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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.

  • 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)

  • 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

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