Carlos Simonsen
Managing Partner at Upload Ventures
São Paulo
Overview
Work Experience
Board Member
2024 - Current
Topsort is the leading AI and auction-based retail media infrastructure, powering retailers in 35+ countries, from Liverpool to Woolworth. They outperform legacy providers by 300-500% in revenue generated, and it only takes 1-2 days to integrate and test.
Topsort provides AI-powered auction tools and infrastructure APIs to help brands build ad businesses without cookies or user tracking.
Raised $28,500,000.00 from Moloco.
Board Member
2024
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
2022
Senior Partner
2021
Senior Partner
2019
Director of Finance
2017 - 2019
• Member of the Private Equity Group, actively conducting diligence and evaluating investment opportunities; • CFO for the Energy Business (Eligo Energy)
Avant is an online lending platform that offers alternatives to its clients with safe financial products.
Raised $2,079,000,000.00 from Ares Management and Pamlico Capital.
Head of Budget and Financial Planning
2013 - 2017
Corporate Restructuring, part of the 3G restructuring group • Post-Merger Integration & Strategy Execution: leading responsibilities for Commercial Planning & Finance, data analytics for Revenue Management (Pricing), Sales Analytics, and Trade Management. Lead a team responsible for implementing the Financial Planning, Revenue Management, Zero base budgeting, a pillar of the 3G style of management, in the business unit of Kraft Heinz that holds its Sauces and Frozen brands. Recruited and trained a first-class finance team. • High collaboration with CFO, COO on all financial processes
Financial Analyst
2013 - 2013
• Responsible for FX hedging overseeing $6.5billion of exposure to foreign currency • Led effort in the risk management project responsible for reshaping debt allocation currency risk • Created a model to optimize commodities exposures and hedging strategy to integrate Grupo Modelo • Responsible for structuring different financial products within the Treasury department, generating positive NPV
Master Student
2011 - 2013
Academic Distinction (top 5%) in Spreadsheet Modeling, Capital Markets, Asset Allocation, Probability Theory Relevant coursework: Financial Analysis, Probability Theory, Numerical Methods, Programming, Corporate Strategy SAMPLE COURSEWORK : Data Science ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ • Introduction to Statistical Learning • Analytics from Big Data • Modern Applied Statistics : Data Mining General Management ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ • Financial Accounting • Corporate Finance • Negotiations Technology Industry ‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾ • Strategic Management of Technology and Innovation • Algorithmic Trading • Digital Business • Product Launch Other: Columbia Alumni Association
Investment Banking Analyst
2010 - 2010
• Worked in the bank’s Fixed Income structuring Force, involved in all steps of debt issuance • Analyzed leading economic indicators from Latam countries to construct an optimal term structure model