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OPERATOR CAPITAL · M&A · CROSS-BORDER EXPANSION

From revenue-generating company to institutional-grade asset.

We are three entrepreneurs with over 20 years of experience building and scaling businesses. We join as partners with capital, operational execution, and cross-border market access to transform validated businesses into high-value assets on a global scale.

WE ARE NOT: Retainer consultants · Passive funds · Accelerators · Coaches/Courses

TRIAVA PARTNERS
WHAT WE ARE

Operator-investors who take equity positions and work inside the company alongside the founder to build institutional-grade businesses and engineer high-value exits.

WHAT WE DO
  • Restructure management and corporate governance
  • Upgrade product architecture and tech stack
  • Open new markets and enterprise distribution
  • Position for institutional capital raises and M&A
  • We open pathways to international markets
HOW WE ENGAGE

Two entry points: Strategic Advisory (board-level guidance, no equity) or Operator Capital (equity stake with hands-on execution). Advisory is where we start. Operator Capital is where we compound.

WHY GOOD COMPANIES STALL

Most companies don't fail because of bad product.

They fail because of bad infrastructure.

Revenue is real. The market is there. But the company can't scale because the corporate structure, processes, and governance weren't built to support the next order of magnitude.

Partnership without clear structure
No documented processes or governance
Product roadmap without GTM alignment
Not bankable or investor-ready
No cross-border distribution or partnerships

Structural debt kills more companies than competition.

Scaling without institutional infrastructure creates cap table chaos, kills investor confidence, and makes a clean exit impossible, regardless of revenue.

"The business works. What's missing is everything built around it."

HOW WE CREATE VALUE

We don't advise from the outside. We operate from the inside.

CAPITAL

Equity-Aligned Capital

We deploy capital with full skin in the game, structured for the growth stage you're entering, not the one you just left.

EXECUTION

Hands-On Operations

We sit inside the company, running diligence, restructuring operations, and executing alongside your team until the flywheel spins.

EXIT

M&A & Exit Engineering

We build toward a defined liquidity event: institutional raise, strategic acquisition, or trade sale at peak enterprise value.

GLOBAL

International Access

We connect your business to partners, customers, and investors across Europe and the US.

The Triava Operating Framework

01

DILIGENCE

Strategic Deep Dive

Clarity on what is truly hindering growth

02

GOVERNANCE

Decision Structure

We structure the company to decide better and grow with consistency

03

GROWTH

Scale Traction

We steer growth with focus and predictability

04

PRODUCT & TECH

Digital Evolution

We guide product and technology evolution to support scale

05

EXIT READINESS

Value Capture

We prepare the business to capture value in the next cycle

Two structures. One outcome.

ENTRY POINT
01

Strategic Advisory

Board-level engagement without equity dilution. We run the full diagnostic, design the governance framework, and advise on M&A and capital strategy as a committed partner in every consequential decision.

PRIMARY PARTNERSHIP
02

Operator Capital

Equity stake with active deployment of capital and operational bandwidth. We come in as operating partners, structuring for scale, managing toward the exit, and carrying our share of the risk. We make money when you make money.

"Advisory is the entry point. Operator Capital is the value creation engine."

WHO WE BACK

We target a specific inflection point.

We work with companies that have already de-risked the product, where the constraint isn't idea validation but capital efficiency, operational scale, and exit architecture.

REVENUE

Recurring Revenue ($600k+ ARR)

TRACTION

Product with Paying Customers

LEADERSHIP

Founder-Led, Operator-Ready

TRAJECTORY

Clear Path to Exit or Raise

REACH

Potential for International Expansion

We carry the same risk. We share the same upside.

Our economics are structured around outcomes, not time. No retainers. No hourly fees. Fully aligned from day one.

SUCCESS FEE

We earn a share of the transaction value when a capital raise or exit closes, and zero if it doesn't.

EQUITY

We take an equity position in the company, fully aligned with long-term value creation and the liquidity event.

OPERATORS VS ADVISORS

Most firms advise. We operate.

Consulting Firm Passive Fund TRIAVA
Fee structure Retainer or project fee Annual management fee on AUM Success fee + equity only
Engagement model Delivers deck, exits engagement Capital deployed, waits for returns Embedded operator, works the problem
Incentive alignment No shared risk, no shared upside Capital deployed, no operational input Equal risk, equal upside: we win when you win
Execution depth Recommends without implementing Board observer, no operational role Runs the playbook alongside the founder
Bandwidth Split across 50+ engagements Manages a diversified portfolio Concentrated focus on a handful of companies
Fee structure
ConsultingRetainer or project fee
FundAnnual management fee on AUM
TRIAVASuccess fee + equity only
Engagement model
ConsultingDelivers deck, exits engagement
FundCapital deployed, waits for returns
TRIAVAEmbedded operator, works the problem
Incentive alignment
ConsultingNo shared risk, no shared upside
FundCapital deployed, no operational input
TRIAVAEqual risk, equal upside
Execution depth
ConsultingRecommends without implementing
FundBoard observer, no operational role
TRIAVARuns the playbook alongside the founder
Bandwidth
ConsultingSplit across 50+ engagements
FundManages a diversified portfolio
TRIAVAConcentrated focus on a handful of companies

TRIAVA: the only column where incentives are fully aligned

Cleverson Mauri Rafael

Entrepreneurs who have built, scaled, and exited businesses.

We've navigated the exact corporate growing pains your company is facing today. From cap table chaos to exit structuring. From founder-dependence to institutional governance.

With Triava, you gain access not just to capital, but to the execution playbook of 3 operating partners who have lived and breathed growth, efficiency, and M&A for over 20 years.

20+ years combined experience People, Processes and Products LATAM, US and Europe presence
Cleverson Brandelero

Cleverson Brandelero

COMMERCIAL & STRATEGY

20+ years as an operator-founder in AgTech. Scaled companies to $30M+ in revenue and completed a strategic exit via acquisition by a global multinational. Deep expertise in enterprise GTM, commercial infrastructure, and product-led scale.

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Mauri Dengo

Mauri Dengo

GOVERNANCE & M&A

35 years in enterprise technology. Founded IDS Software, led it as CEO for 21 years, and executed a cross-border acquisition by a global technology group. Specialist in institutional governance, KPI-driven management, and deal structuring.

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Rafael Daron

Rafael Daron

PRODUCT & OPERATIONS

Operator across Brazil, Europe, and the US. Founded Tog Lab, Tog Agency, and Pinha Finance. Runs the intersection of product strategy, technology architecture, and growth infrastructure — from zero to exit.

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$180M+
ENTERPRISE VALUE CREATED
03
EXITS CLOSED
330+
PROFESSIONALS MANAGED
11+
COMPANIES SCALED
5+
COUNTRIES OF OPERATION
+30%
VERIFIED CAGR