3x founder

João de Paula

CEO @ Mesmer (YC X25) | AI that tracks your engineering org

Co-founder

Mesmer· Spring 2025 🇺🇸 San Francisco, California, United States

in LinkedIn 𝕏 @joaopdepaula

2025Co-founder· Mesmer

Founder · since 2011

Company

Mesmer

Role

Co-Founder & CEO

current

Stage

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no public source

Raised

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no public source

Based

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Founder / co-founder — the company's markEmployee / research role

Source: LinkedIn work history

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Mesmer

The operating system for the 100x Engineering Team

Spring 2025

Experience

Career

Mesmer
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CEO · 2025 – Present
2025
Pioneer Fund
Venture Partner · 2021 – Present
2021
Origin
Co-founder
Co-Founder & Advisor · 2023 – 2024
2023
Origin
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CTO · 2018 – 2023
2018
Glio
Co-founder
Co-Founder & CTO · Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil · 2011 – 2018
2011
CR2 Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA (CREIY)
Lawyer · Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil · 2009 – 2011
2009

Bio

Co-Founder and CEO at Mesmer (P25), the operating system for agentic engineering teams. Previously cofounder at Origin Financial ($400M) and Glio (S13), first LatAm company to go through YC. Serial entrepreneur, self-taught engineer, and product leader with 15 years of experience making something people love.