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Felipe Mendes

Investor

Associate at Valor Capital Group

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $2.5M

About

Felipe Mendes is a VP at Valor Capital Group. Before joining Valor, he was a Country Manager based in Brazil at EB5 Affiliate Network, a Florida real estate investment fund tied to immigration, and earlier worked as a military engineer with the Brazilian Army on roads construction and infrastructure. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering (IME) and a Master's in Finance and Economics from PUC-Rio, and is a Fundação Estudar Fellow.

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Experience

  1. Valor Capital GroupVice Presidentcurrent2025 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
  2. Valor Capital GroupDirector of Finance Brazilcurrent2024 — present
  3. Valor Capital GroupSenior Associate2023 — 2025
  4. Valor Capital GroupAssociate2021 — 2023
  5. Fundação EstudarFundação Estudar Scholarshipcurrent2014 — present
  6. EB5 Affiliate NetworkCountry Business Manager2018 — 2021Rio de Janeiro
  7. Exército BrasileiroFirst Lieutenant - Assistant to the Technical Section - Engineer2016 — 2019Santarém, Pará, Brazil
  8. TEDxSantarémLicensed Organizer of TEDxSantarém2017 — 2018Santarém, Pará, Brazil
  9. Friendship Ambassadors FoundationDelegate2017New York City Metropolitan Area
  10. ARTEMISIA BrasilAmbassador2014Greater Rio de Janeiro
  11. CNPq - MCTResearch Fellow2012Greater Rio de Janeiro

Education

  1. Instituto Militar de EngenhariaEngenharia Civil2010 — 2015
  2. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de JaneiroMsc. Candidate, Macroeconomics and Finance2019 — 2020
  3. École nationale des ponts et chausséesGénie Civil, Le département ville2014
  4. Colégio Militar do Rio de Janeiro2006 — 2009

Skills & more

Modelagem financeira1Liderança1Teaching6C4Microsoft Excel20Microsoft Office18ANSYS3HEC-RAS4Empreendedorismo18Planejamento estratégico16AutoCAD7C (linguagem de programação)6
+11 moreInglêsMicrosoft WordMatlabEngenhariaMicrosoft ProjectPesquisaGestão de projetosLiderança de equipeC++Estratégia empresarialDocência

Languages Alemão · Espanhol · Francês · Inglês · Português

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Same school

Also attended Instituto Militar de Engenharia3

Pedro SicilianoTeachy at Roble VenturesGerman QuirogaPartner (Advisor) at HiPartners Capital&WorkBruno EliasPartner at Gera Capital

Also attended Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro59

Abdul LyInvestor at Initialized CapitalAlexandre FlamantPartner at HCVCCarlos Alonso TorrasPartner at FinTech CollectiveJuliana BaranowskiHead of Platform at Astella InvestimentosDavid Pérez-HernándezPartner at Roble VenturesRafael SabbaghImpact Partner at Fresco Capital

+ 53 more

Also attended École nationale des ponts et chaussées16

Julia AndreInvestor at Index VenturesGuillaume SarlatVenture Partner at Axeleo CapitalAntoine VedrennePartner at Citizen CapitalAurore AsparInvestment Director at Citizen CapitalXavier LorphelinManaging Partner at SerenaSaeed NeyshabouriHead of Acceleration Calgary at QAI Ventures

+ 10 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Valor Capital Group9

Scott SobelFounding Partner at Valor Capital GroupAntoine ColaçoManaging Partner at Valor Capital GroupCarlos CostaPartner at Valor Capital GroupGabriel Rosenthal GilInvestment Associate at Valor Capital GroupBrian BrooksInvestor at FalconX Credit / Pareto VaultCarol LacombeVice President at Valor Capital Group

+ 3 more

Also worked at Fundação Estudar7

Duda FalcãoFounding Partner at Gera CapitalTatiana GasparPartner, Next Coast Legacy at Next Coast VenturesLara LemannGeneral Partner at MAYA Capital VenturesLeonardo EsmeraldoPrincipal at Bewater VenturesWolff KlabinCo-Founder and Partner at Alexia VenturesIvan GouveaAdvisor at Axenya

+ 1 more

Also worked at EB5 Affiliate Network1

Steve SmailVice President at Chenel Capital Partners

Colleagues at Valor Capital Group

Amb. Clifford Sobel
Founding Partner at Valor Capital Group
Ana Coutinho
VP - Portfolio Success at Valor Capital Group
Annelise Barre
IR Senior Analyst at Valor Capital Group
Antoine Colaço
Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group
Beatriz Balbuena
Community Associate at Valor Capital Group
Beatriz Madeira
Senior Associate at Valor Capital Group
Brian Brooks
Special Advisor at Valor Capital Group
Bruno Batavia
Principal & Director of Emerging Tech at Valor Capital Group

Network5

Antoine Colaço
Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group
Beatriz Madeira
Senior Associate at Valor Capital Group
Carlos Costa
Partner at Valor Capital Group
Carol Lacombe
Vice President at Valor Capital Group
Clifford Sobel
Founder at Valor Capital Group

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