About This Fund
Linzor Capital Partners III, L.P. (LCP III) is the third private equity fund raised by Linzor Capital Partners, the leading pan-regional middle-market private equity manager in Spanish-speaking Latin America, headquartered in Santiago, Chile with offices in Mexico City, Bogota and Buenos Aires. The fund held its final close on May 15, 2015, reaching its self-imposed hard cap of USD 621 million in aggregate capital commitments after just six months in the market — a testament to strong institutional demand from both returning and new investors. The fund is managed by Tacora Management Company II Ltd. (CRD 162736), administered by J.P. Morgan Private Equity Fund Services and audited by Deloitte and Touche LLP. The investor base comprised pension funds, asset management firms, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, foundations and family offices, with approximately 40% of capital from the United States, 33% from Europe and 27% from Latin America and Asia Pacific. General partners made significant personal commitments alongside limited partners.
LCP III deploys the same disciplined, control-oriented middle-market buyout strategy as prior funds, targeting companies valued at USD 75-400 million in Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Argentina, with selective exposure to Uruguay and Spain. The fund concentrates on essential services and emerging platform businesses across healthcare, education, telecom and digital infrastructure, financial services and technology — sectors with strong demographic tailwinds and underpenetrated service delivery. With ticket sizes of USD 20-50 million, LCP III targeted 6-10 platform investments, building sector leaders through active operational involvement and ESG integration. The fund strategy evolved from LCP II to reflect Latin America's increasing focus on digital and knowledge-based services.
LCP III invested across eight transactions. Notable realisations include Mundo Telecomunicaciones, Chile's fibre-to-the-home provider with over 400,000 subscribers across 2 million homes passed, sold to Digital Bridge in 2022; and S4L (formerly UTEL), Latin America's leading pure-online higher education platform in Mexico, which has returned dividends. Active holdings include Uno Salud, Chile's largest dental chain with 80-plus locations; SIES Salud, a Colombian healthcare services platform; Universidad Insurgentes, a Mexican university serving 23,000 students; and inConcert (Convertia), a Spain and Latin America-based SaaS provider of customer experience and digital marketing solutions. The fund also co-invested in Engen alongside LCP II, Mexico's leading independent equipment leasing platform.