Luiz Guilherme Manzano

Born and raised in São Paulo, Brazil, he graduated in business administration from FGV-EAESP. Throughout his career, he has taken several extension courses, such as the Executive Program at Singularity University and Innovation and Global Mindset at Tel Aviv University. The fact that he didn't become a professional soccer player is one of the main reasons Brazil has been without a world title for over 20 years.

Founder of big_bets, an early-stage fund dedicated to investing in "software-intensive companies" such as Unico, Conta Simples, Justos, Ume, Menten, among others. Previously, he was a director at Endeavor, the world's largest entrepreneur support network, in Brazil. He has been supporting and investing in entrepreneurs for over 15 years and believes he will continue to do so until his brain stops functioning.