Felipe Capella

Felipe Capella

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Co-founder, CEO
Chicago, Illinois, United States

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  • Kaya AI
    Board Advisor
    Kaya AI
    Sep 2025 - Current (11 months)
  • Solvento
    Board Advisor
    Solvento
    Jan 2024 - Current (2 years 7 months)
  • Loadsmart
    Co-founder, CEO
    Loadsmart
    May 2022 - Current (4 years 3 months)
    Outstanding Tech CEO Award - 1871 Innovation Hub - Aug 2025 Goldman Sachs' Most Exceptional Entrepreneurs of 2023 - Builders and Innovators Summit - Oct 2023 Deloitte's 2022 Technology Fast 500 - Oct 2022 EY's Entrepreneur of the Year - Midwest Finalist - May 2022 America's Best Startup Employers 2022 - Mar 2022
  • Loadsmart
    Co-founder, Co-CEO
    Loadsmart
    Aug 2021 - May 2022 (10 months)
    Top 25 Companies Disrupting Freight - FreightWaves - Nov 2021
  • Loadsmart
    Co-founder, President and COO
    Loadsmart
    Mar 2020 - Aug 2021 (1 year 6 months)
    EY's Entrepreneur of the Year - Midwest Finalist - Jun 2021 Top 25 Companies Disrupting Freight - FreightWaves - Nov 2020 Top AI 100: The Artificial Intelligence Startups - CB Insights (March 2020)
  • Loadsmart
    Co-founder, Chief Product Officer
    Loadsmart
    Jul 2014 - Mar 2020 (5 years 9 months)
    Top 25 Companies Disrupting Freight - FreightWaves (#15)- Nov 2019 Automated On-Demand Freight Brokerage, Company of the Year - Frost and Sullivan - Feb 2019 Top 25 Companies Disrupting Freight - FreightWaves (#22)- Nov 2018 125 Startups Disrupting the Supply Chain and Logistics - CB Insights - Set 2018 Cool Vendor in Intelligent Supply Chain Execution Technologies - Gartner - Sep 2018 DOGA Award in Design and Architecture for Interaction Design (UX) - DOGA Oslo, Norway - Nov 2017 Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year - Stevie® Award - 2017
  • Interamerican Development Bank
    Attorney
    Interamerican Development Bank
    Oct 2012 - Dec 2013 (1 year 3 months)
     Advised on legal matters under the regulations of the IDB, international law, and federal, state and municipal laws of Latin American countries.  Structured and negotiated loans and technical cooperation with high ranking officials of Brazil and its sub-nationals. Projects included policy change, modernization of state, infrastructure, environment protection and climate change, urbanization, public security, economic growth, etc.  Responsible for reviewing the legal compliance of borrower entities (federal government, states and municipalities) before signing off on Loans and Technical Cooperation.  Reviewed the borrower’s compliance with federal, state and city regulations to contract debt, including the legal opinions of the Attorney
  • Sullivan Cromwell LLP
    Attorney
    Sullivan Cromwell LLP
    Jan 2010 - Dec 2012 (3 years)
     Practiced Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, Banking and Securities.  Supervised and managed junior lawyers and summer associates, and handled South American national firms in cross-border deals. Drafted and negotiated term sheets and contracts for several billion dollar transactions.  In charge of monitoring the legislative scenario in Latin America, including new regulations affecting clients’ interests.  M&A/Equity: member of corporate team responsible for (i) the efforts for the sale of $1bn of Deutsche Bank’s assets, (ii) LAN/TAM airline merger of $3.8bn, (iii) representing client in its bid for certain Vale’s assets in Latin America, (iv) representing Chinese client in Beijing negotiations for the formation of a $12bn joint ventu
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    Professor
    Santa Catarina Faculty
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2008 (1 year)
    Professor of Commercial Law
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Professor of Bankruptcy and Restructuring
    Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Jan 2005 - Dec 2007 (3 years)
    Professor of Commercial Law III - Bankruptcy and Restructuring Teaching senior/ 5L law students Member of 16 graduate thesis evaluation boards, including roles as Board President and Thesis Mentor. Received a “Professorship Honor” from the graduate class of 2006.
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    Partner
    Capella Jardim Attorneys at Law
    Jan 2003 - Dec 2010 (8 years)
    M&A; Foreign Direct Investment; Civil & Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Family Office
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  • University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
    Master in Laws (LLM), Law, Law
    University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
    Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 (2 years)
    Concentration: Corporations, M&A, Antitrust, Law & Economics
  • The Wharton School
    Certificate, Law & Business, Law & Business
    The Wharton School
    Jan 2009 - Dec 2010 (2 years)
    Corporate Finance, Monetary Economics, Negotiations
  • Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
    Master, Business Law, Business Law
    Universidad Francisco de Vitoria
    Jan 2008 - Dec 2009 (2 years)
  • FGV Fundação Getulio Vargas
    MBA, Management, Management
    FGV Fundação Getulio Vargas
    Jan 2002 - Dec 2003 (2 years)
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Bachelor, Accounting, Accounting
    Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
    Jan 1999 - Dec 2000 (2 years)
    Not concluded.
  • Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Bachelor, Law, Law
    Universidade do Vale do Itajaí
    Jan 1998 - Dec 2002 (5 years)
  • Stanford University Graduate School of Business
    Stanford Executive Program (SEP
    Stanford University Graduate School of Business
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    EY's Entrepreneur of the Year - Midwest Finalist - Jun 2021
    Ernst Young EY
    Jun 2021
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    Valedictorian Speaker
    May 2010
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    Law School Professorship Honor
    UFSC
    “Professorship Honor” from the graduate class of 2006.
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    Brazilian Bar Exam Top Scorer
    OABSC
    Maximum grade in the Practical State Bar Exam: top 6% of state.
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    Fundación Carolina Scholar
    Spanish Government
    Only Brazilian among 882 Latin American applicants
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    NY Bar Exam Top Scorer
    NY Bar
    Top 3% in the New York Bar Exam (MBE).
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    National Law School Graduation Exam - Top Scorer
    MEC UNIVALI
    Top 4% of the University in the National Law Course Exam (Provão MEC). Thesis approved with maximum grade (10).
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    Traditional Freight Contracts Aren't Working in Today's Market
    SupplyChainBrain
    Jun 2021
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    The Future of Truckload Shipping
    Loadsmart Blog
    May 2017
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    Are “Uber for Trucking” Start-ups Stalling?
    Loadsmart Blog
    Jul 2016
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    Are Uber for Trucking Start-ups Stalling?
    Loadsmart Blog
    Jul 2016
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    Brazil's Lost Decade: We Must Free Our Economy
    Mises Institute
    Jul 2016
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    Incumbent 3PLs Will Not Disrupt Logistics
    Loadsmart Blog
    Jun 2016
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    Immigration Law Client Strategies in Central and South America: Leading Lawyers on Understanding Local Laws, Interacting
    Thomson West Aspatore Books
    Jun 2010
    Chapter 11: Common Brazilian Visa Categories and Requirements
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