About
Patrick Arippol is a venture investor and entrepreneur with two decades of experience building and investing in technology companies across Latin America and Silicon Valley. He is lead investor and board member at N5 Now, founding partner of Alexia Ventures, and venture partner at DGF Ventures in Brazil, where he backed several regional tech leaders. His background includes founding a mobile payments startup and an e-health company, and prior roles at Monitor Company, Seer Technologies, and Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Experience
- N5 NowLead Investor and Board Membercurrent2025 — present
- WinninCo-Lead Investor & Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentRio de Janeiro, Brasil
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellowcurrent2022 — present
- Alexia VenturesCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2019 — presentSão Paulo, São Paulo
- ParfinCo-Lead Investor & Board of Directorscurrent2021 — present
- HeroSparkLead Investor & Board of Directorscurrent2020 — presentCuritiba, Paraná, Brasil
- Rocket.ChatLead Investor & Board of Directorscurrent2023 — presentPorto Alegre Area, Brazil
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessVisiting Speaker at Stanford GSB class on Scaling High Potential Ventures in Developing Economiescurrent2014 — presentStanford, CA
- DGF InvestimentosVenture Partner & I.C. Member2019 — 2025São Paulo Area, Brazil
- DGF InvestimentosManaging Director of Early Venture Practice (Series A)2010 — 2019São Paulo, Brazil
- SolidesLead Investor & Board of Directors2019 — 2022Belo Horizonte Area, Brazil
- Axur. Digital Risk ProtectionLead Investor & Board of Directors2019 — 2021Porto Alegre Area, Brazil
- DrumWaveLead Investor & Board of Directors (exited)2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Reclame AQUILead Investor & Board of Directors (company acquired by Stone in oct/2021)2018 — 2021
- StilingueLead Investor & Board of Directors (company acquired by Take Blip in dec/2021)2019 — 2021São Paulo Area, Brazil
- GreenPlatLead Investor & Board of Directors2019 — 2021
- RD StationLead Investor & Board of Directors (company acquired by Totvs in May/2021)2013 — 2021Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil
- IntellibrandLead Investor & Board of Directors (company acquired by Ascential in Dec/2020)2017 — 2021São Paulo Area, Brazil
- GESTOLead Investor & Board of Directors (company acquired by DASA in Dec/2020)2013 — 2020São Paulo Area, Brazil
- Mosyle CorporationBoard Observer (exited)2019 — 2020Orlando, Flórida, Estados Unidos
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Business2002 — 2004
- University of PennsylvaniaBSE, Systems Engineering1992 — 1994
- Tufts UniversityBSE, Engineering (transferred out)1990 — 1992
Skills & more
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Customer SupportInternational ExpansionNLPVenture CapitalStart-upsMergersBusiness StrategyPrivate EquityCorporate DevelopmentStrategic PartnershipsManagement ConsultingExecutive ManagementLanguages English · Italiano · Portuguese · Spanish
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Shared employers
Also worked at Kauffman Fellows365
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Also worked at Stanford University Graduate School of Business148
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Also worked at GreenPlat1
Also worked at RD Station7
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