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WHO IS
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WHAT IS RIGHT IS RIGHT, WHATS IS WRONG IS WRONG AND NEITHER ONE CHANGES PLACES, ONLY WE DO.
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Venture builder, angel investor, entrepreneur, consultant, mentor and speaker.
Rodrigo de Alvarenga has assumed all these key roles through the years, fuelled by his passion for leadership, start-ups, and tech and social based entrepreneurship.
Rodrigo believes that people are the singular factor that makes any business endeavour successful and one of a kind. This belief translates into Rodrigo’s role as the founder and CEO of the HAG Group, where people are put at the centre of innovative strategies for business transformation.
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Besides founding and investing in start-ups and helping companies break into the global market, Rodrigo participates in international mentorship programs.
He is passionate about sharing the development of disruptive ideas and his knowledge and expertise with a global audience of aspiring entrepreneurs. His input and advice are informed by his extensive experience in the field of business and digital transformation.
Himself a lifelong learner, Rodrigo is currently pursuing a PhD in Production Engineering and Systems, with a focus on venture building.
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AN IN-DEPTH LOOK
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AN IN-DEPTH LOOK
After leaving the banking sector, Rodrigo dedicated himself to fulfilling his lifelong dream of founding a management consulting company that provides financial and strategic consultancy services.
This became HAG Consulting, of which he is also the CEO.
During this time, he also founded Eco Innovare, a start-up focused on innovations in environmental and energy efficiency.
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AN IN-DEPTH LOOK
Since then, he has been helping people realise their dreams through mentoring and supporting start-ups and entrepreneurs. He founded Brazil’s Angels chapter in Paraná and became a Grow Ventures partner. As an angel investor, he has consistently provided financial capital to small start-ups.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Rodrigo’s professional experience in the financial sector spans 22 years.
During that time, he has held various executive management positions and led high-performance teams and offices.
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After working for banking institutions like HSBC, Safra and Santander, Rodrigo founded the HAG Group in 2010.
At HAG, he and his highly qualified team specialise in building, accelerating and scaling companies as well as tech-based and impact-driven start-ups.
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MENTOR, JUDGE
AND EVALUATOR
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MENTOR, JUDGE
AND EVALUATOR
Rodrigo has played pivotal mentorship roles in several programs in the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East and Latin America. He has also served as a judge for several awards and acceleration programs both in Brazil and internationally.
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MENTOR, JUDGE
AND EVALUATOR
Rodrigo also mentors for Singularity University Ventures, an innovation and entrepreneurship program by Singularity University.
He has served as a judge and evaluator for the MIT Innovators Under 35 Award, which recognises exceptional innovators under 35 years old.
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Rodrigo himself has been the recipient of various awards like the:
- Aster Award for Professional Trajectory
- First Place for Best Start-up Idea
- HSBC Excellence Award
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SPEAKING ENGAMENTS &
MENTORSHIP PROGRAMS
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
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KEYNOTE AND EVENT SPEAKER
He has been invited to speak at events like the 9th Global Venture Lab Summit at U.C. Berkeley (2018) and the Start-up Grind Global Conference in Silicon Valley (2019).
He specialises in topics covering entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial education, venture building, start-ups, impact measurement, ecosystem building and angel investing.
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
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EDUCATION
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Rodrigo was also an assistant professor of Political Science and Economics at the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná’s (PUC-PR) Communication and Arts School.
As an active learner, he conducts research on entrepreneurial economics, impact measurement for:
