Marcos Aurélio Couto

Marcos Aurélio Couto is a Brazilian investor currently serving as Partner and Co-founder at Duxx Investimentos, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Brazil. Through his leadership at Duxx Investimentos, he directs strategic capital allocation toward emerging technology startups, maintaining a specialized investment mandate focused heavily on the rapidly evolving insurtech sector. Alongside his primary venture capital activities, Couto holds a formal academic affiliation with the Academia Nacional de Seguros e Previdência (ANSP), where he contributes to institutional research and industry advancement. Furthermore, he maintains active executive leadership roles within professional governance frameworks, currently operating as the Vice-president of a regional board council to guide organizational strategy. Ultimately, Couto leverages his combined domain expertise in early-stage startup financing and academic insurance research to identify and scale high-growth technology ventures across the broader Brazilian financial ecosystem.