大西洋投资公司（General Atlantic）预计将在未来五到十年内在墨西哥投资高达100亿美元，押注于金融服务等传统企业服务不足领域的机遇。
Atlantic expects to invest as much as $10 billion in Mexico over the next five to 10 years, betting on opportunities in financial services and other sectors that are underserved by traditional businesses.
据大西洋投资公司墨西哥办事处负责人Luis Cervantes透露，这家总部位于纽约的公司自2015年以来已在墨西哥18家公司投资了40亿美元，涵盖成长型股权和基础设施领域。
The New York-based firm has already invested $4 billion in 18 Mexican companies since 2015, across growth equity and infrastructure, according to Luis Cervantes, head of the Mexico office at General Atlantic.
这家在全球管理约1300亿美元资产的公司，已投资的企业包括墨西哥金融科技公司Klar、在线二手车交易平台Kavak以及Grupo Financiero Banamex。花旗集团（Citigroup Inc.）近期通过一系列交易一直在减少其在Banamex的持股。
The firm, which manages about $130 billion in assets globally, has backed businesses including Mexican fintech Klar, online used-car marketplace Kavak and Grupo Financiero Banamex. Citigroup Inc. has been decreasing its ownership in Banamex through a series of recent deals.
大西洋投资公司的投资计划反映了该公司对墨西哥初创企业生态系统的信心，尽管该国整体经济一直难以实现扩张。
General Atlantic’s planned investment reflects the firm’s confidence in Mexico’s startup ecosystem, even as the country’s broader economy has struggled to expand.
“埃万特斯在接受采访时表示：“过去五到七年我们看到的是宏观稳定但增长非常有限。”但他表示，数字业务、金融服务和医疗保健等领域提供了机遇窗口。
“What we’ve seen in the last five to seven years is macro stability with very limited growth,” Cervantes said in an interview. But sectors including digital businesses, financial services and healthcare have offered pockets of opportunity, he said.
埃万特斯表示，金融服务是投资者最具吸引力的市场之一，因为许多墨西哥人仍未得到银行体系的充分服务。向数字交易的转变正为新兴公司创造获取市场份额的机会，因为现金使用受到更多限制，而年轻消费者越来越倾向于进行数字化交易。
Financial services stands out as one of the most attractive markets for investors because so many Mexicans remain underserved by the banking system, Cervantes said. The shift toward digital transactions is creating opportunities for newer companies to gain market share as the use of cash becomes more restricted and younger consumers increasingly prefer to transact digitally.
“埃万特斯说：“我们认为，墨西哥的金融服务行业是全球最具吸引力的投资机会之一，因为其渗透率严重不足。”
“We think Mexico’s financial services industry is one of the most attractive opportunities on a global basis to invest because the under-penetration is so severe,” Cervantes said.
埃万特斯表示，大西洋投资公司最初进军墨西哥时专注于投资家族企业。但该国“创业生态系统”的增长开辟了超出公司最初瞄准的传统企业之外的机遇。
General Atlantic initially entered Mexico with a focus on investing in family-owned businesses. But the growth of the country’s “entrepreneurial ecosystem” has opened up opportunities beyond the traditional companies the firm originally targeted, Cervantes said.
该公司自2000年起即在拉丁美洲开展业务。目前，其全球成长型股权投资组合价值中有超过10%来自该地区。
The firm has been active in Latin America since 2000. Currently, more than 10% of the value of its global growth equity portfolio comes from the region.
“墨西哥是我们非常强劲的平台，我们认为未来10年的机会将比过去10年更大，”塞万提斯表示。
“We have a very strong platform in Mexico, and we think the opportunity is larger in the next 10 years that it was in the last 10,” Cervantes said.