# Top 50 Medical Startup Investors in LATAM in June 2026 ## Canary - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software Canary is the first partner of choice of the best founders in LatAm. We are co-founders of the companies we back, from the ground up, supported by the best community of builders. ## Redpoint eventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Redpoint eventures's approach is to help entrepreneurs by offering the benefits of both local and international VCs including insight, company building, financing, and exit. ## Hi Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Health Care Hi Ventures is the fund seed and early venture capital, formed to invest in entrepreneurs with strong components and scalable models of innovation. ## Valor Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities. The firm operates across two investment strategies Growth Equity and Venture Capital. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States. ## Vox Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology Vox Capital is a venture capital company investing on innovative businesses delivering positive social and/or environmental impact with focus in Latin America, mainly in seed and series A. ## Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech 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. ## StartUp Health - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical Organizing and investing in a global army of entrepreneurs committed to achieving health moonshots ## MONASHEES - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## SOSV - Type: VC Fund - Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Igah Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech Igah Ventures is a Brazilian venture capital firm that was born from the union of forces of two successful investment platforms (e.bricks ventures and Joa Investimentos). We have a unique and complementary team of partners and an extremely qualified and experienced team. ## MatterScale Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology Founded by a team of former Endeavor executives, Matterscale aims to bridge the seed stage funding gap for Latin founders. ## NXTP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Information Technology Founded in 2011, NXTP was one of the early investors in B2B unicorns in Latin America, such as Nuvemshop, Mural, Auth0, Frete.com, and Betterfly. Based across offices in Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay, and Argentina, NXTP invests checks ranging from $500,000 to $5 million in startups at pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. NXTP principally supportsfounders in four B2B verticals: Cloud & SaaS, FinTech, E-Commerce Enablers, and B2B Marketplaces. The fund has backed more than 130 startups, raising over $2 billion in additional capital, and has co-invested alongside funds such as a16z, Greylock, Tiger Global, and Greenoaks. It boasts a portfolio of 6 unicorns and 32 exits. NXTP has a Latin American network not only to identify the region’s best entrepreneurs but also to help them expand their operations to other countries. NXTP's main goal is to help companies move to the next level, demonstrate a viable and scalable business, and be part of that growth process. NXTP has over 400 experts to assist companies in addressing operational challenges in different segments. ## Kees Koolen - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Angel - Focus: Travel, Software, E-Commerce 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. ## Endeavor - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services About EndeavorEndeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28 billion US, have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4 billion US in capital.Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
About Endeavor CatalystEndeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$250M+ AUM across three funds and has made 200+ investments to date in 32+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 37 companies valued at $1B+, including 29 unicorns. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia. ## Kaszek - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America. ## Bossa Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Aprenda a Investir em Startups ## MAYA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology An early-stage venture firm that supports businesses generating accessibility, transformation and efficiency in Brazil and Latin America. ## Green Rock - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology Our family mission is to protect and perpetuate family values ​​through investments that ensure a solid future for future generations and guarantee that they understand the responsibility of their heritage. ## Trindade Investimentos - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Medical, Insurance, Consulting Trindade Investimentos is a Brazil-based investment firm focused on Venture and Private Equity.On its Venture Capital investments, Trindade Investimentos brings various resources to entrepreneurs in addition to capital, including financial, legal and strategic management for the development of their businesses or ideas. Trindade looks forinnovative products or services that cater to the profile of the Brazilian market and that are scalable, either within the existing market structure or within one that can be executed in partnership with Trindade.On its Private Equity investments, Trindade Investimentos focus mostly on middle market companies that find themselves in urgent need of financial resources, either to finance their working capital needs or to overcome other special situations. ## Collaborative Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Food and Beverage, Health Care Collaborative Fund is a leading source of capital for entrepreneurs pushing the world forward. ## Positive Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software investimos nas tecnologias do futuro para resolver os maiores desafios da sociedade e planeta no presente. ## Mariano Garcia-Valino - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Mariano Garcia-Valino ## ONEVC - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, Information Technology ONEVC is a venture capital firm, focused on seed-stage investments in Latam. ## Criatec 2 - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - 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. ## Provence Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Marketplace, B2B Uma estrutura de investimentos em busca das melhores oportunidades nos mercados de Venture Capital, Private Equity e Real Estate. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## Scale-Up Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Scale-Up Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in companies selected by Endeavor Brazil's hyper-growth acceleration programs. ## Endurance28 - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Medical SVLC is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage founders building creative solutions to global problems to improve economic opportunity, health, and the environment. ## NALA Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santa Monica, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Video, Video Streaming, Music Investor in multiple asset classes ## Unpopular Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech The best companies, off the beaten path. ## Nazca Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, FinTech Revolutionary Empowerment for Founders in Latin America. ## Performa Investimentos - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Mobile, Medical, Chemical FORS Capital is an independent and pioneering ESG investment company based in Brazil ## SP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - 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" ## Bullet Time Ventures II - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Focus: Fitness, Medical, Health Care Bullet Time Ventures II is a micro venture capital firm that finances early-stage startups. ## Kortex Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brazil, Saint George, Trinidad and Tobago - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical Kortex Ventures is a global venture capital fund that invests mainly in health tech and healthcare technology early-stage companies. It partners with outstanding entrepreneurs and innovative companies to change the future of healthcare through technology. ## Shine Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Blockchain Shine is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with creative, convincing, relentless entrepreneurs to create iconic businesses. ## Alexandre Soncini - Type: Angel - Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Medical, Hospital, Health Care Alexandre Soncini ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce 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. ## Gilles Blanchard - Type: Angel - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Real Estate, Medical, InsurTech Gilles Blanchard ## Redpoint - Type: VC Fund - Location: Menlo Park, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology Redpoint partners with visionary entrepreneurs to create new markets & redefine existing ones. We invest in startups across seed, early & growth phases. ## Lakewood Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Norwalk, Connecticut, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Convertible Note - Focus: Medical, Software, Health Care Lakewood Capital was formed in 2007 to team with operating management to make control investments in private companies active in the lower middle market. ## big_bets - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services, Information Technology Big_bets is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate business development. ## 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 ## IKJ Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Family IKJ Capital is a venture capital and M&A advisory firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. We invest in early stage startups in the healthcare, consumer goods and retail solutions industries. We also provide M&A advisory to startups and middle market companies. ## Lightrock - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series C, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Lightrock is a global private equity platform investing in sustainable businesses built by purpose-driven entrepreneurs, committed to innovation for systemic change at scale. ## Triaxis Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Mobile Triaxis Capital is a brazilian independent venture capital firm focused in technology-based companies with high growth potential. ## Paulo Veras - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, B2B, B2C Paulo Veras ## Fir Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Horizonte, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: Health Care, SaaS, Wellness Founded in 1999, FIR Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in nascent, emerging or growing companies that demonstrate tremendous growth potential.FIR Capital looks for innovative projects and companies. It offers financial support, strategic advisory services and support to management, and assistance in hiring key executives, inaddition to its experience in sales, marketing, innovation, controllership, exports, global expansion and strategic alliances.The partners of FIR Capital are venture capital pioneers in Brazil, having invested in Biobrás S.A. (later sold to Novo Nordisk), Miner Technology (sold to UOL) and Akwan Technology (sold to Google).In 2007, Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ), one of the world´s biggest and best venture capital firms, acquired shareholding interest in FIR Capital. DFJ´s worldwide network spans 4 continents and consists of 23 venture capital funds, 135 investment professionals, more than 300 investors and investments in around 550 companies, with more than US$ 5.5 billion under its management.DFJ´s portfolio of success stories includes Hotmail, Skype, Baidu, DivX, Mobile365, Overture, 411 and EnerNOC. ## Marcelo Claure - Type: Angel - Location: Overland Park, Kansas, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, FinTech, Software Marcelo Claure is the Partner and Co-Chair at Brightstar Capital Partners. Previously he served as the CEO of Sprint. He serves as the Group Vice Chairman of Shein. Marcelo Claure attended Bentley University.