Pedro Franceschi is listed as a founder of Brex on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.
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Pedro Franceschi
Founder
Pedro Franceschi is listed as a founder of Brex on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.
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Quick Facts
- Role Founder
- Company Brex
- Country United States
- Industry AI in Finance
- Founded 2017
- Known For Brex is a useful marker of how AI is being applied to business spend management rather…
- Last Reviewed Aug 2026
Executive Summary
Pedro Franceschi is listed as a founder of Brex on the Brel Digital company profile. Expand biography only from verified public sources.
Career Timeline
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2017
Company founded
Brex was founded in 2017 per the company profile source on file.
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2017
Development
January 3, 2017: Brex is founded in San Francisco by Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi, who had previously built and sold Brazilian payments company Pagar.me to StoneCo.
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2017
Funding
2017: Brex joins Y Combinator's Winter 2017 batch and raises a $7 million Series A led by Ribbit Capital.
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2018
Funding
October 2018: Brex raises a $125 million Series C at a $1.1 billion valuation.
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2021
Funding
April 2021: Brex raises a $425 million Series D at a $7.4 billion valuation.
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2022
Development
January 2022: Brex raises $300 million at a $12.3 billion valuation.
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2026
Acquisition
January 22, 2026: Capital One announces a definitive agreement to acquire Brex for $5.15 billion in a combination of cash and stock.
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2026
Acquisition
April 7, 2026: Capital One completes its acquisition of Brex; Pedro Franceschi continues to lead Brex as part of Capital One.
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Brex — Financial AI product
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