Marcelo Lima combines a Computer Engineering degree from ITA with Corporate Finance training from UC Berkeley, bringing both technical depth and financial expertise to his fintech and B2B software investments at Monashees. Having grown up across different regions of Brazil from Brasília to the Northeast, he offers founders geographic perspective beyond the traditional São Paulo and Rio tech centers while maintaining global venture networks through his participation as a Kauffman Fellow.
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Monashees
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Fintech, SaaS, Marketplaces, Education, Logistics
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Monashees is a pioneer venture capital fund founded in 2005 that focuses on Latin American tech companies, positioning itself around the thesis "The future is human" to back technology that enhances human potential rather than just "fancy tech." The firm has built an unusually large founder community of 300+ entrepreneurs across 150+ companies and systematically bridges Latin American founders with global capital and talent, including selective investments in US and European companies like Pipedrive and Voi.
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