Derek Hall
Investor at Startups
São Paulo
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2022 - Current
By Founders for Founders is an early stage Venture Capital firm investing in Latin America and the US.
Investor
2017
Accomplish Health, AMARO, Arcadia, Assis, Astra, Backtracks, Beacon Founder Society, Birthday App, Bolt, B2B Stack, Calm, Cameo, Carta, Cerebral, Cinch, ClassPass, Clover Health, Cobli, Compra Rápida, Cortex, Courageous Land, DigAÍ, Dolado, Drivably, EasyPost, Extendeal, Fair, Flexport, Flieber, Grain, Igual, Iggy, Imagen Technologies, Kaya, Kolab, Mercê do Bairro, Meru, Mira, mParticle, Nav, Neofin, Office Hours, Pachama, Pattern, Q Bio, Slice, Sonoma Market, Sproutfi, Tala, Time Capsule, Turo, Vence, Walrus, Workfront, Zippi
Founder
2013 - 2023
Founder of Torcedores - one of Brazil's premier sports media companies. Acquired by Better Collective.
Co-founder & CEO
2021 - 2023
Acquired
Partner
2017 - 2020
Investing in growth startups
Expanding Capital focuses on fast-growing US companies where can assist them in unlocking their full potential and developing new markets.
Private Equity Associate
2011 - 2012
Bridge Investment Group is a real estate investment and property management firm.
Executive Director
2011 - 2012
Led a group of 70+ angel investors focused on early-stage venture capital investments. I managed the full deal process: sourcing, due diligence, investments analysis, syndication, structuring. Made investments in GroSocial (acquired by Infusionsoft), Catheter Connections (acquired by Merit Medical Systems), Fuze Network (acquired by Ingo Money) and several others.
Intern
2010 - 2010
BoomStartup is a mentorship driven seed stage investment fund. I worked with founders on business development and product strategy.
BoomStartup is a Utah-based accelerator that provides seed funding and mentorship to tech entrepreneurs.
Marketing Director
2008 - 2010
Game Day Announcer
2008 - 2010
As Game Day Announcer, I announced Starting Line-ups, National Anthem, and play-by-play descriptions of basketball and volleyball games for live audience of 5,000 fans.
Sports Broadcaster
2008 - 2010
Pregame and postgame host for broadcasts of live sporting events, Play-by-Play Announcer and Color Commentator for BYU-TV, covering Men's and Women's Basketball and Volleyball.
Education
Bachelors
2008 - 2010