# Ambassador Clifford Sobel

> Ambassador Clifford Sobel is a Series A investor at Valor Capital Group backing Marketplace. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Valor Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-capital)
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Ambassador Clifford Sobel is a Senior Partner of Valor Capital Group. Ambassador Clifford Sobel served as Ambassador to the Netherlands and Brazil, spanning both the Bush and Obama Administrations. Today he is Managing Partner of Valor Capital Group, which is a diversified investment group investing in Brazil. He is also a Partner in RelatedBrazil, a mixed-use developer in Brazil, and he is a Partner and Board Member of Contagalo, a diversified agriculture group. He has served on Advisory Boards to the American Military Commander of Europe and NATo, as well as the Command for American Forces for Central and South America. He is on the Board of Directors for Diamond Offshore Drilling (NYSE) (DO), and the Boards of Council of American Ambassadors, Council of the Americas, and Christie’s Advisory Board for the Americas. He serves on the Board of Wenzhou Kean University based in Zhejiang Province, China, one of the first universities to grant degrees in English in Accounting, Finance, English and Computer Science. He is also on the Advisory Board to Fundação Dom Cabral Brazil (FDC), which is a leading school for Executive Education in Brazil. Ambassador Sobel has received award recognition for contributions to bilateral relations from Brazil’s Ministry of Defense, as well as the State Governments of Minas Gerais, Pernambuco and Sergipe.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marketplace | 1 | 100% |
| Transportation | 1 | 100% |
| Freight Service | 1 | 100% |
| Trading Platform | 1 | 100% |
| Information Services | 1 | 100% |

6 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CargoX | CargoX is a technology freight marketplace that provides shipping companies and carriers a smart and efficient solution to transport the most diverse types of products in any parts of LATAM. Through technology, we connect over 10 thousand shippers with 1.4 million trucks to eliminate excess capacity. CargoX save on shipping costs for shippers,increase earnings for truckers and reduces C02 emissions generated by empty trucks on the road. | $4M | Series A | Jan 01, 2016 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NXTP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nxtp-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NXTP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/NXTP-Ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Valor Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Valor Capital Group

VC Fund · New York, United States

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.

5 contacts available at Valor Capital Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ambassador Clifford Sobel | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambassador-clifford-sobel |
| Antoine Colaco | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-colaco |
| Mario Mello | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mario-mello |
| Michael Nicklas | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-nicklas |
| Daniel Schulman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-schulman |

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## FAQ

### What does Ambassador Clifford Sobel invest in?

Ambassador Clifford Sobel invests primarily in Marketplace, Transportation and Freight Service startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Ambassador Clifford Sobel last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ambassador Clifford Sobel closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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