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Javier Villamizar

Operating Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisers

United States

Overview 

Javier Villamizar is a CEO with a strong background in global operations and growth leadership, specializing in the intersection of operations, technology, and AI. He currently serves in advisory, board member, and angel investor roles in various companies, including Plenty®, Loggi, and Gopuff, with a focus on Web3/Crypto sectors. He has also been involved with SoftBank Investment Advisers and McLaren Racing, showcasing his expertise in business development, mergers, negotiation, and supply chain management.

Work Experience 

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Plenty®

  • Board Member

    2023 - Current

Plenty is a vertical farming company that brings fresh, pesticide-free produce to customers.

Raised $961,000,000.00 from Wyoming Business Council.

plenty.ag
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Loggi

  • Board Member

    2023

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SoftBank Investment Advisers

  • Operating Partner

    2018

    Recruited to outline the strategy and build the Vision Fund’s Operating Group. Helped recruit 10+ Operating Partner and support team across multiple industry sectors and geographies. Helping SoftBank Vision Fund portfolio companies scale up and grow faster. Offering operational expertise, global network and creative mindset to SoftBank Vision Fund companies to expand beyond their limits, adding new geographies, growing their commercial teams, use cases and areas of application for their technologies, products and services. Working very closely with portfolio company founders and management teams in logistics, edtech, fintech, AI, blockchain, etc. to help them accelerate growth. Managing a portfolio of more than a dozen assets at different growth stages, evaluating exit paths and interfacing with the Vision Fund’s LPs to report on performance and value creation activities.

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Gopuff

  • Board Member

    2022

Gopuff is a digital delivery service designed to deliver daily essentials within minutes.

Raised $3,449,710,000.00 from Robert Iger and BroadLight Capital.

gopuff.com
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Creditas

  • Board Member

    2022

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Sendcloud

  • Board Member

    2022

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Kauffman Fellows

  • Mentor

    2022

Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows

kauffmanfellows.org
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DigitalReef

  • Board Member

    2022

DigitalReef is a mobile platform and technology that focuses on building business.

Raised $3,176,878.00.

digitalreef.com
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McLaren Racing

  • Member of McLaren Racing Advisory Group

    2020

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Endeavor

  • Endeavor Ambassador

    2019

    Mentoring, advising, and investing in the highest-impact entrepreneurs worldwide (1.5M high quality jobs created, $1.6B raised, $15B revenues), to create long-term, sustained growth. http://endeavor.org/

Endeavor supports high-impact entrepreneurs around the world. Endeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor.

Raised $130,000,000.00 from Nour Nouf.

endeavor.org

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