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Rodrigo Benzaquen

Investor

Managing Partner at Shefa Ventures

Greater Buenos Aires

Experience

  1. Shefa InvestmentsManaging Partnercurrent2026 — present
  2. BoulderTechFounder & CEOcurrent2023 — present
  3. NubeliuChief Executive Officer2014 — 2020São Paulo, Brazil
  4. KaszeK VenturesIT Specialist2014Argentina
  5. MercadoLibreR & D Director2011 — 2013Palo Alto, California
  6. MercadoLibreSite Operations & Infrastructure Director2003 — 2011
  7. MercadoLibreFirst IT Employee1999 — 2003

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessKaszek Ventures Innovation and Leadership Program2016
  2. Stanford Continuing StudiesManaging Innovation, Information Technology2013
  3. Universidad de 'San Andrés'​Executive Management Program2009
  4. ORT ArgentinaInformation Systems Analyst (Equivalent to BS Computer Science), Information Systems1995 — 1999
  5. University of TampaELS - ENGLISH AS SECOND LANGUAGE, English1998
  6. Universidad ORT UruguayComputer Technician, Computer Science1988 — 1994

Skills & more

Cloud Computing99E-commerce99Bitcoin14Cryptocurrency Trading3Cryptocurrency2Strategy99Data Center86Agile Methodologies49Project Management27Scrum26Network Security25Software Development23
+12 moreWeb ApplicationsScalabilityDisaster RecoveryMobile ApplicationsAgile Project ManagementMobile DevicesSoftware Project ManagementEnterprise ArchitectureLinuxMySQLApacheOpen Source

Languages English · Portuguese · Spanish

  • Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program — Stanford University Graduate School of Business
  • Kaszek Innovation and Leadership Program — Stanford Graduate School of Business
  • Google Cloud Sales Credential — Google
  • Amazon Web Services Cloud Practitioner — Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • CS101 - UDACITY - Introduction to Computer Science (CS101 - 2012) — Udacity
  • BUS 196 - Project Management - Stanford University (BUS196 - 2012 - 10 weeks) — Stanford University
  • BUS 205 - Managing Innovation - Stanford University (BUS205 - 2012 - 10 Weeks) — Stanford University
  • Radware - DefensePro Level 1 and 2 (#300-101) — Radware
  • Radware - LinkProof Level 1 - Certification (#200-101) — Radware

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Colleagues at Shefa Ventures

Ben Elsztain
Managing Partner at Shefa Ventures
Ricardo Schulte
Investment Officer at Shefa Ventures

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Where does Rodrigo Benzaquen work?
Rodrigo Benzaquen is Managing Partner at Shefa Ventures.

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Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

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Shared employers

Also worked at Shefa Investments2

Ben ElsztainManaging Partner at Shefa VenturesRicardo SchulteInvestment Officer at Shefa Ventures

Also worked at BoulderTech1

Ben ElsztainManaging Partner at Shefa Ventures

Also worked at KaszeK Ventures16

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Also worked at MercadoLibre24

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