Leila Oliveira — Business Development Executive

Working with founders before the company exists - I spend my days meeting ambitious people with wild ideas, and helping them turn those into investable companies at Antler. 💬 what I actually do: • Chat with high-potential solo founders (or soon-to-be founders) about their vision • Support idea-stage validation and co-founder matching • Help shape ideas into investable business models • Guide founders through Antler’s early-stage investment process • Make sure you're not building alone 👩‍💻 who should reach out: - Technical builders, GTM strategists, or researchers ready to commercialise - Repeat founders or first-timers with big ambition - Solo operators looking for a co-founder - Anyone still in a job but seriously considering a leap into startups 🌍 About Antler: • The world's most active early-stage VC • We truly back founders from day zero • The first check is $275k investment for selected teams • present in 33 locations over the globe, including Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane • global community + long-term support keen to build? Express interest here in the link at the top of my profile or DM me—always happy to chat ideas. *Please send me an intro in your connection request, I like to know who you are*

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital professional with expertise in early-stage startup investments.

Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Experience: 9 yrs 5 mos

Skills

Venture Capital
Investments
Capital Raising
Investor Relations
Marketing Strategy
Sales & Marketing
Strategic Partnerships
Account Management
Sales Acumen

Career Highlights

Expert in early-stage startup investment strategies.
Proven track record in capital raising and investor relations.
Strong network with high-potential founders and startups.

Work Experience

Antler

Senior Investment Manager (3 mos)

Scouting Manager (1 yr 6 mos)

Birchal

Investment Manager (1 yr)

Campaign Manager (5 mos)

Wholesale Investor

Senior Account Executive (2 mos)

Account Executive (1 yr 3 mos)

KapVista

Business Development Manager (9 mos)

Investor Relations Manager (1 yr 3 mos)

KapVista Ventures

Investment Analyst (1 yr 3 mos)

Mercado Livre

National Account Executive (8 mos)

Virtual Kar

Ecommerce Manager (2 yrs 3 mos)

Linx S.A.

Estagio em Controladoria Comercial (11 mos)

Education

Advanced Diploma at Australian Pacific College

Master of Business Administration - MBA at ESPM

Marketing at Uninove - Universidade Nove de Julho

Content Marketing at Impacta Tecnologia

Google Marketing Specialist at ComSchool

Leila Oliveira

Business Development Executive

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia9 yrs 5 mos experience

Most Likely To Switch

Key Highlights

Expert in early-stage startup investment strategies.
Proven track record in capital raising and investor relations.
Strong network with high-potential founders and startups.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Venture Capital professional with expertise in early-stage startup investments.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalInvestmentsCapital RaisingInvestor RelationsMarketing StrategySales & MarketingStrategic PartnershipsAccount ManagementSales Acumen

Other Skills

Early-stage StartupsGo-to-Market StrategyPresentationsLead QualificationCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Brand AwarenessProject ManagementNegotiationStart-upsStart-up ConsultingNew Business DevelopmentSales SkillsRelationship BuildingPitch deckMarketing Strategies

About

Experience

9 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 4 mos

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Antler

2 roles

Senior Investment Manager

Promoted

Feb 2026 – Present · 3 mos

Scouting Manager

Sep 2024 – Mar 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos

Antler is the investor backing the world’s most driven founders, from day zero to greatness.
Antler Australia partners and invests in exceptional founders from day zero and backs them for the life of their business.
We are fuelled by a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing and so far have helped create and invest in more than 120 startups in Australia alone, and over a thousand worldwide. Our global community backs founders from the beginning with co-founder matching, deep business model validation, initial capital, expansion support, and follow-on funding, meaning Antler portfolio companies scale faster and more efficiently. Operating across six continents to help founders launch and scale high-potential startups that address meaningful opportunities and challenges.

Venture CapitalInvestmentsEarly-stage StartupsGo-to-Market Strategy

Birchal

2 roles

Investment Manager

Sep 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

As an Investment Manager at Birchal, I am dedicated to driving success for startups and investors alike.
My role centers around finding great investment opportunities, facilitating onboarding, and orchestrating capital raise on Birchal.
I am passionate about discovering and analyzing promising businesses, and I thrive on guiding founders through every step of their capital raise journey, from our initial meeting to successful execution.
If you are based in Australia and wanna talk about capital raise, book a time here: https://meetings.hubspot.com/leila40/ask-me-anything

Strategic PartnershipsInvestor RelationsPresentationsLead QualificationInvestmentsSales Acumen+1

Campaign Manager

Apr 2023 – Sep 2023 · 5 mos · Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Birchal is Australia's leading CSF platform, with 70% of the market share. We simplify fundraising for forward-thinking businesses, guiding you every step of the way - from checking your eligibility, legal & compliance, to building a marketing strategy, until you bank the funds.
Send me a message if you'd like to know more about it

Early-stage StartupsPresentationsLead QualificationMarketing StrategyCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Sales Acumen+3

Wholesale investor

2 roles

Senior Account Executive

Feb 2023 – Apr 2023 · 2 mos

NegotiationSales & MarketingPresentationsLead QualificationSales AcumenCapital Raising+1

Account Executive

Jan 2022 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

Connecting the best investment opportunities I find in the market with an ecosystem of over 33K high-net-worth investors, fund managers, family offices, PE and VC firms. Wholesale Investor is Australasia’s leading investment platform

NegotiationStrategic PartnershipsStart-up ConsultingPresentationsLead QualificationAccount Management+3

Kapvista

2 roles

Business Development Manager

Apr 2021 – Jan 2022 · 9 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

PresentationsLead QualificationAccount ManagementSales AcumenCapital Raising

Investor Relations Manager

Oct 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

KapVista platform helps early-stage companies to scale their business building traction for their offer and connecting them with the right investors.

PresentationsCapital Raising

Kapvista ventures

Investment Analyst

Oct 2020 – Jan 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

We invest between $10,000 and $100,000 into companies that come across KapVista platform, the scope is to invest a small cheque into 20-40 deals a year, coinvesting along side people in our networks

Capital Raising

Mercado livre

National Account Executive

Aug 2017 – Apr 2018 · 8 mos · Greater São Paulo Area

Mercado Livre (NASDAQ:MELI) is the biggest marketplace of Latin America.
The company is the market leader in three main markets Brazil, where they have 27% market share, Argentina (68%) and Mexico (13.6%). The region's largest e-commerce market is Brazil, which makes up approximately one third (32.5%) of all e-commerce volume in Latin America.
Key achievement:
During Black Friday 2017, I managed to achieve 185% on my target goal. This was the second-highest score across all the executives in Brazil.

PresentationsLead QualificationAccount ManagementSales Acumen

Virtual kar

Ecommerce Manager

Oct 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Greater São Paulo Area

Management of e-commerce and Marketplaces (Mercado Livre, B2W, Cnova)
Representing the company in meetings with partners, business negotiations, calls and attendance at events;
Planning of marketing actions to increase sales;
Coordinate the sales team and marketing, ensuring that they are aligned with company rules and values
Monitoring of results and analysis of sales performance;
Responsible for negotiating and implementing new partnerships with marketplaces;
Analysis and monitoring of sales indicators;

PresentationsSales Acumen