Fernando Okumura

Fernando Okumura is an investment partner at Downing Capital. Prior to joining Downing Capital, Fernando was a co-founder at Delivery Direto, a SaaS delivery platform for restaurants. Delivery Direto was acquired by Locaweb in 2018. Fernando has also served as an early stage investor and board member at BRILIA, a leading IoT company in Brazil that was acquired by Cartesian Capital Group. Fernando was also a founding team member and COO at Eccosys, which was acquired by Clickon in 2010.

Fernando Okumura dropped out of medical school at Universidade de São Paulo to pursue a law degree at the same school. After graduating with their JD, they worked as a lawyer in Brazil for a few years before moving to the United States to attend the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, where they earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics/Finance. Fernando then went on to earn their MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business.