Rafael Costa

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Investment Analyst at Clearwater Venture Partners · Consumer · venture capital, marketplaces

Clearwater Venture Partners
São Paulo, Brazil · BRT (UTC-3)
2+ years experience
Fundação Getulio Vargas
English, Portuguese
Investing
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Overview

Investment Analyst at Clearwater Venture Partners, backing consumer companies. Previously an operator for 5 years before investing. Led or co-led 14 investments, 4 of them now at Series B or later. Most at home with marketplaces and brands. I read too many books about cities.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Founders building in consumer
  • Second opinions on brands decisions
Please don't message about
  • Generic networking requests
  • Crypto token projects

Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Skills
venture capitalmarketplacesbrands
InvestingLooking to invest
closes in 3 months

Writing $500k cheques into pre-seed consumer in the US

Cheque size
$500k
Stages
Seed
Sectors
Consumer
Geographies
LatAm
Lead or follow
Follow
Decision time
One meeting and a partner call
How I help
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Typically lead or co-lead. Former operator - I help with hiring and GTM.

São Paulo, Brazilmarketplacesventure capitalbrands
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Experience

  1. Investment Analyst
    Oct 2024 - Present
    Clearwater Venture Partners · 2 yr · Full-time · São Paulo, Brazil
    • Previously an operator for 10 years before investing.
    • Sit on 3 boards.
    • Led or co-led 32 investments, 2 of them now at Series B or later.

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Education

  1. Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Administração, Engineering
    2020 - 2024

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