Pedro Sirotsky Melzer

Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Igah, Ventures

Speaker

Mr. Pedro Sirotsky Melzer is the Founding Partner of Igah Ventures and a Partner at Patria Investments. He began his career as an entrepreneur in Brazil and, after completing his MBA at the Kellogg School of Management, worked at Apple as the Global Revenue Manager for the online store. Upon returning to Brazil, Mr. Sirotsky Melzer founded Warehouse Investimentos, a venture capital management firm, where he led the investment in what would become the largest food delivery company in Latin America, iFood, with Warehouse as its first institutional investor. In 2013, Mr. Sirotsky Melzer left Warehouse Investimentos and founded eBricks Ventures, which was later renamed Igah Ventures in 2020. Mr. Sirotsky Melzer is a pioneer venture capitalist with 15 years of experience in the asset class, 50+ investments and 20+ exits completed, including one IPO. Igah has a track record of being the first institutional investor, instrumental in the growth of companies that go on to lead their respective industries, such as Unico, Brazil’s leading biometric identity authentication provider, Conexa Saúde, the leading digital health company in LatAm, and Avenue, the leading platform for Brazilians looking to create a global investment portfolio. Mr. Sirotsky Melzer holds a degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.