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Fernanda Caloi

CEO

Fernanda Caloi has 3 children, is an avid meditator, facilitator and networking enthusiast, and is the inaugural CEO of the LALA Hub in Brazil. Before that, she was Director of Growth and General Director of the product department at Latitud, and spent 10 years at Google, where she was responsible for the entire strategy of programs for startups in the region, and for the launch of the Black Founders Fund, an initiative that has already invested in more than 60 technology startups with black founders in the country.

Fernanda has a degree in Business Administration from ESPM-São Paulo, acts as an advisor to startups and initiatives to promote female entrepreneurship, and also conceived and moved with her family to a community in the interior of São Paulo, where they are implementing a sustainable approach to energy production, water reuse, soil and food resources, as well as collective living. 

Fernanda comes from a family where working with social causes has always been part of the routine, and she believes that her entry into the Third Sector is not a coincidence but the natural consequence of all the seeds of help, listening and mobilization that she has planted in her personal and professional life throughout her life. 

7 Facts About Fernanda Caloi

1

I am the proud mom of a 3 kids.

2

We recently adopted Mel (our puppy) and we have chickens, cats and a horse.

3

I love traveling and a long time dream came true when I went to Bali in 2023.

4

I love being around people, really get energized when in crowds and events.

5

Reading is one of my favorite hobbies, I can be reading 3 books at once without a problem.

6

I played soccer my whole life, I even founded an all-girls team in my 20's.

7

Community is my way of doing things and I always look to my network when I need help.