AmeriBridge Capital

AmeriBridge Capital partners with LPs and GPs to extend their presence across the Americas. We are the bridge to tap into lower/middle market investment opportunities and capital using a cross continental approach. 

We support emerging and diverse fund managers with their marketing and commercial activities across different portfolio strategies – venture capital, private equity, private credit, and real assets to better position them to meet their fundraising objectives. Additionally, we serve as a bridge for US GPs to connect with LPs and investment opportunities in Latin America, enabling them to diversify their geographical footprint and investor base.

Founding Partner

Pavilion

Pavilion is an exclusive global community of ambitious business leaders committed to exceling in their careers, and fostering growth and development within the network. It offers unique resources to help its members successfully meet their professional goals, and are an incubator for nurturing the best and brightest talent.

Executive Member

1850 Investments

1850 Investments is a people-driven, data-focused real estate company specializing in the acquisition, development, management, and repositioning of real estate and operating assets in the outdoor hospitality and cold storage sectors, providing stable risk-adjusted returns. The firm utilizes a broad base of capital partnerships and prides itself on creating value and direct access to the sectors in fund management, strategic joint ventures, and other unique platforms for institutions, investment managers, family offices, and ultra-high net worth individuals and organizations.

VP of Capital Markets 

Forest Rim Technology

-Worked closely with the legendary Bill Inmon, prolific author/Father of Data Warehouse, to scale the business leading our GTM and fundraising strategy.
-Responsible for our investor campaign. Sourced and conducted meetings with LPs.
-Orchestrated the launch of a completely new website and translated it to Spanish.
-Spearheaded our brand development and marketing efforts. Created key sales & marketing content (sales decks, investor pitch deck/one-pager, client testimonials, white papers, etc.) and social media content.
-Implemented a CRM, defined a sales process, and drove adoption in Hubspot.
-Sourced and orchestrated POCs/pilots with prospective customers to test out different applications.
-Led recruitment efforts to fill all major functional voids, growing the team 4x.
-Created a people-first culture, providing the team with a clear vision, mission, and purpose. Collaborated to define our values. Rallied the team for the first-ever off-site.

Director of Marketing And Business Development

Intralinks

-Coached my team to success growing our top line 50%+ YOY in H1 despite the pandemic. Demonstrated resilience and innovation amid market activity paralysis. 
-Responsible for all aspects of the business in my region (hiring, training, onboarding, GTM strategy, forecasting (Salesforce), territory/incentive planning, etc.)
-Positioned myself as a thought leader and SME among the banking/M&A community.
-Known for building solid relationships at the senior/C-level. 
-Organized and executed on wildly successful networking events (100+ dealmakers) pre pandemic. Virtual cooking classes/wine tastings during the pandemic.

Regional Partner (Chile & Peru)

-Grew my territory 22% YOY without adding resources. Collectively the team delivered 130%+ of quota.
-For the first time ever, every quota carrier in HLA made President's Club.
-Responsible for our top line in all five major markets in HLA: Mexico, Chile, Peru, Colombia, and Argentina.

Sales Leader for HLA (Hispanic Latin America)

-Collectively my team achieved 150% of quota, doubling revenue YOY.
-All members of my team made President's Club.

Sales Manager for the Andean Region

-Pioneered Spanish-speaking South America for the company, introducing and evangelizing the virtual data room solution to the market. 
-Routinely sourced and conducted 50 meetings per month across the M&A ecosystem with Investment Bankers, Lawyers, Private Equity Firms, Family Offices and Corporations.
-Consistent double-digit growth YoY. Growing revenue from $0 to $3mn USD in my respective territory.
-Played a major role in producing geo-specific marketing materials, campaigns, and events.
-Habitually attended and organized conferences, a major source for lead generation and new business.
-A perennial top performer. A regular President's Club winner and recipient of the Hunter Award.

Account Executive

Business News Americas

-Proven ability to sell across the company's entire product suite.
-Curated a portfolio of the largest and most lucrative accounts in our business across twelve critical business sectors to upsell and cross-sell into. 
-Tailored solutions to those customers to meet their information needs and close the largest agreements in company history (5x ACV). 
-Collaborated cross-functionally to fine-tune our product development to respond to the evolving needs of the marketplace.
-Represented the company regularly at different conferences internationally, spearheading business development efforts and originating new business.

Key Account Manager

-Consistently exceeded sales targets and established new performance benchmarks and processes within the commercial area.  
-Conducted business in both English and Spanish across North and South America.
-Leveraged our proprietary news and in-house database to source leads.
-Cold-called prospects in the financial and insurance industries.
-Implemented information service agreements with high-level executives, often the C-suite.
-Demonstrated superlative communication, presentation, negotiation, and organizational skills to succeed in a competitive sales environment.

Wachovia Securities

-Acquired extensive knowledge of Wachovia’s Mutual Fund wrap products.
-Assisted Financial Advisors in the operational aspects of their products through the use of BETA.
-Received numerous Excellence First Compliments as an exemplary employee demonstrating dependability, dedication, and expertise in my field.
-Played a major role in recruiting peers to join the bank.

CSG Product Specialist

UBS Financial Services

-Embraced a well-rounded and comprehensive internship experience. Performing duties such as; cold-calling prospective clients, evaluating assets, and creating Excel spreadsheets demonstrating and comparing the impact of proposed financial strategies.
-Routinely participated in the evaluation of different investment vehicles using Bloomberg, Hysales, and Reuters.
-Attended key client and firm meetings, often delivering and presenting spreadsheet analyses.

Financial Services Intern

American Express

-Tackled various assignments, including financial analysis using Morningstar, Principia Pro, and FAS, reviewing asset allocation of client portfolios, and creating Excel spreadsheets to break down brokerage and SPS accounts.

15+ years of Business Development experience on the ground in Latin America, catering to the global alternative asset and advisor community to provide fundraising, reporting, and corporate development solutions using cutting-edge technology. Played an integral role scaling up the business for a publicly traded B2B SaaS (Fintech) company in the LATAM geo from ground zero to ~10% of global revenue and positioning them as the dominant market leader. Deep understanding of the dealmaking ecosystem.

Passionate networker and relationship builder. Extensive (GP&LP) Rolodex comprised of Pension Funds, Endowments, Foundations, Family Offices, PE/VC Funds, Consultants, Investment Banks, Law Firms, Wealth Managers, etc. 

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