Journey
From 1995 to today. First building Buscapé. Then investing in those who build.
- 1995Entrepreneur
First company
FocoSoft. Founded while studying at Poli-USP.
- 1998Entrepreneur
Founds Buscapé
With classmates from Poli. One of Brazil's first startups. He would be CEO for 16 years.
- 2002Entrepreneur
Electrical engineer
Graduates from Poli-USP, with Buscapé already up and running.
- 2004Investor
First investments
The i-Equities holding. Among the first checks: VTEX.
- 2005Entrepreneur
Series B with Great Hill
One of the three rounds he led at Buscapé.
- 2006Entrepreneur
Acquisitions begin
Bondfaro, QueBarato! and CortaContas. More than 20 would follow by 2014.
- 2009Entrepreneur
Naspers/Prosus buys Buscapé
$374m. The largest acquisition of a Brazilian startup at the time.
- 2010Boards
Movile board
From 2010 to 2015.
- 2012Boards
Endeavor Brasil board
From 2012 to 2018.
- 2013Boards
Boards of listed companies
NeoGrid, on B3, from 2013 to 2018. TOTVS, also on B3, from 2014 to 2015.
- 2014Entrepreneur
Global CEO of Comparison Shopping
Naspers/Prosus. Operations in 18 countries across 3 continents, until 2015.
- 2014Boards
Wayfair board
NYSE. From 2014 to 2019.
- 2016Fund management
Professional venture capital investor
Managing Partner of Redpoint e.ventures.
- 2016Investor
Pismo
First institutional investor. On the board since 2015.
- 2021Fund management
Headline Brasil
Managing Partner.
- 2024Investor
Visa buys Pismo
$1b.
- TodayFund management
$516m under management
Four funds. More than 90 portfolio companies since 2012. More than 120 startups over his career, nine above $1b.