# Alta Growth Capital

> Alta Growth Capital is a VC fund in Mexico City backing Banking and Internet. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 15%
- Fund size: $85M
- Last fund: Jul 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alta-growth-capital
- Website: http://www.agcmexico.com

Alta Growth Capital is a VC fund in Mexico City focused on Banking and Internet. Alta Growth Capital manages a private equity fund focused on investments in middle market companies in Mexico. There private equity, transactional, and operational experience, both in Mexico and internationally, makes them well-positioned to provide attractive returns for our investors and help our portfolio companies achieve success.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Banking | 2 | 10% |
| Internet | 2 | 10% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 10% |
| Health Care | 2 | 10% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 10% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 16 | 80% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 10% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mexico | 11 | 55% |
| United States | 6 | 30% |
| Colombia | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Erik Carlberg | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-carlberg |
| Rafael Payro | Managing Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rafael-payro |
| Scott McDonough | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-mcdonough |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carl's Jr. México | Carl's Jr. México specialized itself in offering a wide range of burgers along with other fast food items. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Lottus Education | Lottus Education is a higher education provider in mexico. | $9.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 05, 2021 |  |
| Interquim | Interquim is in the pharmaceutical industry, producing active pharmaceutical ingredients. The company manufactures specialized compounds and specific antibiotics for the human and veterinary sectors, as well as derivatives of vitamin B12, giving customers access to flexibility, instantaneity, organization, proactivity, and synergy. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2021 |  |
| Lottus Education | Lottus Education is a higher education provider in mexico. |  | Private Equity | Oct 14, 2019 |  |
| Grupo Turistore | Turistore is the leading souvenir retail chain in Mexico’s top tourist locations. Turistore currently operates more than 16,000 m2 of retail floor space spread across the Riviera Maya, Puerto Vallarta, and Los Cabos, concentrated in tourist avenues, cruise docks, and shopping centers. The stores operate under diverse brands and sell handicrafts,souvenirs, clothing, pharmacy, totaling over 27,000 SKUs. |  | Private Equity | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| Mexarrend | Docuformas has grown to be the second-largest independent leasing company. The company is offering financing solutions to rapidly-growing and underserved small and medium-sized enterprises for the acquisition of productive assets and equipment to support growth. Docuformas provides reliable and competitive funding sources through its six mainbusiness lines capital leasing, operating leases, transportation services, factoring, cash financing, and equipment financing. |  | Private Equity | Oct 31, 2018 |  |
| EAS SYSTEMS | EAS Systems is a private Mexican company since 2006 Their headquarters is in Mexico City. Operations in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Colombia. They have technical support, logistics, professional services in all the regions present. More than 6,000 EAS antennas installed and more than 30% of theantennas are online with remote service. Exclusive distributors of NEDAP and AMERSEC in Mexico, Central America and Colombia. Gold Partner of AXIS CCTV Cameras. |  |  | Jun 29, 2018 |  |
| Maskota | They are creating an online pet store which will focus from selling food products to accessories and provide other services like grooming, training etc.They want to start with regular pet product store and in meantime they are working on customised/ personalised design products like tags, leashes, feeding bowls, accessories etc along with giftfor pets. |  |  | Jan 18, 2017 |  |
| Grupo Empresarial Bienestar | GEB is a Mexican company focused on improving people’s physical wellbeing, offering a comprehensive proposal for health care through its various services. GEB operates fitness clubs under two different formats: the high-end format called Vivo 47 and the low cost format called Easy Fit. |  | Private Equity | Aug 24, 2016 |  |
| AGH | AGH Labels is the only company in Mexico that offers the market comprehensive solutions in the development of labels. Our commitment is to create, produce and distribute innovative material that combines information, concepts and emotions and thus allows our customers to attract new consumers and strengthen both the brand presence in the market andthe loyalty of current users. |  | Private Equity | Jan 01, 2016 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Advanced Equities](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/advanced-equities) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Apex Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apex-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [IFC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ifc-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kleiner Perkins](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kleiner-perkins-caufield-byers) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nexxus Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nexxus-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Alta Growth Capital invest in?

Alta Growth Capital invests primarily in Banking, Internet and E-Commerce startups, most often at Private Equity and Funding Round stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Mexico. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Alta Growth Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Alta Growth Capital?

The team at Alta Growth Capital includes Erik Carlberg (Managing Director), Rafael Payro (Managing Director) and Scott McDonough (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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