Fabio Iunis de Paula lives in Silicon Valley with his family while investing in Brazilian IoT companies, looking specifically for startups that have passed about $30K in monthly recurring revenue and can grow more than 2x a year, and he thinks of IoT as a full system of devices, sensors, connectivity, cloud, software, and security rather than just hardware. His path also stands out personally: he worked his way through an electronic engineering degree and later a Chicago Booth MBA with limited family financial support, studying English on lunch breaks and preparing for the GMAT at night, and he has since completed several long-distance adventure races and finished all Six World Marathon Majors in 2025.