Top 10 Medical Angel Investors in Brazil in January 2025

Last updated: Jan 2025 A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Medical startups based in Brazil. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Medical companies from Brazil. We update this investor list every month.

Top 10 Medical Angel Investors in Brazil in January 2025

Investor	Medical Brazil investments
Kees Koolen	3
Kevin Efrusy	2
Ricardo Marino	1
Paulo Veras	1
Paulo Veras	1
Alexandre Soncini	1
Marcelo Claure	1
Romero Rodrigues	1
Romero Rodrigues	1
Demetrios Christofidis Jr	1

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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. Smart energy solutions for construction, congestion, factories, 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.

Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Series C
Brazil, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Zubale — Zubale is the critical infrastructure that enables retailers to win in e-commerce. Through our gig workers marketplace and technical integrations we power our clients entire back end e-commerce operations delivering the best fill-rates, on-times and NPS. In the last year, Zubale has completed over 3 million jobs across 90 cities and 16,800 stores.We operate in Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica and are scaling across Latin America. The Co-Founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy met during their Harvard MBA and are retail insiders with deep expertise at Walmart and P&G in Latin America, Africa, India and China.
PhageLab — Record time development of tailor-made solutions to control bacterial outbreaks in the livestock and poultry industries.

Mr. Ricardo Villela Marino serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Latin America at Itaú Private Bank International. Mr. Marino serves as an Executive Vice President at Itau Unibanco S.A. He served as Senior Managing Director at Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2005 to August 2006. Mr. Marino served as Head of Itaú Unibanco'sOperations in Latin America at Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 2011. He served as the Managing Director of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from April 2004 to April 2005. He served as Head of the Derivatives Dealing Desk (Headed the team responsible for the structuring and sale of derivative solutions to middle market companies, institutional investors and private individuals) of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A. from 2003 to 2004. He served as Head of Business Intelligence of Banco Itau Holding Financeira S.A., from 2002 to 2003 and was responsible for the mission to introduce radical and advanced technologies and methodologies. Mr. Marino served as a Consultant for World Bank, General Coordinator of Studies and Assessment at the Department of Continuing Education, Literacy and Diversity of the Ministry of Education, Project Manager for the Department Of Assessment of Social Programs of the Ministry of Welfare, Brazil, Supervisor of the controllership of Banco Itaú S.A., and Analyst of sectors and companies at Unibanco Asset Management. He served as a Manager of the emerging markets’ equities portfolio covering Argentina, Chile, Peru, Colombia and South Africa as well as relations with governments, banks and directors of companies in each of these countries at Goldman Sachs Asset Management – London. He has been a Director of Banco Itau S.A since September 2006. He has been an Executive Director at Unibanco-Uniao de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. since November 2008. He serves as a Deputy Non-Executive Director of Elekeiroz SA. He serves as an Executive Director of Itau Unibanco S.A. He has been a Director of Itaú Unibanco Holding S.A. since April 23, 2008. He has been a Director of Itaúsa - Investimentos Itaú S.A since April 2011. He served as a Director of Itausa - Investimentos Itau S.A. since April 2011. He served as a Director of Banco BPI, S.A since April 27, 2011. He has been Chairman of the Federación Latino Americana de Bancos FELABAN since November 2008. Mr. Marino earned Master in Studies of Development, Economics and Philosophy from LSE - London School of Economics - and Political Sciences. Mr. Marino graduated from the Polytechnic School from the University of São Paulo. Mr. Marino has a Degree in Business Administration from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) at MIT Sloan School of Management, Cambridge in 2000, a Master’s Degree in Business Administration with specialization in Financial Administration and Business Administration from the University of Company Management MIT Sloan, Cambridge (USA). Mr. Marino also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Escola Politécnica (USP).

Investment focus

Health Care, Fitness, Medical
Series A
Brazil, Belgium, United States

Portfolio highlights

Credix — CREDIX is a decentralized credit marketplace connecting investors with FinTechs in emerging markets. Learn more about the future of debt financing now.
Neomed — Neomed is a marketplace that simplify the relationship among hospital, laboratories and physicians about medical records.
Ellipsis Health — Harnessing the human voice as a biomarker for mental health and wellbeing, along with machine learning and AI, Ellipsis Health generates a clinical-grade assessment of the severity of anxiety and depression, as well as a sub-clinical assessment of the severity of stress - creating the first vital sign for mental health.

Paulo Veras

Investment focus

Financial Services, B2B, B2C
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Klubi — Klubi is a fintech company that provides credit facilities in a simple, transparent, secure and truly digital experience.
Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud

Paulo Veras

Investment focus

B2B, B2C, SaaS
Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
Digibee — Digibee is a seamless, AI-enhanced integration solution that simplifies workflows, accelerates projects, and reduces costs.

Alexandre Soncini

Investment focus

Medical, Hospital, Health Care
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Neomed — Neomed is a marketplace that simplify the relationship among hospital, laboratories and physicians about medical records.

Marcelo Claure currently works as a Group Vice Chairman of Shein. He previously worked at Carnegie Hall as a Member Board Of Trustees. Marcelo Claure attended

Investment focus

FinTech, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, France

Portfolio highlights

Haddy — Haddy is a 3D printed furniture manufacturer that specializes in sustainable and recyclable materials. Visit us today to learn more.
Tildei — Tildei makes it simple for marketers to create engaging conversations, capture data, and drive conversions through truly personal messages. Leverage the enormous reach of WhatsApp's 2.4 billion users today.
Zamp — At Zamp, we are helping businesses innovate and leverage the best of fiat and digital asset rails, in a regulatory and compliant way across borders.

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.