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From VC to HVAC: Why Mateus Orsini Left Venture Capital to Buy a 50-Year-Old Boring Business
In this episode of Brazil (is not) for Beginners, Isaac Matzner sits down with Mateus Orsini, CEO of VulpAir, for an honest look at what it takes to find, acquire, and run a business in Brazil. Building on our previous discussion with Guilherme Bonifácio (Season 3, Episode 14) about the mechanics of the search fund model, this conversation moves from theory to practice — speaking directly with a searcher turned operator about the reality of taking over a 50-year-old commercial cooling and HVAC company.
Mateus’s trajectory spans a finance degree in Belo Horizonte, venture capital, turnarounds…
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