Wikings Marcelo Machado

Wikings Marcelo Machado is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist currently serving as the Managing Partner at Citrino Ventures. In this executive capacity, he directs the firm's capital allocation strategies with a primary focus on early-stage investments and seed-stage funding initiatives. Prior to his transition into institutional venture capital, Machado developed foundational operational experience as an entrepreneur, which informs his current approach to evaluating prospective early-stage portfolio companies. Operating within the broader private equity and venture capital ecosystem, he is responsible for sourcing proprietary deal flow, conducting rigorous due diligence on prospective transactions, and managing the firm's investment portfolio. His professional mandate involves partnering with emerging startups to accelerate market penetration and operational development. Machado currently focuses on identifying scalable business models and providing strategic governance to early-stage enterprises navigating their initial commercial growth phases.