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Nexo Latam is a digital infrastructure platform supporting a leading investment firm in the Latin America region

Nexo Latam works with KKR, a leading global investment firm, through its Infrastructure strategy and portfolio companies to identify and develop high-impact digital infrastructure opportunities across Latin America.

With a management team experienced in technology and mergers and acquisitions, the company focuses on assets that are strategically critical to the region’s digital development, combining resilience, and solid long-term cash generation.

Our team: almost two decades

of joint experience on telecom projects

Mariano de Beer
Mariano de Beer has extensive experience leading telecommunications and technology companies worldwide. He was Chief Commercial and Digital Officer at Telefonica, responsible for all global digital products and a Member of the Telefonica Group Executive Committee. Previously, also at Telefonica, he was the CEO of Telefonica Brazil and President of Vivo. 

During his tenure at Microsoft, de Beer was President of Microsoft Brazil and later President of the Latam New Markets Region, responsible for more than 40 countries in South and Central America and the Caribbean.

Mariano was also CEO of RBS Educação, part of the Brazilian conglomerate RBS Group. He is a former consultant at McKinsey & Co and holds an MBA from Georgetown University.


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Fabio Bruggioni
Fabio Bruggioni has over 25 years of executive experience leading global telecommunication, financial services, and investment businesses.

Formally acted as CEO of ItauCard, a leading credit card business in Brazil, part of Itaú-Unibanco.

Before that, Fabio was head of Global Consumer at Telefonica S.A, which included digital platforms, business development, digital products, and channels for different geographies around the world (Spain, Brazil, UK, Germany, and other Latin American countries). At Telefonica, Fabio also lead the enterprise, SMB, and consumer business units in Brazil.

Fabio was a founding partner at e.Bricks and eB Capital, both leading venture capital and private equity companies in Brazil, with over 30 investments made in e-commerce, SaaS, fintech, education, digital media, and telecom industries.

As a board member Fabio has served major private and public companies in LatAm such as CVC Turismo, Smiles, Mills, Wine.com.br, Martins Group, and RBS Group.





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Ari Falarini
Ari Falarini has more than 40 years’ experience in fixed, mobile and multimedia operators and 28 years as VP/CTO/COO in companies like Telefonica/Vivo, izzi Telecom, NET/Embratel, Metrored and ATT Latam.

Started his career in Operations, covering Internal Plant, and Field Operations, passing through Engineering, Network Planning and Implementation of complex projects.

Ari was responsible for the structural transformation in fixed, mobile and multimedia networks, especially at NET/Embratel, Telefonica and izzi Telecom, which enabled the offering of high-performance and high-quality digital services.
Marcelo Mesquita
Formerly worked at eB Capital a Brazilian Private Equity Fund (+ R$5 billion of AUM) where he was responsible for deal sourcing in numerous sectors such as agro, tech, healthcare, reverse logistics, and telecommunications. Also participated in the fundraising process of +R$1.5 billion. While at eB Capital, Marcelo developed the fund’s largest investment thesis to date from the acquisition of an Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the countryside of Rio de Janeiro (Sumicity) to the largest Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) ISP in Brazil (Alloha Fibra).



From eB Capital, Marcelo was transferred to Alloha to act as the company’s M&A, FP&A, and Strategic Planning Director and was responsible for the acquisition of 12 companies and 8 other regional assets, leading Alloha’s efforts in all the transaction stages from analysis and presentations to Due Diligence and negotiations.

Before eB Capital and Alloha, Marcelo worked at Kora Capital, a New York-based emerging markets hedge fund, helping the research team develop an investment thesis in the Latin America telecom industry. Marcelo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and finance from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV)
Victor Gasparroni
Victor Gasparroni formerly worked at eB Capital, a Brazilian private equity fund (~R$ 5 billion in AUM). At eB Capital, he focused on the fiber investment thesis, participating in numerous ISP acquisitions and the consolidation of the Brazilian broadband market, culminating in the formation of Alloha Fibra — the largest Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) ISP in Brazil.

Victor was also a founding team member at Cy Capital, the real estate asset management arm of Cyrela Group, Brazil's largest real estate company. He participated in three successful fundraising processes that launched Cy Capital into private equity and private debt markets within the real estate sector.

At Cy Capital, Victor led and participated in over 20 transactions and was responsible for deal sourcing across various real estate segments, including residential properties (spanning high to low-income markets), logistics warehouses, offices, Reit analysis, healthcare facilities, hospitality, senior living, and private debt.

Earlier in his career, Victor worked in business development at Cyrela, where he was involved in numerous strategic negotiations, both on the buy-side and sell-side.




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Projects

Latin America

Nexo Latam and KKR have initiatives in countries in Latin America, with the first actions taking place in Chile and Colombia through OnNet.
Onnet Fibra

ON*NET Fibra Chile

ON*NET Fibra is an open and neutral wholesale fiber optic infrastructure company currently operating in Chile with the country's main telecommunications operators, enabling shared access to a state-of-the-art, high-quality network, with more than 50,000 kilometers of fiber optic deployed and coverage exceeding 4.6 million Homes Passed.

ON*NET Fibra's innovative business model has helped foster greater competition, improve service levels, and expand digital access across the country, enabling its four existing customers and future operators to expand their services more efficiently and sustainably.

The company was created in 2021 after KKR acquired 60% of Telefónica Chile's fixed network, with the goal of developing a wholesale, open and neutral fiber optic model available to the entire telecommunications industry. This model has been successful in expanding fiber coverage nationwide, bringing connectivity to urban centers as well as rural and remote areas, and supporting broader access for individuals, businesses, and institutions.

ON*NET Fibra Colombia

ON*NET Fibra Colombia began operations in January 2022, following an investment by KKR and Colombia Telecomunicaciones S.A. (Telefónica Colombia). It is the largest and fastest-growing fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) infrastructure provider in the country, committed to expanding connectivity for households, businesses, and institutions nationwide. The company enhances internet speed for end users while reinforcing a disruptive, neutral network model accessible to all telecom operators in Colombia.

Today, ON*NET Fibra Colombia's network reaches multiple cities and includes nearly 340 high-availability fiber optic rings in 26 cities. The company's fiber infrastructure spans approximately 35,000 kilometers.