Strategy

Inception

An AIF with a significant co-investment component (Founder’s Fund) that pursues unique opportunities that create value for both our partners and investors.

Our flexible investment scheme allows us to pursue different strategies across industries, cycles, and regions. We accomplish this, by creating innovative and executable solutions while remaining agile and devoted to capital preservation. We pride ourselves on our track-record and our ongoing ventures, which are proof that our systematic approach to decision-making is well-rounded and effective. Our framework concentrates on crafting attractive risk-reward investments in high-quality businesses, despite distressed situations, by identifying and mitigating risks through fundamental analysis, right timing, knowledge of the sector and region, technological improvements human capital improvements, always weighting environmental and social impacts that, altogether, outweigh market conditions.

Principles and Approach

APx Capital is an Alternative Investment Fund, that co-invests funds from its own founders and execution team (co-investment) to deploy capital in a wider range of asset classes such as private debt, cash yielding assets, opportunistic private equity (growth capital), and hedge fund investment strategies (alongside joint ventures).

Regional Knowledge

We leverage our team's operational expertise ("boots on the ground" mindset) along with our distinctive sourcing capabilities.

Flexibility and Agility

Freedom to pursue value, based on our operational dexterity and that of our execution team.

Risk
Management

Seek attractive risk-adjusted returns and capital preservation through an optimal combination of yielding assets, growth, profitability and equity enhancing structures that allow us to protect the downside, while optimizing the upside.

Discipline

Opportunistic nature while subject to rigorous fundamental analysis.

Innovations

Creativity and innovation are key in a market that lacks depth and sophistication. We are true believers of evolution and adaptability; technology is at the pinnacle of our mindset.

As a Founders’ Fund, we are able to dissect the market and assess the risk/reward tradeoff with which we feel comfortable, then match our perspectives with those of the target and build on it through long-term relationships – we seek to guide our partners throughout the business cycle.

  • APx Acquisition Corp. is seeking its IPO as a SPAC in the NASDAQ.

  • The company’s efforts to identify a prospective target business will not be limited to a particular industry or geographic region, although it intends to focus on businesses in Mexico, Spanish-speaking Latin America, and Hispanic firms in the United States.

  • Key individuals at APx Capital overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz and Xavier Martínez.

  • 2016 – Present.

  • AC Capital is a distressed asset fund, seeking delinquent portfolios with resilient collaterals that lack operational/collection efficiencies.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz, Patricia Montiel  and Jesús Gómez. 

  • Ticker BIVA: FHIPO14

  • 2014 – Present.

  • First Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trust (MREIT) in Latin America. FHipo IPOed in 2014 (US $600 mm) and executed a Follow-on Offering in 2017 (US $150 mm). FHipo is the first public vehicle in LatAm that allows the general public to invest in Mexican residential mortgage portfolios. FHipo seeks to generate attractive returns for long-term investors through distribution payments and capital appreciation.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Ignacio Gutiérrez – CFO, Patricia Montiel – CLO, Benito Villarreal – Head of Capital Markets and Debt Securities and Jesús Gómez – COO.

Alfredo Vara

  • Co-founder and member of the board APx Capital. Alfredo has more than 25 years of  experience in public and private financial institutions and investing platforms (AUM > US $1.5 bn).

  • Alfredo served as CEO of Banobras (Feb. 2017 – Nov. 2018, 5th biggest bank in Mexico by loan portfolio). During his tenure, financial performance was substantially improved and financial access was promoted. Banobras became the first issuer of sustainable bonds in LatAm among other significant achievements. He was responsible for overseeing FONADIN’s investments, the largest MLP in Mexico.

  • Currently, Alfredo is dedicated to take  XInfra to market; an infrastructure fund focused  on brown fields, with stabilized cashflows, generating value through optimizing operations, scaling revenue flows , improving capital structures, among others.

  • Alfredo is co-founder, member of the board, and first managing partner of Fhipo’s first LatAm MREIT; currently involved in strategic decision making.

  • Co-founder and board member of ACCAP (distressed asset fund) & Yave (digital mortgage originator).

  • Alfredo co-founded Vace Partners Investment Banking boutique, where he oversaw various transactions including M&A, structured debt, capital raising and financial advice, among others.


  • Advisor to the board of HiTo (master administrator platform) and key investor.

  • Alfredo has been selected as member of boards and investment committees for Afore XXI, Infonavit, Fincasa and Finrural, among others.

  • Alfredo holds a Master in Economics and an MBA from Yale University and a BSc in Economics from ITAM.

Jesús Ordaz

  • Jesús is a co-founder of APx Capital, he has more than 15 years of experience in the financial sector and he currently leads some strategies within our special situations fund and structured credit portfolios. He has acted as board member to some of the portfolio companies.

  • Prior to APX. Jesús worked as an investment banker at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Citi in the Latin America team where he executed some of the most relevant transactions across various sectors that have shaped the landscape. Jesús led the M&A and Capital Markets efforts and was sector captain for various sectors across the region.

  • Jesús has completed more than US $10.5 bn in M&A transactions, US $6.0 bn in equity issuances and US $2.3 bn in debt issuances.

  • Today, Jesus is devoted to take XInfra to the public markets. XInfra is an infrastructure fund focused on brown fields, with stabilized cashflows, creating value via the optimization of operations, improving capital structures, and scaling revenue flows, among other strategies. Jesús holds an MBA from London Business School and a BSc. in Industrial Engineering from ITAM.

Ignacio Gutiérrez

  • Ignacio currently serves as CFO at FHipo.

  • Prior to FHipo, he worked as an investment banker in a well-known investment bank.

  • His responsibilities included a long record of executing mergers and acquisitions, debt structuring and capital raising transactions, which were carried out by companies in the United States, Mexico and Latin America, in a wide variety of sectors, including multiple transactions with different government entities.

Benito Villarreal

  • Benito currently serves as the Debt and Capital Markets Director at CH Asset management. He previously served as Vice President of Investment and Risk. Prior to this, Benito was an Investment Banker specializing in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A), Debt Structuring and Real Estate transactions in a wide variety of sectors at KPMG Mexico.

  • Before joining KPMG, Benito was an Investment Banker at Actinver Casa de Bolsa, where he worked in both the ECM and DCM. Benito holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Iberoamericana, and specialized in finance and economics in the final semesters; he later studied a Specialization in Finance at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México ITAM.

Xavier Martínez

  • Xavier is Investment Principal and Co-Founder, he actively participates in analyzing deal flow and executing M&A, equity raising, and investments transactions.

  • He is also Co-Founder and CFO of APx Acquisition Corp. I (SPAC).

  • Before joining APx Capital, Xavier served as Vice President of Investments and Investor Relations Officer (IRO) at FHipo. He is co-founder of Yave, an online mortgage origination platform, and was the Business Development Officer (BDO).

  • Xavier holds a degree in Economics from the Universidad Iberoamericana and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management with majors in finance and strategy.

Jesús Gómez

  • Jesús currently serves as the COO of FHipo. He has extensive experience in the Mexican financial and mortgage sector. In 2002, he joined Infonavit, where he was responsible for risk management, finance and administration, strategic planning, and the issuance of CEDEVIS (residential mortgage-backed securities, or RMBS). He was responsible for the largest Mexican RMBS issuance program, from 2007 to 2009.

  • Before joining Infonavit, Jesús held management positions at Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer (GFBB), including Director of Investor Relations, Deputy Director of Financial Projects and Deputy Director of Strategic Planning.

Patricia Montiel

  • Patricia Montiel Font is currently the Legal Counsel at APx Capital. She is also Legal Director of CH Asset Management at FHipo.

  • She has extensive experience in the administration and sale of credit portfolios of various financial institutions.

  • Previously, Patricia was a partner at Montiel Font y Asociados, S.C., as well as a law firm specializing in corporate and financial law called Casares, Castelazo, Frías y Zárate, S.C.

  • Throughout her professional career, Patricia has worked at financial institutions such as the Institute for the Protection of Banking Savings (IPAB) and Chévez, Ruiz, Zamarripa y Cia., S.C. Patricia obtained a law degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana and a Master’s degree in Humanities from Universidad Anáhuac México Norte.

  • 2020 – Present.

  • Special situations fund dedicated to opportunistic trading (144/Reg S issuers), focused on non-bank financials with strong fundamentals.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz and Jesús Ordaz in JV with different international Hedge Funds.

  • 2017 – Present.

  • Yave (formerly Smart Lending) is a Prop Tech start-up, created in 2017 with the objective of transforming the Mexican mortgage industry. Yave is the first online mortgage origination platform in Mexico with the ability to divest balance sheet credit risk.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz and Bernardo Silva (CEO).

  • FIBRA Haus is the First Real Estate Investment Trust focused on multifamily assets in the most important cities of Mexico.

  • FIBRA Haus aims to become the owner of the largest multifamily portfolio in Mexico with an estimated 3,000 units owned in the short term.

  • Key Individuals overseeing FIBRA Haus include Eduardo Gonzalez and Dan Braatz.
  • 2017 – Present.

  • Hito is the largest loan master servicing platform in Mexico. The company offers comprehensive solutions to its customers via primary processes and obligations management, financing optimization, portfolio securitizations, and master servicing, benefiting originators, investors, and creditors.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Alfredo Vara, Dan Braatz and Jesús Gómez – Managing Partner.

  • Real estate investment, development, and asset management firm. VRE is taking advantage of Mexico’s growing middle market via a philosophy that focuses on creating superior value for all stakeholders, through smart and risk-adjusted decision making. The firm has developed and managed thirteen residential and commercial projects throughout the heart of Mexico.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz, Eduardo González (CEO) and Patricia Montiel – Board Member.

APx Capital runs specific private debt strategies:


FinTech Booster

  • Private debt vehicle dedicated to special situations structured credit for different industries across all levels of seniority and subordination within the capital structure.
  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz, Jesús Ordaz and Benito Villarreal.

 

K12 Roll Up

  • Private debt and equity vehicle focused on funding nascent education platforms; the strategy seeks to capture the innovation and standardization wave in the education sector across LatAm.
  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Jesús Ordaz and Strategic Partners in the US.
  • APx Capital actively participates in the Blockchain and Crypto space through our private debt and asset management investments as the Sponsor and General Partner of Parkour Asset Management.

  • Current strategies divided in two investment series: PVI Crypto Assets Trading Desk and PVII DeFi and Yield Farming.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz and Cole Walton (CIO).

  • Fintech focused VC portfolio through direct equity investment from seed to series B rounds.
    Diversified Search Fund portfolio in co-investment alongside Sagitario Capital.

  • This strategy is dedicated to help search fund entrepreneurs, find, acquire and manage companies in different Industries. Current investments include those in US, Spain, Mexico and Colombia.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Dan Braatz and Francisco Islas (Managing Partner at Sagitario Cap).

  • Fund dedicated to invest in the infrastructure space in Mexico by consolidating brownfield attractive projects into an operating platform to implement profitability enhancements strategies to unlock value for its shareholders.

  • Mexico has historically been a recipient of public and private investments for the development of infrastructure, today, the opportunity to create an administrating platform with a unique team that selects the champion projects and operators is there to be ripped.

  • Key Individuals at APx Cap overseeing this strategy include: Alfredo Vara and Jesús Ordaz.

  • APx Acquisition Corp. I is a company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company intends to seek a business combination with a technology-enabled Latin American company.

  • APx Acquisition Corp. I closed a $172.5 Million Initial Public Offering, Including Full Exercise by Underwriter to Purchase Additional Shares on December 9th 2021. The Class A ordinary shares and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbols “APXI” and “APXIW,” respectively.

  • APx’s key individuals include Daniel Braatz (Chief Executive Officer and Chairman) and Xavier Martinez (Chief Financial Officer).

  • Proprietary positions held in Liquid Assets for active trading, opportunistic transactions and special situations investments.

More to come, we have just started this race...

Daniel Braatz

  • Dan is the Co-Founder and CEO of APx Capital. Dan is regarded as a top entrepreneur in the financial services, alternative assets, distress and real estate sectors in Mexico. He has extensive experience and track record from executing landmark transactions as well as from investing and creating investment platforms in US and Latin America with a combined AUM of over US$1.8bn. Mr. Braatz is also an active LP investor through different funds and companies, acting as member and LPAC.

 

  • He currently acts as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of APx Acquisition Corp I, Sponsor and Co-Founder of Xinfra FE (Infrastructure MLP listed in the Mexican Stock Exchange), CEO of FHipo (first and only MREIT in Mexico), Yave (the largest non-bank digital mortgage lender in Mexico), VRE (a vertical residential developer) and leads APx’s structured credit and distressed asset strategies (ACCAP and FB). Dan is also a key investor in HiTo after implementing an aggressive leverage buyout that ultimately was repaid thanks to the company’s outperformance.

 

  • Dan is a board member on different companies including Grupo Gigante, FHipo, CENCOR/BIVA, Yave, Infosel, VRE and ACCap; he also holds a position as an LPAC member of YaaX Capital and other funds in which he is an investor.

 

  • Prior to APx, Dan Co-Founded VACE Partners an Investment Bank boutique in Mexico. He previously was an investment banker at Citigroup.