GBM
Avenida Insurgentes Sur 1605, Piso 31, Colonia San José Insurgentes, Mexico City, Benito Juárez, 03900, Mexico
Overview
GBM is an investment banking that promotes investment at a national and international level. GBM provides financial products and services to large corporations and mid-cap companies, institutional investors, and Mexican and foreign individuals. The company offers investment banking services, including capital and debt market, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring services; and financial intermediation services, such as capital market promotion, international sales and trading, e-trading, investment advisory, derivatives capital, and money market services., as well as a digital platform, which has access to its clients to purchase and sale stock, and investment funds. It also provides investment administration products comprising investment funds, flexible credit, and asset management services, as well as institutional investment, trust, and private banking services. The company was formerly known as GBM GRUPO BURSATIL MEXICANO, S.A.B. de C.V. and changed its name to Corporativo GBM, S.A.B. de C.V. in 2007. Corporativo GBM, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1978 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Total investments
- 2
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 3
Sector focus
- Banking
- Financial Services
- FinTech
Investment portfolio
- Metabase Q
Participated · Series A · Aug 2023
Metabase Q provides Batuta, a cloud-native, multi-tenant endpoint management platform that centralizes cybersecurity management across locations, improves patching and response speeds, and identifies unused software licenses. The company recently added ZeroAPT Mitigator to Batuta to provide proactive security, centralized monitoring, and shared visibility of cyber risk for IT and security teams. Batuta was launched last year and now has more than 50 enterprise customers deployed across 45 countries. Metabase Q is led by CEO Mauricio Benavides and COO/President Louise Ireland. The company intends to use the new funds to expand operations and accelerate development efforts. Metabase Q offers an end-to-end cybersecurity platform that helps businesses manage, measure and mature their cybersecurity programs. Led by CEO Mauricio Benavides, the company has expanded its Batuta (Baton) platform into a suite of modules that streamline cybersecurity processes. Batuta provides capabilities from swift deployment and real-time inventory management to comprehensive vulnerability assessment, AI-driven insights, and rapid incident response. The company raised USD3M in a Series A to support its growth plans. Management says the funds will be used to accelerate growth. The raise was led by an existing investor, SYN Ventures.
- Wonder Brands
Participated · Series A · Aug 2023
Wonder Brands pivoted from buying established sellers to acquiring e-commerce infrastructure and developing its own digital brands across marketplaces like MercadoLibre and Amazon. The company uses marketplace data plus AI-driven operations, marketing, analytics, supply-chain and working-capital tools to create and scale products. In the past 12 months it launched more than 15 brands and introduced over 2,000 SKUs, with plans to double SKUs in the next year and enter new product categories. Wonder Brands reached profitability in 2022 and is generating over $100 million in annualized revenues with an annual growth rate exceeding 100%. It currently operates in Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay and plans to use new capital to expand into the rest of South America, hire staff, build distribution channels and invest in go-to-market. Wonder Brands acquires digitally native sellers on MercadoLibre, Amazon and other marketplaces and uses technology and operating support to scale them. The company offers category and brand management, marketing and performance, inventory and logistics automation, and channel operations. It focuses on home & garden, sports & fitness, and beauty & personal care. Founded in January 2021 by Nicolás Gonzalez Luna and Federico Malek, the company currently has 20 employees and plans to triple headcount in the next month. Wonder Brands targets larger sellers (at least $5M in revenue) using a buy-and-build approach rather than pure consolidation. The company aims to reach $55 million in revenue by year-end and $100 million within the following 12 months, and plans to begin operations in Brazil by the end of 2021.