Vasco Varanda Picchi

FIR Capital Partners - Gestão de Investimentos (FIR Capital) is the Brazil-based venture capital arm of Draper Fisher Jurvetson in the US. The firm was founded by Guilherme Emrich and Marcus Regueira in 1999 to invest in innovative start-up, emerging or growing companies with significant growth potential. Headquartered in Belo Horizonte, FIR Capital became a subsidiary of Draper Fisher Jurvetson in 2007. They pursue investments where they can add value, making direct investments and investing through funds in world-class companies with the potential for exponential growth. Their flagship fund, Fundotec I, was one of the first venture capital funds in Brazil.