1. Carcará Partners, Inc.
Investment Advisory & Business Development
São Paulo & New York City
2. Carcará’s Mission
Founded in 2008, Carcará’s mission is singular in scope:
To open local doors for our network of partners and clients around the world,
structuring promising business development and investment opportunities
while navigating Brazil’s complex business environment.
3. How We Create Value for our Clients & Partners
1. By leveraging the depth, experience & integrity of our local
network of business & investment professionals;
2. Through our ability to source & evaluate local investment
opportunities;
3. In sharing our knowledge of the complexities of doing
business in Brazil, enabling our clients avoid costly pitfalls.
4. Our Brazilian Network
-- Investment banks
-- Private equity funds
-- M&A advisory boutiques
-- Distressed debt advisory firms
-- Real estate developers
-- Private wealth management boutiques
-- Family offices
-- Industrial conglomerates
Strategic Alliance: -- Asset management firms
K2 Capital
-- Venture capital shops
-- Top flight law firms
Strategic Alliance: -- Clean energy investment funds
Banco do Rio de
Janeiro
5. Our Core Functions
• Deal Origination & Capital
Placement
• Merchant Banking
• Market Entry
& Business Development
6. Our Core Functions
• Deal Origination & Capital
Placement
• Merchant Banking
• Market Entry
& Business Development
7. Deal Origination & Capital Placement
Through our Brazilian network, Carcará
sources opportunities for foreign
investors that are typically shown
only to locals. Our objective is to find
select deals and give our network of
investors in the US, Europe and Asia a
“first look.” In recent months, we have been
focused on clean energy and real estate.
Carcará’s roles: Identify local deals
sourced by trusted partners; advise
investors on optimal deal structure
and negotiation.
8. Our Core Functions
• Deal Origination & Capital
Placement
• Merchant Banking
• Market Entry
& Business Development
9. Merchant Banking
Tricap Partners is a boutique
merchant banking firm with offices in
New York, Miami, and — through a
strategic alliance with Carcará Partners
— São Paulo. Tricap Partners advises
growth oriented, middle-market
companies that seek financing to boost
their market presence.
Carcará’s roles: Source local
opportunities + work closely with
Tricap in providing investment banking
advisory services to client companies.
10. Our Core Functions
• Deal Origination & Capital
Placement
• Merchant Banking
• Market Entry
& Business Development
11. Market Entry & Business Development
Carcará Partners provides local
intelligence, identifies key partners and
crafts entry strategies for investors and
companies seeking privileged access to
the Brazilian market.
Past & Present Clients
• €500mn Italian distressed debt
investment fund.
• US-based multinational manufacturer
building a factory in Brazil.
• Central America-based ethanol
dehydration start-up.
12. About Carcará’s Founder, Zack Henry
► 15 years of experience in Latin America.
► Six years as Toyota’s dedicated Latin America economist; managed small, “in house”
strategic research group that advised top management in Japan, the US and Latin America
on topics including Latin American economics, commodity market trends (oil, steel),
biofuels, & trade developments.
► Four years in Puerto Rico’s public sector—two in the Office of Governor Pedro Rosselló &
two as Special Assistant to the president of the island’s Government Development Bank
(work focused on privatization in various industries).
► Educational background
» MBA, Insead (Fontainebleau campus)
» MA, The Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
» BA, Amherst College (earned Academic All American honors—soccer)
► Fluent in Portuguese, English & Spanish.
► Married to Brazilian citizen; resides in São Paulo.
13. Contact Information
São Paulo
55.11.7272.9866
zack.henry@carcarapartners.com
New York City
1.917.388.9566