Julio Vasconcellos was the first Brazilian to work at Facebook and later built Peixe Urbano from zero to over 1,200 employees and $100M+ revenue before navigating it through a sharp downturn, giving him rare Silicon Valley social networking experience combined with hands-on hypergrowth and restructuring lessons. He has founded multiple venture platforms in Latin America (Canary and Atlantico) and leads widely-referenced research on the region's digital transformation, positioning him as a bridge between global capital and local market realities for founders and investors. Julio Vasconcellos was the first Brazilian to work at Facebook and later built Peixe Urbano from zero to over 1,200 employees and $100M+ revenue before navigating it through a sharp downturn, giving him rare Silicon Valley social networking experience combined with hands-on hypergrowth and restructuring lessons. He has founded multiple venture platforms in Latin America (Canary and Atlantico) and leads widely-referenced research on the region's digital transformation, positioning him as a bridge between global capital and local market realities for founders and investors.