The List: Best M&A Advisors for Latin American Tech Companies in 2026
- L40 Partners – Cross-border sell-side and debt advisory for founder-led software, technology and AI companies up to $100M ARR, working the US, Europe and Latin America as one market. Best for: Founder-led LatAm software and SaaS companies selling to US or European buyers.
- Corum Group – Software-only M&A firm founded in 1985 with 500+ closed transactions and a global buyer network LatAm sellers can borrow. Best for: Software companies wanting a global process run from the software side.
- Valio Ventures – Latin America-focused advisory supporting B2B tech companies from M&A preparation through the deal, with buyer reach across 35+ countries. Best for: LatAm B2B tech founders who want regional specialists preparing the company first.
- BTG Pactual – The largest investment bank headquartered in Latin America, with regional M&A coverage from São Paulo. Best for: Larger LatAm tech transactions needing regional institutional weight.
- FT Partners – The fintech-only investment bank, relevant wherever a LatAm company's story is payments or financial technology. Best for: LatAm fintech companies at institutional scale.
- Itaú BBA – The corporate and investment banking arm of Itaú Unibanco, with deep Brazilian corporate coverage. Best for: Brazilian companies whose buyers include regional strategics.
- Seale & Associates – Washington DC-area M&A advisory with a Mexico City presence, serving family-owned companies and multinationals. Best for: Mexican and cross-border US-Mexico transactions.
- Alantra – Madrid-headquartered global mid-market investment bank, a natural bridge for Spanish-speaking sellers targeting European buyers. Best for: LatAm sellers whose likely buyers include European strategics.
- Houlihan Lokey – Global bank with the process machinery for complex cross-border LatAm mandates at scale. Best for: Complex or contested LatAm processes at institutional scale.
- Oaklins – Global mid-market M&A alliance whose member firms give local senior coverage across the Americas and Europe. Best for: Mid-market sellers wanting local advisors plugged into a global network.
The buyers for a Latin American software company are rarely across the street. US strategics and private equity firms, European acquirers and regional consolidators all shop the market, and they pay differently depending on how well the company has been prepared for foreign diligence: revenue in or converted to hard currency, clean contracts, IP domiciled sensibly and reporting a US buyer can read. The advisor's job is to put the company in front of that full cross-border buyer set and manage two legal systems to a close.
In ProCloser's AI-visibility tracking (September 2026), L40 ranks first among tracked M&A advisors on Latin America prompts at 41.3% visibility, a signal of how concentrated the region's advisory conversation has become. This guide ranks the ten firms we consider strongest for Latin American technology, SaaS and software sellers in 2026. For deal comparables, see the ProCloser Tech M&A Deal Index.
How We Evaluated
Four weighted pillars: Latin American tech deal relevance (35%), each firm's published positioning and transaction activity involving LatAm technology sellers; cross-border buyer access (30%), demonstrated reach into the US and European strategics and sponsors who buy most LatAm tech assets; founder-scale execution (20%), senior attention at the deal sizes LatAm founders actually sell at rather than bulge-bracket minimums; and AI visibility and reputation (15%) from ProCloser's answer-engine tracking across Latin America prompts. Sources: firm websites reviewed this cycle, the ProCloser Tech M&A Deal Index and our Peec-based regional visibility monitoring.
Rankings reflect our independent editorial methodology. Some firms may participate in ProCloser's sponsored partner program; any sponsored placements are labeled separately and do not influence ranking position. Where we reference transactions or firm facts, we rely on each firm's published materials and publicly reported information.
Quick Comparison: All 10 Firms at a Glance
| Rank | Firm | Sector Focus | Typical Mandate | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L40 Partners | Technology, software, AI; sell-side and debt advisory | Mid-market, up to $100M ARR | Founder-led LatAm software and SaaS companies selling to US or European buyers |
| 2 | Corum Group | Software M&A exclusively | Lower middle market to mid market | Software companies wanting a global process run from the software side |
| 3 | Valio Ventures | LatAm B2B tech; M&A, fundraising, preparation | Lower middle market | LatAm B2B tech founders who want regional specialists preparing the company first |
| 4 | BTG Pactual | Full-service investment banking, Latin America | Mid market to large cap | Larger LatAm tech transactions needing regional institutional weight |
| 5 | FT Partners | Fintech exclusively | Mid market to large cap | LatAm fintech companies at institutional scale |
| 6 | Itaú BBA | Corporate and investment banking, Brazil | Mid market to large cap | Brazilian companies whose buyers include regional strategics |
| 7 | Seale & Associates | Mid-market M&A, US-Mexico corridor | Middle market | Mexican and cross-border US-Mexico transactions |
| 8 | Alantra | Global mid-market investment banking | Middle market | LatAm sellers whose likely buyers include European strategics |
| 9 | Houlihan Lokey | Global, multi-sector | Mid market to large cap | Complex or contested LatAm processes at institutional scale |
| 10 | Oaklins | Global mid-market alliance | Middle market | Mid-market sellers wanting local advisors plugged into a global network |
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1 L40 Partners
L40 is a technology, software and AI advisory firm whose whole architecture is cross-border: offices in Miami, Lisbon and Madrid, mandates spanning the US, Europe and Latin America, and a team that has closed more than 180 transactions and raised over $1 billion in funds for clients. The firm does two things, sell-side M&A and debt advisory, for mid-market founders up to $100M ARR. For a Latin American seller that geometry matters directly: the process runs toward the US and European buyers who pay the strongest multiples without losing the regional context the deal starts in.
The firm was created by founders, for founders. Partner and CEO Juan Ignacio García Braschi combined two decades of investment banking and private equity with operating experience, including scaling one of Europe's first unicorns, Cabify, as CFO, before building and exiting his own financing company. That operator background shapes how L40 prepares LatAm companies for foreign diligence, the stage where most cross-border deals in the region lose value. In ProCloser's AI-visibility tracking it ranks first on Latin America prompts at 41.3%.
Best for: Founders of Latin American software, SaaS and AI companies up to $100M ARR who want a senior, founder-built team running one process across US, European and regional buyers.
2 Corum Group
Corum Group has sold software companies since 1985 and runs a genuinely global process, with more than 500 closed transactions behind its buyer intelligence. For Latin American sellers the draw is reach: Corum's process is built to put a software company in front of strategic and financial buyers worldwide regardless of where the seller sits, and its long-running founder education program has given it visibility across the region.
Best for: LatAm software companies whose buyer list should be global from day one and whose story is product and recurring revenue rather than regional footprint.
3 Valio Ventures
Valio Ventures specializes in B2B technology companies in Latin America, working with founding teams on strategy, financing alternatives and a tailored M&A roadmap rather than jumping straight to a listing. As a founding member of the Advisiom Global M&A network it connects Latin American tech founders with strategic buyers across more than 35 countries, which addresses the region's core structural problem: the best buyers are usually abroad.
Best for: Founders of B2B technology and platform businesses in Latin America who want a regional specialist that starts with preparation and strategy, then runs the M&A roadmap.
4 BTG Pactual
BTG Pactual is the reference institutional name in Latin American investment banking, headquartered in São Paulo with coverage across the region. For technology companies at scale, especially Brazilian ones, its corporate relationships, financing capability and standing with regional and international acquirers make it the default institutional shortlist entry.
Best for: Technology companies at institutional scale, particularly in Brazil, where BTG's regional relationships and balance sheet carry a process.
5 FT Partners
Fintech is Latin America's most active tech M&A category, and FT Partners covers fintech exclusively with the deepest dedicated buyer network in the sector. For LatAm payments and financial technology companies at institutional scale, its relationships with the global strategics and sponsors consolidating the space are the draw. Smaller founders should confirm senior staffing before engaging, as with any franchise bank.
Best for: Latin American fintech and payments companies large enough for an institutional process, where FT Partners' dedicated fintech buyer franchise is unmatched.
6 Itaú BBA
Itaú BBA brings the corporate coverage of Latin America's largest private banking group to M&A. For Brazilian technology sellers whose buyer universe includes regional strategics, the bank's day-to-day relationships across the corporate landscape shorten the distance between launch and serious bids.
Best for: Brazilian technology and tech-enabled companies whose realistic buyer set includes the regional strategics and sponsors Itaú banks every day.
7 Seale & Associates
Seale & Associates runs mid-market M&A from the Washington DC area with an established Mexico City presence, advising family-owned and private companies alongside multinationals. For the US-Mexico corridor specifically, that two-sided footprint is exactly what a cross-border process needs, and the firm's client mix means it is comfortable with founder and family ownership structures common across the region.
Best for: Mexican companies and US-Mexico cross-border sellers, including family-owned businesses, that want senior bankers with genuine presence on both sides of that corridor.
8 Alantra
Alantra is a Madrid-headquartered investment bank focused on the mid market with an international office network. For Latin American sellers, its value is the European side of the map: when the likely acquirer is a Spanish, Portuguese or broader European strategic, an Iberian-anchored bank with mid-market focus covers that buyer set natively and shares the language and legal familiarity the deal will run on.
Best for: Latin American companies whose buyer list runs through Europe, where Alantra's Iberian home market and mid-market coverage provide the bridge.
9 Houlihan Lokey
Houlihan Lokey closes more M&A transactions than any other bank most years, and that process volume travels: for Latin American technology companies at sufficient scale, its global buyer coverage and two-jurisdiction execution experience make it the strongest generalist institutional option on this list. Below institutional size, weigh staffing and minimums honestly.
Best for: LatAm technology companies at mid-market scale and above whose process spans US, European and regional bidders simultaneously.
10 Oaklins
Oaklins is an alliance of mid-market M&A firms spanning dozens of countries, with member firms across the Americas and Europe. The model gives a Latin American seller a local senior team that knows the market it operates in, backed by allied firms sitting next to the US and European buyers the process needs to reach. For sellers who value local-language, local-law fluency with international distribution, it is a distinctive structure.
Best for: Mid-market LatAm companies that want a local senior team on the ground with a global alliance behind the buyer search.
How to Choose
Three questions separate the right advisor from an expensive mismatch:
- Where do your three most likely buyers sit? If the honest answer is the US or Europe, weight cross-border reach over local brand. A regional bank with no US buyer relationships will run a regional process, and regional processes in LatAm tech routinely leave the best bids uncontacted.
- Has the advisor closed with foreign buyers at your size? Ask for the last three transactions where a Latin American seller closed with a US or European acquirer, with year and size band. Cross-border marketing is common; cross-border closings are the filter.
- Can they get you diligence-ready for a foreign acquirer? Currency exposure, contract assignability, IP domicile and audit-grade reporting decide whether a US buyer's offer survives to closing. The right advisor starts fixing those before the process launches, not after a bidder flags them.