Managing Partner @ Upload Ventures
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Joined September 2009
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I asked for a chief of staff. I got Mia. Mia is my Pana.
Pana is what I'd been quietly hoping someone would build. It is what Siri, Alexa and Gemini should be. A mix of Siri, Gemini, and OpenClaw, but proactive. Not a chatbot, not a productivity app. An always-on operator who runs my day with me.
A few examples from this week:
. Morning brief at 7am, with live pre-reads for every meeting on my calendar, pulled from email, WhatsApp, Attio, Granola, and the calendar itself. I never walk into a room cold.
. 'Agenda James tomorrow 14h' gets me a calendar block with a Zoom link, an address for in person, and an invite the other side actually receives. End to end.
. Voice auth. Every audio message I send Mia, she checks the voiceprint before acting on it. Someone with my unlocked phone can't issue voice orders pretending to be me. She built that herself after I told her it mattered.
. The recurring stuff I'd otherwise forget. Flowers for my wife. The maintenance checklist for the housekeeper every Monday and Friday. Anniversary logistics. None of it touches my todo list.
Easy to use (I talk to her like I'd talk to anyone on my team). Easy to extend (new skills get built in a session, not a sprint). Secure and private by design, one Pana per person, one dedicated server per Pana. My data doesn't pool into someone else's training set.
Net: roughly 70% of my day to day busy work, personal and professional, just gets handled in the background. I see outcomes, not tasks.
If you build at the intersection of AI and operator-grade workflows, this is the one to watch.
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Rodrigo Baer retweeted
“If I were to run the company and make all the decisions then I might as well be the founder”
Instead, he aims to support startup growth by thoughtfully evaluating their opportunities.
Meet @Rodrigobaer, co-founder of Upload Ventures, a fund focused on early-stage and growth-stage investments in Latin America, moved by the desire to add value, not just capital.
He's invested in over 6 unicorns, including iFood, CargoX, and Pismo.
I sat with him in today’s episode to talk about:
▶️ History and trends of Brazil´s venture ecosystem
▶️ Lessons Rodrigo has learned from investing
▶️ Why he decided to start his own fund
▶️ His approach to helping startups.
🎧 Listen here: open.spotify.com/episode/4XQ…
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"Si tuviera que dirigir la empresa y tomar todas las decisiones, entonces bien podría ser el fundador."
En cambio, su objetivo es apoyar el crecimiento de las startups evaluando cuidadosamente sus oportunidades.
Conoce a @Rodrigobaer, cofundador de Upload Ventures, un fondo centrado en inversiones de etapa inicial y de crecimiento en América Latina, impulsado por el deseo de agregar valor, no solo capital.
Ha invertido en más de 6 unicornios, incluidos iFood, CargoX y Pismo.
Lo tuve en el episodio de hoy para hablar sobre:
▶️ La historia y tendencias del ecosistema en Brasil
▶️ Las lecciones que Rodrigo ha aprendido como inversionista
▶️ Por qué decidió empezar su propio fondo, y su approach para ayudar startups
🎧 Escúchalo aquí: open.spotify.com/episode/4XQ…
OBRIGATÓRIO PARA FOUNDERS:
Um dos melhores papos sobre o que é empreender na real e não no palco.
Eduardo Baer e Guilherme Pinho Bonifacio contam tudo sobre as histórias pouco conhecidas, desses que são dois dos pioneiros do ecossistema
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Hoje respondo: Devo pensar em breakevar quando começar fundraise? Especialmente antes do Series B, questiono se buscar o breakeven (ou, no mínimo, deixá-lo instrumentalizado) é realmente uma via que deveria ser considerada. Se sim, quanto.
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