Romero Rodrigues A história do fundador do Buscapé e sócio da Headline

6 Aug 2025 · 27 min
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Portuguese-language podcast interview (Papo com Anjo, Jovem Pan) with Romero Rodrigues, co-founder of Buscapé, interviewed by João Kepler. Romero recounts his entrepreneurial origins (childhood projects, early interest in computing), the founding of Buscapé (launched 1 June 1999 from a small team in Vila Mariana), technical approach (initially collecting online prices and earlier diskettes/BBS attempts), early funding and survival through the dot-com crash (seed from a Brazilian incubator; later $3 million raised from Maryland and Unibanco), reaching breakeven in September 2002 and sustained profitability, Series B in 2005 to clean the cap table and enable M&A-driven expansion, acquisition by Naspers in 2009 (Naspers acquired ~91%, founders retained ~9%), Romero stayed with the company until late 2014/early 2015, then transitioned to investing (angel investments, Redpoint/HeadPoint partnership). He also describes the "Sua ideia vale um milhão" program (R$300,000 for 30% equity) and HeadPoint’s focus (primarily Series A; cited portfolio size ~52 startups). The interview ends with advice to founders: start early, focus on problem and team, and test/validate quickly.

Questions this video answers

1 June 1999.

$3 million.

September 2002.

Approximately 91% (founders retained ~9%).

End of 2014 / beginning of 2015.

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