Benjamin Gleason
Founder & Angel Investor @ Beta Ventures
São Paulo, Brazil
Benjamin Gleason is a seed investor at Beta Ventures in São Paulo focused on FinTech and Information Technology. I'm co-founder of fintech Kamino, that provides an innovative financial management software with embedded B2B payments, designed for medium-sized companies in Brazil. We provide efficiency for controllers and financial managers by automating accounts payable, accounts receivable, and bank reconciliation processes.In 2021, I sold to PicPaythe startup I co-founded and ran for nearly a decade: Guiabolso, a fintech that was a pioneer in the Open Banking space in Brazil, raising over $80M and launching innovative B2C & B2B solutions to help over 6M users improve their economic well-being and acquire better financial products. I'm also an active angel investor/mentor via Beta Ventures and an Endeavor Entrepreneur.Previously, I was CFO & Managing Director of Groupon LatAm and prior to that Engagement Manager at McKinsey. An American living in Sao Paulo for the last 15 years, I majored in Economics and hold an MBA from Wharton.I've worked all over the world and lived in Brazil, the US, France and Chile. Passionate about developing disruptive solutions in fintech, supporting the LatAm startup ecosystem, and delivering social impact.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
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Industries Benjamin Gleason invests in
Stages Benjamin Gleason invests in
Countries Benjamin Gleason invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$4M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 2 (40%)
- Information Technology 2 (40%)
- Software 1 (20%)
- Legal Tech 1 (20%)
- Health Care 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (60%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (40%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling | $500K / Pre-Seed / Apr 23, 2024 | ||
| Bamboo provides broad access to private credit markets in Brazil through data technology making investing easier with greater trust and transparency.HOW IT WORKSBamboo builds relationships with companies and investors. Through data, structuring, governance and due diligence, Bamboo brings transparency and trust to the private debt marketfacilitating investments in great opportunitiesWith Bamboo, Companies originating debt have: - Real-time performance dashboard - Broad access to capital at fair terms - New issuances at the push of a button - Streamlined, recurring investor communicationsWith Bamboo Private Debt Investors have: - Standardized digital reporting with analytics, alerts and benchmarking - Broad access to private opportunities - Frictionless decision-making - Secondary market facilitated by real- time asset monitoring | $4M / Seed / Jan 17, 2023 | ||
| Digital Private Banking, for remarkable tech founders | Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Genial Care is an education and support space for those who care for children with autism. | $1M / Seed / Jun 10, 2020 | ||
| See all 5 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Beta Ventures
Established in 2016, Beta Ventures provides <Founder Capital>, encompassing hands-on, practical support of amazing early-stage founding teams in Brazil & Latam, through angel investments and mentoring by a fellow operator and fund-raiser.
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What does Benjamin Gleason invest in?
Benjamin Gleason invests primarily in FinTech, Information Technology and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Benjamin Gleason's check size?
Benjamin Gleason typically joins rounds of $500k–$4M 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 Benjamin Gleason participates in.
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The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Gleason closed in Apr 2024. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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