Grupo VRDG

Name

Grupo VRDG

Legal name

Grupo VRDG

Website

https://grupovrdg.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Grupo VRDG is a Puerto Rico-based holding company that invests in and operates portfolio companies across private credit, advisory, entertainment and sports financing, agriculture commodities, film tax-credit structuring, and blockchain services for government, institutional, and enterprise clients in Latin America and the US.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Diversified Investment & Advisory Services

NAICS

Management of Companies and Enterprises (551)

SIC

Non-Operating Establishments (9995), Finance Services (6199), Personal Credit Institutions (6141)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) (FSANAAAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Captive CVC Fund (Dedicated corporate fund structure) (FSANAHAB), Corporate International / Emerging Markets CVC (FSANAHAM)

Keywords

• Private credit financing
• Strategic advisory services
• Entertainment event financing
• Agricultural commodities trading
• Film production structuring

Headquarters

HQ city

San Juan

HQ country

Puerto Rico

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Returns generated from investments across portfolio companies in finance, infrastructure, agriculture, and media sectors.
2. Advisory Services Fees: Financial, infrastructure, and strategic advisory services provided to leading private and public sector clients. Services include fiscal, tax, and legal corporate structuring; financial turnaround and infrastructure PMO; and business strategy and innovation consulting.
3. Private Credit Financing: VRDG Capital provides financing solutions including specialty financing (receivables, supply chain, asset-based finance), alternative financing (SME and bridge financing), and public infrastructure financing with public-private partnerships.
4. Entertainment & Sports Investment: Invests in live concert tours and sports events across Latin America and Europe, financing leading global artists and professional teams while helping monetize their business verticals.
5. Film Financial Structuring: VRDG Backstage invests and structures financial and legal components of film production, including investment and financing, auditing process to tax monetization, and structuring and selling of tax credits.
6. Commodities Trading: Buys fruits and vegetables in large quantities in Latin America and imports them into markets to sell to some of the largest retailers. Includes farm production, local transportation, quality control, international export, import customs, and distribution process.

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Grupo VRDG is a diversified mission-driven investment and business holding company that owns and operates five portfolio companies providing private credit financing solutions (VRDG Capital), financial and strategic advisory services, live concert tour and sports event financing (VRDG Entertainment), agricultural commodities trading (VRDG Agriculture), and film production financial and legal structuring (VRDG Backstage) targeting underserved projects, enterprises, and government clients in Puerto Rico, Latin America, and the United States.

Product overview

Grupo VRDG is a diversified mission-driven investment and business group operating as a platform-plus-subsidiaries architecture. The parent company owns and operates five wholly-owned subsidiaries: VRDG Capital (financial services and private credit financing), Backstage Productions (film financial and legal structuring), Viva Entertainment/Viva NFT (entertainment, sports, and blockchain), Puerto Rico Global, and VRDG Advisory. These subsidiaries operate across distinct industries—finance, advisory services, agriculture, media and content, entertainment and sports—while sharing the parent's mission to drive innovation and disruption in Puerto Rico, Latin America, and the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VRDG Capital: Investment firm providing private credit financing solutions and sustainable capital to Puerto Rico and Latin America's underserved projects and companies
• VRDG Advisory
• VRDG Backstage
• VRDG Entertainment
• VRDG Agriculture

Products and services

• VRDG Capital Investment firm that provides private credit financing solutions and sustainable capital to Puerto Rico and Latin America's underserved projects, industries, and companies.
• VRDG Advisory Services Financial, infrastructure and strategic advisory services offered to leading private and public sector clients, including fiscal/tax/legal corporate structuring, financial turnaround, infrastructure PMO, and business strategy and innovation consulting.
• VRDG Entertainment Events financier that invests in live concert tours and sports events in Latin America and Europe for leading global artists and professional teams, while helping monetize their business verticals.
• VRDG Agriculture Commodities trader that invests in fruits and vegetables, buying in large quantities in Latin America and importing them into markets to sell to large retailers. Operations span farm production, local transportation, quality control, international export, import customs, and distribution.
• VRDG Backstage Specialized media company that invests and structures the financial and legal components of film production for leading content platforms and production houses, including investment, financing, financial analysis, local legal infrastructure, tax credit monetization, and auditing services.
• Puerto Rico Global Global operations subsidiary representing Puerto Rico operations and international business presence.

Quantifiable outcome

• $400M+ capital alliance deployed across portfolio
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• OlympiccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership related to Olympic content and events. Represents major international sports collaboration opportunity.
• EverteccoreTechnology or IntegrationCorporate collaboration with Evertec, a leading payment processing and financial technology company in Latin America.
• FEMAminorOthersAcademia & Public Sector collaboration with FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for disaster relief and recovery initiatives.
• BMWminorOthersCorporate collaboration with BMW for sponsorship and corporate partnerships.
• Global Consulting FirmcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerJoint collaboration with one of the leading global consulting firms for ventures in Latin America and USA. Provides advisory service delivery capabilities.
• Roger PortercoreOthersHarvard University IBM Professor serving on Board of Advisors. Extensive experience at Morgan Stanley, Stone Lion Capital, Bloomberg Harvard Center, and UK Parliament.
• Hon. Sila M. CalderoncoreOthersFormer Governor of Puerto Rico serving on Board of Advisors. Provides government relations and policy expertise.
• Hon. Hipolito MejiacoreOthersFormer President of Dominican Republic serving on Board of Advisors. Provides government and regional leadership connections.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Cresud: Argentine diversified holding company with operations across agriculture, real estate, and financial services across Latin America. Comparable as a publicly-listed, multi-vertical LatAm holding company deploying capital into operating subsidiaries.
• Actis: Global emerging-markets private equity and infrastructure investor with significant Latin American exposure. Comparable as an institutional capital partner deploying into infrastructure and growth across developing economies.
• The Rohatyn Group: Emerging-markets focused asset manager with active Latin American private credit and infrastructure strategies. Comparable as a specialized emerging-markets investment platform with comparable geographic mandate.
• GBM Holdings: Caribbean and Dominican Republic investment holding company offering brokerage, asset management, and corporate advisory services. Directly comparable as a diversified regional investment platform operating across multiple financial verticals with a Caribbean/LatAm focus.
• Avenue Capital Group: Specialist in private credit and distressed debt across emerging markets, including Latin America. Comparable as an alternative credit platform providing financing to underserved SMEs and projects in similar geographies.
• Andean Capital Group: Latin American investment and advisory firm operating across the Andean region and broader LatAm. Comparable as a regional multi-asset investment platform providing capital and advisory services in similar geographies.

Broad incumbents

• Ares Management: Large global alternative asset manager with significant private credit and direct lending franchises. Comparable as an incumbent in the private credit space where VRDG Capital competes for specialty and asset-based lending mandates.
• Liberty Media: US-listed holding company focused on media, sports, and entertainment assets (Formula 1, Atlanta Braves, SiriusXM). Comparable as a multi-asset entertainment holding structure, though at far greater scale and with US/European focus.
• CVC Capital Partners: Global private equity firm with explicit sports and entertainment investment verticals (e.g., Formula 1, La Liga). Comparable as a scaled investor in the same entertainment/sports financing niche where VRDG Entertainment operates.

Regional players

• Grupo Aval: Colombian financial conglomerate controlling Banco de Bogotá, Banco Popular, Banco de Occidente and other LatAm financial entities. Comparable as a diversified regional holding with banking, advisory, and infrastructure exposure across multiple Latin American markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles18 records

Subsidiaries5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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