GC Capital

15/06/2023

Lograr una sucesión efectiva es una gran responsabilidad de los empresarios. No se trata solo de heredar sino de generar un esfuerzo institucional que perdure por generaciones.

La sucesión empresarial puede ser un proceso complicado de realizar, especialmente si involucra a varios integrantes de la familia. 🤫

Con base en eso, hay una serie de recomendaciones que se proponen para evitar los riesgos de desaparición y cuidar tu patrimonio. 😉

11/05/2022

Congratulations to Habi, a Bogota-based proptech part of our portfolio company, for reaching Unicorn status after closing on $200 million in a Series C funding round.

Click here to read more about it:
https://forbes.co/2022/05/11/emprendedores/habi-es-el-nuevo-unicornio-colombiano-tras-recaudar-us200-millones-llega-rentable/

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Felicitaciones a Habi, una proptech Colombiana parte de nuestro portfolio, por alcanzar el estatus de Unicornio tras cerrar 200 millones de dólares en una ronda de financiación de serie C.

Haga clic aquí para leer más sobre el tema:
https://forbes.co/2022/05/11/emprendedores/habi-es-el-nuevo-unicornio-colombiano-tras-recaudar-us200-millones-llega-rentable

03/05/2022

Excited to share that Rocket.La, one of our portfolio companies, ranked in Forbes México “100 Fastest Growing Startups.”

Daniel Rojas, and the Rocket.La team are leading the way for financial inclusion and mobility in the Mexican ecosystem. We are proud to support them, and we look forward to a future where their product is ubiquitous.

Check out more about the ranking here:
https://www.forbes.com.mx/nuestra-revista-las-100-startups-de-mayor-crecimiento-en-mexico/
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Nos emociona el compartir que Rocket, compañía que forma parte de nuestro portafolio, se encuentra en el ranking de Forbes México "Las 100 startups con mayor crecimiento en México".

Daniel Rojas, y el equipo de Rocket están liderando el camino de la inclusión financiera y la movilidad en el ecosistema mexicano. Estamos orgullosos de apoyarlos, y esperamos un futuro en el que su producto sea omnipresente.

Consulta más información sobre el ranking:
https://www.forbes.com.mx/nuestra-revista-las-100-startups-de-mayor-crecimiento-en-mexico/

21/01/2022

Leader Spotlight:

Juan Jose Solorzano (Co-Founder de Tu canton):

"Hoy es un GRAN día porque después de muchos meses de trabajo y esfuerzo por fin podemos compartir la noticia que okol se vuelve parte de Habi!!!

La historia empezó en 2014 cuando gracias a Alejandro Pailles fundamos Tu Canton. En 2020 transformamos el negocio al crear okol, uniendo fuerzas con Propiedades.com, empresa que tuve la suerte de dirigir durante los últimos 2 años. Hoy volvemos a evolucionar y entramos a esta nueva etapa para conquistar el mercado inmobiliario en México y Latinoamérica.

Estoy muy emocionado de asociarme con Brynne McNulty Rojas & Sebastian Noguera Escallon y el resto del equipo Habi en esta nueva estapa!

Me gustaría reconocer a todo el equipo de Tu Canton y Propiedades.com porque gracias a ustedes logramos esto y vamos a llegar mucho más lejos."

Encuentra más detalles sobre esta gran noticia en el siguiente enlace: https://bit.ly/33U5Yx2

20/01/2022

GC Capital is pleased to announce the recent sale of its portfolio company OKOL, the parent of the online marketplace Propiedades.com, and broker Tu canton. With this milestone, the journey towards consumer revolution in property technology takes another step forward. Habi has built an unparalleled platform that improves property valuation with AI technology. Solving a real issue for Latam markets where countries lack a central property listing database and homeowners, buyers and banks are often unaware of the value of properties.

We are proud to support Juan Jose Solorzano and Alejandro Pailles Founders of Tu Canton, Brynne McNulty Rojas, Sebastian Noguera Escallon, and the entire Habi team as they embark on this next phase of their journey.

“We’re becoming the largest consolidated prop tech in the country and we’re integrating to become the largest iBuyer in Mexico,” Brynne McNulty Roja, Habi co-founder.

From all of us at GC Capital, congratulations!

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GC Capital se complace en anunciar la reciente venta de su empresa de porfolio OKOL, la empresa matriz del mercado online Propiedades.com, y del broker Tu canton. Con este hito, el viaje hacia la revolución del consumidor en la tecnología inmobiliaria da un paso más. Habi ha construido una plataforma sin precedentes que mejora la valoración de las propiedades con tecnología de IA. Resolviendo un problema real para los mercados de Latam, donde los países carecen de una base de datos central de listados de propiedades y los propietarios, compradores y bancos a menudo desconocen el valor de las propiedades.

Estamos orgullosos de apoyar a Juan Jose Solorzano and Alejandro Pailles fundadores de Tu Canton, Brynne McNulty Rojas, Sebastian Noguera Escallon y a todo el equipo de Habi mientras se embarcan en esta siguiente fase.

"Nos estamos convirtiendo en el mayor consolidado prop tech del país y nos estamos integrando para ser el mayor iBuyer de México", Brynne McNulty Roja, co-fundadora de Habi.

De parte de todos nosotros en GC Capital, ¡felicidades!

25/11/2021

Wishing a happy thanksgiving to everyone from the GC Capital team!
We are grateful for the dedicated and passionate partners who continue to drive innovation and growth. We are looking forward to continuing our successful journey together and building a bridge for our companies in and beyond.

09/11/2021

Goldman Sachs' playing music to our ears!!
90% of the Family Offices globally continue to invest in VC. According to their Family Office Insights report, Goldman gathered that the investments in the Venture Capital space are a common theme and investment behavior across a wide array of family offices globally.

Take a look at the complete report here: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/pages/widening-the-aperture-family-office-investments-insights-f/report.pdf

04/11/2021

Sequoia Capital is the trendsetter in the staid VC setting. ⚡️

One of the top institutions of VC firms is restructuring its US and European Investments that will roll up into a single fund called the Sequoia Fund. 😮🙌

Also, Roelof Botha, a partner at the company, added that Sequoia would have more flexibility on venture restrictions by becoming a registered investment advisor (RIA). This “enables us to further increase our investments in emerging asset classes such as cryptocurrencies and seed investing programs.” Sequoia is bringing investment opportunities to the entire asset spectrum.

15/09/2021

In the last decade, 10 Mexican companies have been taken to the stock market by equity funds. These include:

Hospitality Industry: City Express and Grupo Hotelero Santa Fe. Cargo and logistics: Traxion
Financial Institutions: Crédito Real and Banco Bajío
Energy Industry: Vista Oil & Gas
Airlines: Volaris
Fitness and Health centers: Sports World
Real estate: Vesta (industrial parks) and Grupo Javer

Studies have shown that companies that receive investment from private equity funds can grow at an average rate of 58.54 percent.

Source: Mexican Private Equity Association (Amexcap)
KPMG, "Private Equity as a driver of Mexican companies: 9 success stories," (2015).

09/08/2021

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03/08/2021

We were excited to partner with Animal Planet PETS at the seed and now at the Series A. Animal Planet Pets' deep scientific knowledge and product high quality puts them in a prime position to improve your pets' health and nutrition.

The global organic and natural pet food market value increased to 22.8 Billion in the US in 2020. A report by IMARC Group expects this global market to grow from 2021- 2026. One of the main reasons: the prevalent trend of pet humanization, owners treating their pet as a family member, is driving the demand for high-quality and organic pet food.

02/08/2021

A few trends are here to stay. The adoption of online grocery shopping accelerated dramatically due to the pandemic. Merqueo, a Columbian-based startup operating a full-stack and on-demand delivery in LatAm, was able to raise 💰50 million in a Series C round. Miguel McAllister, its CEO, and Co-founder sets high expectations for online grocery shopping as new stats show an increase in the post-pandemic online shopping user adoption by 50%.💻💸 "Overall, the $85 billion e-commerce market in Latin America is growing rapidly, with projections of it reaching $116.2 billion in 2023," McAllister adds.🇨🇴🚀