Patrick Arippol
Managing Partner at Alexia Ventures
Brazil
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Lead Investor & Board of Directors
2023 - Current
Kauffman Fellow
2022
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2019
Alexia Ventures is a Venture Capital firm focused on leading series A rounds in software platform, SaaS, and data / intelligence startups founded by top entrepreneurs from Brazil and Latin America. Alexia VC's "smart money" comes from founders with profound experience, and is supported by a network of investors, venture partners, and founders from innovation hubs in the region, key emerging markets, and Silicon Valley.
Co-Lead Investor & Board of Directors
2021
Lead Investor & Board of Directors
2020
Lead Investor & Board of Directors
2023
Rocket.Chat is a platform that improves internal and external communication within a controlled and secure environment.
Raised $36,900,313.00 from Alexia Ventures, Valor Capital Group, New Enterprise Associates, Endeavor Catalyst, Graphene Ventures, DGF Investimentos, Greycroft, Bossa Invest, Scale-Up Ventures and Bob Young.
Venture Partner & I.C. Member
2019 - 2025
Member of Investment Committee for funds DGF Ventures 1 and 2 (DGF3/6) with firm's partners; held Board Seats for companies in both portfolios until Oct/2021 (now advisor).
Managing Director of Early Venture Practice (Series A)
2010 - 2019
DGF Investimentos is one of the leading Venture Capital firms in Brazil, with a 19-year track record of 30+ investments and successful exits accross 5+ growth and early-stage funds. DGF's early-stage investment group consists of two concentrated portfolios of data-based and SaaS (Software as a Service) platform companies, in funds DGF Ventures 1 (DGF3, 2012) and DGF Ventures 2 (DGF6, 2017). As such, Patrick led investments in the top entrepreneurs running big data / AI, mobile platform, and SaaS companies, both with regional and global scope.
Lead Investor & Board of Directors
2019 - 2022
Lead Investor & Board of Directors
2019 - 2021
Lead Investor & Board of Directors (exited)
2018 - 2021