relacional, generando una comunidad empresarial que favorece el crecimiento de sus empresas. Read More

Infusionsoft is revolutionizing the way small businesses grow by automating nearly every aspect of your business. Stay in touch with all of your contacts. Fix your follow-up and Double Your Sales. Read More