Board of Directors

Mr. Schurmann co-founded Nuvini S.A. in October 2020. He is responsible for the strategic vision as well as the management and growth of Nuvini. Mr Schurmann previously was founder and Managing Partner at Bossanova Investimentos, from 2011 to 2019, the first pre-seed investment firm in Brazil, and today, the eighth most active investment firm in the world. While at Bossanova, he led over 600 investments in B2B startups. He also led Bossanova's anchoring of Brazil's first Venture Debt (by SP Ventures) and well as the country's first angel investment fund (with Domo Investments (Nasdaq: DOMO)). Prior to funding Bossanova, Mr. Schurmann was co-founder and CEO of Experience Club, Brazil's largest membership only B2B networking club, from 2006 to 2010, where he was responsible for managing the company and sponsorship sales. Over 600 of Brazil's top 1,000 companies are members of Experience Club as of December 2022. Prior to that Mr Schurmann was co-founder and CEO of Conectis Experience Marketing, Brazil's first experience marketing agency. At Conectis, he was responsible for general management, sales and client relations. IBM (NYSE: IBM), BASF (OTCMKTS: BASFY), Citroen, SAP (NYSE: SAP) and another 140 large enterprises were Conectis client at the time Conectis was acquired in 2006. Prior to that Mr Schurmann was co-founder and VP of ideas at ideia.com, a Brazilian technology incubator backed by Warburg Pincus, from 2000 to 2003, where he was responsible for sourcing and analyzing the incubators investments. Prior to that Mr. Schurmann was Director of Business Development at StarMedia (KLSE: STAR), a Latin American Portal, from 1998 to 2000. He was responsible for M&A and Business Development for Latin America. Prior to that Mr Schurmann was co-founder and Director of Business development at Zeek!, from 2007 to 2008, where he was responsible for corporate development and partnerships. Zeek! was acquired by StarMedia (KLSE: STAR) in 2009.

Mr. Busnello co-founded Nuvini S.A. in October 2020. As Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer he is responsible for the implementation of the company's business plan, budget and oversee the performance of invested companies. As Interim Chief Financial Officer, he will be responsible for the finance, accounting, and legal divisions. Mr. Busnello previously served as Chief Technology Officer of EXP, a high-end platform of corporate knowledge and news in Brazil in 2021 where he was responsible for the platform architecture and overseeing the development of programming. Prior to that, Mr. Busnello served as Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Veek Tecnologia S/A, the first 100% digital telecom in Brazil, from 2016 to 2020. He also was one of the early investors in Bossa Nova and has invested in the last 10 years in more than 12 tech companies, being an advisor or board member to some of them. Mr. Busnello has more than 20 years of entrepreneurship and operational experience and has a bachelor's degree in business administration from FAAP – Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado and an international executive specialization in Entrepreneurship & Innovation from Babson College.

Mr. Gonçalves is a director of Nuvini that brings financial and entrepeneurial experience due to his work in the financial market and venture capital industry. As the co-founder and managing partner of DOMO Invest Gestora de Ativos in Brazil ("DOMO Invest") since 2016, Mr. Gonçalves led and established DOMO Invest as an asset management company focused on injecting venture capital funds into pre-seed and seed stage companies. Under his leadership, DOMO Invest has successfully managed four funds to date (DOMO Ventures Fund II, DOMO Enterprise, DOMO FIP Anjo, DOMO Ventures Fund), accumulating over US$100 million of assets under management. Mr. Gonçalves co-founded Koolen & Partners in 2013, and served as a partner until 2021. Koolen & Partners is a venture capital firm with significant investments in startups such as Loggi, Gympass and Hotmart. Mr. Gonçalves has also served in leadership positions in the financial sector. He served as the CEO of insurance companies, Assurant Seguradora SA and Travel Ace Assistance in Brazil from 2000 to 2007 and 2013 to 2015, respectively. Furthermore, Mr. Gonçalves was a partner at Banco CR2 from 2007 to 2010 and commercial director at Banco Fator from 2010 to 2012, where he contributed to both institutions' financial operations and strategic direction. Mr. Gonçalves received his bachelor's degree in Business from Centro Universitário Bennett in Brazil. We believe Mr. Gonçalves is well qualifed to serve on our board due to his significant experience in the financial industry.

João Antonio Dantas Bezerra Leite has over 35 years of experience in the technology, payments and banking industries in Brazil. He served as a Managing Director at Banco Itau S.A., the largest private bank in Latin America, from 1996 to 2019, where he held several executive positions as Chief Technology Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Information Officer for the Credit Cards and Insurance business divisions and served as Chief Information Officer for Rede S.A., one of the largest electronic payment solutions provider in Brazil. During that time he led several digital Transformational projects and supported multiple bank acquisition processes and datacenter integrations. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electronic Engineering from Instituto Mauá de Tecnologia (1983) and extension courses from Columbia Business School, Wharton, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, Insper, Fundação Dom Cabral, Swiss Finance Institute and Singularity University. He is currently a fintech investor and mentor, coordinating early-stage fintech investments at Bossa Nova Investimentos, the largest micro venture capital in Latin America, member of several Advisory Boards in payments, software, technology and data-driven companies in Latin America and USA, member of the Board of Directors at 2W Ecobank, a leading provider of renewable energy in Brazil, member of the Board of Directors at Culqi, an innovative payments company in Peru, owned by BCP, and member of the Audit Committee at Banco Carrefour in Brazil. We believe Mr. Leite is well qualified to serve on our board due to his significant technology, financial and operational experience.

Mrs. Wang is a cleantech venture capitalist and Investment Partner at the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund. Formerly Investment Director at Shell Ventures, she led energy-transition investments across hydrogen, carbon management, storage, mobility, and power, deploying $150M+ over a decade. She sits on startup boards and advisory councils, and lectures at MIT, Rice, Berkeley, and Brandeis. Rice MBA, NTU B.S., CFA.