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Alberto Ancona and Ricardo Lemarroy met in 2012 while studying Industrial Engineering at ITESM Monterrey. They explored various business ideas, including LED advertising screens for gas stations, but faced regulatory challenges. Later, they co-led ODEFUM, organizing events like Success, which raised $50K for children with cancer. This experience strengthened their teamwork and led to the 2025 launch of Leman Capital Partners, a Mexican SF focused on acquiring an SME. They are backed by various local family offices, HNWIs, and former searchers, with institutional support from Colca Capital.
Alberto was a Project Manager at Galera, a consulting firm specializing in family-owned businesses, where he worked on strategic planning, go-to-market strategies, and post-merger integration across multiple industries. While at Galera, he participated in a Private Equity deal aiming to consolidate B2B cleaning service companies in Texas and evaluating logistics firms for cross-border integration. Ricardo started his career at Citibanamex as a Mid-Corporate Banking Associate, advising private companies on financing strategies. He later joined a fintech venture within Farmacias del Ahorro, one of Mexico’s largest pharmaceutical retailers, where he led the development of a financial services unit leveraging its 20 million active loyalty program users. Ricardo also led a PE deal at Galera, structuring the transaction, pitching to potential investors (LOs), and developing the value creation plan for the acquired company.
With deep expertise in the SME sector and exposure to ETA experiences, they are seeking companies benefiting from the nearshoring trend and supply chain reconfiguration, particularly those with export potential or service offerings in the United States. They aim to acquire companies with strong growth potential but are hindered by limited international expertise, lack of institutionalization and technology, and restricted access to capital. Given their professional backgrounds, they will initially focus on two sub-sectors: BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) like warehousing, transportation, and value-added services, and SaaS solutions like inventory management, customs compliance, and service optimization through tracking technologies.
