About Us

Lagoa works with founders, business owners, and asset operators who need capital, and need it done properly.

We are a capital advisory and structuring platform focused on growth, expansion, acquisitions, and complex capital situations. Our role is to help strong opportunities become investable to serious capital.

Most projects do not struggle because capital does not exist. They struggle because structure, clarity, and readiness are missing.

That is the gap we focus on.

What we do

Lagoa advises sponsors, founders, and asset owners on capital strategy, structuring, and positioning for institutional engagement.

We help clients:

– determine what type of capital fits their situation
– structure opportunities so they can be underwritten
– prepare businesses and assets for institutional evaluation
– avoid misaligned or premature capital that creates long-term friction

Our work spans operating businesses, real-asset platforms, late-stage growth companies, and special situations where capital access is constrained by complexity rather than lack of value.

We do not pursue volume.
We do not manufacture momentum.
We focus on clarity, structure, and disciplined execution so that serious capital can engage with confidence.

Who we work with

Our clients are typically:

• entrepreneurs scaling proven businesses

• sponsors pursuing growth or acquisition strategies

• asset owners navigating institutional capital

• operators facing complex or non-standard capital situations

They are ambitious, but pragmatic.
They value progress, clarity, and long-term outcomes over speed for its own sake.

How we think about capital

Capital is not the solution.
Capital is a tool.

Used well, it accelerates strong businesses.
Used poorly, it creates friction, misalignment, and long-term damage.

Our responsibility is to ensure that when capital is introduced, it fits:

• the stage of the business

• the governance reality

• the risk profile

• the people involved

We are welcoming in conversation, disciplined in process, and uncompromising on readiness.

Capital mandates

Lagoa operates across a limited number of clearly defined mandates, organized into three distinct areas.

Each engagement is evaluated against institutional standards.

🟦 Growth & Acquisition Capital
🟩 Late-Stage Venture Capital
🟪 Structured Credit & Special Situations

🟦 Growth & Acquisition Capital

Advisory for operating businesses and real-asset platforms seeking institutional capital for growth, expansion, acquisitions, or recapitalizations.

Typical mandate characteristics include:

• operating business or income-generating asset platform

• established operating or performance history

• clear ownership and decision authority

• institutional-grade financial visibility or ability to achieve it

• capital requirements typically starting around USD $25 million

Pure greenfield opportunities dependent on initial permits or unproven assumptions fall outside this scope.

🟩 Late-Stage Venture Capital

Advisory for select growth-stage companies raising late-stage venture capital to scale proven business models.

Typical mandate characteristics include:

• recurring revenues with demonstrated traction, typically over a minimum operating period

• validated unit economics

• a clear and credible path to scalable growth

• institutional-grade governance, or willingness to implement it

• minority growth capital rather than control transactions

• capital requirements typically starting around USD 2 million

Seed-stage, pre-revenue, or concept-driven opportunities are not considered.

🟪 Structured Credit & Special Situations

Advisory for situations where capital access is constrained by legal, regulatory, or structural complexity rather than operating fundamentals.

This may include judicial receivables, arbitration awards, litigation-related assets, tax-related claims or other non-standard claims.

Typical mandate characteristics include:

• legally enforceable claims or receivables

• clear documentation and jurisdictional standing

• credible recovery visibility and downside protection

• defined capital structure and timeline

Situations lacking legal clarity or substantiated rights are outside our scope.

The Lagoa process

Lagoa follows a disciplined, transparent process designed to create clarity early and avoid wasted time.

Selectivity is not exclusivity.
It is accountability.
Not every situation is ready.

1. Initial conversation

A private discussion to understand objectives, constraints, and overall fit.

This is a fact-finding conversation, not a pitch.

Our responsibility is to be direct, fair, and clear, even when the right answer is to slow down.

2. Readiness review

Where initial alignment exists, we assess:

• governance and decision-making structure

• capital requirements and transaction scale

• documentation and legal standing

• performance or asset visibility

• jurisdictional and execution risk

• capital structure logic

This review is designed to determine whether a situation can meet institutional standards and proceed efficiently.

3. Engagement definition

If readiness can be established, Lagoa proposes a defined advisory engagement with clear scope, responsibilities, and expectations.

4. Execution and capital engagement

Once engaged, we support structured execution and disciplined engagement with institutional capital, preserving credibility throughout the process.