Beta Ventures
VC Fund
São Paulo, Brazil
Beta Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on Information Technology and Financial Services. 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.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Beta Ventures invests in
Stages Beta Ventures invests in
Countries Beta Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $1.2M–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $500k–$16M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 8 (35%)
- Financial Services 7 (30%)
- FinTech 6 (26%)
- Education 4 (17%)
- Health Care 4 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 14 (61%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (26%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (9%)
- Angel 1 (4%)
Country
- Brazil 18 (78%)
- United States 2 (9%)
- Mexico 1 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Gleason
Founder & Angel Investor
|
Founder & Angel Investor | Total investments: 5 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apprenty integrates education and employment to better prepare the next generation for future skills and to assist companies in more effectively recruiting talent and diversity. | $1.6M / Seed / Jul 21, 2023 | ||
| A B2C2B protection fintech that provides freemium protection solutions for individuals and valuable protection data for companies. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / May 17, 2023 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Asset-management-as-a-service | Seed / May 31, 2022 | ||
| Digital Private Banking, for remarkable tech founders | Pre-Seed / Mar 01, 2022 | ||
| Clarke Energia is swooping in with analytics to help save SMEs some serious money. They study and implement different tariff movements that bring up to 30% savings to their clients (similar to a tax adjustment, but in the energy bill). | $1.2M / Seed / Dec 01, 2021 | ||
| Noh is the first neobank for modern couples in Latam, redefining their relationship with one another and money. We launched Brazil's first shared card (one card that debits simoutananeously from two accounts), to create the experience of co-owners (and no additional or dependants), establishing our grounds as Brazil's first multiplayerneobank.The app is a shared digital wallet, launched in April 22, 2022. Users are able to pay with a bank slip (or 'boleto,)' Pix (Brazil's ubiquitous electronic payment system), or a Noh prepaid Visa card, and/or invest together. Welcome to a future of equality in a relationship seamless shared payments! | $3M / Seed / Oct 01, 2021 | ||
| Capim is a Brazilian fintech company providing "Buy Now, Pay Later" (BNPL) solutions for the dental sector. Its platform offers digital tools to help dental clinics manage operations and improve patient access to treatments. The BNPL service provides an alternative to traditional credit card installment payments. | Seed / Jul 01, 2021 | ||
| Torre Technologies is a recruitment platform, matching talent from unconventional careers with fulfilling professional opportunities. | $16M / Pre-Seed / Apr 12, 2021 | ||
| Responde Ai is an online platform that helps college students optimize studies and have better test scores.Responde Ai develops a mobile application which also offers an access to summaries, step by step exercises, simulations, and videos of resolutions of Brazilian colleges. The company was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro,Brazil. | Seed / Mar 16, 2021 | ||
| See all 23 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Beta Ventures invest in?
Beta Ventures invests primarily in Information Technology, Financial Services and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Beta Ventures invest in?
Beta Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$4M at Seed and $500k–$16M at Pre-Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Beta Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Beta Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Beta Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Beta Ventures?
The team at Beta Ventures includes Benjamin Gleason (Founder & Angel Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
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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