CAFÉ COM INVESTIDOR #5 Romero Rodrigues, sócio da Redpoint

6 Aug 2025 · 14 min
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Interview with Romero Rodrigues (founder of Buscapé, partner at Redpoint and Ventris) on Café com o Investidor. Romero explains why he does not regret selling Buscapé—the sale (to a strong partner, Naspers) was strategic given competitive pressures and capital needs—and that he stayed ~six years after the 2009 sale, leaving around 2014–2015 after Naspers changed strategy. He recounts notable errors and lessons: a delayed decision to downsize after the Bom de Faro acquisition and a high-profile launch of an early one-click marketplace feature (“Comprar Agora”) in ~2010 that provoked retailer backlash. Romero contrasts Brazilian and American entrepreneurs: top talent is comparable technically, but Brazilians are more adaptable and skeptical of rigid playbooks; he criticizes excessive founder vanity and not listening. He attributes his entrepreneurial impulse to family (father and grandfather) and an early attraction to computing and Microsoft/Stanford influences.

Questions this video answers

2009

About six years (left in 2014–2015).

Naspers

Around 2010

Late 2013 to early 2014

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