# BB Ventures

> BB Ventures is a VC fund in Brasília backing AgTech, Farming and Software. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasília, Brazil
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bancodobrasil
- Website: https://www.bb.com.br/site/startups/

BB Ventures is a VC fund in Brasília focused on AgTech and Farming. BB Ventures is the Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) of Banco do Brasil (BB) managed by MSW Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 4 | 40% |
| Farming | 3 | 30% |
| Software | 3 | 30% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 30% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 30% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 10% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 7 | 70% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| IDGeo - Inteligência Agrícola | We are an agtech founded in 2016, specializing in cropland management through remote sensing monitoring, transforming complex data into simple information for decision-makers! We create innovative solutions addressing real and practical problems faced by people in agriculture, developing cutting-edge technology, and using artificial intelligence. | $1M | Seed | Aug 02, 2024 |  |
| Gênica | Gênica was born from the proposal of Brazilian researchers and investors, who found in technological innovation and in the use of biotechnology a more efficient and more sustainable alternative for agriculture and livestock. Headquartered at the Technological Park of Piracicaba, the company focuses on research and development of new tools forproduction management. It also has a production unit in addition to Experimental Unit Fazão Areão USP in partnership with ESALQTec which includes laboratories and a greenhouse for the development of new products. It carries out scientific works in partnership with research institutions. | $12M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2024 |  |
| Traive | Traive is an ag-fintech that unlocks credit to farmers by connecting them to lenders and providing ML-based credit risk assessment and monitoring. Traive brings farmers state-of-the-art technology to offer a novel and fair credit risk assessment, opening the door for affordable funding for their businesses. For lenders, Traive provides adifferentiated analysis applied over alternative farming and individual data, while allowing access to a much larger and diversified portfolio of borrowers. | $20M | Series B | Feb 02, 2024 |  |
| iRancho | It is extremely difficult to gather, maintain, organize and consume data from ranching and animal production. There are many ways to breed, stock and finish cattle and it is a big challenge to create software that adapts with ease to these different ways. The modern consumer wants to know where his food was produced, if the production wassustainable and if it is safe for consumption.iRancho was born in the corral, from rancher to rancher. Ease of use was the first and foremost goal. 100% internally integrated: inventory, semen/embryo, herd. It is the only solution in the market that adapts to the ranch instead of forcing the ranch to adapt to it. It also provides complete traceability by consequence. iRancho is the only ranch management solution on the market that combines breadth of solution and ease of use. That is why some of the largest ranches in Brazil are adopting iRancho.By delivering a unique experience iRancho is gaining traction as the preferred ranch management solution in Brazil. We are being perceived as the easiest and most complete ranch management platform with the best customer service. We aim to integrate the beef cattle industry and deliver better financial returns to the rancher as we deliver better product information to the market. We are an information company that employs technology to generate value to the rancher by delivering a solution that improves his quality of life and ranch management. To society by optimising the ranchers' productivity and enabling a safer and sustainable product.Our solutions:iRancho: Ranch management solution (specialised ERP) that works on/offline and covers herd, protocols, inventory, machinery, calendar, contacts, ranches and financials. Integrated with low and high frequency eID tags, electronic and electronic scales.iRancho SaFe: Inviolable animal traceability database. Fully integrated and automatically fed from the other platform products. From before birth through supermarket. Everything from weights, medications, treatments, reproduction, etc.iRancho was founded in 2016 and is based in Goiania, Brazil. | $1.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 07, 2023 |  |
| payfy | payfy is a centralised business spending solution for forward-thinking teams. payfy enables employees to buy the things they need for work, while keeping companies in full control of all spending. With the help of breakthrough technology and commercial cards, payfy eliminates expense reports, reduces administrative complexity and simplifiesbookkeeping. | $789.5K | Seed | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| Aprova Digital | Aprova Digital is LATAM's leading Govtech, enabling digital transformation for local governments. | $4.3M | Seed | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| Pagaleve | pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit. | $2M | Series A | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Bitfy | We are the missing bridge to the real-world use of cryptocurrencies in people's daily lives.Fully regulated and registered as a Payment Institution, we are Latin America’s largest non-custodial cryptocurrencies wallet app that allows you to use your bitcoins just as you use your bank account to make payments at any merchant, make transfers,pay bills, and even 24-hour cash withdrawals. | $2.4M | Seed | Nov 11, 2022 |  |
| Yours Bank | Yours Bank is a financial intelligence platform that teaches children about financial literacy and responsibility. Yours Bank is a digital bank for parents and children that provides control and security for parents while giving children financial autonomy. Parents can follow the path of Yours Bank and learn to earn money, invest, and savetogether. | $1M | Seed | Jan 06, 2022 |  |
| Pagaleve | pagaleve offers payment in installments at PIX, with no interest and no credit card required. They provide merchants with a new payment method in order to increase their sales in a simple, uncomplicated, and agile manner, but they also want to provide people with the opportunity to buy what they want without committing to the card'shigh-interest rates and credit. | $29.8M | Series A |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Banco do Brasil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banco-do-brasil) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Astella](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astella-investimentos) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MSW Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/msw-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Vox Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vox-capital-llc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Agrex](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agrex-8122) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BASF Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basf-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does BB Ventures invest in?

BB Ventures invests primarily in AgTech, Farming and Software startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown 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.

### When did BB Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for BB Ventures closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 10 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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