2022 Private Equity Survey: Spotlight on Latin America

Our annual survey* gauging private equity/venture capital (PE/VC) professionals’ sentiments on the PE industry outlook for 2022 has highlighted several on-going trends. This concise report will answer questions such as where do Latin American investors stand with digitization of their activity? And have they all integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors in their investment strategy?

Key Highlights:

• Most Latin American investors (63%) are in the implementation phase of digital technologies with half in an early stage.
• Latin American investors have accelerated efforts to integrate ESG in their strategies.
• Information Technology (IT) and Healthcare are the most attractive sectors.
• Secondary sale is the preferred exit method, while IPOs attract a growing number of investors.

*The survey was conducted over the period of 15 weeks between October 4, 2021, and January 16, 2022. In total we received 357 responses from PE and VC investors globally. 48% of respondents were senior level professionals. 43% were Private Equity Firms, 29% were Venture Capital firms and 28% were firms doing both Private Equity and Venture Capital investments. Geographically, 45% of respondents were from Europe, 19% were from North America, 15% were from APAC, 8% were from the Middle East & Africa and 13% were from Latin America.