The Agrinam team has extensive experience in the agribusiness sector as investors, advisors and founders/entrepreneurs, which has provided us a robust network of companies in the sector.

This experience is critical as we go about our process of identifying the best-in-class agribusiness companies in our targeted region.

INVESTING

EXPERIENCE

Extensive direct investment experience and growing businesses in the sector.
Members of the team have participated in agribusiness funds investing in
40+ companies totalizing USD$300M.
Some industries where the team started a business or made an investment:

SPAC

EXPERIENCE

Our team is comprised of seasoned veterans from Wall Street and Main Street alike, having taken to market two SPACs that raised USD$311M.

USD$1773M SPAC

USD$138M SPAC

IPO on June 2022
100% focused in the agribusiness
sector in North America

ADVISORY

EXPERIENCE

Advised more than 100 agribusiness companies (65 of the top 100 in Mexico).

These agribusiness companies advised by members of the Agrinam team represent USD$1.5Bn+ in consolidated market cap.

EXPERIENCED

LEADERSHIP

Leadership with 50+ years of combined experience in the agribusiness sector in North America; starting, growing and investing in more than 40 businesses in Food & Agriculture; together with two SPACs in the United States and Canada.

Agustín Tristan

Chief Executive Officer

  • Experience starting multiple projects in the agribusiness sector, growing companies and identifying opportunities in the market with strong growth potential.
  • Experience in asset management, hedge funds, private equity and investment banking.
  • Five years of experience at Goldman Sachs, New York and 12 years as an entrepreneur.
  • Three years in management consulting across multiple industries.

Guillermo Eduardo Cruz

Chief Operating Officer

  • Co-Founder of two SPACs: Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation, a USD$173M SPAC and Benessere Capital Acquisition Corporation, a USD$115M SPAC both listed in NASDAQ.
  • Manages two private equity funds focused on venture capital, positioning himself as one of the leaders in the private equity industry in Mexico with USD$295M+ AUM.

Luis Alberto Ibarra

Chief Investment Officer

  • 25 years of experience in high-level positions in the public administration. Expert in subjects related to agribusiness, competitiveness, economic regulation and private equity.
  • Former CEO of the private equity fund of the agribusiness sector (FOCIR); Former Technical Secretary of the Infrastructure and Economic Cabinet for the Presidency; Head of the Investment Unit and CEO of Planning and Evaluation in the SHCP; and Coordinator of Advisers of the Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment. During his tenure at FOCIR, invested USD$300M+ across 40+ projects.

Jeronimo Peralta

Chief Financial Officer

  • Founder & Managing Partner of Maquia Capital and CIO of GC Capital, a venture capital fund with eight investments.
  • CFO of Maquia Capital Acquisition Corporation, a USD$173M SPAC listed on NASDAQ.
  • During his tenure, Maquia has achieved multiple accolades including the “Excellence in Finance” distinction in the FiNext Awards.

Luis Pedraza

General Counsel

  • 20 years of experience in transactional services that includes operations in diverse areas of financing and investments of debt and equity; M&A, structuring of public-private partnership, strategic partnerships and international operations in various industries and sectors. Luis co-founded a solid investment and funding platform for Latin America.
  • Lawyer graduated from the Escuela Libre de Derecho; Masters by Queen Mary University of London. Postgraduate degrees from the German International Cooperation Agency (GIZ), the Abbotwood Institute in London, PLI (New York-Venture Finance), among others.

Don Olds

Business Development Canada

  • Former President and CEO of Montreal-based NEOMED Institute, a position he held until the successful closing of a merger with Vancouver-based Centre for Drug Research and Development.
  • Currently lead director at Goodfood Markets (TSX:FOOD), director and HR/Governance committee chair of Acasti Pharma (NASDAQ:ACST), lead director and audit committee chair at Cannara Biotech (TSXV:LOVE), chair of Aifred Health (private) and director of Oligomedic Inc. (private).
  • MBA (finance and strategy) and M.Sc. (Agriculture) from McGill University.