# Victoria Capital Partners

> Victoria Capital Partners is a partner-owned private-equity manager focused on growth-oriented companies in South America. Born from the regional DLJ investing team, it combines country-specific underwriting with control, joint-control, or significant minority positions and active board participation. The firm says it has raised more than $1.7 billion in commitments and overseen $1.5 billion deployed across 18 companies since 2007.

- **Founded:** 2007
- **Headquarters:** Miami, United States
- **Founders:** Carlos Garcia (Co-founder, Chairman and Managing Partner), Santiago Cotter (Founding Partner), Alejandro Sorgentini (Founding Partner)
- **Team size:** Approximately 14 employees based on LinkedIn and supplied company data; the official team page lists five current investment and senior professionals.
- **Products:** South America private-equity funds, Control and joint-control investments, Significant minority growth investments, Portfolio governance and operational support
- **Notable:** Raised more than $1.7 billion in aggregate capital commitments., Oversaw $1.5 billion deployed across 18 portfolio companies since 2007., Founding partners deployed another $500 million in the region while at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners.

## Products & services

- **South America private-equity funds** — Partner-owned fund management focused on growth-oriented businesses in Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Peru, with legacy and managed Brazilian holdings.
- **Control and joint-control investments** — Equity investments that give the firm direct influence over strategy, governance, management, and value-creation plans.
- **Significant minority growth investments** — Minority positions paired with active board participation and contractual governance rights.
- **Portfolio governance and operational support** — Board participation, management professionalization, capital-structure work, regional expansion, and company-specific operating initiatives.

## Achievements

- Raised more than $1.7 billion in aggregate capital commitments.
- Oversaw $1.5 billion deployed across 18 portfolio companies since 2007.
- Founding partners deployed another $500 million in the region while at DLJ Merchant Banking Partners.
- Built a portfolio spanning health care, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, education, financial services, media, consumer products, manufacturing, fitness, and building materials.
- Realized its Corona Industrial investment in 2025 after Corona’s owners repurchased the fund-managed shares.
- Exited Cellera Farma through a strategic sale to Argentina’s Laboratorio Elea in June 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Victoria exited Brazilian pharmaceutical company Cellera Farma through a strategic sale to Laboratorio Elea.
- **2025-07** — Fernando Balmaceda joined the firm as an investment professional.
- **2025-03** — Organización Corona repurchased the shares in Corona Industrial acquired in 2014 by a Victoria-managed fund; deal terms remained confidential.
- **2024** — The firm records Satus Ager as fully realized following exits completed in 2018 and 2024.
- **2022** — Victoria realized its investment in Colombian cancer-care provider Oncólogos del Occidente.

## Links

- Website: https://victoriacp.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/victoria-capital-partners

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Last updated: 2026-08-16