Alpac Capital Explained

Alpac Capital
Type:	Private company
Industry:	Financial services
Hq Location City:	Lisbon
Hq Location Country:	Portugal
Key People:	Pedro Vargas David, Luis Santos
Products:	Investment funds

Alpac Capital is a Portuguese investment group, founded in 2013, which manages three investment funds: a technology fund, a telecom fund and a media fund. The group is regulated by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM).

Alpac Capital makes equity investments in order to achieve active involvement in the business development of its investees.

History

It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Lisbon. Besides its global headquarters in Lisbon, the firm also has regional offices in Budapest and Dubai.

Funds

Alpacs main funds are:

• A Tech Fund – East West EuVECA Fund with 6 invested companies (Dreamshaper,^[1] Codevision,^[2] Biometrid,^[3] Login, TC2^[4]) and one divested company (Petapilot^[5]).
• A Telecom Fund – Luso Pannon EuVECA Fund,^[6] with a qualified minority stake in the telecom conglomerate 4iG.
• A Media Fund – Future Media EuVECA Fund which controls 98% of Euronews.^[7] In December 2021, Alpac Capital signed an agreement to buy the controlling stake in Lyon-based broadcaster Euronews from Egyptian telecoms magnate Naguib Sawiris.

Besides the above-mentioned Funds, the Managing Partners of Alpac Capital also own interests in Renewable Solar Energy^{[8] [9]} (Luz.ON) and Media^[10] (Newsplex.SA). The solar business of Alpac has already sold 450MW in Baixo Alentejo to Galp Energia and is licensing 700MW with Greenvolt in Alto Alentejo.

Key people

Alpac Capital has two Founding and Managing Partners: Pedro Vargas David and Luis Santos.^{[11] [12]} They are both alumni from the Economics degree at Universidade Nova and former McKinsey & Company consultants.

Pedro Vargas David, CEO, was also Former Head of Strategy of Jerónimo Martins and holds an MBA from Instead and Executive education from Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Business School. Luis Santos,^[13] who worked at Mckinsey for 9 years, in Europe, South America and Asia, holds an MBA from Columbia University and a PhD on Political Science and International Relations from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.Pedro is son of former Secretary of State of Portugal and former MEP in the European Union, Mário David.^[14]

Luis Santos is the son of Portuguese football coach Fernando Santos, who won the 2016 UEFA European Championship and the 2019 UEFA Nations League.^[15] His girlfriend, Isabel Figueira, is a well-known Portuguese actress and TV presenter.^[16]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. News: Forbes . Forbes . Dreamshaper capta maior ronda de investimento recebida por uma edtech portuguesa .
2. News: Ntech News . Ntech News . Codevision garante investimento de 18 milhões de euros da Alpac Capital .
3. Web site: Blog Cledara . Hottest Startups in Portugal .
4. Web site: TC2 . Finantail Investor at TC2 . 28 July 2022 .
5. News: Eco Sapo . Americana Sovos compra Saphety e Petapilot para entrar em Portugal .
6. News: Budapest Business Journal . 4ig capital increases wind up with bartolomeu subscription .
7. News: Euronews . Alpac Capital completes Euronews acquisition .
8. News: Solar . Energy . Megaprojeto Solar leva 1000 milhões ao Alto Alentejo .
9. News: Solar . Energy . Galp compra a Alpac metade de um projeto solar de 450 Mw em Ourique .
10. News: Meios e Publicidade . Alpac controla 91% do capital da Newsplex .
11. Web site: Linkedin . Pedro Vargas David .
12. Web site: Santos . Luís . Luís Santos .
13. Web site: Linkedin . Luís Santos .
14. Web site: David . Mário . Parlamento .
15. News: Santos . Luís . Luís Santos, o filho milionário do selecionador nacional .
16. Web site: Isabel Figueira revela finalmente como conheceu o "filho milionário" do ex-selecionador Fernando Santos . 2024-04-12 . www.flash.pt . pt-pt.