João Festas

Part of GFH HFEVA LLC, Citadel Advisors Holdings LP functions as an investment holding company. The company is based in Chicago, IL.

Part of Opus International Holdings Ltd., Opus Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is a Brazilian investment advisory company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opus Gestão de Recursos Ltda. provides investment advice. The Brazilian company was founded in 2004 by Eduardo Plass, José Mario Osorio, Carlos Henrique Vieira Brandão dos Santos. José Mario Osorio has been the CEO since 2004.

Part of Linklaters LLP, Linklaters (Lisbon) is a company based in Lisbon, Portugal.

BiG Start Ventures is a wholly-owned private equity subsidiary of Banco de Investimento Global S A in Portugal. The firm was founded in 2004, previously known as OneTier Partners SCR SA, and changed to its current name in 2016. It is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

ECS Sociedade Gestora de Fundos de Capital de Risco SA (ECS Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2006 by António José Fernandes de Sousa and Fernando Álvaro Teixeira de Sousa Esmeraldo. The firm is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

C2 Capital Partners – SCR SA (C2 Capital Partners) is an independent private equity subsidiary of Gaw Capital Partners founded in 2009 by Nuno Ricardo Gaioso Jorge Ribeiro and Pedro Morais Esteves de Carvalho. The firm is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal.

Part of Icatu Holding SA, Icatu Seguros SA is a life insurance, social security, and capitalization company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Icatu Seguros offers solutions to protect families and financial futures through life insurance, private pension funds, and capitalization titles. The Brazilian company manages over $52 billion in investment funds and is recognized for its excellence in management both in Brazil and abroad. Icatu Seguros also offers tailor-made experiences and services for partnerships. The company was founded in 1973 by Carlos Alberto de Figueiredo Trindade Filho, and the CEO is Luciano Snel Corrêa.

Coatue Management LLC is a private equity/venture capital arm of Coatue Management LLC founded in 1999 by Thomas Jerome Laffont and Philippe P. Laffon .The firm is headquartered in New York.

Tork Capital Gestão de Recursos Ltda. is an independent asset management company founded in 2018, based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Brazilian company has subsidiaries in Brazil and Cayman Islands. Tork Capital specializes in equities and aims to provide investment solutions to its clients.

Portugal Fintech is an open association that aims to gather the fintech ecosystem in Portugal, from startups to corporates, experts, and investors. The company supports fintech startups and connect the Portuguese ecosystem to the world, including the verticals of insurtech, regtech, fintech, and cybersecurity. The company has initiatives such as the Fintech House, which fosters innovation and makes ideas grow, and the Finlab, which is a communication channel between entrepreneurs and the Portuguese financial authorities. The private company also has a yearly report that includes main drivers and market trends, investment statistics, interviews with industry experts, and the top 30 fintechs. Fintech Solutions is their advisory arm, focused on closing the gap between startups and incumbents. The purpose of the Finlab is to support the development of genuinely innovative projects and companies. The company was founded in 2016 by João Guerreiro Freire de Andrade.

Bam Elevate (Bam Elevate) is a private equity a subsidiary of Balyasny Asset Management LP. The firm is headquartered in New York.

Aster Investimentos Ltda. is an investment company based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. is a team of investors who are constantly researching and focusing on special businesses with solid long-term growth prospects. The team is composed of experienced professionals who have worked in well-known companies such as Netshoes, Itaú, and BTG. The Brazilian company's research process involves an infinite process of interaction for deep understanding of the case, maintaining the traditional analysis checklist, but with a magnitude of time spent with benchmarks that has changed. offers long-only strategy, fundamentalist, long-term investments. The private company was founded in 2021 by Rodrigo de Queirós Cabrera Nasser.