Anderson Mendonça Thees

Mr. Anderson Mendonça Thees is a Chief Executive Officer at Instituto Empreender Endeavor - Brasil, a Managing Partner at Redpoint Eventures Gestão De Recursos Ltda.
/Inv Mgmt/ and a Managing Partner at Redpoint Eventures Gestão de Recursos Ltda.
He is on the Board of Directors at Minuto Corretora de Seguros SA. Prior to founding Redpoint eventures, the first Brazilian venture capital fund established in collaboration with Silicon Valley VC firms, he was the CEO of Apontador, the leading local search and geolocation company in Brazil.
He previously launched and led the Latin American internet conglomerate for Naspers/NIH.
Earlier in his career, he worked as a technology entrepreneur and a software developer in Brazil and Switzerland.
While at Naspers, he invested in and held executive positions in large companies such as Buscapé and Movile.
Prior to Naspers, he was an Investment Officer at Eccelera, a venture capital fund.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Unicamp, a MBA from Yale University, and a certificate from Stanford University’s executive education program.