# big_bets

> big_bets is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bigbets/
- Website: https://www.bigbets.com.br/

Big_bets is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate business development.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for big_bets. Shizune tracks 1 team members at big_bets. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/bigbets?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.4M–$6M |
| Pre-Seed | $275k–$5M |
| Series A | $8.5M–$36M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 14% |
| Software | 6 | 11% |
| Financial Services | 6 | 11% |
| FinTech | 5 | 9% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 9% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 23 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 10 | 18% |
| Series A | 6 | 11% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 22 | 39% |
| United States | 2 | 4% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Croatia | 1 | 2% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Mello | Founder & Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-mello |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Segura | Segura equips brokers with tech and top insurer access for the future of insurance. | $9M | Seed | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Core AI | Core AI Simplifies credit with AI-powered tools for SaaS growth through seamless, customized solutions. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Avenia | BRLA Digital is a technological firm that promotes economic growth and financial inclusion using cutting-edge crypto technologies and applications. | $17.3M | Series A | Feb 09, 2026 |  |
| Fly Media | Fly Media offers an AI-powered platform for automated video production and content adaptation driven by smart workflows. The platform helps creators and brands generate, edit, and localize media at scale, streamlining tasks like scene assembly, formatting, and repurposing across channels. Behind its “generated” media vision, the company maintains aseed-stage pitch room with a deck, business plan, and product videos available via its website.Fly Media emphasizes reducing manual overhead in content creation by applying AI to repetitive tasks and enabling teams to focus on high-level creative decisions. | $3.7M | Seed | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| Ume | Ume is a credit platform that specializes in accessing credit to all individuals for all purchases. | $21M | Series B | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| UME Financial Services | Ume is a credit platform capable of reaching competitive prices and creating an economic environment to make credit simple and democratic. | $21M | Series B | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Iniciador | Quer virar um Iniciador de Pagamento? Somos a plataforma de tecnologia para a sua instituição participar do Open Finance na modalidade de Iniciação de Transação de Pagamento (ITP). #OpenPayments #Pix | $6M | Seed | Jul 21, 2025 |  |
| Huna | We are committed to making early cancer detection faster, cheaper and accessible | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| Avenia | BRLA Digital is a technological firm that promotes economic growth and financial inclusion using cutting-edge crypto technologies and applications. | $2.1M | Seed | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Wasp | Wasp is a programming language for building full-stack web applications. Wasp is a simple configuration language for building enterprise web apps with less code and best practices. The company was founded by Martin Sosic and Matija Sosic in 2020 and is headquartered in Zagreb, Croatia. | $3.7M | Seed | Apr 21, 2025 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does big_bets invest in?

big_bets invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 57 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is big_bets's check size?

big_bets typically joins rounds of $1.4M–$6M at Seed, $275k–$5M at Pre-Seed and $8.5M–$36M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds big_bets participates in.

### How do I contact big_bets?

Public channels for big_bets include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at big_bets?

The team at big_bets includes Alexandre Mello (Founder & Partner). 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 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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