Aquaculture
Avespa - Algafeed
Avespa is a bio-teach company that has developed and patented a revolutionary technology to produce commercial-scale microalgae biomass.
NDS Capital provided financing to grow and scale its operations.
Hospitality
Betula Aspen
NDS Capital provided financing to a group of entrepreneurs and restauranteurs to open a high cuisine restaurant in Aspen.
The restaurant is the latest collaboration between chef Laurent Cantineaux and architect and restaurateur Juan Carlos Pérez Febres, co-owners of Bonito, a restaurant in the French West Indies Island of St. Barth. Betula recreates the relaxed Victorian-style that predominates in Aspen, albeit with a touch of modernity.
Real Estate
Boston Real Estate Capital Partners
Boston Real Estate Capital Partners LLP or the “Partnership” is engaged in the business of financing, co-acquiring, developing, holding for investment, operating and selling residential and commercial real estate in the New England Region (Boston Area).
The long-term goals of the Partnership are to finance, co-manage, rent and improve its properties and to finance and acquire additional properties with income and capital appreciation potential as suitable opportunities arise. When appropriate, the Partnership may sell or refinance selected properties. Proceeds from any such sales or refinancing will be used to reduce debt, reinvested in acquisitions of other properties, distributed to the partners, repurchase equity interests, or used for operating expenses or reserves, as determined by the General Partner.
Banking
Commonwealth Bank & Trust
Commonwealth Bank and Trust was established in November 2009 and was built on the premise that personalized, local attention and service is the very essence of what mid-size businesses need from their banking partners.
In November 2009, Commonwealth Bank and Trust began its financial activities with strong pillars of care and customer service, thanks to these beliefs we managed to keep our customers satisfied.
By December 2013, and after reaching close to US$ 100M in assets and more than US$12M in paid in capital, the founders, including Mr. Machado decided to accept an offer from other partners and exited the bank with an impressive return on capital.
Banking
Provivienda - Banpro
Provivienda EAP (Savings & Loan) was acquired in 1995 and transformed in 2003 to a Commercial Bank (Banpro).
In 2004, Mr. Machado and other founding partners sold their interest to other partners and refocus on other interests overseas.
Hospitality
Bonito - Saint Bartz
In 2008, Mr. Machado helped a group of entrepreneurs and restaurateurs to open a high-end cuisine restaurant in Saint Barthélemy.
E- Commerce
Perfilnet.com
Mr. Machado invested in a family Dot.com startup in the early 2000’s with the objective to create a job portal for the Venezuelan market.
In 2010, Mr. Machado and other founding partners sold their interest to other partners and refocus on other investments.
Consulting
Mr. Machado has helped businesses improve their performance and grow by solving problems and finding new and better ways of doing things. Among those firms are:
Protinal/Proagro is a company with 74 years of experience generating innovation and development in the production of food in Venezuela.
A technology company specialized in SWIFT and software solutions for the optimization of treasury departments. Its clients, financial institutions and corporations obtain significant improvements in their day-to-day management and operation thanks to automation and simplification of processes.
Avespa was established in 2014 to cost-effectively replicate how Nature has been elegantly and efficiently using thousands of different microalgae strains as super tools to build and clean our planet for billions of years.