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Fernando Nery

Founder

Founder at Portão 3

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

FoundedPortão 3 · YC

About

Fernando Nery spent five years as Chief Product Officer at Zup, a Brazilian technology consulting firm, before starting Portão 3. His experience with inefficient corporate travel and expense management systems in Latin America informs his current work.

Founder at Portão 3YC S21

Intro paths

YC

Fernando went through Y Combinator (Summer 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Portão 3's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Fernando can intro founders to Portão 3's investors below.

Portão 3's investors · 3

Better Tomorrow VenturesSan Francisco · $500K – $4M checksFin CapitalSan Francisco · $250K – $15M checksY CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2021

Experience

  1. taasFounder and CEOcurrent2026 — presentSão Paulo, Brasil
  2. Base39Co-Founder and CROcurrent2026 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
  3. Portão 3Co-Founder and CEOcurrent2020 — presentSão Paulo e Região, Brasil
  4. Beacon FoundersMembercurrent2023 — present
  5. Endeavor BrasilScale-Up Endeavor 2022 e 20242022 — 2024São Paulo, Brasil
  6. Zup InnovationCPO2018 — 2021São Paulo e Região, Brasil
  7. Zup InnovationProduct Manager2016 — 2018Uberlândia Area, Brazil
  8. VittaCo-Founder & CTO2014 — 2016Uberlândia Area, Brazil
  9. Bradesco CartõesAnalista de Planejamento2011 — 2013Uberlândia Area, Brazil
  10. AIESECChief Information Technology and Communication Officer2011Greater New York City Area
  11. AIESECChairmen of the National Information Management Support Team2009 — 2011Uberlândia Area, Brazil
  12. Potterish.comWebmaster2003 — 2008

Skills & more

Team Management32Design Sprint7Aprendizado de máquina6Strategic Planning21Information Management13Business Strategy12Scrum10Project Management10Business Planning10Marketing5Business Intelligence5PHP14
+12 moreAmazon Web Services (AWS)LaravelVue.jsMySQLLinuxMicrosoft OfficeReact.jsTeamworkEnglishTeam LeadershipManagementVisual Studio Team System

Languages English · Espanhol · Portuguese

  • Professional Scrum Product Owner 1 (PSPO I) — Scrum.org
  • Professional Scrum Master 1 (PSM I) — Scrum.org
  • TOEFL iBT — TOEFL

From Fernando's professional profile.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Fernando Nery?
Fernando Nery spent five years as Chief Product Officer at Zup, a Brazilian technology consulting firm, before starting Portão 3. His experience with inefficient corporate travel and expense management systems in Latin America informs his current work.
Where does Fernando Nery work?
Fernando Nery is Founder of Portão 3.
What companies did Fernando Nery found?
Fernando Nery founded Portão 3.
Where did Fernando Nery go to school?
Fernando Nery studied at Y Combinator (S21); Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Management Information Systems and Services); Udacity (Nanodegree, Design Sprint Foundations).

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