Manging Partner
Jon F. Toscano, MBA, Managing Partner: Mr. Toscano has an unusual background, bringing together both finance and entrepreneurial experience. His experience includes:

Entrepreneur: on the ground experience starting and managing companies.

Yale MBA: technical skills and knowledge.

Principal at Icatu Equity Partners: experience generating and negotiating deals.

EMPEA and Yale events: international connections.

Board member (Brazilian VC Association): local connections.
Candido Vinicius Pessoa, MSc, Director: deep knowledge of financial markets and public financial instruments. Focus on strategic long-term investment decisions. Business degree from FGV-SP. Portfolio manager in financial institutions such as Banco BBA/Creditanstalt (1990-1993) and Banque Indussuez (1993-1995), where he managed the bank’s proprietary investments. Before joining Trivèlla, Mr. Pessoa was a partner at Ipanema S/A Corretora de Câmbio Títulos e Valores Mobiliários (1995-2002). He is also member of the Board of Directors of PUC-SP, the Catholic University of São Paulo.

Eduardo P. Rocha, MSc, Corporate Finance: M&A and company analysis experience in mid-size companies. Focus on structuring deals. Corporate Finance Director: M&A and company analysis experience in medium-sized companies. Focus on structuring acquisitions, strategic alliances and divestitures deals. Business degree from Universidade Estadual do Ceará (1992), specialization in finance CEAG-FGV (1995), master's degree in Finance PUC-SP (2005) and doctorate degree in Finance USP. Mr. Rocha worked in Brazilian financial institutions (1988-1995), M&A at (Corporate Finance and Business & Plan Analysis Team) Coopers & Lybrand and then M&A at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Senior M&A manager (1996-2003).

Rosemary Cristiane P. Dias: team structuring and operations knowledge. Focus on day-to-day operations. Technical degree in business Faculdade Indaiatubana, Business degree from Faculdade Prudente de Moraes, worked in the finance department as a manager and before as a credit analyst at Apolospuma (1996 a 2006), investment analyst at Trivèlla Investiments (since 2006).

Luís Gustavo R. de Amorim Santos, DSc: strong analytical skills for analyzing investments. Focus on investment analysis. Chemistry degree from University of Sao Paulo (2003), specialization in finance UNIARA (2007), e doctorate degree in Chemistry USP (2008). Worked in different metalurgy businesses (1997 a 2007), reseacher in USP’s chemistry department labs (2004 a 2007), currently working at Trivèlla Investments as a research analyst in capital markets (since Fev/2008).