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Vítor Lourenco

Founding Partner, Expa

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $150,000.00

Work Experience

2013

  • Founding Partner

    2013

    Co-founded Expa with Garrett Camp (co-founder of Uber). Raised $350M to incubate companies like Aero.com, Current.com, Metabase.com, Collective.com, Layer.com and invest in companies like Prometheus, Radar, Norm.Ai, Sleeper, and 100+ others.

2023

  • Lead Investor / Advisor

    2023

    Incubated Layer at Expa with Angelo Sotira (founder of DevianArt). Layer combines editorial curation, museum-grade hardware, and proprietary software to bring digital art into the flow of everyday life.

2018

  • Creative Advisor / Investor

    2018

    Incubated Aero with Garrett Camp and Roberto Sanabria at Expa. I've been responsible for Aero's brand, design language and creative direction since its inception. Having fun designing jets and a first-class flying experience between private terminals.

2017

  • Investor

    2017

    LiveKit.io (Pre-seed), Spline.com (Seed), Tribe.Ai (Seed), Compound.finance (Pre-seed), Jup.ag Exchange (Pre-seed), Eco.com (Seed), Rye.com (Pre-seed), Omni.app (Seed), Beacon.com (Series A+B), JourneyColab.com (Series A), SuperHi.com (Pre-seed), AuraFrames.com (Advisor), Every.org (Advisor), Interseller.io (Pre-seed), Atlantico.vc (Fund I), Canary.vc (Fund I), GreyMatterCapital.com (Fund I).

2013 - 2016

  • Co-founder, Advisor

    2013 - 2016

    Co-founded Envoy ($1B+ valuation), designed its flagship product and brand. Envoy raised over $170M from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Menlo Ventures, and Initialized Capital.

2008 - 2012

  • Designer

    2008 - 2012

    First Designer, worked alongside founders Ev Williams, Biz Stone, and Jack Dorsey.

2006 - 2008

  • Designer

    2006 - 2008

    Designed products which were used by millions of people in Brazil.