Riverwood Capital

We are delighted to share the news that we have recently closed on approximately $1.8 billion in capital commitments to invest in the next generation of high-growth technology companies globally. This milestone coincides with the Riverwood’s 15-year anniversary.   The acceleration of tech transformation globally continues, and we see a growing set of opportunities to partner with amazing teams to build fundamentally strong companies as we enter a balanced new era of technology growth.   The latest capital raise exceeded our target, and we would like to express gratitude to our investors and partners, who have recognized and share the excitement for Riverwood’s growth focus and disciplined approach, and to the firm’s entire team and portfolio who have been instrumental in executing a consistent vision to create long lasting category-defining companies. Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Jeff Parks, Tom Smach, Chris Varelas, Lisa W., Harish Belur, Scott Ransenberg, Joaquim Lima, Joe R. De Pinho, Alex Porto, Ramesh Venugopal, Federico Storani, Felipe Fagundes, George Jian, Vizay Kotikalapudi, Gustavo Pinheiro Melo, John Yang, Eric Ma, Keith Janosky, Lara Phillips, Mei Liang, Sophia Lee, Caitlin Mitchell

Special thanks to Judy Khan Shaw, Cassandra Seier, Paula Senna Ganem, Dulaney Hassan, and the entire NYSE team for an amazing partnership during the 2024 Latin America Tech Forum (LTF). Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Riverwood Capital Co-founder and Managing Partner: "The real idea behind LTF is to try to bring together the leading founders and CEOs of the largest technology companies from Latin America, both public and private. And it’s an amazing venue for these leaders to come together to build trust, build partnerships. We talk about issues affecting technology all across the region. It's really amazing. Over time you start building this friendship, this trust. The spirit of this forum is more collaboration and trying to share challenges and opportunities we all face." Great to see the outcome of these series of interviews with some of Latin America’s top tech leaders– and for it to flash on the big screens in Times Square!   Click the link below to watch all of the interviews from Latin America Tech Forum 2024  https://lnkd.in/e9xxq3b9 Adolfo Babatz Alfonso De los Rios Andres Moreno Bruno Guicardi Daniela Izquierdo Eduardo della Maggiora Gaston Irigoyen Johan Gerber Lucas Vargas Martin Migoya Mate Pencz Mac Schuessler Rafael Stark Rodrigo Teijeiro Sandro Reiss Santiago Sosa Tatiana Rezende Sebastian Kreis Tiago Azevedo Betterfly Clip CI&T Evertec Foodology Inc Globant Loft Mastercard Nomad Nowports Nuvemshop Open Co Open English Pomelo More mentions in comments!

Congratulations to Riverwood's Co-Founder and Managing Partner Francisco Alvarez-Demalde on being named “Investor of the Year” by Americas Society/Council of the Americas for the 29th BRAVO Business Awards. For almost three decades, the awards have recognized excellence and outstanding leadership in business and policy throughout the Americas. “Francisco Alvarez-Demalde will be honored with the BRAVO Investor of the Year Award for his influential role in the global technology investing industry and his commitment to nurturing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Latin America. His investments in and business building contributions have led Riverwood and its portfolio to global success and lasting impact since the firm’s founding in 2008… Today, Riverwood Capital is one of the leading investment firms solely dedicated to technology growth and scalability. Francisco Alvarez-Demalde co-heads the firm and has been involved in the scalability journey of several of Riverwood’s portfolio companies, including supporting their expansion plans across multiple geographies and products, scale-up of operations, talent development, acquisitions, multi-billion exits, and IPOs.” Also, huge congratulations to the other honorees, including Paula Santilli, CEO of PepsiCo Latin America, Martin Migoya, CEO of Globant, and João Vitor Menin, CEO of Inter&Co. This award is given by the Council of the Americas. Award winners will be honored at a dinner and award ceremony on October 30, 2024. No compensation was paid by Riverwood or its members in connection with obtaining this award. Link: https://lnkd.in/dwRVraWq Susan Segal, Ana Gilligan, Caitlin Mitchell

We’re living in interesting times – and while some think these are exceptional moments of opportunity that come with unprecedented powers and problems, others find it all iterative, nothing new under the sun. In our new series, we sit down with leaders that are building and financing innovation to ask what’s unique about this present moment and what’s uncharted territory. For the first installment of Interesting Times, hear from Jeff Parks, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Riverwood Capital.

It has been great to have a front row seat to the exceptional tech innovation and leadership coming from Latin America for more than a decade.   Riverwood started LTF in 2011 as an initiative to support and develop the Latam tech ecosystem, and we are extremely proud of LTF’s growth and quality. Today, LTF has become a critical meeting point and hub for the leading technology-related constituencies from Latin America and it is supported by world-class institutions.

We are thrilled to share details of Riverwood’s $50 million growth investment in Legion Technologies! This investment marks a significant milestone toward advancing intelligence automation, enhancing workforce efficiency, and elevating employee engagement to new heights. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Sanish Mondkar and the incredible team behind Legion and we look forward to the journey ahead. Sanish Mondkar, Gopal Sundaram, Michael Spataro, Isabelle Wang, Tiffany Chelsvig, Amer Moorhead, Kristin Brennan, Mitri Dahdaly, Mimi Lo, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Jeff Parks, Ramesh Venugopal, Felipe Fagundes, Matthew Harper, Caitlin Mitchell

Congratulations Sensor Tower on the recent acquisition of data.ai! Oliver Yeh, CEO of Sensor Tower: “This marks a new and exciting chapter, not only for Sensor Tower, but for the digital marketing and mobile app intelligence industry as a whole.” Theodore Krantz Jr., Alexey Malafeev, Gabe Gottlieb, Anthony Bartolacci, Tom Cui, William Merchan, Casey Ryan, Jeff Parks, Ramesh Venugopal, John Yang, Shriya Parepally

Excited to share details of our latest investment: Riverwood led a $60 million growth round in BigID to accelerate AI data security innovation. Dimitri Sirota, Nimrod Vax, Avi Aronovitz, Eyal Sacharov, Marc DeGaetano, Sarah Hospelhorn, Tyler Young, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Vizay Kotikalapudi, Anant Goel

Amigo Tech – welcome to the Riverwood family!   Amigo Tech provides a software solution that leverages technology to simplify the operations of doctors’ practices and clinics, increasing productivity, and empowering doctors and healthcare professionals to focus on the patient.   We are excited to partner with Fernando Raposo and the Amigo team on their journey to modernize and digitize the Brazilian healthcare ecosystem helping thousands of doctors and clinics along the way. Romero Correia, Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Joaquim Lima, Fabio Oliveira

We are thrilled to welcome Logcomex to the Riverwood portfolio and look forward to working with Helmuth Hofstatter, Carlos Souza, and the team as they execute their vision to provide the best data intelligence and visibility tools for foreign trade. Co-Founder and CEO Helmuth Hofstatter: “If we consider just Brazil, companies spend over $1 trillion dollars annually in moving shipments across borders… yet the use of technology across all steps of the foreign trade process is in its early days. A modern platform can really help these companies and the regional economy thrive. Our platform already helps thousands of companies navigate a complex market and this investment will allow us to accelerate our mission of simplifying international trade to empower more companies in Latin America to successfully do business globally.” Francisco Alvarez-Demalde, Gustavo Pinheiro Melo, Lucas Vassalo