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Fabio Kestenbaum

Founding Partner at Positive Ventures

São Paulo, São Paulo

Overview 

Fabio Kestenbaum is the Founding Partner at Positive Ventures, a prominent venture capital firm in São Paulo, with a focus on impact investments in sectors like logistics and e-commerce. With a background in corporate law and experience at BMA - Barbosa Mussnich Aragão, he excels in negotiation, corporate governance, and change management, contributing significantly to the success of start-ups and mergers in Latin America. Kestenbaum's career highlights include his role as a Board Member at Labi Saúde and eureciclo, showcasing his expertise in fostering growth and sustainability within the companies he invests in, making him a valuable asset in the venture capital and impact investment landscape.

Work Experience 

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Positive Ventures

  • Founding Partner

    2015 - Current

    Positive Ventures, aka Positive, invests in early-stage technology companies with radical ideas about how to decarbonize the global economy and empower people.

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LALA - Latin American Leadership Academy

  • Board Member

    2025

    LALA seeks to promote sustainable economic development and strengthen democratic governance in Latin America by developing a new generation of leaders.

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Neomed

  • Board Member

    2025

    Neo ships AI-driven tech that helps public and private hospitals across Brazil cut deaths from heart disease.

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Windfall Bio

  • Board Observer

    2024

    Windfall Bio is developing the first-ever solution for capturing and transforming climate-harming methane emissions into living organic soil nutrients.

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Labi Saúde

  • Board Member

    2019

    Labi provides fair-priced healthcare for everyone, anywhere.

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eureciclo

  • Board Member

    2017

    Eureciclo is Latam's largest exchange for recycling credits.

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BMA – Barbosa Müssnich Aragão

  • Lawyer

    2008 - 2015

    M&A and PE team, buy side. Notorious M&As: Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A., B3 S.A. and BRF S.A.

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Sao Paulo State Government

  • Intern at Social Development State Secretary

    2007 - 2008

    Execution of economic and social development projects within São Paulo State, as well as Universal Basic Income (UBI) sandbox initiatives.

  • Intern at Justice and Citizenship State Secretary

    2006 - 2007

    Joined in-house legal team effort to provide justice and restitution for the victims of the Brazilian Dictatorship.

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