# Top 50 Manufacturing Startup Investors in LATAM in June 2026

## Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Education, Information Technology

Crescera Investimentos is an alternative asset management firm created by the merger of the Bozano Group with three leading and complementary investment firms, BR Investimentos, Mercatto Gestão de Recursos and Trapezus Asset Management, resulting in a unique platform for investors, clients and partners. Structured as a partnership, CresceraInvestimentos is able to attract, retain and develop the best talents in each specialty.Our investment philosophy builds on trust and knowledge. We offer to our clients, investors and investees companies consistent and distinguished returns through diversified financial products and strategies. Founded with approximately R$ 4 billion in AUM, Bozano Investimentos aims to become the most successful alternative investment management firm in Latin America.BR Investimentos` private equity business combines industry knowledge and specialized teams in well-defined circles of competence to successfully invest in privately held Brazilian growth companies. Mercatto Gestão de Recursos has been delivering solid returns through its managed public equities and fixed income portfolios based on strictly fundamental analysis. Lastly, Trapezus Asset Management offers innovative and high alpha quantitative strategies, based on academic research and development.Crescera Investimentos also benefits from the vision of Mr. Julio Bozano - founder of the Bozano Group. Through Banco Bozano, Simonsen, the Bozano Group was recognized as one of the most important investment banking organizations in Brazil for more than 40 years with a very successful track record in long-term proprietary investments. The Group`s expertise in aligning clients` interests with outstanding performance drives the basis of Bozano Investimentos` activities.Our goal is to offer solutions that create long-standing value for our investors, the society at large and the companies we invest in and to perpetuate Bozano Group`s legacy. Crescera Investimentos has a team of over 70 executives, employees, consultants, and senior advisors, including more than 40 partners in offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

## KPTL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, AgTech

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## Criatec 2
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Logistics

The Criatec 2 fund is the second fund from a series of funds sponsored by BNDES, which started in 2006 with the Criatec 1 fund. The Criatec 2 has Bozano Investments as the Nationa Manager and Triaxis Capital as Operational Advisor. The fund management structure also includes six regional managers.Criatec 2 is the largest venture capital fundcurrently in operation in Brazil, in both size and national coverage.

## Bossa Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

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## SP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Software

Portfolio (Fundo de Inovação Paulista)Launched in 2014, Fundo de Inovação Paulista (FIP) is a R$ 105 Million Venture Capital Fund that counts with top tier Limited Partners: Desenvolve SP, FINEP, FAPESP, Sebrae-SP, CAF, and Jive Investments. FIP is focused on technology-based startups located in the state of São Paulo, the most importanteconomic pole in Brazil. Investment tickets vary from R$ 2 Million to R$ 6 Million per company, on average, but can reach R$ 15 Million including follow-ons.Track-Record (Fundo Criatec I)SP Ventures was established in 2007 as the Venture Capital firm responsible for Criatec I Fund’s investments in São Paulo. Criatec I was a cornerstone in Brazilian Venture Capital Industry led by BNDES and BNB. From 2007 to 2013, over 1,200 companies were analyzed and 8 investments were made by SP Ventures.EntrepreneursWe back technology-based companies in the segments of Agricultural Technologies; Information and Communication Technologies; Health Technologies; New Materials; and Nanotechnologies.We seek investment opportunities with the following profile:- Passionate entrepreneurs with solid technical background and market-orientated attitude- Proprietary technology with high scalability potential- Large proportions targeted-market- São Paulo based- Annual Revenue inferior to R$ 18 Million"

## Compusoluciones Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Artificial Intelligence, Software

Compusoluciones Venture seeks to invest in startups and scaleups that are related to our "core business" within the Information and Communication Technologies ("ICTs") industry.

## cultivate(MD)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Holland, Michigan, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Medical Device, Health Care, Medical

cultivate(MD) is a leader in providing venture capital to medical device companies. Our funds have invested in some of the most innovative healthcare technology with multiple successful exits.

## Wealthing VC Club
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Medical Device

A boutique investment group for accredited investors focused on co-investing in post-seed deals led by VCs.

## Anjos do Brasil
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Agriculture

Anjos do Brasil is a angel investor network dedicated to foster angel investment for supporting inovative entrepreneurs in Brazil. It was founded by Cassio Spina, a entrepreneur and a angel investor with over 25 years experience in tech industry (see more at http://www.crunchbase.com/person/cassio-spina-3) .Receivingsupport of major brazilian institutions related to entrepreneurship and investments, such as Endeavor Brasil, ABVCAP, BM&F BOVESPA, FIESP/CJE, Brazil Innovators, etc., Anjos do Brasil is commited to connect investors with entrepreneurs in order to help growing new business in Brazil.We do also keep relationship with major VC investment funds, in order to exchange investment opportunities between our members and them. Anjos do Brasil is advised by a seasoned board of advisors, that support our strategic actions for promoting our vision.We promote events between our members and some also for entrepreneurs, for both educating the community and connecting people, to empower their relationsIf you wish to contact us, please, visit our site at www.anjosdobrasil.net and leave a message.

## devlabs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence

We target the global pipeline of outlier entrepreneurs building B2B digital companies that are currently undervalued and looking to grow by partnering with founder friendly investors that can help them reach more customers, build a better product and raise capital in a relatively short period of time.With Oakland, California as a base in SiliconValley, we currently invest via:- LatAm Seed Fund: Pre-Seed up to Series A startups, primarily in the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru) scaling up globally. Typically invest an initial 50-100k USD, then follow-on up to 500k from this fund.- Global Fund: Seed to Series B startups scaling across the Americas, Africa with more than 1MM in ARR.We are open to leading or joining rounds, co-investments, and follow-on syndicates (SPVs).

## Carlos Rodriguez
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Carlos Rodriguez

## MONASHEES
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services

monashees is the pioneer venture capital firm in Latin America. It partners with outstanding founders who are revolutionizing large markets. The firm serves entrepreneurs starting with their very first movements, supporting their growth through its expansion funds. With a human-values-first approach, monashees helps founders challenge the statusquo and improve people’s lives through technology. The monashees community includes over 150 companies and 300+ founders.

## Monllor Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Juan, NA - Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Solar, Manufacturing, Industrial Manufacturing

Monllor Capital focuses on making and facilitating tax-advantaged ESG investing in renewable energy, sustainable business, and infrastructure in Puerto Rico.

## CapTable
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, AgTech

Captable is a startup investment platform that operates transactions through crowdfunding. They exist to simplify and make startup investments viable, as well as to connect the entire ecosystem, by leveraging business growth with high return potential for investors who want to contribute to the growth of startups. It makes connections at variouslevels for various agents in the innovation market with the goal of encouraging entrepreneurship through investment in startups. CapTable was founded in 2018 by Guilherme Enck and Paulo Deitos Filho.

## ChileGlobal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vitacura, Region Metropolitana, Chile
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Artificial Intelligence

ChileGlobal Ventures is promote the growth of dynamic and innovative startups for the benefit of Chile and the world.

## CARABELA
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tomball, Texas, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Carabela is launching its $20M pre-seed fund II to back deep tech startups founded by LatAm unicorn alumni, leveraging the partners’ 150+ tech founders network from 10+ years as founders and executives in AI clouds.Our journey started back in 2013 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Before launching our first fund in 2020, we were focused on building up theLatAm startup scene for over six years:
- Running our own angel investor network: Connecting 20+ founders (like Yo te presto) with their first angel investors across Latin America, and being founding members of Xcala.
- Hosting 5 incubation and acceleration programs: We guided over 65 startups on their early paths.
- Organizing 15+ workshops and learning events: These brought together hundreds of entrepreneurs and investors, plus over a dozen networking events with Endeavor Guadalajara.We were (and still are) constantly out there – mentoring, judging, and speaking at countless startup events and VC summits across Mexico, the US, and LatAm.​All that groundwork led to the launch of Carabela's ~$4M Fund I in February 2020. We've invested in incredible founders from 16 pre-seed and seed startups across six Latin American countries and 11 sectors, actively boosting the region's dynamic ecosystem.Now, we're super excited about Carabela's future with Fund II. Our mission is simple: back amazing Latin American tech founders, give them the capital and hands-on support they need, and connect them with our robust network; to help shape the future of entrepreneurship in the region.

## Triaxis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Mobile, Hardware

Triaxis Capital is a brazilian independent venture capital firm focused in technology-based companies with high growth potential.

## Liquid 2 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Liquid2 Ventures provides technology startups with seed-stage investments and is based in San Francisco, California. The firm was founded in 2015 by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma.

## FEA Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Information Technology

FEA Angels is a venture capital and private equity firm and its acts as a bridge between investors and entrepreneurs.

## Cácio Packer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Venture - Series Unknown
- Focus: Software, Apps, Fashion

Cácio Packer

## Inseed Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Agriculture, AgTech

Inseed is a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in seed and early stages.It manages three of the largest brazilian VC funds:- Criatec, with R$100 million, invested seed money in 36 innovative tech companies from all sectors throughout Brazil. It is closed for new investments and focused on increasing the portfolio companies value;-FIMA, with R$150 million, invested in 11 early stage cleantech companies, specially on waste management, renewable energy, agriculture and building materials industries. The fund started on January 2013. It is closed for investmentsand focused on increasing the portfolio companies value;- Criatec 3, with R$220 million, started investing on January 2016. It's focused on innovative hard tech startups. Invested in 14 companies and still open with R$3 million as the target ticket for Seed or Series A rounds.Inseed has offices on Belo Horizonte and São Paulo.

## Soma Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech

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## Asymmetry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

Asymmetry Ventures invests in scalable early-stage companies with exceptional defensibility.

## Norte Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology

Norte is a founder's fund created and invested by entrepreneurs

## The Yield Lab LATAM
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming

Investing in high impact companies in the Latin American AgrifoodTech sector

## Construct Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Supply Chain Management

Construct Capital is an early stage venture capital firm, investing in founders who are reimagining the foundational industries of our economy.

## The Brazilian Development Bank(BNDES)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Post-IPO Debt, Debt Financing
- Focus: Manufacturing, Industrial, Software

BNDES is the main financing agent for development in Brazil

## SOSV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

## N47
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software

We're Built For Enterprise Founders. We partner with founders boldly building products that power the world

## The Yield Lab
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology

The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M.

## Wolfgang Schuch
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Farming, Chemical, Agriculture

Wolfgang Schuch

## Otter Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B
- Focus: Agriculture, Biotechnology, Farming

Otter Capital makes equity investments in outstanding businesses. These are businesses that in Otter Capital’s judgment have good growth prospects, substantial competitive advantages and barriers to entry, and the ability now or in the future to generate significant cash returns on the capital deployed in the business.

## SoFi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Biotechnology, Information Technology

SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services. The company primarily caters to early-stage professionals and offers variable and fixed rate parent, personal, and MBA loans, mortgage refinancing, and more. They create modern financial products and services that help people borrow, save, spend, invest, andprotect their money better so that they can achieve financial independence and realize their ambitions from owning a home to saving for retirement, paying off their student loans, and more.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

## FUNDEPAR
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Machine Learning

Fundepar is an investment firm that is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The firm manages Seed4Science, which is a Seed Capital/Venture Capital fund and invests in deep tech startups

## FINEP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Sensor, Aerospace, Industrial Engineering

FINEP is a Brazilian investment firm that invests in the areas of science, technology, and more.

## CORFO
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

CORFO is an executing agency of government policy in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central tendencies of a social market economy, creating the conditions to achieve building a society of opportunities.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

## Intesa Sanpaolo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Torino, Piemonte, Italy
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Convertible Note
- Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Financial Services

Intesa Sanpaolo is a banking group that specializes in wealth management, protection, advisory, and digital orientation. Their products and services include accounts, cards, loans, mortgages, insurance, digital payments, retirement planning, investments, and consulting. It was founded by the merger of Banca Intesa and Sanpaolo IMI.

## Between the Coasts Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Industrial, Manufacturing, Packaging Services

Between the Coasts Ventures operates as an investing firm.

## El Viento
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Farming, Chemical, Agriculture

El Viento is a investor .

## FJ Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups.

## H20 Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

H20 Capital backs disruptive entrepreneurs creating tomorrow's largest, most valuable, and longest-lasting companies, seeking to become a hands-on partner by helping entrepreneurs disrupt and create new markets while adding value. The Firm's focus is in B2B Enterprise Software (SaaS), B2B Marketplaces, and B2B Fintech in LatAm and the US(primary focus on LatinX & immigrant founders in the US).

## Indicator Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

Founded in 2014, Indicator Capital is a Brazilian venture capital firm operating in Sao Paulo and the Silicon Valley. The partnership formed by Derek Lundgren Bittar, Fabio Iunis de Paula, and Thomas Lundgren Bittar, promotes the convergence between the dream of the entrepreneur and the financial return for the investor, tropicalizing American bestpractices to national startups. With more than R$ 270MM under management, Indicator Capital is the largest early-stage venture capital firm in Latin America specialized in Internet of Things (IoT). In their investments, the partners apply value-adding, proprietary methodology Building Value Together®, besides acting as Investors for Good, a concept reinforced by the firm`s certification as a B System™ company.

## Invisto
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, InsurTech, Insurance

Invisto is a venture capital investments firm seeks to invest in southern Brazil.

## Latitud
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Build good sh*t with Latitud

## CANVAS Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Product Design

CANVAS Partners provides deal-by-deal service to clients looking to engage directly in private equity. By joining projects as an investment manager after the transaction, also offers long-term value.

## 2150
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Construction, Information Technology, Software

2150 backs technology companies who aim to shape the sustainable cities of the future.

## Andeo Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, SaaS

ANDEO Capital is an Angel Smart Capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs with great qualities, a global mindset, and an early growth stage company.

## VIB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care

Strategic research in on life sciences and biotechnology

## X8 Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Education, E-Learning, Manufacturing

Pioneer in middle market growth capital in Brazil, with a focus on Social and Environmental Impact.

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