Marcelo Pinto

Angel Investor at Independent | ex-Bancolombia

Independent

São Paulo, Brazil · BRT (UTC-3)

11+ years experience

IESE

English, Portuguese

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Overview

I invest in climate, usually at pre-seed and seed. Led or co-led 7 investments, 9 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with climate tech and hardware. I play football every Sunday.

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venture capitalhardwareenergyclimate tech

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Writing $250k cheques into pre-seed climate in India and SEA

Cheque size: $250k
Stages: Series A
Sectors: Climate
Geographies: Europe
Lead or follow: Co-lead
Decision time: About two weeks
How I help: First enterprise customers and pricing

Happy to follow a strong lead. Portfolio support on pricing and enterprise sales.

São Paulo, Brazilenergyventure capitalclimate tech

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Experience

Angel Investor
Jul 2024 - Present
Independent · 2 yr 3 mo · Full-time · São Paulo, Brazil
- Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
- Sit on 7 boards.
Business Analyst
Nov 2022 - Jul 2024
Bancolombia · 1 yr 8 mo · Full-time · São Paulo, Brazil
- Shipped 10 launches on the payments platform team without a rollback.
- Took payment success rates from 94.1% to 97.1%.
Business Analyst
Oct 2019 - Nov 2022
McKinsey & Company · 3 yr 1 mo · Full-time · São Paulo, Brazil
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 29 minutes to under 5.
- Cut p99 latency on the developer experience services from 467ms to 128ms.
Senior Consultant
Mar 2017 - Oct 2019
Globant · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · São Paulo, Brazil
- Ran commercial diligence on 17 deals.
Consultant
Oct 2015 - Mar 2017
Google · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · São Paulo, Brazil
- Ran commercial diligence on 35 deals.
- Designed the operating model for a 5 thousand-person transformation.

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Education

IESE
MBA, Business Administration
2014 - 2016
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Ingeniería, Finance
2006 - 2010

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