Brian Paes-Braga, Angel Investor

Brian Paes-Braga is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, merchant banking executive, and author. Currently, he serves as Managing Partner at SAF Group, a leading structured credit and merchant banking group that builds, invests, finances, and advises high-growth companies as well as provides flexible and long-term capital solutions to public and private corporations while providing stable returns for investors through its structured credit arm. As an Executive, Brian was Founder and CEO of Lithium X Energy Corp., a lithium resource company which, within 2.5 years, raised approximately $53 million and was acquired in an all-cash deal for $265 million. Brian was formerly Chair of the Board of Directors of Thunderbird Entertainment, a global multi-platform entertainment company creating award-winning programming for the world’s leading digital platforms. Brian recently made a personal investment in The Metals Company, a firm that provides battery-powered shifts to clean energy and electric vehicles.