Entrepreneur, operator, investor… nerd. Over 25 years experience in Silicon Valley, US, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Formerly, founder and managing partner at Strive Capital, first ever early-stage VC quant firm and fund in the Bay area and in the US, and senior expert and member of Asia-Pacific TMT leadership team at McKinsey & Co. Focuses on Consumer Software, Consumer Hardware and Horizontal SaaS, e.g. Gusto, Rubrik, App Annie, Enish (IPO), Virta Health, DraftKings (IPO), RobinHood (IPO), among others. Co-founder and co-host of decipheredshow.com and the creator of the “Rejection & Adversity as a path to Growth” methodology (bit.ly/3badkvb). Nuno has served as a board member, advisor and coach to various start-ups, large enterprises and non-profits in the US, Europe and Asia.

NUNO GONCALVES PEDRO

Managing Partner

Dr. Songyee Yoon is an accomplished entrepreneur, innovator and investor, who is well-versed in both technology and business. Focused on deep tech and entertainment. Dr. Yoon has served as a board member and an advisor to various private and public companies.

SONGYEE YOON

Experienced investor and operational handler – product, business development, finance: 15+ years in telco/tech, 8+ years as an investor (Angel & VC). Co-founded corporate venture builder studio & business angel vehicle, investing actively in early-stage tech with promising initial returns.Handled directly 30+ investments in the US, Europe, and Israel. Investor, advisor, and board member in a wide set of startups. Guest speaker and jury in startup events and business schools. Lived in the US, Brazil, and Portugal. Worked in Europe & Brazil

ALEX SANTOS

General Partner

Quant, data enthusiast and relentless problem solver with over 15 years experience in data and models. Previously, a director and manager at Goldman Sachs, in a core quant team responsible for the challenge of all models used by the firm and advising the board of directors on complex transactions. He is also the co-founder of a startup providing data analytics on vacation rentals, holds a PhD in Mathematics and has authored multiple pioneering research papers in Applied Topology. Dr. Armindo Costa leads the Quant&Tech team at Chamaeleon.

ARMINDO COSTA

Partner

Ashish has 15+ years of experience as an operator, entrepreneur, and investor. He previously led investments in many category defining startups such as Ziva Dynamics, Taskade, ClubFeast, Spin (acq. by Ford), and many others at Grishin Robotics. Ashish is a Kauffman Fellow (Class 24). Before that, Ashish led M&A and corporate strategy for Opera Software and Ashish worked in marketing analytics at Dell. At Yahoo!, he built large-scale enterprise infrastructure for advertising products and led service-engineering teams to design dev-ops systems. Ashish co-founded two startups in India - one in e-commerce and the other in the social live TV space. Ashish holds an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management and London Business School, a MEM focusing on design thinking from McCormick School of Engineering at Northwestern University, and a BE in Information Science from RVCE, India.

ASHISH AGGARWAL

Karthik is an Associate at Chamaeleon. He previously worked at Mirae Asset Global Investments, where he was an equity analyst focused on the TMT space. He evaluated opportunities across growth stocks and contributed to the thematic and long-only portfolios. Before that, Karthik was an Equity Research Associate at Nomura, where he specialized in the Financial space, covering the regional banks, cards, and payments sub-sectors. He also worked at H.C. Wainwright, covering the BioTech/MedTech verticals. Karthik earned a B.S in Economics (minor in Philosophy) from The College of New Jersey. He graduated at the top of his major with First Academic Honors in his graduating class. Karthik is a CFA charterholder.

KARTHIK SAGAR

Senior Associate

Rafal is a seasoned Quantitative Analyst with notable problem-solving skills who led the challenge of all market risk models at Goldman Sachs. Rafal holds an MSc in Mathematics with a specialization in quantitative finance, from Warsaw University of Technology, which he obtained with Honors.

RAFAL GRAZIEL

Senior Quantitative Analyst

Alexander is a Software Engineer with a specialized focus on Data Engineering. Although still  at a young age, his extensive experience in fields such as Mobile Apps Publishing and B2B SaaS, has provided him with invaluable skills for addressing complex data-driven challenges. Alexander holds an MSc in Computational Mathematics from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

ALEXANDER ZADOROZHNYI

Software/Data Engineer

Olha has a background as an ML/Data Engineer and as a product analyst, roles she previously held at Genesis. She holds an MSc in Finance from Kyiv and Ulm Universities, through a double degree program. Olha also graduated with Honors from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she earned a B.Sc. in Statistics with a minor in Data Analysis.

OLHA MOSKANOVA

Data Engineer

Danylo has 5 years of experience in backend software development and data-related roles, as well as strong across-the-stack knowledge in web development. Danylo holds both a BSc and MSc in Mathematics and Computer Science from the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv where he graduated with Honors

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