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Javier Valverde
Principal at Prosus Ventures
United States
Overview
Javier Valverde is a Principal Investor at Prosus Ventures (Naspers) in the United States, specializing in investments in various sectors including Travel, Social Commerce, Payments, and FinTech. With a background in Management Consulting at McKinsey & Company and Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, he brings expertise in financial modeling and Mergers & Acquisitions to his current role, where he focuses on early-stage investments in innovative startups in New York City and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Work Experience
Principal
2021 - Current
Investments/Boards: Bilt Rewards (Series B&C), Superside (Series B), Wayflyer (Series B), 99Minutos (Series B&C), Thndr (Series A), Merxu (Series A), Onsi (Series A), Oxford Ionics (Series A), Biome Makers (Series A), Azos (Series A), Martian (Seed) + others not announced
Management Consultant
2017 - 2021
PE due diligences and growth/cost transformations for large corporates (often with performance based fees) Worked across the US, Mexico, Colombia, Spain, UK, and India
McKinsey Growth Tech serves leading growth stage tech players, venture capital, and growth private equity
Investment Banking Intern
2015 - 2016
June to August 2015 and 2016
DB Capital Ventures invests in early-stage and emerging growth businesses and is a venture capital firm based in New York.