Romero Rodrigues Seja paranoico no planejamento e otimista na execução

6 Aug 2025 · 63 min
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Interview with Romero Rodrigues (founder of Buscapé, managing partner at Headline) covering his entrepreneurial origins, the technical incubation at USP/LARC, the launch of Buscapé (site launched 1 June 1999), early development and home-office work, fundraising and growth, and eventual sale to Naspers (2009). Romero reflects on Buscapé's impact on consumer power and e‑commerce, cultural legacy, and regrets about selling. He describes his move to venture capital (Redpoint Iventures / Redpoint Ventures in Brazil), outlines fund activity (Redpoint 1 & 2 combined ~$305M, ~62 investments, ~5 unicorns), and Headline’s partnership with XP (retail distribution with 12,497 cotistas). He explains investment criteria (people, market size, founders), cites Pismo (acquired by Visa for ~$1B; combined Redpoint/Headline stake ~30%), discusses market cycles (post‑pandemic capital dynamics), sector views (AI, fintech, health, ESG), Headline’s Series A focus and data-driven sourcing, and his advice: "Be paranoid in planning and optimistic in execution."

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1 June 1999.

2009 for $374 million.

Started in 1998 with R$300 (three hundred reais).

Approximately $305 million across the funds; invested in 62 startups.

Five companies reached >$1 billion valuation.

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