Benjamin Gleason
Founder @ Kamino
São Paulo, Brazil
Benjamin Gleason is a seed investor at Kamino 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:
- 0%
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Industries Benjamin Gleason invests in
Stages Benjamin Gleason invests in
Countries Benjamin Gleason invests in
Round sizes
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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BeConfident
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Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling | $500K / Pre-Seed / Apr 23, 2024 | |
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BeConfident
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Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling | $500K / Seed / Apr 23, 2024 | |
Bamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform
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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 | |
Beacon Founders
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Digital Private Banking, for remarkable tech founders | Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2022 | |
Genial Care
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Genial Care is an education and support space for those who care for children with autism. | $1M / Seed / Jun 10, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Kamino
Kamino is the end-to-end financial hub for high-growth LatAm businesses.For early-stage startups, Kamino starts by facilitating the incorporation and management of both domestic and offshore legal structures, as well as related bank account openings to expedite access to fundraising proceeds. Through a flexible credit line, Kamino acceleratestime-to-market and improves upon the typical 3-month delay in transfer of funds.In addition to these significant ‘Day-1’ benefits, Kamino will provide customers with a full banking product stack to run daily operations at scale. The product suite will include a no-cost local bank account that is optimized for payouts, a corporate credit card tailored for recurring payments of digital SaaS subscriptions, as well as a portal for international B2B payments.
Kamino Contacts
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Benjamin Gleason
Founder
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Gonzalo Navajas
CEO
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FAQ
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.
When did Benjamin Gleason last invest?
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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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 Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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