Matt Harper

Matt is a Vice President at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, Matt was an Associate at Conversion Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, where he focused on investments in enterprise software and fintech. Previously, Matt worked at Insight Partners on the portfolio operations team where he assessed potential investments and advised portfolio companies on go-to-market strategy and operations.

Matt graduated with a B.A. in Public Policy from Duke University.

Joseline Avendano

Joseline is a Vice President at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, Joseline was on the Growth Equity team at Goldman Sachs, where she focused on investing in software and technology companies in North America and Latin America.

Joseline graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Operations Research: Engineering Management Systems from Columbia University.

Fabio Oliveira

Fabio is a Vice President at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, he was an Associate at Goldman Sachs, where he focused on M&A and capital markets transactions for a wide range of industries across Latin America and the US.

Fabio holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics from FGV in Brazil.

Anant Goel

Anant is a Vice President at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, Anant was at Everstone Capital, where he focused on investments within healthcare and consumer sectors in India. Previously, Anant was an investment analyst with CX Partners, a mid-market Indian private equity fund.

Anant earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science Engineering from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology and a PGDM from Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.

John Yang

John Yang is a Vice President at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, John was an Associate at Pegasus Capital Advisors, a middle market growth equity fund, where he focused on investments in sustainability and wellness sectors. Previously, John was an investment banker focused on mergers & acquisitions across technology and consumer sectors at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

John graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in Economics with Distinction.

Federico Storani

Federico Storani is an Executive Director with Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, Federico was a Managing Director / Head of Latin America Telecommunications, Media and Technology Investment Banking at Citigroup Global Markets based in New York.

While at Citigroup for 14 years, Federico led the execution of M&A, strategic financing and equity transactions in the industry, involving a wide range of private and public companies. Before Citigroup, Federico worked at Onyx Group and Small Enterprise Growth Fund, two private equity firms based in Argentina.

Federico has a B.A. in Economics (Magna Cum Laude) and a graduate degree in Finance from Universidad de San Andres in Argentina.

Ramesh Venugopal

Ramesh Venugopal is a Partner at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, Ramesh was in the operating arm at Vista Equity Partners, helping to drive improvements ranging from sales to product at major companies. Ramesh was also a Partner on the deal team at VantagePoint Capital Partners, investing in enterprise software, internet, and energy innovation. Earlier in his career, Ramesh worked at Texas Instruments, where he helped bring products spanning digital and analog technologies to market.

Ramesh has a B.S and M.S in Materials and Geosciences, a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering, from Purdue University, and an MBA from the University of Chicago. He has co-authored seven patents.

Felipe Fagundes

Felipe Fagundes is a Vice President at Riverwood Capital, where he focuses on B2B software companies, with an emphasis on application software. Since joining Riverwood in 2017, he has been involved with the firm’s investments in Greenhouse Software, Technisys (acquired by SoFi, NASDAQ: SOFI), Navent (acquired by QuintoAndar), Industrious (acquired by CBRE), GOintegro (acquired by Edenred), Nium, Intelipost, ShipHero, Geopagos, One Model, Legion, Jobint, and Minga. Felipe currently serves on the boards of Minga, One Model, and Jobint, and as a board observer at Greenhouse, Legion, Nium, and Intelipost. Prior to joining Riverwood, Felipe worked in investment banking at Citi, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions and capital markets transactions across sectors.

Felipe holds a B.S. in Operations Research: Engineering Management Systems from Columbia University and a B.A. in Economics from Claremont McKenna College.

Vizay Kotikalapudi

Vizay Kotikalapudi is a Principal at Riverwood Capital. Prior to joining Riverwood, Vizay held Product Management and Product Marketing roles in Symantec’s Enterprise Security Group. Prior to Symantec, Vizay worked in Engineering, Sales Engineering and Product Management roles at Trust Digital, a mobile security startup acquired by McAfee.

Vizay earned an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.  He also holds a Bachelor of Technology from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University and a MS from Oklahoma State University.

Gustavo Pinheiro

Gustavo Pinheiro is a Principal at Riverwood Capital.  Prior to joining Riverwood, Gustavo worked at Bessemer Venture Partners, where he led its Brazil investments effort, and later joined BVP portfolio company Enjoei, where he led product development.  Prior to that, he worked at GP Investimentos, where he focused on the information technology and retail sectors.

Gustavo holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica (ITA).  He also served as a research assistant at MIT and at Tsinghua University.