FJ

Francisco Jardim

General Partner at SP Ventures

Greater São Paulo Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founding Partner

    2007 - Current

    SP Ventures provides venture capital to help innovative entrepreneurs and business leaders build transformational, industry-leading companies in Brazil. We are particularly experienced in agritech.

  • Managing Director

    2013

    Responsible for all of the Fund's operations, such as generating deal flow, evaluating / valuing projects, negotiating / structuring deals, monitoring performance of investments and harvesting / exiting equity positions

  • Board Member

    2016

    Inceres developed and distributes a SaaS platform for precision agriculture applications. Among the firm´s missions, are to disseminate and democratize precision agriculture throughout tropical ecosystems. The founder is an experienced precision ag entrepreneur and the firm is a spin-off from the most prestigious Agricultural Sciences University in Brazil - ESALQ.

  • Board Member

    2016

    Promip is a leading Brazilian Biotech firm created through cutting edge research by ESALQ Phds Marcelo Poletti and Roberto Kono. The Company mass produces predatory mite, parasite wasps and stingless bees for pest management and polinization applications. They are also a one-stop R&D shop specialized in tropical agriculture for the largest global biotech and chemical firms.

  • Board Member

    2016

    SaaS agtech platform bridging the gap between Farmers and the most sophisticated Business Intelligence available through satelites. Applications involve harvest projections, realtime farm monitoring, pest management and soil fertility. I represent our venture fund in the board.

  • Board Member

    2016

    Agrosmart is a Brazilian IoT startup that sells smart farming solutions to the national and international agribusiness market. The firm is based in the Brazil´s most prosperous IT & Telecom ecosystem - Campinas. I represent our venture fund in the Board of Directors.

  • Board Member

    2018

    Founded by two Endeavor entrepreneurs, Agrofy is the early winner in the LATAM agribusiness marketplace race.

  • Board Member

    2014 - 2021

    Concil is a leader in the young Brazilian Fintech Industry. The company brings a sophisticated data mining and processing technology to enable businesses to decipher their operating results e forecasts despite the reality in growing payment complexity. Business sold to PagSeguro - one if the largest payment platforms in Brazil

  • Board Member

    2012 - 2015

    Wenovate is the premiere open innovation think tank in Latin America. The center´s priority is to encourage local firms into leveraging their R&D capabilities by adopting a borderless innovation culture. This consists in partnering up with government, university, suppliers, clients and employees in search of incremental and disruptive innovation. We are firm believers in the concept of “innovate or die”. A new generation of managers is promoting a cultural revolution in corporations, which will change forever the speed of scientific progress on earth. I represent the Brazilian Venture Capital community, an essential stakeholder in the innovation value chain, at wenovate´s advisory board.

  • Board Member

    2012 - 2013

    Company founded by former JPL (Nasa Jet Propulsion Lab) and Caltech researcher, specialized in novel technology in artificial diamond growth for industrial, drilling and health applications. I represent our Venture Fund (Criatec Shareholders) in the Board of Directors.

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