Romero Rodrigues
Managing Partner @ Headline
São Paulo, Brazil
Romero Rodrigues is a seed investor at Headline in São Paulo focused on Information Technology and Software. Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid.
- Total investments:
- 69
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 55%
Last updated:
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Industries Romero Rodrigues invests in
Stages Romero Rodrigues invests in
Countries Romero Rodrigues invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $600k–$3.5M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$11M
- Series B
- $5.4M–$108M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 10 (14%)
- Software 9 (13%)
- Financial Services 6 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (9%)
- Internet 5 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 25 (36%)
- Series A 15 (22%)
- Series B 6 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (9%)
- Funding Round 4 (6%)
Country
- Brazil 43 (62%)
- United States 5 (7%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Datamint
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AI-driven infrastructure intelligence | $4.9M / Series A / Jun 12, 2026 | |
Hero Seguros
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Hero Seguros is an Insurance company. | $6.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 24, 2026 | |
Delfos Energy
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Delfos is an intelligent maintenance platform that integrates state of the art machine learning modules, and technical knowledge to transform the already available data from the wind turbine into useful information. It was developed to provide customers the ability to achieve operational excellence by leveraging all the available operational datawithin the organization to optimize asset performance and retain key operational knowledge.The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Fortaleza in Brazil. | $3.5M / Seed / Mar 11, 2026 | |
Celero
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Celero is a company that helps small and medium-sized entrepreneurs to routine of the business financial sector. They provide total financial control, automatic bank reconciliation, and integration with business technologies. The platform is also available in a mobile version for Android, Apple, and iOs. They provide business financial servicesthrough easy-to-use financial management software. | $2.8M / Series A / Mar 04, 2026 | |
Aliado
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Aliado presents an AI-driven RetailTech offering that captures in-store customer interactions to uncover reasons behind non-conversion in physical retail environments. It produces first-party behavioral data from every sales attempt and delivers instant micro‑training modules to sales staff right after each customer engagement. The platform enablesidentification of conversion barriers and provides on-the-spot coaching to improve frontline performance. It enhances retail operations by transforming in‑store interactions into actionable insights and real-time sales training to help improve conversion outcomes. | $2.4M / Seed / Jan 09, 2026 | |
Mission Brasil
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Mission Brasil is an information technology solution that provides a digital outsourcing platform for business development. Their services include legal and administrative, retail and monitoring, research and audit, hidden shopper, data and accreditation, logistics, and direct sales. | $2.4M / Seed / Dec 04, 2025 | |
VAAS
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VAAS is an AML and Compliance platform that offers on-chain and off-chain data integration for crime and suspicious activity prevention. | $3.7M / Seed / Aug 27, 2025 | |
Pipeimob
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Real Estate Transactional Platform that brings security, transparency and speed to everyone involved in the transaction | $2.8M / Seed / Aug 12, 2025 | |
Neurogram
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Neurogram is a Medical Equipment Manufacturing firm that makes solutions through AI to detect and research neurological diseases. | $3M / Seed / Jul 31, 2025 | |
Fin-X
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Our mission is to organize healthcare payment transactions on one platform that connects physicians, providers, and payers. | $2.5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 29, 2025 | |
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Co-Investors
About Headline
Headline (formerly e.ventures) is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. It invests across geographies, leading rounds at every stage.The firm's Early Stage Funds are based in the US, Europe, Asia, and Brazil, and invest locally. Its San Francisco-based Growth Fund invests globally from Series B andbeyond, working in collaboration with their Early Stage Teams. The sizes and locations of these funds make it possible for them to see local trends up close, identify winning founders, and lead rounds at every stage. Sonos, The RealReal, Creditas, Sorare, Pismo, AppFolio, goPuff, Acorns, Farfetch, Segment, Bumble, and Yeahka are among the stars in Headline’s world.Headline was founded in San Francisco, California in 1998.
Headline Contacts
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Andreas Haug
Founding and General Partner
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Christian Miele
General Partner
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Conrad Chu
Partner
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Jonathan Becker
Partner
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Jonathan Userovici
General Partner
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FAQ
What does Romero Rodrigues invest in?
Romero Rodrigues invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 69 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Romero Rodrigues's check size?
Romero Rodrigues typically joins rounds of $600k–$3.5M at Seed, $1.8M–$11M at Series A and $5.4M–$108M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Romero Rodrigues participates in.
When did Romero Rodrigues last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Romero Rodrigues closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 69 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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