Grupo Aldesa was founded as a financial services consulting firm in 1968 in Costa Rica. In 1976, Grupo Aldesa created the Aldesa Brokerage House ("Aldesa Puesto de Bolsa" name in Spanish) and was a founding firm of the Costa Rican national stock exchange ("Bolsa Nacional de Valores"). In 1988, Aldesa created the first investment fund in Costa Rica under the company name "Aldesa Sociedad de Fondos de Inversión S.A." through which Aldesa now operates a family of investment funds. Aldesa is owned by the holding "Aldesa Corporación de Inversiones"
Aldesa began offering Internet access to investment clients' financial information in mid-1999, making it the second Costa Rican investment firm to offer internet-based services.
Aldesa is a registered financial services firm in Costa Rica by the regulatory body SUGEVAL (Superintendencia General de Valores) and is listed as "Grupo Bursátil Aldesa S.A." Aldesa was authorized in September 1999.