HISTORY

A History of Financing Commerce

    Grace’s companies have thir business origins in the guano and sugar trade between the United States and South America. Providing merchant capital, shipping and trade between New York and South America. For much of its early history, Grace's main business was in South America, in maritime shipping, railroads, agriculture, and mining, with 30,000 employees in Peru.
      Grace Natural Resources and its affiliated companies have been international commodity traders and providers of global procurement solutions for over one hundred years. Members have been involved with companies like Bryce Grace & Co, Grace Brothers & Co. Ltd., W.R. Grace & Co., and The Peruvian Corporation Ltd.  William Davies of Grace Brothers & Co. and The Peruvian Corporation Ltd. was an integral part of many financings involving Grace in South America. Jose Flores joined after many years with W.R. Grace & Co., and after being President of Minero Peru Commercial S.A.
Grace Natural Resources is the procurement arm for commodity clients and has enabled Grace Capital to provide consulting services to clients in need of investment in oil and gas development.
Companies are privately held entities that no longer hold commercial banking licenses.