Executive Officers
Mr. Schurmann founded Nuvini S.A. in November 2019. He is responsible for the strategic vision as well as the management and growth of Nuvini. Mr Schurmann previously was founder and Managing Partner at Bossanova Investimentos, from 2011 to 2019, the first pre-seed investment firm in Brazil, and today, the eighth most active investment firm in the world. While at Bossanova, he led over 600 investments in B2B startups. He also led Bossanova’s anchoring of Brazil’s first Venture Debt (by SP Ventures) and well as the country’s first angel investment fund (with Domo Investments (Nasdaq: DOMO)). Prior to funding Bossanova, Mr. Schurmann was co-founder and CEO of Experience Club, Brazil’s largest membership only B2B networking club, from 2006 to 2010, where he was responsible for managing the company and sponsorship sales. Over 600 of Brazil’s top 1,000 companies are members of Experience Club as of December 2022. Prior to that Mr Schurmann was co-founder and CEO of Conectis Experience Marketing, Brazil’s first experience marketing agency. At Conectis, he was responsible for general management, sales and client relations. IBM (NYSE: IBM), BASF (OTCMKTS: BASFY), Citroen, SAP (NYSE: SAP) and another 140 large enterprises were Conectis client at the time Conectis was acquired in 2006. Prior to that Mr Schurmann was co-founder and VP of ideas at ideia.com, a Brazilian technology incubator backed by Warburg Pincus, from 2000 to 2003, where he was responsible for sourcing and analyzing the incubators investments. Prior to that Mr. Schurmann was Director of Business Development at StarMedia (KLSE: STAR), a Latin American Portal, from 1998 to 2000. He was responsible for M&A and Business Development for Latin America. Prior to that Mr Schurmann was co-founder and Director of Business development at Zeek!, from 2007 to 2008, where he was responsible for corporate development and partnerships. Zeek! was acquired by StarMedia (KLSE: STAR) in 2009.
Roberto Otero holds over 15 years of experience across corporate finance, capital markets, and strategic leadership roles in Latin America and the United States. He currently serves as the CFO of Nuvini. Prior to that, he acted as CFO for the international operations of Eurofarma, the largest pharmaceutical company in Latin America, operating in over 23 countries. In this role, he was responsible for all aspects of financial planning, P&L and cash-flow oversight, treasury, and financial governance across multiple geographies.
Previously, Roberto was the CFO and Partner at Arco Platform, a Nasdaq-listed Brazilian ed-tech platform backed by General Atlantic. During his tenure, he led key initiatives in budgeting, forecasting, M&A, and capital markets strategy. Prior to that, he spent over a decade at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as an Executive Director. There, he led Latin American equity research in healthcare, education, infrastructure and technology and advised global investors, participating in over 20 IPOs totaling more than US$4 billion.
In addition to his corporate roles, he was elected pro-bono CFO of the Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in Latin America.
He holds a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) in São Paulo.
Gustavo Usero is the Chief Operating Officer at Nuvini, responsible for driving operational excellence, financial performance, and strategic execution across the group’s portfolio of companies. His primary focus includes strengthening budgeting discipline, expanding EBITDA margins, and implementing robust performance management frameworks. He also leads the adoption of AI-driven initiatives within the portfolio through strategic partnerships with global technology leaders, aiming to unlock operational efficiencies and accelerate sustainable growth. Prior to joining Nuvini, Gustavo held senior executive roles at Constellation Software—including CEO, Vice President, and Executive General Manager of portfolio companies—where he led operational transformations and teams across Latin America, the United States, Canada, France, England, and Australia. Before Constellation, Gustavo founded and scaled his own software company in Brazil, which was later acquired by a French software group. He became a shareholder and key executive within that group, playing a pivotal role in its growth and operations until it was ultimately sold to Constellation Software.