# 1616 Ventures

> 1616 Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1616ventures
- Website: http://1616ventures.com

1616 Ventures is a Venture Capital firm that focuses on investing in early-stage entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.7M–$11M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 5 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 40% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 30% |
| Internet | 2 | 20% |
| Health Care | 2 | 20% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 80% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jay Lanners | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-lanners-a20f |
| Alexandre Nogueira | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-nogueira |
| Pedro Mendonça | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pedro-mendon%C3%A7a |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuvia | Nuvia is an artificial Intelligence automation platform that helps with sales process, lead generation and hyper-personalized conversions | $1.7M | Seed | Apr 22, 2025 |  |
| Iglu | Iglu is a software development firm that provide multiple payment methods and work as an omnichannel between e-commerce and physical stores, |  | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| Genial Care | Genial Care is an education and support space for those who care for children with autism. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 25, 2024 |  |
| Kuri | Kuri is a healthtech company that uses AI for revenue cycle management services at hospitals, laboratories, and clinics. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2024 |  |
| Covalenty | Covalenty is a search focused on connecting small pharmacies with their medication suppliers. It allows to add requests from multiple small pharmacies to quote with different suppliers and get the best conditions for your products and have a closer experience than large pharmacy networks. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | May 10, 2023 |  |
| Assis | Assis is an AI productivity platform that helps teams automate knowledge work and streamline workflows. It provides an AI assistant that supports research, content generation, summarization, and task execution. The platform integrates with workplace tools to improve documentation, communication, and operational efficiency across business teams. | $5M | Seed | Apr 04, 2023 |  |
| Comp | Compareemcasa is a comparison website developed to help consumers when deciding what services to hire online. It enables consumers to compare insurance services, loans, and more. The company's focus is on financial products and services enabling Latin American households to save time and money.Compareemcasa is headquartered in São Paulo,Brazil and was founded on 2009. | $2.7M | Seed | Mar 29, 2023 |  |
| Comp | Strategy in every penny invested in your people.Comp is an agile partner that combines compensation and technology experts to align your Total Rewards strategy with business needs.From labor cost strategy to process automation, we are helping hundreds of innovative companies with job and salary management, short- and long-term incentives, meritcycles, people budgeting and more. | $4M | Seed | Jun 04, 2022 |  |
| FLOKI Technologies | We are a Market Network startup with a plug & play solution to bring the procurement area in fragmented industries to the age of A.I..Our current clients are Bars, Restaurants, Dark Kitchens and Dark Stores.Our mission is to improve the procurement operation & financial health of fragmented food retailers by providing them with the sameresources, technology and bargaining power that only the large companies had. | $10.8M | Seed | Apr 20, 2022 |  |
| Oya.Care | Oya Care is Brazil’s leading women’s healthtech, offering tech-enabled gynecology and fertility care with a seamless, patient-first experience. Oya Care modernizes women’s healthcare in Brazil by integrating gynecology and fertility services with cutting-edge technology and structured medical protocols. From online consultations and preventivecheck-ups to advanced procedures like egg freezing and IVF, Oya Care delivers high-quality, accessible, and patient-centered care for the next generation of women. | $3M | Seed | Feb 23, 2022 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Kaszek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaszek-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Aimorés Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aimor%C3%A9s-investments) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 1616 Ventures invest in?

1616 Ventures invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is 1616 Ventures's check size?

1616 Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.7M–$11M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds 1616 Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact 1616 Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at 1616 Ventures?

The team at 1616 Ventures includes Jay Lanners (Partner), Alexandre Nogueira (Partner) and Pedro Mendonça (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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