Finance for Innovation: Private Equity and Venture Capital

Andrea Minardi is Senior Research Fellow Professor at Insper Institute of Education and Research and  Director of Brazilian Financial Society.   She was Academic Dean of the undergraduate program at Insper from 2010 until 2012, member of the Executive Committee of BALAS (Business Association of Latin American Studies) and member of the Fiscal Board of ANGRAD (National Organization of Undergraduate Programs in Business).   She holds a doctoral degree in Business Administration from EAESP- Fundação Getúlio Vargas, with major in Finance, and a bachelor degree in Production Engineering from Escola Politécnica da Universidade de São Paulo.  She was a visiting student at the PhD program in Business at the University of Texas at Austin.  She teaches Private Equity and Venture Capital and Corporate Finance for undergraduate, graduate and executive education.  She makes research in Corporate Finance, with a focus in Private Equity and Venture Capital.  She is the author of the book Teoria de Opções Aplicada a Projetos de Investimentos, and many published articles.