ANII
VC Fund
Montevideo, Uruguay
ANII is a VC fund in Montevideo focused on Software and Information Technology. The National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) is a government agency that promotes research and application of new knowledge to productive and social reality of the country. ANII available to the public funding for research projects, scholarships national and international graduate programs and incentive programs for innovativeentrepreneurship and culture, both in the private and public sectors.ANII developed the National Research System, a program of national economic researchers categorized based on a strict evaluation system incentives. He also created the Portal Timbo, which allows free access to all kinds of scientific publications worldwide for all Uruguayans.
- Total investments:
- 19
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 37%
Last updated:
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Industries ANII invests in
Stages ANII invests in
Countries ANII invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Grant
- $20k–$100k
- Pre-Seed
- $25k–$200k
- Non-Equity Assistance
- $5k–$70k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 6 (32%)
- Information Technology 4 (21%)
- Retail 3 (16%)
- E-Commerce 3 (16%)
- FinTech 2 (11%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 5 (26%)
- Grant 4 (21%)
- Non-equity Assistance 4 (21%)
- Seed 3 (16%)
- Debt Financing 1 (5%)
Country
- Uruguay 11 (58%)
- Chile 1 (5%)
- Brazil 1 (5%)
- United States 1 (5%)
- United Kingdom 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Juan Abel Ortiz Bruno
Executive
|
Executive | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Dario Mantel
Executive
|
Executive | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Flavio Caiafa
Director
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Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Gastón Baroffio
Member of the Orestes Fiandra Fund Commission of the ANII representing the CIU
|
Member of the Orestes Fiandra Fund Commission of the ANII representing the CIU | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Pablo Bocca
Level 1 Researcher. National System of Researchers.
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Level 1 Researcher. National System of Researchers. | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Over-indebtedness is a problem that is often seen as a dead end. This perspective can generate a mental state of irritability, stress, sadness, anxiety and even diseases such as depression. These problems can happen to over 75% of Brazilian families that are in debt, where a third of them cannot pay their bills on time. This is a global socialproblem with a total market of over USD 1.5 trillion. hiSofi was born from the desire to transform this reality by uniting technology, user experience and user interface, content, growth hacking, data science and storytelling with the purpose of transforming and curing people’s lives by fostering healthier financial solutions through education and financial reinclusion. We are a fintech that brings the accounts recovery & management (ARM) industry to the digital era. | $1M / Seed / Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Conic AI Employee Onboarding is an AI-powered platform designed to streamline employee onboarding and training for companies of all sizes. By leveraging conversational AI, Conic automates onboarding processes, answers employee questions, delivers interactive training materials, and provides performance analytics to enhance knowledge retention. | $5K / Non-equity Assistance / Dec 23, 2024 | ||
| StylesDesigner is an AI-powered app that transforms fashion shopping with personalized cross-brand recommendations. It understands users' tastes to suggest tailored outfits, making shopping efficient and enjoyable. It caters to online shoppers, budget-conscious individuals, and those seeking unique styles. Key features include AIrecommendations, outfit completion and generation, multimodal-based search, and support for small brands, ensuring an inclusive and innovative shopping experience | $100K / Grant / Feb 01, 2024 | ||
| Trivium, an education-focused SaaS, offers comprehensive school management and bullying detection software. | Pre-Seed / Nov 23, 2023 | ||
| Chef Digitales is the App that was born to simplify cooking and change people's eating habits; creating an innovative ecosystem that combines Machine Learning, information from more than 350,000 supermarket products and a community of users who are passionate about cooking, who share and use their recipes daily to shop for ingredients directlyfrom the supermarket, generating savings , caring for health and reducing food waste. | $70K / Non-equity Assistance / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| Quantum South works with complex optimization problems for cargo in airlines and ships leveraging quantum computing software. The goal is to achieve better results than conventional solutions available today and help companies to improve revenues and reduce costs.We also work in financial problems where the quantum advantage provides bettersolutions. | $200K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2022 | ||
| ComunidadFeliz.cl is a finance management software for the administration of buildings and condominiums. It was founded in December 2015. | $70K / Non-equity Assistance / Sep 21, 2021 | ||
| Our cross-border eCommerce platform enables Latin American marketplaces to enter the cross-border world, and empowers international sellers to increase their selling volumes in Latin America.Forget long and frustrating international adventures. Reward your customers with a comfortable domestic-feeling shopping experience no matter where theproducts are coming from. | $2M / Seed / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| We give to financial companies and organizations that work with the unbanked and underbanked the technology and the business support to connect and reach them in a cheaper and easier way. As a result, the offer of credit improves, companies reduce the cost of customer acquisition and improve the user experience of their products. On the other hand,we share with the unbanked and underbanked people a free tool that helps them to apply for a loan and get it immediately. People looking for a loan can get it through our merchants or through our website. | $100K / Seed / Dec 28, 2020 | ||
| We give to financial companies and organizations that work with the unbanked and underbanked the technology and the business support to connect and reach them in a cheaper and easier way. As a result, the offer of credit improves, companies reduce the cost of customer acquisition and improve the user experience of their products. On the other hand,we share with the unbanked and underbanked people a free tool that helps them to apply for a loan and get it immediately. People looking for a loan can get it through our merchants or through our website. | $50K / Pre-Seed / Dec 28, 2020 | ||
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FAQ
What does ANII invest in?
ANII invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Retail startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Grant stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Uruguay. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is ANII's check size?
ANII typically joins rounds of $20k–$100k at Grant, $25k–$200k at Pre-Seed and $5k–$70k at Non-Equity Assistance. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ANII participates in.
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Who are the partners at ANII?
The team at ANII includes Juan Abel Ortiz Bruno (Executive), Dario Mantel (Executive) and Flavio Caiafa (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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