Carlos Eduardo Rugani Barcellos

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.

Hexagon Mining Tecnologia e Sistemas SA designs and develops software for the mining industry. Its solutions include automation, process optimization, GPS asset tracking, security monitoring, remote equipment operation, and technical support. The company was founded by Guilherme Bastos Alvarenga and Luiz Thomaz do Nascimento on August 4, 1995 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

AleSat Combustíveis SA markets and distributes petroleum products. It supplies gasoline, diesel, natural gas, lubricants, and additives under the brand names ALE Plus and Premium, and Diesel Plus. The company was founded on June 24, 1987 and is headquartered in Natal, Brazil.

Formerly known as HSBC Investment Bank (Brazil) and as Banco CCF Brasil, established in 1997, Banco Losango SA is based in São Paulo. The bank provides domestic and international banking and financial services including savings and checking accounts, consumer loans, housing loans, credit card management, commodity investment funds, fixed-yield investment funds, foreign investment funds, and agricultural and rural loans.