About
Luis Felipe Franco is the founder and CEO of Vendah. He spent over a decade building companies and previously led growth operations at Sallve, a direct-to-consumer beauty brand based in Brazil, and founded an acceleration program for startups at Endeavor Brazil.
Founder at VendahYC W23
Intro paths
Luis went through Y Combinator (Winter 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
Their group partner at YC was Tom Blomfield, Monzo and GoCardless co-founder; Y Combinator partner on leave and Anthropic compute-team member. — the partner who ran Vendah's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
In turn, Luis can intro founders to Vendah's investors below.
Vendah's investors · 5
Co-founders at Vendah
Experience
- VendahCo-founder & CEOcurrent2020 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- Beacon FoundersMembercurrent2023 — present
- big_betsInvestorcurrent2020 — presentSão Paulo, Brazil
- SallveHead of Growth2019 — 2020São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Endeavor BrasilBusiness Acceleration Manager2016 — 2019São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Planit GerenciamentoCo-founder and Management Consultant2010 — 2015Greater Campinas
- SiemensIntern2010
Skills & more
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Business AnalysisManagementStrategic PlanningNegotiationStrategic ThinkingTeam LeadershipMS ProjectMicrosoft ProjectMBAInovação abertaEmpresas startupsDesenvolvimento empresarialLanguages English · Portuguese · Spanish
- Growth Series — Reforge
- MCP - Microsoft Project 2010, Managing Projects — Microsoft
- PMP - Project Management Professional — Project Management Institute
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Luis Felipe Franco?
- Luis Felipe Franco is the founder and CEO of Vendah. He spent over a decade building companies and previously led growth operations at Sallve, a direct-to-consumer beauty brand based in Brazil, and founded an acceleration program for startups at Endeavor Brazil.
- Where does Luis Felipe Franco work?
- Luis Felipe Franco is Founder of Vendah.
- What companies did Luis Felipe Franco found?
- Luis Felipe Franco founded Vendah.
- Where did Luis Felipe Franco go to school?
- Luis Felipe Franco studied at Y Combinator; USP - Universidade de São Paulo (Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Enginnering); Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (Finance, General).
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