Grupo LOA

Grupo LOA pursues a dual strategy of buyout and growth equity investments in mid-market companies across Latin America. The buyout practice targets controlling stakes where the firm can drive operational and strategic improvements, while the growth equity arm provides minority expansion capital. The focus falls on privately held, often family-owned businesses in Chile, Colombia, and Peru.

Luis Felipe Ovalle is the firm's Founder and Managing Partner. His role as the senior decision-maker shapes the firm's concentrated, relationship-driven approach to deal sourcing and execution. The wider investment team and its specific structure are not publicly detailed.

The firm does both. Its buyout track targets majority or full control positions to restructure operations and pursue add-on acquisitions. Its growth equity track puts minority capital into companies with proven economics that need funding to scale, often without granting a board-control position.

Grupo LOA's geographic focus is primarily the Andean region of Latin America, with a particular emphasis on Chile, Colombia, and Peru. These markets share comparable mid-market dynamics — fragmented industries, succession-driven deal flow, and under-served demand for institutional minority and control capital.

The firm relies on proprietary, relationship-driven sourcing rather than competitive, intermediated auctions. Its structural edge is tied to the network of its founder, Luis Felipe Ovalle, and the firm's long presence in Santiago's business community. This enables access to family-held businesses that are not broadly marketed.