Spanish to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general)

From a Mexican notarial deed, translation for the U.S.

El objeto de la sociedad es:

promover, constituir, organizar y tomar participación en el capital y patrimonio de todo género de sociedades mercantiles y civiles

I understand this is basically talking about acquiring equity interest in other corporations, but I'm a bit lost with these verbs, particularly promover and constituir. What do they refer to exactly?

Any help with any or all of these would be greatly appreciated.