Latin America Invest

Latin America Invest

Founded in 1995 and led by CEO Damian Valenzuela Mayer, Latin America Invest operates out of Miami as a wealth manager and financial advisor serving clients navigating the Latin American market. The firm couples tax advisory with management consulting — a dual mandate that shapes how it structures and places capital across the region. The firm’s approach centers on providing a business platform for investments in Latin America and, more recently, Africa. CEO Damian Valenzuela Mayer has publicly pointed to Africa’s development needs as its primary investment appeal, signaling a frontier-markets posture layered on top of the core Latin American focus. The website highlights a “Global Market Overview” tool designed to inform investment decisions, though no specific asset-class allocations or fund structures are disclosed. No named portfolio companies or deal-level details were publicly available at the time of this review. Team size, total assets under management, and total deployment figures are undisclosed. The firm’s website lists a single Miami office with a US-based contact phone and email. No adjacent vehicles — philanthropic foundations, operating businesses, or peer networks — are referenced in available public materials. In an undated site feature, CEO Damian Valenzuela Mayer was received by King Felipe VI of Spain, indicating a degree of institutional access within Spanish-speaking business and policy circles. The firm’s architecture blurs the line between advisory and principal investing. By combining tax structuring, management consulting, and cross-border capital placement, Latin America Invest occupies a hybrid space — less a pure asset manager and more a platform for navigating the legal and operational complexity of investing into, and out of, Latin America.