Rodrigo has also been investing in technology since 2007, and has been involved in over 100 transactions (including follow-on rounds and exits) after having looked at over 15,000 decks and hundreds of 1:1 pitches… and has had 29 exits including 3 valued over $1 billion (including 2 IPOs on the NYSE, 19 M&A, and only 8 bankruptcies).
Investment Portfolio
He has invested from seed-stage to growth-stage as a business angel personally via RISC Partners, via his family office Sepulveda Capital, and via 3 funds he helped start in Luxembourg at Expon Capital with over $100m in AUMs: the Digital Tech Funds I and II, and Expon I where he is an LP. In August 2021, his portfolio companies had raised already over $1.1 billion in just 8 months : https://delano.lu/article/a-billion-dollars-worth-of-gol
He has invested in diversified B-models including Consumer Internet, SaaS, Marketplaces, AdTech, apps, etc. and in many verticals such as EdTech, Foodtech, SpaceTech, Digital Health, Semiconductors, etc. He’s invested early in 3 unicorns (GetAround, Glovo, Spire).
His current areas of interest as an investor include AI, cybersecurity, European digital sovereignty, and impact investing. He’s particularly fond of European scale-ups.
He participated in 27 investments with the team at Expon Capital, and is a shareholder in 3 more via the funds as an LP.
See http://www.exponcapital.com/portfolio.
His business angel portfolio is described on http://www.angel.co/rodrigo .
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With some of the founders of companies I’ve backed along the years: Glovo, Holberton, dott…