Thomaz Edmundo Pereira
Venture Capitalist, Brand Builder, Project Manager, Agile Master, Growth Marketeer & Consultant. 🇧🇷 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
📍 São Paulo, São Paulo — Brazil ☎️ +55 34 98414-0108 📧 thomaz.edmundo@aqna.com.br
Biography
Based in São Paulo, Brazil — As an award winning designer over a 6-year career, Thomaz improved himself as Agile Master, Brand Builder, Brand Consultant & Brand Advisor, standing out for being a serial entrepreneur, bringing baggage of over 6 years in Management, Creation and Development of lovebrands and over 3 years in open innovation, corporate innovation and entrepreneurship.
He is certified in Project Management by Google Inc. and Viral Content Creation by Wharton Upenn and Growth Marketing.
In 2018, he founded his first startup, a fintech marketplace, associated with Sulamerica, awarded in the Best of Insurance 2019 category, which brought many learnings and allowed to experience many stories. From 2020, he was at the head of BNE_EDU, as director of the communication area and co-founder, leading more than 15 people and approving more than 500 students in the best colleges in the country. BNE_EDU was Shortlisted for the Brazilian Design Award 2021 (BDA21).
Currently Thomaz Edmundo works in the investment scene as Head of Growth at Aqna Ventures, a company that connects market leaders with the innovation scene. He is a member of Insper Angels and ESPM Angels, making angel investments in innovation projects with high scalability. Thomaz develops brands, does business consulting and is on the Advisory Board of one of the most notable hospitals in Minas Gerais.
Core Skills
Professional
+ Troubleshooting
+ Adaptability
+ Creative Problem-Solving
+ Leadership
+ Planning & Organization
+ Time Management
+ Teamwork
+ Proccess Optimization
Technical
+ Finances
+ Startups Valuation
+ Startups Investment
+ Agile Methodologies
+ S.C.R.U.M.
+ Corporate Open Innovation
+ Customer Experience
+ Copywriting
+ Brand Building
+ UX/UI Design
+ Content Distribution
+ Marketing Analisys
Languages
🇧🇷 Portuguese (Native)
🇺🇸 English (Fluent)
🇩🇪 German (Intermediary)
Experiences
Growth & Marketing Manager, at Aqna Ventures December, 2021 — Present - São Paulo, Brazil
At Aqna I am responsible for working the strategic sectors of marketing, communication, visual communication and startup analysis, being focused on Martechs, Edtechs, Agtechs and Fintechs.
User Experience - Growth Hacking - Agile Methodologies - Business Development - Analytical Skills - Growth Strategies - Start-up Investments - Custommer Experience - Commercial
Member, at ESPM Angels August, 2022 — Present - São Paulo, Brazil
Member of the angel investment association formed by ESPM students and alumni executives.
Start-up Investments - Angel Investment
Chief Marketing Officer, at bne_edu September, 2020 — December, 2021 - São Paulo, Brazil
Late Co-founder. While I was Director of Marketing and Growth at bne_edu, we got over 500 students approved in the best Brazilian colleges and and reached the mark of 3000% growth in our student base.
User experience - Agile methodologies - Digital marketing - Project management - Marketing strategy - Product launch events - Growth Hacking - Teamwork - Event Organization
Operations, at YouNub eSports Club May, 2019 — August, 2020 - Brazil
I joined the operations team in 2019, when the team was looking to expand its relationship with other games and strengthen its brand positioning. Increased the amount of championships played twice.
Agile Methodologies - Project Management - Microsoft Excel - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop - Troubleshooting
Product Owner, at PoupePop March, 2018 — April, 2019 - Brazil
Co-founder. PoupePOP: a fintech marketplace from the interior of Minas Gerais that stood out among the players as a result of our supporters, receiving the online platform development award from Apólice Seguros.
Agile Methodologies - Project Management - S.C.R.U.M. - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe Photoshop - Facebook Business - Google Ads
Brand Builder & UI/UX Designer, Freelancer Fev, 2016 — September, 2020 - Brazil
Brand development - Digital image creation - Visual identity - Packaging design - Graphic design - Branding and visual identity - User interface design - User experience (UX) design - Logo design - Web design - Website creation
Volunteer Experience
Event Organizer & Startup Mentor, at Techstars Startup Weekend September, 2018 — March, 2020 - Uberlândia, Brazil
I volunteered in 3 editions of StartupWeekend, a Techstars event to foster innovation in several cities in the country, as a Mentor and Organizer. Moreover, I helped in the creation and growth of Innovation Ecosystems in my hometown, Uberlândia, and cities in the region, such as Ituiutaba and Araguari, areas often left adrift.
Key Words: Google, UberHub, Techstars, Startups Mentoring, SEBRAE, Event Organization, Growth, Lead Acquisition, Press Release.
Innovation Agent, at Comunidade UAI February, 2019 — October, 2019 - Uberlândia, Brazil
Co-founder. Comunidade UAI was a non-profit organization with the purpose of forming and strengthening innovation and technology ecosystems in the interior of Minas Gerais. With educational, immersion, and consulting programs for companies, we stimulate collaboration between communities.
Key Words: UAI Community, UberHub, Techstars, Reri Valley, SEBRAE, Innovation Ecosystem of Pontal, Growth, Press Release.
Innovation Agent, at Uberhub LegalTech October, 2019 — February, 2021 - Uberlândia, Brazil
Key Words: UberHub, Uberlândia, Hackathons, Innovation, Corporate Innovation, Innovation Hub, Growth, Lead Acquisition, Press Release.
Academic History
Certifications
Causes I Support
One of my co-founding initiatives ensured that more than 150 low-income students were able to get scholarship places at the most prestigious universities.
I support startups that prevent more than 21M lts of water were spent & reduced the emission of 5ton of Co2 of bigcorps.
Volunteer event organizer for Techstars and Innovation agent for Uberhub and UAI Community in the Interior of Brazil.
Today I support 3 independent contemporary visual artists and save trashed drafts of renowned Brazilian artists.
Press
Startup Weekend é realizado em Uberlândia — Explore
as innovation agent, doing volunteer job at Techstars Brazil
ARCH TAPBAR & CRAFTBEER, judged by Derrick Lin — Explore
as freelancer brand designer
Los trabajos de branding y packaging del Thomaz E. — Explore
as freelancer brand designer
Colourful Beer Packaging for Arch Craft Beer by Thomaz Edmundo — Explore
as freelancer brand designer
Uberlândia sedia eventos de Startups e Empreendedorismo — Explore
as innovation agent, doing volunteer job at Techstars Brazil
Award & Achievements
ABEDESIGN, 2021
Related with bne_edu brand development.
Adobe, 2022
Related with Aqna Ventures brand development.
Apólice Magazine, 2019
Related with PoupePOP platform development.
Competences
- Brand Building
- Art Direction
- Brand Design
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- UI Design
- Finances
- Brand Building
- Packaging Design
- Graphic Design
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- UX Research
- UX Design
- Web Design
- Notion
- User Experience
- Growth Hacking
- Agile Methodologies
- Business Development
- Digital Marketing
- Marketing Strategy
- Event Planning
- VBA
- Microsoft Office
"My mission is to bring happiness to whoever is around me, regardless of what I am doing."
Thomaz Edmundo