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GALAPAGOS CAPITAL, GALATICOS CAPITAL and EVOLVE join forces to offer professional athletes and artists comprehensive wealth advisory, from investment management to international structuring
The three companies, with international track records and expertise across tax, legal and wealth management, sign a strategic collaboration agreement to provide complementary and local support to clients in the sports and entertainment markets.
The professional sports and entertainment industry today operates with a level of complexity that goes well beyond performance on the field or the stage. Athletes and artists manage income in multiple currencies, negotiate contracts with tax implications across different jurisdictions, and make investment decisions under time pressure, often without the right team in place to do so. This collaboration is designed to close that gap.
GALAPAGOS CAPITAL, a global investment company with over R$40 billion under management; GALATICOS CAPITAL, a multi-family office specializing in sports and entertainment figures; and EVOLVE, a firm specializing in international wealth planning and structuring for athletes, artists and content creators, announce a strategic collaboration agreement to expand the reach of their advisory services in the sports and entertainment markets, in Brazil and worldwide.
The collaboration, which together spans nearly 180 clients across the three firms, aims to cover the full life and career cycle of athletes and artists, combining financial and legal advisory, wealth management, and long-term international planning and structuring. The goal is to address the specific demands of this segment, including managing income in multiple currencies, negotiating contracts across jurisdictions, and navigating high-stakes investment decisions.
“The collaboration with EVOLVE seeks to complement the offering of Galapagos and Galaticos, which already work with excellence in advising this niche. We want to raise our level of coverage, bringing EVOLVE and Galaticos clients access to an even more diversified and sophisticated global service portfolio. It is a mutually beneficial relationship,” says Bruno Carvalho, Managing Partner for International Business at Galapagos Capital.
The nearly 100 athletes and artists advised by EVOLVE, between members and clients using specific services, are distributed across various Latin American countries, while Galaticos serves more than 80 clients, mostly Brazilian, based across different jurisdictions. Through the collaboration, the three firms will be able to expand their client base and work jointly with clients already advised by their peers, deepening the international expansion of all three operations.
The collaboration brings together three distinct capabilities. GALAPAGOS CAPITAL contributes its track record in wealth management, asset management and investment banking, with regional and international presence, more than 50,000 clients and 500 professionals across eleven offices in Brazil, plus offices in Miami, Geneva and Abu Dhabi. GALATICOS CAPITAL, born from the union of R9 Investimentos and Galapagos Capital, brings 10 years of experience as a multi-family office specialized in sports and entertainment figures, with a specific focus on the sports segment and approximately R$2 billion under management. EVOLVE contributes its specialization in wealth planning, international structuring and tax advisory for athletes, artists and content creators.
The result is a proposition that covers the full cycle, from financial asset management to the long-term protection and growth of wealth, including the family and estate planning dimension that every professional career eventually requires.
EVOLVE was formally launched on April 1, 2025, though its specialized practice for athletes and artists has been part of its founders’ work since 2011, when they created UNTITLED. In that sense, EVOLVE represents the natural evolution of over a decade of experience in wealth planning for this segment. The firm operates throughout Latin America, with clients across the region, and has offices in Montevideo (Uruguay), Miami (United States), Madrid (Spain) and the British Virgin Islands. In markets where it has no local presence, services are provided remotely or through in-person visits, depending on each client’s needs — a model that works well for a segment where clients are, by definition, mobile and international.
“Wealth planning should not be a conversation that starts when the athletic career ends. With this collaboration, we are adding partners who share that conviction and who bring financial capabilities that strengthen the comprehensive proposition EVOLVE offers its members,” says Martín Litwak, CEO of EVOLVE.
“Our goal is not to replace existing structures, but to complement capabilities and offer increasingly complete solutions to meet the needs of athletes, artists and their families across different locations,” adds Viviane Leal, CEO of Galaticos Capital.
Beyond portfolio complementarity, the three organizations will develop an educational content line for their clients and their immediate networks. The goal is to foster a culture of strategic planning from the early stages of a professional career and to prepare that network to sustainably manage the accelerated growth of their income.
About Galapagos Capital
Galapagos Capital is a global investment company headquartered in Brazil with international presence, specializing in wealth management, asset management, investment banking and financial solutions for individuals, families and businesses. Founded in 2019 by senior executives with extensive market experience, it has 500 professionals across eleven offices in Brazil, plus offices in Miami, Abu Dhabi and Geneva. It serves more than 50,000 investors and has over R$40 billion under management.
About Galaticos Capital
Galaticos Capital is Brazil’s first multi-family office dedicated to wealth and financial management for athletes, artists and content creators. Founded in 2024 from the union of R9 Investimentos and Galapagos Capital, it combines its partners’ consolidated expertise in wealth management — more than 30 years in capital markets and resource management within the sports and entertainment world — with the institutional strength of one of Brazil’s leading investment companies. With presence in Brazil, Latin America, China, Russia, Japan, the United States and Europe, the firm has tripled its client base over the past two years and now serves more than 80 clients with approximately R$2 billion in assets under management.
About EVOLVE
EVOLVE is a firm specializing in wealth planning and international structuring for professional athletes, artists and content creators. Formally launched on April 1, 2025 as the natural evolution of over a decade of work with this segment since the founding of UNTITLED in 2011, it today advises approximately 100 athletes and artists between members and one-off clients. It operates throughout Latin America and has offices in Montevideo (Uruguay), Miami (United States), Madrid (Spain) and the British Virgin Islands. It works with its members to protect, organize and grow their wealth through a strategic, independent and long-term vision, from the moment their career takes off.