Founding Partner

Carlos Parizotto

Working in financial advisory for 15 years. Previously worked in Management Consulting at Accenture, at Investment Banking at BBA Creditanstalt and in Manufacturing at Procter & Gamble.BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Unicamp, MBA degree from Harvard Business School and Board Member Certification by IBGC.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Food; Healthcare; Hotels & restaurants; Information technology; Retail and franchising; Steel, metal, and woodworking.

Founding Partner

Luiz Felipe Alves

Working in financial advisory for 15 years. Previous experience includes important C-level roles in major corporations such as Shell Brasil Telecom and CSN. BSc. in accounting from the Faculdade Celso Lisboa, a graduate degree in Economics.

Engineering from UERJ and Negotiation Skills Program Certificate from Harvard Law School. Investment portfolio manager, Board member of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance (IBGC), and volunteer of Endeavor Institute.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Automotive; Business services; Energy & renewables; Financial Services; Healthcare; Information technology; Media, Printing & Publishing;  Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Transport & logistics. 

Founding Partner

Eduardo Borges

Working in financial advisory for 30 years. Previously worked as a partner responsible for Investment Banking and Structured Products at Banco Modal, chairman of the board of directors of Taesa and Damásio Educacional and portfolio manager of private equity funds Modal I, Coliseu and Oil and Gas (joint net worth of US$1 billion). BSc. in Economics from Universidade Cândido Mendes and MBA in Finance from IBMEC.

Industry experience:

Clean technology; Education and training; Energy & renewables; Financial services; Food; Government; Hotels & restaurants; Insurance; Leisure; Retail and franchising; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Telecom; Textile & clothing; Trade; Transport & logistics. 

Founding Partner

Fabio Matsui

Working in financial advisory for 15 years. Previously worked as Business Consultant at Accenture and held Executive Positions at Credicard, Sent Telecom, Siemens, NEC, and Kodak. BSc. in Electrical Engineering from the Escola de Engenharia Mauá, a postgraduate degree in Business Management from FGV-SP (CEAG), MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley and Board Member program by IBGC.

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Aerospace & defense; Beverages; Building & construction; Business services; Chemicals; Education and training; Electronics; Engineering; Information technology; Insurance; Media, printing, and publishing; Real estate & facility management; Retail and franchising; Security; Telecom; Textile & clothing.

Partner

Pedro Shaw

Working in financial advisory for 10 years. Previously worked in Equity Research at Canepa Asset Management and funds at Banco Modal.
BSc. in Economics from IBMEC-RJ.

Industry experience:

Beverages; Clean technology; Energy & renewables; Food; Healthcare; Information technology; Real estate & facility management; Steel, metal, and woodworking; Transport & logistics.

Partner

Marcos Hiran Silva

Working in financial advisory and M&A for 20+ years. Joined Cypress in 2007. Previously worked in M&A and strategic planning at Telefonica and Strategy Consulting at Booz Allen Hamilton. BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Unicamp and MBA degree in General Management from Business School São Paulo (BSP).

Industry experience:

Advertising, PR & marketing; Agriculture; Automotive; Beverages; Chemicals; Electronics; Food; Healthcare; Information technology; Plastics; Retail and franchising; Telecom

Member of Healthcare, Biotech & Pharma Industry Group.

Partner

Cristina Villela

Working in financial advisory for 25 years. Previously worked as partner at Igc Partners, M&A director at Pátria Private Equity Fund and Statutory director at Unibanco, in the Investment Banking area. Bsc. in Business Administration from UERJ, MBA in Finance from Fundação Dom Cabral, with extension at Kellogg School of Management.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Beverages; Education and training; Food; Healthcare; Retail and franchising; Telecom; Transport & logistics.

Partner

Giulianno Perri

Working with finance for over 25 years, having started his career at CCF Brasil Bank, in forex. Partner and executive committee member at Credit Suisse Hedging Griffo’s Private Banking. Structured and partnered XP Investimentos’ Private Banking. Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at FAAP, Master’s degree at FGV and MBA in Finance at FIPE USP. Securities portfolio manager (CVM).

Head of CPX

Lucas Wu Castro

Head of CPX, Cypress’ arm focused on product development and services for founders and investors. At Cypress, was involved in several SaaS and on-premise software companies’ M&A and fundraising deals.

Also, relevant industry experience in healthcare and food service deals.

Member of Internet, Software & Technology Industry Group.

Associate

Thomas Wever

Associate at Galapagos Cypress with more than 5 years of experience in Investment Banking having concluded M&A and DCM transactions in several industries, mainly real estate, industrials, information technology, and financial services.

Industry experience:

Agriculture; Financial services; Information technology.

Member of the Agri, Food & Beverages Industry Group.

Analyst

Felipe Meirelles

Analyst at Galapagos Cypress with more than 3 years of experience in Investment Banking having concluded M&A transactions in several industries, mainly in the insurance and technology segment.

Industry experience:

Information technology; Insurance; Real estate & facility management.

Member of the Business Services and the Financial Services Industry Group.

Analyst

Hugo Faro

Analyst at Galapagos Cypress with more than 3 years of experience in Investment Banking having concluded M&A transactions in several industries, mainly in the infrastructure and technology segment.

Industry experience:

Business services; Education and training; Information technology; Telecom.

Member of the Advanced Manufacturing Industry Group.

Associate

Arthur Viegas de Lima

Associate at Galapagos Cypress with 5 years of experience in Investment Banking and the Food & Beverage Industry. At Galapagos Cypress since 2021, and leads over ten fairness opinion, carve-out, DCM (CRA and FIDC) and M&A buy-side/sell-side projects, ranging between retailer goods, health, agriculture, TMT, infrastructure, and O&G industry. Actively runs seven projects, responsible for the commercial and execution of the deal, and managing a team of 2-3 people.
Worked at Kraft Heinz (2018 – 2021) and managed the commercial P&L for Real Food Snacking (RFS), a ~$2.3B net revenue category, covering brands such as Kraft Cheese, Oscar Mayer, Planters, and Lunchables between July 20’ – July 21’. Managed the commercial P&L for Snack Nuts, Desserts & Seasonals (SDS), a ~$1.8B net revenue category, covering brands such as Planters, Jet-Puffed, Stove Top, and Heinz Gravy. Managed the commercial P&L for Refreshment Beverages, a ~$1.4B net revenue category for brands including Kool-Aid, Capri Sun, Country Time, Crystal Light, and MiO.

Industry experience:

Beverages; Energy & renewables; Food.

Associate

Rodrigo Althoff

Associate at Galapagos Cypress since 2019, having worked and led M&A and debt-raising deals as well as evaluation projects in a number of industries, mainly logistics, fintechs, technology, urban mobility and infrastructure.

Industry experience:

Energy & renewables; Financial services; Healthcare; Information technology; Transport & logistics.

Member of Logistics & Transportation Industry Group.