Rodrigo Capel Pasqua

Mining | Strategy, M&A, Studies, Ops, Tech, Financing, Marketing

📍 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia🔄 Updated September 2026💼 2 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2020
Operator-angel🌍 Australia
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Portfolio

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Angel Investor and Mentor
Mar 2020
Poli Angels is a group of angel investors(*) founded by alumni of Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo and open for all. The focus is to support early-stage Brazilian startups with a strong technology bias. Our group members have an extensive business network and passion for innovation and entrepreneurship. ___________________________________________ (*) Poli Angels group has no responsibility for the financial result of any individual investment made by its members. The association is also completely exempt and not responsible for the financial decisions made by its members. Poli Angels or its members DO NOT CHARGE any fee from startups and entrepreneurs for selection, mentoring or application for funding.
Private Investor and Advisor
Oct 2012
Frontera Minerals is a privately held investment group established in 2011 with a focus on the mining, energy and fertilizers sectors in Brazil. Operating with a “merchant banking” approach, we combine access to capital to a superior multi-disciplined management team, proven track record and value creation history. Leveraging our wide range of expertise’s, local knowledge and global network, Frontera, via its investees aims to be a premier player in the 21st century agricultural and energy revolutions. Our businesses: (i) Food Security: Morro Verde Fertilizers, a leading fertilizer producer in Brazil; (ii) Energy Transition: Brion Minerals, playing a role in securing and providing critical raw material for the energy revolution; (iii) Inflation Protection: Golden Grass Precious Metals, a gold and precious metals developer focus in Brazil. Having innovation and R&D as a core value to our group, in 2022 Frontera launched MVentures Inc., our platform to invest and develop transformational technologies pertinent to Frontera’s business and mandates. Most of all, our passion to transform the invisible into reality.
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Experience · 5 entries
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Investments (2)
Founder (1)
2022
Chairman and Founder
Apr 2022
US hard rock lithium explorer with a significant position in the major historical spodumene producing district in North America.
2020
Angel Investor and Mentor
Mar 2020
Poli Angels is a group of angel investors(*) founded by alumni of Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo and open for all. The focus is to support early-stage Brazilian startups with a strong technology bias. Our group members have an extensive business network and passion for innovation and entrepreneurship. ___________________________________________ (*) Poli Angels group has no responsibility for the financial result of any individual investment made by its members. The association is also completely exempt and not responsible for the financial decisions made by its members. Poli Angels or its members DO NOT CHARGE any fee from startups and entrepreneurs for selection, mentoring or application for funding.
2018
Managing Director
Oct 2018
Resource industry technical/executive/strategy advisory and investment.
Operations Manager / Principal Mining Consultant
Oct 2018
Mining Plus applies a combination of technical expertise and practical experience to your exploration and mining projects across the world. We have adopted an attitude of “getting it right the first time”. We pride ourselves on providing tailored services to meet your expectations through the delivery of detailed, accurate and timely outcomes. With a proven track record in delivering innovative and practical solutions, our goal is to ultimately deliver value to your project, whether helping to define a corporate goal or maiden resource, providing a fit for purpose design or helping you to operate your mine. Our Core Services, offered in our disciplines of Mining Engineering, Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, are Define, Plan and Operate. Mining Plus services exploration and mining customers on a local, national and international scale. Our core capabilities and services have grown and diversified over the years to cover a broad range of mineral commodities across the project value chain and are enhanced by strategic alliances in other core disciplines. From the conceptual stage of projects, right through to feasibility study work, project delivery, commissioning, and mine closure. We have a unique ability to integrate seamlessly with your project teams to deliver results with the flexibility of working remotely or mobilising to site. See www.mining-plus.com for further details.
2012
Private Investor and Advisor
Oct 2012
Frontera Minerals is a privately held investment group established in 2011 with a focus on the mining, energy and fertilizers sectors in Brazil. Operating with a “merchant banking” approach, we combine access to capital to a superior multi-disciplined management team, proven track record and value creation history. Leveraging our wide range of expertise’s, local knowledge and global network, Frontera, via its investees aims to be a premier player in the 21st century agricultural and energy revolutions. Our businesses: (i) Food Security: Morro Verde Fertilizers, a leading fertilizer producer in Brazil; (ii) Energy Transition: Brion Minerals, playing a role in securing and providing critical raw material for the energy revolution; (iii) Inflation Protection: Golden Grass Precious Metals, a gold and precious metals developer focus in Brazil. Having innovation and R&D as a core value to our group, in 2022 Frontera launched MVentures Inc., our platform to invest and develop transformational technologies pertinent to Frontera’s business and mandates. Most of all, our passion to transform the invisible into reality.
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