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Willian Shiang

Investor

Chief Operating Officer at FELIX CAPITAL

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Willian Shiang is Chief Operating Officer at Felix Capital. He previously spent six years as COO/CFO of Felix Capital portfolio company YOOBIC, where he helped grow the business from $5m to $35m ARR and raise a $50m Series C from Highland Europe. Earlier, he worked for a decade at The Carlyle Group in Sao Paulo and London on consumer growth and buyout deals, and began his career as a consultant at A.T. Kearney. He is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 17) with an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in international relations from UPenn, and a BS from ITA in Brazil.

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Experience

  1. Felix CapitalPartnercurrent2026 — presentLondon Area, United Kingdom
  2. Felix CapitalCOO | CFO2025
  3. Felix CapitalChief Operating Officer (COO)2024London Area, United Kingdom
  4. AlokaiBoard Membercurrent2025 — present
  5. Conta AzulBoard Member2024 — 2025
  6. YOOBICChief Financial and Operating Officer (CFOO)2020 — 2024London, England, United Kingdom
  7. YOOBICChief Financial Officer (CFO)2017 — 2020London, United Kingdom
  8. The Kraft Heinz CompanyHead of Revenue Management2017London, United Kingdom
  9. The Carlyle GroupAssociate Director2015 — 2016London, United Kingdom
  10. The Carlyle GroupVice President2011 — 2014São Paulo Area, Brazil
  11. The Carlyle GroupSenior Associate2007 — 2010São Paulo, Brazil
  12. KearneySenior Associate2004 — 2006São Paulo, Brazil
  13. KearneyAssociate2003 — 2004São Paulo Area, Brazil

Education

  1. Kauffman Fellowship ProgramFellow Venture Capital2012 — 2014
  2. The Wharton SchoolMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Private Equity | Venture Capital2006 — 2008
  3. YPOMember2020 — 2022
  4. The Lauder Institute - University of PennsylvaniaMaster's Degree, International Relations and Affairs (Asia Focus)2006 — 2012
  5. Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITABachelor's degree, Electronic Engineering1997 — 2002

Skills & more

Strategy16Negotiation5Fundraising8Board Level7Private Equity61Valuation48Venture Capital30Emerging Markets14Corporate Development7Financial Modeling27Investment Banking6Mergers & Acquisitions15
+11 moreCorporate FinanceLBODue DiligenceM&A experienceCapital MarketsInvestmentsBusiness StrategyStart-upsManagement ConsultingEntrepreneurshipMergers

Languages English · Mandarin (conversational) · Portuguese · Spanish

From Willian's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended The Wharton School1,323

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesJosh KopelmanFounder and Partner at First Round CapitalAydin SenkutFounder & Managing Partner at FelicisKatie RiesterPartner, Head of Investor Relations at Felicis VenturesTrevor OelschigInvestment Team at General CatalystRebecca JamesInvestor at Index Ventures

+ 1,317 more

Also attended The Lauder Institute - University of Pennsylvania35

Wesley TilluPartner at S32 focused on frontier technology investmentsMaría de Lera AuerspergInvestor at KfundKent MadsenFounding Managing Partner Emeritus & Venture Partner at EPIC VENTURESCristobal De AtuchaPrincipal at FinTech CollectiveDan SiazonFounder & Managing Partner at Kickstart VenturesStephen SnyderManaging Director, Head of Operations & Partnerships at JetBlue Ventures

+ 29 more

Also attended Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA7

Leonardo EsmeraldoPrincipal at Bewater VenturesIlmo CaldasAssociate at HiPartners Capital&WorkDaniel StudartInvestor at DNA CapitalMarcelo LimaGeneral Partner at MONASHEESPedro Henrique SilvaVenture Partner at Iporanga VenturesCarlos PedranziniPartner at AcNext Capital

+ 1 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Alokai4

Dan LupuInvestor at Earlybird Venture CapitalWojtek WalniczekPartner at OTB VenturesMehmet AticiManaging Partner at Bek VenturesJoseph PizzolatoPartner at FELIX CAPITAL

Also worked at Conta Azul2

Andre OcunoOperating Partner at Parceiro VenturesBrunna ZogbiPartner at Caravela Capital

Also worked at YOOBIC3

Frederic CourtInvestor at FELIX CAPITALJoseph PizzolatoPartner at FELIX CAPITALDavid ToothakerFounder & CEO of Full Sail Ventures LLC at Nielsen Innovate

Also worked at The Kraft Heinz Company33

Bill PescatelloInvestor at LightbankAndrew FurmanSoftware Developer at Asymmetric Capital PartnersMiriam UeberallTuring Labs AI; Ex-R&D at Flora Food Group, Kraft Heinz, Unilever at PeakBridge VCBeverly CheungLegal Counsel at HeadlineGiorgio BonachelaInvestments at Astanor VenturesTodd JohnsonInvestor at Sand Hill Angels

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