Sebastian Buenaventura
Partner at Credit Collective
Brazil
Overview
Work Experience
Senior Associate
2023 - Current
Visiting Partner
2022 - 2023
Flori is a seed-stage fund backing founders who are building solutions to tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time: the climate crisis and create an inclusive financial system. We invest/support outstanding people building in: - Financial inclusion in Africa and Latam (Credit/ Loan management, hedging, scoring, insurance) - Sustainability Markets (Carbon markets, circular economy, clean energy) - DAOs and community efforts Contact: https://airtable.com/shruhvQVl0NHhSl0E
Flori is a seed-stage venture fund sponsor supporting a more inclusive financial system.
Partner
2023
Credit Collective is an impact venture debt fund. We partner with RWA projects that have already proven their underwriting and tokenization but are too small for traditional debt funds. We stake positions ranging from $75k to $300k in stablecoins at affordable rates and connect them with the necessary infrastructure to access more liquidity. Furthermore, we offer support from a global community interested in bridging the liquidity gap in emerging markets.
CEO, Co-Founder
2021 - 2022
- Led product growth, driving +92% week-over-week growth in Assets Under Management (AUM), reaching USD 830K in 3 months, with 2,000+ active users and an 8,000-person waitlist. Built and nurtured a 3.5K-member community on Telegram, positioning Simpol as a trusted educational platform for end users. Notably, 80% of Simpol's active users were introduced to crypto for the first time. - Protected 100% of customer funds during the UST/Luna collapse, applying proactive risk management strategies and executing a full operational wind-down with zero customer losses. - Navigated a legal review with Colombia’s financial regulator, demonstrating AML compliance and strong fiduciary oversight, even in an uncertain regulatory environment post-UST collapse. - Recruited, built, and led a cross-functional team of 20+ professionals across product, growth, finance, compliance, and community. - Secured $800K in funding from Flori Ventures, Allegory Capital, Celo Founders, Startup Chile, Parallel18, and angel investors, fueling product development and go-to-market execution.
CEO, Co-Founder
2020 - 2022
Freelance marketplace, connecting companies from USD-based markets (US, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Ecuador) with talent from markets with weaker currencies (Colombia, Venezuela, and Argentina). - Grew Gross Transaction Volume (GTV) 26x in 2021, reaching $600K/year with CM1 profitability. - Raised $300K pre-seed from Parallel18, Startup Chile, and Rafael Vivas (AppLovin Co-founder). - Built a community of 4,000 freelancers and onboarded 220 active companies across US, Puerto Rico, Panama, and Ecuador.
Digital Marketing Supervisor
2017 - 2019
Managed digital acquisition and retention strategy for IQOS (Reduced Risk products - "RRPs") - For more information visit www.iqos.com.
Philip Morris International is a tobacco company that sells and manufactures cigarettes.
Raised $1,100,000,000.00.
Digital Account Manager
2016 - 2017
• Head of the digital team, responsible for digital accounts and strategies • Managed budgets for all digital accounts • Developed and executed SPR's own strategy to identify and manage growth opportunities • Managed client relationships and provided strategic planning and direction to clients such as HP inc, 3M, MediaTek, Absolute Software, Dell-EMC, Sindoni Group and Education New Zealand • Managed partners relationships (IT support and BI Software) in order to offer 360 strategies that improve all the digital experience of the clients • Developed and implemented CRM strategies to improve the ZMOT, customer experience and customer journey of the companies • Managed the website and information systems of the agency • Promoted in 3 months as Account Executive Achievements: • Re-launched the company’s website with improved front-end functionalities which enhanced the users’ experience and led to an increase in website visits by 50%. • Open de Digital department in the agency • Lead and develop new business that improves the profit margin of the agency by a 30%
Co-founder and CEO
2015 - 2016
1st augmented reality platform in LATAM. 5000 projects created, more than 500 active users. 1st Spanish speaker partner for the Layar Partner Network.
Growth analyst
2015 - 2016
• Planned, designed, and implemented acquisition strategies for SMBs in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to succeed in highly competitive tourism markets.
Internship Trainee
2015 - 2015