Daniel Aguilar Andrijic Malandrin

Daniel Malandrin is a partner at KPMG Brazil, focused on the venture capital, strategy, and innovation segments. With more than 25 years of experience in venture capital, investment banking, consulting, and technology, Daniel specializes in executing transactions and managing VC/CVC investments. He provides professional consulting and execution capabilities on topics ranging from strategy and corporate finance to innovation and governance. He acts as an intermediary in relationships between corporations from different sectors and startups, aiming to increase the likelihood of partnerships and facilitate opportunities for co-innovation of products and services.

Daniel holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from the University of São Paulo (USP) and an MBA with an emphasis in Finance and Strategy from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. He holds certificates and specializations in Venture Capital, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management from the University of California, and in E-Business from IBMEC Rio de Janeiro.

Before KPMG, Daniel was a Venture Partner at Valetec Capital, an investment management firm specialized in CVC for large corporations. He worked as Head of Corporate Development and New Business at Semantix Technology. Before that, Daniel worked for more than 5 years developing and leading Inovabra Ventures, Bradesco's CVC arm, where he was responsible for all management and investment activities related to a R$400 million fund. At Bradesco, Daniel also held positions as a private equity executive and investment banker, having originated and/or executed deals exceeding R$23 billion in capital markets and M&A. Before Bradesco, he worked as a management and technology consultant at EY and Multirede. As head of Inovabra Ventures, Daniel served as a board member of Semantix (Big Data & AI), R3 (an enterprise software company that developed Corda, a distributed ledger/blockchain platform), Cuponeria (a pioneering digital coupon startup), MarketUp (an ERP/marketplace provider for SMEs), and Quanto (an open banking platform).

A portfolio manager certified by the CVM and a guest speaker at Brazilian business schools. In 2020, Daniel received the Emerging Leader Award from Global Corporate Venturing, after having received the Rising Star Award in 2017.