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Paulo de Rezende

Investor

VP, Investments at NGIN Network for Global Innovation

Brazil

About

Paulo de Rezende has two decades of experience in venture capital and private equity. From 2000 to 2007 he was an early-stage venture capitalist at Zone Ventures alongside Tim Draper, overseeing investments across three funds and more than 30 portfolio companies, with exits including DivX and NevenVision. In 2008 he returned to Brazil, where he raised a US$225 million growth equity fund focused on the Brazilian energy supply chain; he now works on an early-stage impact fund in Brazil and holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Universidade de São Paulo and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

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Invests in

EnergyImpact & Social GoodLogistics & Supply Chain

Experience

  1. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementFaculty Director, Strategic Research Programscurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
  2. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementAssistant Adjunct Professorcurrent2023 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
  3. UCLA Anderson School of ManagementLecturer2017 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
  4. Humanitas360 InstituteBoard Membercurrent2016 — presentAspen, Colorado, United States
  5. The Network for Global InnovationConsultant2018 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
  6. CIVI-COCIVI-CO Ventures Director2020 — 2023
  7. Valora Gestão de Investimentos - VGIHead of Private Equity2010 — 2016São Paulo, Brazil
  8. Kinea InvestimentosVice-President & Senior Consultant2008 — 2009São Paulo, Brazil
  9. Zone VenturesPartner2000 — 2007Los Angeles, California, United States
  10. Booz Allen HamiltonLead Consultant: Operations Management Group1997 — 1998São Paulo, Brazil
  11. Gruppe fuer Angewandte Informatik - GfAIProduct Manager1994 — 1997Bern, Berne, Switzerland
  12. ItautecEnterprise Software Business Development & Marketing Analyst1991 — 1994São Paulo, Brazil

Education

  1. MIT Sloan School of ManagementMBA, Business1998 — 2000
  2. USP - Universidade de São PauloB.S., Electric Engineering1986 — 1990

Skills & more

ManagementStrategic PlanningStrategyLeadershipVenture CapitalPrivate EquityInvestmentsAsset ManagmentEquitiesBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipFinancial Modeling
+12 moreStart-upsEntrepreneurMergersBusiness PlanningFinanceFinancial AnalysisFinancial ReportingManagement AccountingFinancial ForecastingCross-functional Team LeadershipCorporate DevelopmentPortfolio Management

Languages English · German · Italian · Portuguese · Spanish

From Paulo's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended MIT Sloan School of Management491

Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing PartnerHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersBirgitteInvestor at InvestinorOlaInvestor at Investinor

+ 485 more

Also attended USP - Universidade de São Paulo100

Alexandra DubarInvestor at DaphniMichel AbadiManaging Partner at Maverick Ventures IsraelBruno YoshimuraCo-founder and General Partner at Onevc Venture Partners LlcGustavo RibasInvestor at KfundPaulo VerasInvestor at MatterScale VenturesRomero RodriguesInvestor at Headline

+ 94 more

Shared employers

Also worked at UCLA Anderson School of Management23

Kwame UlmerVenture Partner at Wavemaker Three-Sixty HealthDovi FrancesFounding Partner at Group 11Ajey KaushalInvestment Principal at JLL Spark Global VenturesGary FraserAdvisor at Emmeline VenturesDaniel LeffManaging Partner at Waverley CapitalJake KentPartner at Voyager Partners

+ 17 more

Also worked at The Network for Global Innovation1

Kevin BraithwaiteVP, Acceleration at NGIN Network for Global Innovation

Also worked at Kinea Investimentos3

Fernando MartinsDirector, Cyber at Bright Pixel CapitalThiago MalufManaging Partner at Igah VenturesRafael Heilbut SersonVice President at Cloud9 Capital

Also worked at Booz Allen Hamilton145

Neeraj AgrawalGeneral Partner at Battery VenturesRohan BhargavaInvestor at 8VCLiam DonohueInvestor at .406 VenturesTrip HoferVenture Partner at .406 VenturesNekeshia WoodsManaging Partner at Parkway Venture CapitalSean EbertSenior Partner at Altira Group LLC

+ 139 more

Investments

Investor

DivXNevenVision

Per the firm's website.

Colleagues at NGIN Network for Global Innovation

Ashleigh Grindon
Intern at NGIN Network for Global Innovation
Chloe Soroquere
Senior Acceleration Trainer at NGIN Network for Global Innovation
Daniel Weil
Operations Director at NGIN Network for Global Innovation
Fred H. Walti II
President & CEO at NGIN Network for Global Innovation
Kevin Braithwaite
VP, Acceleration at NGIN Network for Global Innovation
Tom White
Chief Revenue Officer at NGIN Network for Global Innovation