Rodrigo Maria Barradas Ferreira
Investment Director at Vinthera
Rodrigo Maria Barradas Ferreira
Investment Director at Vinthera
Munich, Bavaria
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Director
2024 - Current
A new investment playbook coming soon
Principal & Investment Team Lead
2022 - 2023
Joined as employee #3 and became the Lead of the Investment Team. Played a key role in 23 fund investments, incl. 18 sourced and/or led, and managed a portfolio of 53 funds with top decile aggregate returns Active role in 59% of all investments made out of BFP's third flagship FoF vehicle, accounting for 63% of all capital deployed and 69% of the fund's size Blue Future Partners (www.bfp.vc) is a European Venture Capital Fund of Funds with a global mandate to back Emerging Managers and start-ups across the USA, Europe, Israel and Asia-Pacific
Associate
2022 - 2022
Led a co-investment into Firebolt, Inc. BFP's first ever direct investment into an underlying company of its fund portfolio. + Created cash flow modelling and forecasting tools and conducted CF monitoring for all of BFP's vehicles, including its 3 flagship FoF and SPVs + Played a key role in navigating liquidity crunches as a result of macroeconomic changes + Held multiple team workshops on liquidity and cash flow management
Analyst
2019 - 2021
Active role in 56% of all investments made out of BFP's second flagship FoF vehicle, accounting for 59% of all capital deployed and 64% of the fund's size + Collaborated in 10 fund investments (early-stage), incl. 5 new investments and 5 re-ups + Led the firm's first 3 investments into Opportunity Funds and assisted in raising 3 SPVs to hold the assets + Conducted data analysis and portfolio monitoring for 32 VC funds + Developed multiple tools, files, and platform solutions to source, track, and diligence direct investments + Designed company website from scratch and initiated a full-fledged rebranding + Created fundraising documents, e.g., pitch deck, data room, track record analytics, etc. + Performed countless market mappings, sector deep-dives, presentations, content pieces, etc.
Asset Allocation
2017 - 2017
Asset Allocation - BPI Asset Management + Conducted data analysis and performance attribution of 18 investment portfolios + Developed studies, reports and spreadsheets to enhance asset segmentation and portfolio tracking of 10 investment portfolios + Wrote 2 papers on industry trends, presented to senior management; findings used in portfolio allocation
Corporate Finance
2016 - 2017
Corporate Finance - BPI Investment Bank + Collaborated in 15 M&A and Equity Capital Markets advisory operations + Conducted market research across over 10 industry sectors and presented findings + Assisted Head of Department with 6 live deals
Member of the Advisory Board
2015 - 2017
With its routes in the XVIII century, and nearly 50,000 students spanning over 8 campuses and 18 schools, ULisboa leads the main international rankings and is amongst the 200 best universities worldwide, being considered the 1st Ranking University in Portugal (SCIMAGO, ARWU, NTU, CWUR, URAP, CWTS-LEIDEN), and 2nd Ranking University in the Ibero-American Space (SCIMAGO) The "Senate" is the Advisory Body that represents the Academic Community and the Schools of Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa). Senate members include: - The Rector, who presides - The Vice-Rectors - The Deans or Directors of the Schools - The Chairmen of the Scientific Councils of the Schools - The Chairmen of the Schools’ Pedagogical Councils
Member of the Board of Directors
2014 - 2016
The Board of Directors, formally known as "Conselho de Escola", represents the highest Strategic Decision and Supervisory Governance Body of the School. The Board is comprised of 15 members, including 9 of the most renowned professors of the school, 2 students, and CEO's from some of Portugal's largest enterprises. Among its responsibilities, falls electing the Dean of the School and approving ISEG's General Guidelines, namely in terms of Scientific, Pedagogical, Service Provision, Financial and Patrimonial Management, as well as its Relations with External Entities. Also, appreciate and monitor the performance of the Dean of the School and its Management Board, and act upon them.
Local Organizing Team
2016 - 2016
Member of the Local Organizing Team for the International Conference on Economic Modeling (EcoMod2016) that took place in Lisbon, Portugal Organized in partnership with UECE - Research Unit on Complexity and Economics, the research centre of ISEG, School of Economics and Management of the Universidade de Lisboa. UECE produces research, both theoretical and applied, mainly in Economics, but also in the Sciences of Complexity and in inter-disciplinary areas.
Education
Master of Science (MSc)
2017 - 2018
Guest Student
2018 - 2018
Bachelor of Science (BSc, Hons)
2015 - 2016
Bachelor of Science (BSc)
2012 - 2015
High School Diploma
2005 - 2011
Junior School
1996 - 2005