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Top 30 Community Angel Investors in Brazil in December 2024

Last updated: Dec 2024 A list of 30 angel investors that invest in Community startups based in Brazil. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Community companies from Brazil. We update this investor list every month.

Top 30 Community Angel Investors in Brazil in December 2024

Investor	Community Brazil investments
Eduardo Steiner	2
Jose Inacio Ferreira de Souza	1
Mauricio Feldman	1
Sergio Salfatis	1
Dhaval Chadha	1
Hans Hickler	1
Andréa Nogueira, CFA	1
Marcelo Sampaio	1
Romero Rodrigues	1
Kees Koolen	1
In Hsieh	1
Sergio Furio	1
Mario Letelier	1
Claire Diaz-Ortiz	1
Diego Gomes	1
Rodrigo Borges	1
Roger Lee	1
Cassio Spina	1
Dr. Cornelius Boersch	1
Claude Ricci	1
Tom Blomfield	1
Israel Salmen	1
Claire Diaz-Ortiz	1
Chris Schroeder	1
Leonardo Teixeira	1
Fabio Dutra	1
Ian Faria	1
Ariel Lambrecht	1
Peter Fernandez	1
Elie Horn	1

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Eduardo Steiner is Regional CFO at Publicis Worldwide.

Investment focus

Mobile, Fashion, Lifestyle
Seed, Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Fridom — Fridom is a digital marketing agency.

Jose Inacio Ferreira de Souza is the CEO of ADAPTA BANK.

Investment focus

Elderly, Online Portals, Professional Services
Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Vida60mais — Vida60mais offers professional services and online marketplace services for individuals of age above 60 years.

Co-founder & CEO at Volanty

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Sports
Seed, Angel
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

Quansa — Changing the way workers access financial services.
Sooper — Sooper | O APP da sua loja
Rough Diamonds — Rough Diamonds is a platform which unites Web3 and the sports universe.

Sergio Salfatis

Investment focus

Apps, Wedding, E-Commerce
Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Wedy — Organize seu casamento com facilidade usando nosso aplicativo gratuito, repleto de recursos que abrangem todos os aspectos do seu dia especial

CEO at @Justos • Formerly CEO @Vivo (acquired) • Head of Latam @ClassPass • @Harvard University

Investment focus

Social, Finance, Payments
Seed
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Noh — Noh simplifies shared payments

Hans Hickler

Investment focus

Fashion, Lifestyle, E-Commerce
Seed
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

FormaFina — FormaFina is an online marketplace for US-based premium design and home decor brands to expand internationally. Access to new markets with strong demand with partner who will take care of exportation and local sales and fulfillment. Willing to give exclusivity and discounts on wholesale prices. Discovery of aspirational, premium, and innovativedesign products that cannot be found in the local market. Willing to pay a premium.FormaFina was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Founder & Managing Partner @ Flame Ventures

Investment focus

Analytics, Advertising, Apps
Seed
Brazil, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

SmartMEI — SmartMEI Estamos construindo um novo site | Smart Mei
StopClub — StopClub is a vertical community app designed for gig workers. Our features addresses their everyday needs while building the social foundation for future business.
Back4app — Harness the power of a low-code cloud platform to rapidly launch apps and seamlessly scale to millions of users. Unlock AI-powered tools and out-of-the-box components for blazing-fast development.

There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world.

Investment focus

Internet, Apps, Software
Seed, Funding Round
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

Linker — Linker is a digital platform that refers to a variety of payment and financial services as digital banking.
Cloud Humans — Cloud Humans is a platform that connects professionals to employers for outsourcing business.
Trace Finance — Trace Finance enables secure and swift connections between businesses and their customers through payments and automatic transaction reconciliations on a large scale, promoting integrity and efficiency.

Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

MarketUP — MarketUP Brasil is an innovative startup that believes in the impact of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the entrepreneurial attitude towards the development of the economic scenario, since it is these companies that drive a good part of the country's economy. We believe in these entrepreneurs and offer a complete and freesolution for companies that want to grow and differentiate themselves in the market. We came up with the idea of facilitating the day-to-day business of the SME with a sales and management system capable of managing all the business processes in a simple and uncomplicated way. Our team is composed of experienced people, with relevant history in WEB business development and active participation in the evolution of the Brazilian internet. What was once only available to large companies, now it is within the reach of SMEs without having to pay anything for it. A revolutionary way to run a business. Our system has no use limit and no cost per license, installation, maintenance or paid versions! With tools that encompass purchasing and inventory management, sales, issuance of fiscal documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management.
Moneto — Moneto is a financial services application that automates and controls the receipt and management of sales in small businesses and insurance companies. Moneto was launched by Marcos Arruda, Carlos Arruda, and Paulo Silva Filho in 2013 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Galena — Established in 2020, Galena trains and develops young talented individuals for the jobs of the future.

Kees Koolen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Koolen Industries. Previously Kees was COO, CEO and Chairman of booking.com. Kees was advisor to Uber from 2012-2017 concerning international rollout.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Travel, Hospitality
Seed, Series A, Series B
The Netherlands, Brazil, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Wundermart — Wundermart lobby shops are the perfect unmanned addition to the F&B service in hotels. Powered by smart technology and driven by data, our small 24/7 grab, pay and go convenience shops our built to fit any hotel.
Skoon Energy — Rent clean energy from Skoon Energy. Sustainable solutions for construction, events, ports, and more. Clean energy, always.
Jutter Speijs — Wundermart lobby shops are the perfect unmanned addition to the F&B service in hotels. Powered by smart technology and driven by data, our small 24/7 grab, pay and go convenience shops our built to fit any hotel.

In Hsieh is the Co-Founder at OOOOO.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Fashion, Marketplace
Seed, Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

FormaFina — FormaFina is an online marketplace for US-based premium design and home decor brands to expand internationally. Access to new markets with strong demand with partner who will take care of exportation and local sales and fulfillment. Willing to give exclusivity and discounts on wholesale prices. Discovery of aspirational, premium, and innovativedesign products that cannot be found in the local market. Willing to pay a premium.FormaFina was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
eModa Showroom — eModa Showroom is an innovative, online, curated wholesale marketplace that connects fashion brands and manufacturers with retailers. At eModa, brands and manufacturers can feature collections, prospect for new retailers and manage all of the orders online. We provide business tools for fashion brands and manufacturers looking to grow a wholesalebusiness, from creating a virtual showroom down to processing payments. For Retailers, eModa facilitates brand discovery, collection browsing, purchases, and order management. The company's efforts are focused on streamlining discovery and buying through an innovative platform and easy-to-use technology, so that the wholesale industry may increase revenues, cut costs, analyse performance, and improve the wholesale experience. To make it possible, we’ve gathered an experienced and passionate team with complementary business, technology, and fashion skills and we are applying all of it to drive the fashion wholesale industry forward.EModa Showroom was founded on 2014 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente

Investment focus

Financial Services, Payments, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil, Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

WOODEA — Constructora industrializada de edificios en madera. Reducimos incertidumbre y plazos de manera sostenible y digital.
Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud
Galgo — Immigrant fintech for latam

Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Apps
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Linte — Linte helps companies to lower expenses with lawsuits using document assembly and marketplace tools. Linte offers a cloud-based solution that automates repetitive tasks, quickly, cheaply and safely, with the best practices of usability and design. Users can handle contracts, processes, and documents in an efficient and smart way.Linte was foundedon 2015 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Prontmed — Prontmed organizes and integrates health information with an intuitive Electronic Medical Record. It develops the technologies that facilitates the day-to-day medical and hospital procedures. The main function of electronic medical records is to facilitate and support the care of patients. Therefore, the company focuses on optimizing the time ofdoctors, ensures high availability of the system, and assists in maintaining the quality of care. The features of the product are automatic configuration, security and reliability, simplified navigation, excellence support, and smart prescription.Prontmed is a Brazil-based company that was founded in 1996 by Wang Feng.
Qual Canal — Qual Canal provides social TV analytics for advertisers and TV stations willing to know more about their audiences. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an investor and bestselling author who was an early employee at Twitter. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company and called “The Woman Who Got the Pope on Twitter” by Wired, she is the author of nine books that have been translated into 12 languages. She holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanfordand Oxford. Currently she is a Scout for Kleiner Perkins focused on Latin America and an Advisor for Antler Global. Previously she was a partner at a fund in Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Vaas — Software
Portão 3 — Porta 3 is a travel management platform for businesses that provides reservations for flights, hotels, cars, and insurance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Uberlândia, MG.
Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.

Entrepreneur, angel investor and SaaS expert.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

Deskfy — Deskfy is a brand portal that enables centralize your brand management and get a complete picture of your marketing processes, your entire team and your agency in one place. Is a brand automation platform that enables marketers to work together in the management, distribution, customization and validation of communication materials.
B2B Stack — B2B Stack is the Latam leading marketplace for B2B software buying and selling. The marketplace has a comprehensive database of listed B2B software and services, real user reviews, and comparison features. Through an end-to-end digital workflow, it helps buyers with discovering products, comparing, and managing their purchasing process. It alsohelps vendors with promoting their products, capturing quality traffic, intent data, and demand generation. B2B Stack is bringing the Latam B2B solutions buying experience towards the e-commerce era.The company was founded in 2019, operates remotely (mainly in São Paulo).
SourceLevel — Pull Request Metrics and Automated Code Review - SourceLevel

Rodrigo Borges is a Co-founder and Managing Partner at DOMO Invest.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

MarketUP — MarketUP Brasil is an innovative startup that believes in the impact of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the entrepreneurial attitude towards the development of the economic scenario, since it is these companies that drive a good part of the country's economy. We believe in these entrepreneurs and offer a complete and freesolution for companies that want to grow and differentiate themselves in the market. We came up with the idea of facilitating the day-to-day business of the SME with a sales and management system capable of managing all the business processes in a simple and uncomplicated way. Our team is composed of experienced people, with relevant history in WEB business development and active participation in the evolution of the Brazilian internet. What was once only available to large companies, now it is within the reach of SMEs without having to pay anything for it. A revolutionary way to run a business. Our system has no use limit and no cost per license, installation, maintenance or paid versions! With tools that encompass purchasing and inventory management, sales, issuance of fiscal documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management.
BovControl — BovControl started providing cloud-based data collection app for cattle management and livestock ranchers. Its apps provides reports, graphics, and analysis of cattle production, through multiple perspectives: processors, brands, ranchers, employees of the farms and technical consultants.Danilo Leao founded BovControl on July 1, 2013. It has itsheadquarters in Silicon Valley and Sao Paulo in Brazil.
Netshow.me — Netshow.me is an internet startup that offers an online stage where entertainers, including musicians and comedians are able to earn money by broadcasting their live performances. It also enables fans to interact with their favorite artists.Many artists, including Fresno, Wanessa Camargo, Luiza Possi, Eduardo Sterblitch, PC Siqueira, and ConeCrew Diretoria have performed on Netshow.me.Netshow.me was launched in October 2013 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Roger Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Human Interest, a modern, paperless 401(k) provider with automated investment advice built in. Businesses of any size can set up a 401(k) plan entirely online in a matter of minutes, and ongoing administration is completely automated.Previously, Roger was the co-founder and president of Thunder, a startupthat automates and scales online advertising across devices, formats, and volume. Thunder works with over 100 media companies and agencies and has been used to design over 100,000 ads to date. The company was named one of the Forbes' 100 Most Promising Companies in America and was described as "An Ad Engine to Put Mad Men Out of Business" by the New York Times.

Investment focus

Software, B2B, Asset Management
Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
United States, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Aside — Aside is the company that builds cloud-based platforms. Daffy Charitable is its first not-for-profit community platform.
Stay — Stay is a long-term incentive platform. We are working to decomplicate the task of investing in the future: both for companies and for their collaborators.
Salsa — We sell Payroll infrastructure to SaaS businesses that want to embed multi-country Payroll in their products, through APIs and UI components.

Cassio Spina is an entrepreneur and an angel investor with over 25 years experience in tech industry.He founded and started-up his first business when he was 19 years-old which was a data communications software development company and after successful growth of his business, after completing his graduation in Electronics Engineering, he startedhis second business, Trellis, a computer networking hardware manufacturer.He developed Trellis as a major player in Brazil in computer networking industry, acquiring and merging other companies and receiving investment from VCs. After 18 years, he completed this entrepreneur cycle selling it and started-up investing in new companies as angel investor and founded Anjos do Brasil (www.anjosdobrasil.net), an angel network focused on fostering angel investment for supporting innovative entrepreneurs.Cassio is also the co-founder and responsible for the strategy of ZoeMob, the global mobile family assistant service with a cloud-based platform back-end for providing protection, interaction, and organization for/between parents, kids and care givers.He is also the author of the book "Investidor-Anjo - Guia Prático para Empreendedores e Investidores" (transl. "Angel-Investor - Pratical Guide for Entrepreneur and Investors").

Investment focus

iOS, Software, Location Based Services
Seed, Angel
Brazil, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Startupi — Startupi is a knowledge base on the Brazilian innovation, business, entrepreneurship and technology market. Founded in December 2008, it collaborated to build the Brazilian startups ecosystem, informing and educating the market about what these startups were and how they would become so important. Over the years, Startupi has collaborated with themost diverse initiatives and programs to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in Brazil, as well as aggregate key knowledge and inspire everyone with an innovative spirit. In March / 15 it was acquired by BEATS Brasil and will continue to be an independent and important channel for information, relationships and business generation between Startups-Investors-Customers-Government-Media-Market. We reinforce our commitment to transparency, collaboration. We want to raise the name of STARTUPI to a new level - the best communication vehicle in the country for the Startups ecosystem. Count on us because we count on you, let's go!
Sling Hub — Startup ecosystem data
ZoeMob — ZoeMob provides a mobile family safety service based on tablets and smartphones designed for parents who wish to ensure their children and family members are protected and safe anytime, anywhere, and personal users looking for a reliable mobile device service for protect their personal data and privacy.ZoeMob was founded by Daniel Avizu and HelioFreitas. They are two experienced Internet software enginner and Internet business professional who met at AOL Latin America joint venture and later they have worked in other big technology and media companies for more than 10 years.ZoeMob main features: - Symbian, Android, IOS and Blackberry* compatibiliy - Full localization and tracking monitor - Driving safety features (alerts and actions) - Geo fence (alerts and actions) - Callback - Full Remote control - Direct Message broadcasting - Facebook integration - Device content monitoring - Security features (lock, wipe, alarm, panic buttom)

Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Claude Ricci

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Marketplace, Apps
Pre-Seed, Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Visto.bio — Visto.bio desenvolve tecnologias, produtos e serviços para uma relação mais equilibrada entre pessoas e planeta
Wedy — Organize seu casamento com facilidade usando nosso aplicativo gratuito, repleto de recursos que abrangem todos os aspectos do seu dia especial
Caffeex — Caffeex is the first independent coffee trading platform designed by traders and for traders with the goal of improving the quality and efficiency in the over the counter trading of the green physical coffee.

Tom Blomfield is the CEO of Monzo, a new kind of bank, designed for smartphones. Tom previously founded GoCardless, a fintech startup that has gone on to raise $25m. In 2013, he was nominated as one of the Top 5 Entrepreneurs Under 30 by the European Commission. He gives talks regularly about the future of banking and fintech.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Software, FinTech
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Happl — Happl provides benefits that enable employees to choose what's right for them and tools for managers to support their teams, whilst taking care of the admin.
Feather — Feather gives you insurance advice for expats in Germany. Our digital insurance agent will help you get the right insurance policies for your need.
Gradient Labs — Gradient Labs is an AI firm developing an operating system for AI agents to automate manual, repetitive tasks.

Méliuz is a Brazilian web platform that enables users to earn cash-back when shopping online. Unlike traditional rewards programs that offer collective points with questionable value or miles that expire, Méliuz gives users something they can appreciate: cash-back in their bank accounts with every purchase in major Brazilian online stores.Retailers increase their sales volume, get recurring customers and acquire new ones due to the added incentive of a reward. Méliuz has a large retailer base of over 1,600 stores including giants like Walmart and Amazon and is building a user base that is expected to increase to one million active users this year.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Mobile Apps
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Lastlink — Lastlink is an application which helps to monetize private and Telegram groups through subscription.
Marvin. — marvin. is a company that facilitate the credit and payment flow between suppliers and retailers.
Prota Games — Prota Games is the most popular eSports learning platform of Brazil with League of Legends and Fortnite Classes

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Vaas — Software
Portão 3 — Porta 3 is a travel management platform for businesses that provides reservations for flights, hotels, cars, and insurance. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Uberlândia, MG.
Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.

Christopher M. Schroeder is a Washington D.C. and New York City based internet entrepreneur and venture investor. He was formerly co‐founder and CEO of HealthCentral, one of the largest social and content platforms in health and wellness in the US, sold in January 2012. Previously he was CEO of washingonpost.newsweek interactive, and ceo ofLegiSlate.com.Schroeder has been an active supporter of, writer and speaker on start‐ups in the United States and emerging growth markets ‐‐ with particular focus on the Middle East. He advises and invests a series of US internet start‐ups and venture capital funds, and sits on the board of advisors of The American University of Cairo School of Business, the Jordanian incubator Oasis500 and Middle East online entrepreneur network Wamda. He is writing a book on start‐ups in the Arab World: “StartUp Rising ‐‐ The Entrepreneurial Revolution That’s Remaking the Middle East” ‐‐ published by MacMillan/Palgrave in August 2013.

Investment focus

Music, Video, Parenting
Seed, Pre-Seed
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

Vendah — Social commerce platform democratizing the e-commerce in LATAM through local entrepreneurs
ReelGenie — ReelGenie is bringing the power of video storytelling to businesses. Their innovative technology enables customers to transform their photos and stories into videos that can be shared with the world. By empowering people to tell their stories through video, ReelGenie's easy-to-integrate solutions pave the way to better brand engagement andbrand new revenues.

I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor.

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, Internet
Seed, Angel, Funding Round
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

bxblue — bxblue is a marketplace for personal loans in Brazil explicitly targeting pensioners and Government workers because they can they take loans secured by their guaranteed income. Because of that banks can deduct the payment directly from the paycheck, leading to an apr 10x lower than credit cards. Payroll secured loans are the most affordablepersonal loan in Brazil, and they represent 60% of the personal loans in the country. It is a 40bn dollar/year marke, completely offline. We are taking this entire market online.
Consulta do Bem — Consulta do Bem seeks to promote universal access to health by offering an innovative way to schedule and get consultations online. Using technology and science, the company connects doctors and patients instantaneously, optimizing the health professionals' agenda and allowing them to offer their services at more affordable prices to thepopulation.Consulta do Bem was founded in 2015 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Back4app — Harness the power of a low-code cloud platform to rapidly launch apps and seamlessly scale to millions of users. Unlock AI-powered tools and out-of-the-box components for blazing-fast development.

Fabio Dutra

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Series B
Brazil, Estonia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Klavi — Klavi specializes in data analytics and open data connectivity that receives data securely, quickly, and scalable through a single API.
Mobilitee — Mobilitee is a corporate platform for managing and optimizing expenses with taxi and private services.Mobilitee is an early stage startup based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, focused on smart urban mobility. It is a B2B SaaS solution that comprises a mobile app for company employees, which works as a kind of "Trivago" of taxis and ride-hailingcorporte services, and a web dashboard for the company managers.
CarambolaTech — Platform of technological solutions and team training using agile methodology, inclusion and diversity.

Ian Faria is COO at iVoy.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Social Shopping
Seed
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Vendah — Social commerce platform democratizing the e-commerce in LATAM through local entrepreneurs

Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil, Mexico, Chile

Portfolio highlights

Salvy — A melhor operadora para o seu time!
Elevva — Elevva help e-commerce brands in retail management, e-commerce channel expansion, and vendor management.
CLIVI — Clivi is a specialized digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes.

Peter Fernandez

Investment focus

B2B, Mobile, Fashion
Angel, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Printi — Printi is a B2B e-commerce company that aims on breaking the lack of transparency and efficiency in printed products.. Printi is disrupting the inefficient US & Latin American printing market. Utilizing sophisticated technology and the scale of the internet, Printi offers lowest prices, high quality, and a broad product portfolio tocorporations of all sizes.Printi was founded on 2012 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
Fridom — Fridom is a digital marketing agency.

Elie Horn

Investment focus

Children, Education, Publishing
Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Estante Mágica — Estante Mágica is a children's book provider that aims to develop the full capacity of reading and writing among children and enable them to explore their talents. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

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