Fernando Fernandez

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Principal, Saltwater Capital - applied ML · venture capital · product

Saltwater Capital
Guadalajara, Mexico · CST (UTC-6)
6+ years experience
Fundação Getulio Vargas
English, Spanish
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Overview

I invest in AI applications at Saltwater Capital, usually at pre-seed and seed. Sit on 6 boards. Backed 44 founders at pre-seed and seed. Before that: Bradesco and iFood.

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Experience

  1. Principal
    Jan 2026 - Present
    Saltwater Capital · 9 mo · Full-time · Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Backed 20 founders at pre-seed and seed.
    • Previously an operator for 5 years before investing.
  2. Senior Product Manager
    Jan 2024 - Jan 2026
    Bradesco · 2 yr · Full-time · Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Launched the payments product in 11 markets.
    • Grew payments revenue from $6 million to $23 million ARR.
  3. Associate Product Manager
    Oct 2020 - Jan 2024
    iFood · 3 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Guadalajara, Mexico
    • Killed 3 features nobody used and shipped the 2 that customers asked for.

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Education

  1. Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Administração, Engineering
    2015 - 2019

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