Francisco Alvarez-Demalde is a co-founder and managing partner of Riverwood Capital, one of the leading global investment firms solely dedicated to technology growth and scalability. Alvarez-Demalde co-heads the firm and has been involved in the scalability journey of several of Riverwood’s portfolio companies since its inception in 2008, as a partner to founders and management teams helping scale companies from the tens of millions to the hundreds of millions and more in revenues. During the past decade, Riverwood has been an active investor in more than 80 technology companies. Prior to establishing Riverwood, Alvarez-Demalde was an investment executive at KKR where he focused on private equity investments in the technology industry and other sectors, and with Eton Park and Goldman Sachs & Co., among other companies.