Shu Nyatta co-founded Bicycle Capital to back growth-stage technology companies in Latin America. He previously helped lead SoftBank’s Latin America and Opportunity funds after investment banking at J.P. Morgan and consulting at McKinsey.

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Shu Nyatta co-founded Bicycle Capital to back growth-stage technology companies in Latin America. He previously helped lead SoftBank’s Latin America and Opportunity funds after investment banking at J.P. Morgan and consulting at McKinsey.

Career

Shu Nyatta holds an MSc, Anthropology from University of Oxford and a BA, Economics from Harvard College.

Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Bicycle Capital from 2022-05 to Present
Global Board Member at Endeavor Global until Present
Board Member at Lemonade from 2018-11 to 2024-10
Managing Partner at SoftBank Group International until 2022-04
Vice President, Technology Group at J.P. Morgan from 2011 to 2015

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Não estamos à caça de unicórnios, diz Nyatta, sócio de Claure no Bicycle Capital

In this Portuguese-language interview from June 2023, Shu explains Bicycle’s growth-investing approach: capital efficiency, realistic valuations, board involvement and collaboration in Latin America.

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endeavor.org

We don’t need more startups. We need more businesses.

In this September 2026 essay, Shu argues for investment models suited to local markets, with concentrated portfolios and liquidity through dividends, buybacks or smaller public exchanges.

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x.com

Bicycle Capital Annual Letter

Shu shares Bicycle Capital’s 2024 annual letter on innovation beyond Silicon Valley and companies that expand using strong unit economics, with examples from Mottu and Cayena.

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