Rodrigo Dantas

Board and Entrepreneur Advisor

2021 - Current

Portfolio operation partner advising tech companies in growth & late stage in marketing, strategy and operations. Crescera Capital (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) is one the most active venture capital firms in Brazil with more than BRL 5 billion under management that invested in companies like Afya, Tembici, Alura, Rock Content, Bling, Convenia, Konduto, Nelogica, Passei Direto, Vindi and more.

Board Member

2024

My goal in this role is advising and supporting founders and entrepreneurs of the company on important decisions and strategy

Board Advisor

2023

Advising VC firm focused on investing in tech companies (seed and Series A investments). The Criatec Fund 4 is managed by Crescera Capital and Triaxis Capital.

Angel Investor

2016

I invest in SaaS and FinTech startups in early stage moments, with a brilliant founders team like IDwall®, Conta Simples®, Hub.La® (ex-Chatpay), Cardeal®, Gorila®, Suridata®, Fácil Consulta®, WallJobs®, Tiva®, Layers Education®, CondoConta@, @Kiro and more at lab.capital. LP (limited partner) investor in the venture capitals firms Canary e Iporanga Ventures.

Co-Founder & CEO - EXIT

2013 - 2023

Vindi (acquired by Locaweb - LWSA3) is the most powerful payment infrastructure for subscription business and e-commerce in Brazil. We done three acquisitions of SaaS business: Aceita Fácil, Smartbill (acquired from Astella and SPVentures) and FastNotas. TOTVS, XP, Generali, Thomson Reuters, Empiricus, Fast Shop, Bluefit, Exame and more 35,000 customers use Vindi.

Board Advisor

2022 - 2023

Helping the entrepreneurs in local strategy (Brazil).

Board Member

2022 - 2023

M&A and fundraising.

Investor Co-Founder

2020 - 2021

Investor co-founder of the most important startup news vehicle in Brazil.

Head Área Empresas

2009 - 2013

General Manager of a business unit/segment with some key responsibilities: - Head of platform on SMB's and middle market companies segment; - Two important facilitator in post-M&A's integration (Bank Boston and Unibanco); - Innovation startup project / before Cubo.

Senior Account Manager

2008 - 2009

Client Partner, business development, sales, prospecting new clients. Focus on Internet/Web companies market (OI Paggo, MercadoLivre, Serasa Experian, Adobe Systems, Direct Talk and more).

Relationship Manager

2005 - 2007

Client Partner, definition of annual budget, consulting to small business companies, support to clients.

Operations & Treasury Supervisor

2003 - 2007

Treasury and operations supervisor in dozens of bank branches.

Administrative Assistant

2000 - 2003

Investor & Co-founder - Exit

2009 - 2011

Investor and brand creator of an fragrance store / e-commerce.