Olivier Grinda
Chief Operating Officer at Clearco
Olivier Grinda
Chief Operating Officer at Clearco
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Operating Officer
2022 - Current
General Manager, BNPL
2022 - 2022
Creating the future of E-commerce financing
General Manager, ClearAngel
2021 - 2021
With a team of Rockstars I build Clearangel, a data-driven investing and advisorship platform for early-stage founders that are looking for funding without having to give up equity. We intend to lend $100 million from the investment vehicle to support founders who do not have access to angel investors, an experienced board or adviser network. Clearangel is part of Clear.co, the biggest ecommerce investor in the word. Launched in 2015, Clear.co has already deployed over $1Bi in investment in 4,000+ online businesses
Antler Advisor
2021
Coaching founders that build companies with Antler (antler.co) - the global early-stage venture capital firm enabling and investing in the world's most exceptional people building the defining companies of tomorrow. With offices across six continents and most major startup ecosystems, Antler is enabling founders and investing in the top 1% of more than 50,000 entrepreneurs and ideas evaluated every year.
C.E.O. and Co-Founder
2014 - 2020
Founded and operated top Miami real estate tech startup from inception to $200M in property sales in 5 years. Raised $5M from Founders Fund and top tier investors to disrupt $2 trillion brokerage market. Engineered proprietary solution that meshed online marketing, predictive algorithms, optimized interfaces, AI, and sales to offer a market leading user experience from click to close. Ran team of 100+ real estate agents which produced over $70M in property sales in 2019. Developed an innovative lead capture ecosystem of 1,500 site that combined SEO and AI. Improved cost of acquisition by 40% over 2 years while scaling to 14,000 leads per year. Grew Home61 to become the top-rated brokerage in Miami and the largest lead generator in Florida.
C.E.O. and Co-Founder
2011 - 2013
Built a subscription e-commerce site focused on women’s fashion in Brazil. Wrote business plan, site functional requirements, handled top-level recruitment, ran investor relations, business development, marketing and public relations. Specific achievements include: • Raised millions in capital from top tier internet VCs including Redpoint Ventures and Accel Partners. • Grew the company to a run-rate of over $3 million.
Business Development and Latin American Expansion
2011 - 2011
Co-founded the second largest group buying site in Brazil. Started with an advisory role in marketing in 2010 and took an active role in the company to restructure the sales planning department and oversaw the expansion of its operation to Argentina. In 2011 the company successfully raised capital with Grupo Mosaico (Globo). Specific achievements include: • Restructured the sales planning department to increased offer production. • Oversaw the expansion into Argentina, creating clickon.com.ar.
Co-Founder/C.M.O
2009 - 2011
Co-founded the largest Brazilian private sales club in the region. In 2010, Brandsclub became the first Brazilian internet company founded after the dotcom bubble burst to raise over $15 million from foreign investors and grew to become one of the top 25 e-commerce sites in Brazil. Specific achievements include: • Successfully sold the business to Naspers in 2012. • Reached over 5 million registered users • Built and lead the marketing department,. • Helped the company expand to Mexico.