Franco-Mexican investment platform

We take your investment work through to signing.

From Mexico we accompany investment, financing and M&A work, from origination to close, including when the deal crosses a border.

Capital

M&A, fundraising, debt, equity and co-investment.

Real assets

Mining, energy, industry, infrastructure and real estate.

Cross-border

Market entry, joint ventures and execution outside Mexico.

Paseo de la Reforma and the Angel of Independence, Mexico City
Mexico City
Hotel and residential complex seen from above

Standard

We stay with the client to see whether the deal makes sense, how to fund it and how to take it to signing.

Real assets

The scale of the asset

Hospitality, districts and data centers, by way of illustration.

Hotel terrace and pool overlooking the sea
Hospitality
Andares, Puerta de Hierro, Zapopan: towers and plaza of an urban complex
District
Glass-and-steel data center campus
Data center

Thesis

From thesis to signing, as one piece of work.

Strategy, valuation, capital structure and negotiation are worked together, with the client, until the file is ready to sign.

  • 01

    Origination

    We identify companies, assets, buyers, lenders and partners that can become an operation.

  • 02

    Due diligence

    We review the financial, sector, operating and documentary side: risks, contingencies, and whether the project can hold.

  • 03

    Valuation

    We value companies and assets, with models, sensitivities and the effect on the transaction.

  • 04

    Capital structure

    We design debt, equity, co-investment and acquisition finance.

  • 05

    M&A

    Buys, sells and target search, with negotiation through close.

  • 06

    Fundraising

    We prepare the file for family offices, funds and private investors, inside the applicable rules.

  • 07

    Real assets

    We structure mining, industrial, energy, infrastructure and real-estate projects, on the numbers and on the ground.

  • 08

    Cross-border

    Market entry, joint ventures, local partners and execution where the operation sits.

Pont Alexandre III, Paris
Paris

The group

The founding partners, a Mexican company.

NAHU Capital brings together the partners’ practice. Corporate finance, audit, banking, M&A and real assets, with international reach.

Combined years

75+

Combined years

Professional track record of the founding partners.

Largest deal

US$5B

Largest deal

Individual experience in M&A and valuation.

Mining

US$3.5B

Mining

Accumulated work on mining projects and assets.

Industry

US$900M

Industry

Linked industrial projects and operations.

Real estate

US$50M

Real estate

One development taken end to end.

Markets

15+

Markets

Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.

Figures are the founding partners’ accumulated professional experience, not assets under management.

Team

The founding partners

  • Juan Balbontin

    Juan Balbontin

    Real estate, infrastructure, private capital

    In Mexico he works in real estate, infrastructure and private capital with investors, developers and operators. He comes from commercial and real-estate development inside large groups. Economics, University of Georgia. He works in Spanish and English.

  • Ana María Almeida Luján

    Ana María Almeida Luján

    Due diligence, capital structure, mining

    She leads due diligence and capital structure, above all in mining, industry and energy. She works with banks, funds and family offices. She chairs the financial-services section of CANACO Chihuahua. She works in Spanish and English.

  • Patrick Diogo

    Patrick Diogo

    M&A, valuation, energy

    He handles valuation and M&A, including cross-border oil and gas. Economics at the University of Lyon; specialized master’s in finance at emlyon. He works in French, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.

  • Gregory Prudhommeaux

    Gregory Prudhommeaux

    Market entry, alliances, cross-border execution

    He originates projects, joint ventures and capital across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Seventeen years in China; in Mexico since 2023. Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur de la France and CCI France México in Jalisco. He works in French, English, Spanish and Mandarin.

Sectors

Sectors and geographies

Where the partners have a track record. This page does not name transactions.

Trocadéro–La Défense axis, Paris
Large-scale project
Urban hotel pool at dusk
City hospitality
Data center hall
Data center
Urban district at night
Urban district
Sectors9
  • Real estate and urbanization
  • Hospitality and tourism
  • Infrastructure
  • Energy sites
  • Mining and natural resources
  • Industrial development and manufacturing
  • Sports complexes
  • Private equity and private capital
  • M&A and corporate finance

Map of work

Experience and execution in:

Map of countries where the group has professional experience
  • North America

    Mexico · United States · Canada

  • Latin America

    Chile

  • Europe

    France · United Kingdom · Spain · Portugal · Germany

  • Asia

    China · Hong Kong · Singapore

  • Africa & Middle East

    Mozambique · United Arab Emirates · Egypt

Contact

Tell us more about your projects.

Angel of Independence on Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City
Mexico City