Diego Philippi

Co-Founder | COO

2023 - Current

Co-Founder

2014 - 2023

Magma Partners is one of the leading VC firms in Latam. • As a co-founder and Venture Partner, I played a crucial role in establishing the company and supporting its growth. • Assessed in raising over $2M in LPs for Fund II • While active during the first years, I reviewed over 200 start-ups and selected over 25 while on the investment committee.

Co-Founder | CEO

2020 - 2023

Vor-Tex.io is a no-code API management platform that simplifies the building and publishing of APIs for legacy businesses. As CEO of Vor-Tex.io, I led the company's direction, strategy, and capital raise. • Working closely with the team, I developed and implemented a business plan aligned with our purpose and led the marketing and sales initiatives. • I managed to launch and grow 400% in free trial conversions and move to the first SEO positions in 3 weeks. • Raised a pre-seed round of $220K. • I managed budgets, Backoffice tech resources, and staffing to support growth and product development, also built and maintained relationships with key stakeholders, including customers, partners, and investors.

Board Member

2019 - 2023

As a board member of Patrimonio Nacional Foundation, a non-profit organization that works on the recovery of abandoned or misused buildings with historic and architectural value, I am responsible for providing strategic guidance, direction to the leadership, in addition to help raising funds for its operation.

Director

2021 - 2022

Realestodo.com is a Consultancy agency focused on honest Branding, Design, and all things start-up. • Conduct weekly strategy sessions with the leadership team to develop plans to help them grow and succeed. • Since I started advising with them, Real has increased 30% YoY.

External Advisor

2019 - 2021

HubTech is a public-private company that helps create new science and technology-based businesses, working with universities' tech transfer departments. As a consultant on entrepreneurial methodologies, • I Advised over 8 scientific projects, alongside Ph.D. and research teams, in evaluating and preparing their technology for the market. • My main accomplishment was to see 4 of the projects make it to the next phase.

Business Development Advisor

2019 - 2020

Junar is a startup in the Govtech sector, selling a platform to streamline open data publishing. • I managed to close over US$250,000 in contracts while also participating as a strategic consultant.

UAI Professor at Startups Mentor Certification Diploma

2019 - 2019

Conducted a workshop on mentorship best practices for founders and startups. The workshop covered a range of topics, including business model development, metrics analysis, and team building, using a variety of methodologies to empower mentors to ask the right questions and effectively guide the growth of their mentees.

Corporate Affairs Manager

2015 - 2018

CCU is One of the largest multi-category beverage companies in Latam. • Responsible for leading an 18-month company-wide rebranding after 25 years, redefining the company's purpose, vision, mission, and general manifesto, impacting over 8000 employees in 5 countries. • Led the marketing strategy and campaigns of the corporate brand. • Implemented the company's first Reputation Measurement tool, impacting over 200 KPIs of over 15 departments. • Actively participated in the leading team for digital transformation, successfully transitioning from Microsoft legacy services to working with Google Workspace across the whole company and all its divisions.

Co-Founder / General Coordinator

2013 - 2015

fiiS.org is one of the largest platforms combining entertainment and sustainable business content. As part of the co-founding team and then General Coordinator; • We sold over $2M in sponsorship for the event while leading the Business and Content part of the festival alongside my fellow co-founders. • Worked alongside a team of executive directors from more than 25 local and international NGOs.