Capital. Technology. Strategy.
Explore selected experienceDifferent businesses. Different stages. A shared perspective on building long-term value.
Grão Direto
Early backing from OpenVC’s founders supported a digital marketplace connecting agricultural producers and buyers. Later rounds brought in a wider group of strategic and institutional investors.
Early investment by OpenVC’s founders alongside other investors
Neoway
Neoway developed a data and analytics business serving enterprise clients. The experience behind AVIV includes an advisory role documented during its growth. After a later leadership transition and governance changes, B3 acquired the company in 2021.
Advisory role documented during the company’s growth
Horti Inova
Horti Inova brings an investment perspective into the operating business itself: protected cultivation, agricultural production and commercial distribution. The client describes the company as active and supplying major participants in Brazil’s food supply chain.
Investment and operating experience in an active agricultural business
Selected experience includes investments, operating roles and advisory work undertaken by AVIV’s leadership, including through other organizations.
The investment heritage behind AVIV includes the creation of OpenVC, a Brazilian venture capital initiative focused on B2B technology and international expansion. Its history connects operating experience with early investment decisions and cross-border market perspectives.
B2B technology. International expansion. A perspective formed by building and operating businesses before evaluating investment opportunities.
In 2017, financial press reported a connection between OpenVC and Jerusalem Venture Partners, linking Latin American and Israeli venture perspectives.
In 2018, press coverage described a collaboration around growth investment in technology companies. The reported initiative belonged to A5, not to AVIV.
2017 is the date of the press report, not a verified legal formation date. Reported fundraising targets and A5’s initiative are not AVIV assets under management. This historical Brazilian OpenVC is distinct from the later openvc.app platform.
Relationships matter. What we build together matters more.
Earlier leadership experience connecting global technology executives, investors, entrepreneurs and institutions. These were individual professional relationships and ventures before or outside AVIV.
Bill Gates / Microsoft
Editora Abril needed a 16-bit version of Internet Explorer 3.0 for a planned Brazilian online service.
The product decision is described in the participant’s published first-person account; the internal email chain was not independently reviewed.
Steve Ballmer / Microsoft / Bradesco / MicroPower
Bradesco and MicroPower developed Virtual Vision to make computers and banking services more accessible to people with visual impairments.
The book documents the meeting; it does not establish a product decision or financial result caused by that meeting.
Luiz Cezar Fernandes / Invixx
Invixx was established by Luiz Cezar Fernandes, Andrés Barresi and a future AVIV founder as a financial advisory firm focused on M&A, restructuring and special situations.
Invixx is a separate historical venture; its clients, assets and results are not attributed to AVIV.
Osvaldo Barbosa de Oliveira / OpenVC
Osvaldo Barbosa de Oliveira, William Kern, Ricardo Coelho Duarte and a future AVIV founder brought technology and advisory experience to a B2B investment strategy with international ambition.
Reported fundraising targets were plans, not verified capital raised or AVIV assets under management.
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Distinct roles in a shared technology ecosystem.
The sources establish parallel roles and participation in one documentary. They do not establish a personal partnership, direct meetings or involvement together in Neoway’s later governance events.
Building capacity across a technology group.
R$304 million was reported historical company revenue; R$424 million was a forecast, not a verified result. The article does not establish that either leader alone produced the revenue or completed planned acquisitions.
A voice in the global venture conversation.
A book endorsement is editorial recognition. It does not demonstrate an investment, partnership or business relationship with Adoni or other contributors.
Relationships built through experience. Value created through execution.
The experience behind AVIV was shaped in operating companies — expanding technology markets, working with major institutions and developing businesses across different stages.
Building markets and operating capabilities.
Recognizing opportunity and supporting entrepreneurs.
Turning strategy into operating businesses.
An AVIV founder’s earlier career at Microsoft Brazil offers one chapter of the operating experience behind the firm. These were Microsoft-era initiatives, before AVIV existed.
Explore the chapterThree documented perspectives on technology investment, corporate governance and regional strategy before AVIV.
Microsoft announced a US$126 million investment in Globo Cabo. Its release includes the head of Microsoft Brazil describing the digital-services strategy.
NET’s board minutes list a future AVIV founder as a director and signatory when the board confirmed subscriptions to a capital increase totaling approximately R$532.5 million.
Associated Press reporting identified a future AVIV founder as Microsoft’s corporate strategy director for Latin America during a public debate over software adoption in Peru.
Understand where technology, markets and business models create room for change.
Connect investment perspective with operating experience and strategic judgment.
Focus on the decisions and capabilities that support enduring businesses.