Rodrigo Sepulveda Schulz

Advisor to startups, scale-ups, new emerging fund managers (GPs), and family offices (LPs).

Strategy consultant with both private and public corporations.

Selected past digital growth strategy assignments, using my investment and digital expertise (Project Lead, as an independent consultant):

- Independent investment due diligence of a Greentech for investors. Dubai, 2024

- Fundraising advisory services for innovative Web3 companies. New York, 2024

- Redesigned the group strategy for the board of a large public retail company (Darty: 3.5b€ revenue, 10K employees, 400 stores). 2015

- Market study and strategy definition for a public direct response marketing company (HighCo, part of the WPP Group: 130m€ revenue, 900 employees). 2014

- Pan-European Video Market entry study for a media company (Euromedia Group). 2013

- Global digital strategy roadmap, and detailed implementation plan, for a global public IT services group (Capgemini: ~10b€ revenue, 122K employees,39 countries). 2012, 2013

- Seminars on innovation to a utility company (EDF); to a VoIP SaaS company (Prosodie); to a global hospitality services company (Edenred). 2013

Also a family office investing worldwide, processing ~600 opportunities per year.

- Portfolio of 6 vehicles as LP.

- Portfolio of 15 early-stage companies with 14 exits (1 IPO at $1.2b, 10 M&A, 3 bankruptcies), including Amiando, Getaround (NYSE:GETR), Holberton, RecargaPay, Trigami. Board Member in 3 of them.

Companies located in Europe, USA, Asia & Latam.

Sectors: Marketplaces, Messaging, FinTech, Adtech, EdTech, PropTech, B2C, B2B, Data Analytics, SaaS.

Venture capital firm, headquartered in Luxembourg, with over $100m in AUM in 3 funds (from Series Seed to Series F). We invented and applied an impact investment framework based on the 17 UN SDGs, and on the 'Exponential Organizations' book.

I was involved with fund strategy, CSSF regulatory approval, LP fundraising (50+), LP reporting, marketing, in-house technology tools, HR. My work included deal sourcing (in charge of Spain, Portugal, the UK, Ireland, and the USA: I was based 50% of my time in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley for 3 years), due diligence, deal negotiation, board representation, and sale support with our portfolio companies.

Member of the investment committee. We processed over 12,000 investment opportunities in 6 years.

I sold my stake in the ManCo in January 2023, staying on as an LP in the funds I helped manage, after 1 year of transition as a Venture Partner supporting 3 companies in Paris.

I was involved with 50+ Transactions in 30 companies from Series Seed to Series F, out of 3 Funds (vintages 2016, 2017, 2019). I was a board member or observer in 5 of them.

- To date, the young portfolio has seen 10 exits (1 IPO at $1.6b; 5 M&A including a sale at $2.6b, and 4 bankruptcies).

- Sample growth investments: Catalyte, Dott, Glovo (DHER.DE), Ocus, Pliops, Refurbed, Spire Global (NYSE:SPIR)

Companies located in Europe, Israel and USA.

Sectors: Future of Work, Urban Mobility, EdTech, FinTech, Logistics, Digital Health, B2C, SaaS, AI, SpaceTech, Semiconductors, Marketplaces, Sustainability, Travel, PropTech, Social Network, Messaging, Data Analytics, Crypto, HR, Cybersecurity

vpod.tv was a multimedia platform enabling corporations to create their own convergent InternetTV channels.

Customers included

- global brands such as L'Oréal, Danone, BNP Paribas, French Government, Fanta, Leroy-Merlin, GDF-SUEZ;

- media groups; telcos such as SFR, Ono and large e-commerce sites.

vpod.tv received numerous Innovation awards in Europe and the USA. In 2006, vpod.tv raised a $5.1 m series A from Innovacom, the investment arm affiliated with Orange. Angel investors and advisors included serial entrepreneurs Martin Varsavsky (Fon) and Xavier Niel (Iliad/free.fr).

I was in charge of product development, marketing, sales, HR, finance and investor relations.

I sold my stake in the company in January 2010, after it became profitable in just over 3 years. Offices in Paris and Madrid, 27 people.