Kieran Gartlan
Managing Partner at The Yield Lab LATAM
São Paulo, São Paulo
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2018 - Current
General Partner at the Yield Lab Latam, a leading VC firm focused on the AgriFood and Climate Tech sector. Head of Brazil operations and responsible for sourcing, selecting, and developing the best investment opportunities. The Yield Lab is a global network of AgriFood Tech VCs, with funds in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. The YL global investment portfolio contains over 100 AgTech startups at various stages of development, including 26 in the Latam region.
Board Member
2021
Board Member
2021
Independent Board Member of Grao Direto, one of the fastest-growing digital marketplaces for Brazil's physical grains market.
Board Member
2025
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2024
Board Member
2020
@Tech is a technology innovation company focused on precision animal and livestock management. Their flagship solution, Beeftrader, allows feedlot owners to transform agronomic information into financial data in real-time to identify low performing animals and increase profits. They are introducing similar technology for the poultry and fish sectors.
Board Member
2019 - 2022
TerraMagna is a Brazilian high-growth AgFin Tech Startup focused on managing credit risk for Agricultural lenders, including input distributors, trading firms, banks, and co-ops. They use satellite imagery combined with cutting edge algorithms and artificial intelligence to monitor crops and provide real-time insights in a highly cost effective and efficient manner.
Senior Director, Latin America Commodities
2016 - 2018
Worked with the Latam team on business development in the commodities space as well as with the ventures and Innovation Lab on projects such as Bitcoin derivatives and electronic marketplaces for grains, and the potential for the digital transformation of physical Ag marketplaces, including the Paranagua Paper market, the largest soybean market in the world outside CBOT.
Senior Director, Head of Brazil
2012 - 2016
Head of Brazil office, and responsible for growing volume for CME Group products across all asset classes, including Interest rates, FX, Equity Indices, Agriculture and Energy. Responsible for coverage of Southern Cone, including Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Helped grow trading volume from the region on average 30% over the past three years, through educational and marketing initiatives aswell as special incentive programs.
Director, International Mkt Development, Latin America
2010 - 2012
Responsible for CME Group’s customer relations and product development in Latin America, dealing mainly with banks, asset managers and commercial hedgers.
CME Group is a diverse derivatives marketplace that manages risk and capture opportunities.
Raised $1,000,000,000.00 from Google.
Founder
1999 - 2016
Founded Brazil's largest English-language website for the expat community, with over 1 million page-views per month, for almost two decades. Offered information and advice to newcomers as well as active discussion forums to share experiences and meet like-minded people. Gringoes facebook groups still active with over 30k members.