Francisco Alvarez-Demalde

Francisco Alvarez-Demalde is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Riverwood Capital. Founded in 2008, Riverwood manages $5.9 billion and makes investments in high-growth global technology businesses. Mr. Alvarez-Demalde has built the Riverwood franchise into a leading global technology investment firm, as an active partner to founders and management teams helping scale companies from the $10s of millions to the $100s of millions in revenues. During the past decade, Riverwood has been an active investor in more than 70 technology companies, which have grown their revenues at +45% per year on average during that period.

Prior to establishing Riverwood, Mr. Alvarez-Demalde was an investment executive at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), where he focused on leveraged buyouts in the technology industry and other sectors. He also previously held roles with Eton Park Capital Management and Goldman Sachs & Co. Mr. Alvarez-Demalde has invested and been actively involved in the development, operations, and growth of several successful businesses across North America, Latin America and other geographies.

 Mr. Alvarez-Demalde earned a Licentiate (Honors) in Economics from Universidad de San Andres, Argentina (including an exchange program at the Wharton School). He has led investments in or is a current or former Director or Advisor of several technology companies, including 99, Alog Data Centers do Brasil, Billtrust (Nasdaq: BTRS), Cloudblue, Dock, Globant (NYSE: GLOB), GOintegro, Greenhouse, Industrious, Insider, LAVCA, Mandic, MotionPoint, Navent, Nubox, Pixeon, RD Station, SecurityScorecard, Shiphero, Technisys, VTEX (NYSE: VTEX), among others. Mr. Alvarez-Demalde is also a Global Ambassador with Endeavor and interested in non-profit initiatives related to education.