Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)
VC Fund
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) is a VC fund in Rio De Janeiro focused on Software and Education. Crescera Investimentos is an alternative asset management firm created by the merger of the Bozano Group with three leading and complementary investment firms, BR Investimentos, Mercatto Gestão de Recursos and Trapezus Asset Management, resulting in a unique platform for investors, clients and partners. Structured as a partnership, CresceraInvestimentos is able to attract, retain and develop the best talents in each specialty.Our investment philosophy builds on trust and knowledge. We offer to our clients, investors and investees companies consistent and distinguished returns through diversified financial products and strategies. Founded with approximately R$ 4 billion in AUM, Bozano Investimentos aims to become the most successful alternative investment management firm in Latin America.BR Investimentos` private equity business combines industry knowledge and specialized teams in well-defined circles of competence to successfully invest in privately held Brazilian growth companies. Mercatto Gestão de Recursos has been delivering solid returns through its managed public equities and fixed income portfolios based on strictly fundamental analysis. Lastly, Trapezus Asset Management offers innovative and high alpha quantitative strategies, based on academic research and development.Crescera Investimentos also benefits from the vision of Mr. Julio Bozano - founder of the Bozano Group. Through Banco Bozano, Simonsen, the Bozano Group was recognized as one of the most important investment banking organizations in Brazil for more than 40 years with a very successful track record in long-term proprietary investments. The Group`s expertise in aligning clients` interests with outstanding performance drives the basis of Bozano Investimentos` activities.Our goal is to offer solutions that create long-standing value for our investors, the society at large and the companies we invest in and to perpetuate Bozano Group`s legacy. Crescera Investimentos has a team of over 70 executives, employees, consultants, and senior advisors, including more than 40 partners in offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
- Total investments:
- 69
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 80%
- Fund size:
- $163M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) invests in
Stages Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) invests in
Countries Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $389k–$932k
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $285k–$7.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 17 (25%)
- Education 13 (19%)
- Information Technology 13 (19%)
- Health Care 10 (14%)
- SaaS 6 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 31 (45%)
- Private Equity 15 (22%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 5 (7%)
- Series A 3 (4%)
- Post-IPO Equity 3 (4%)
Country
- Brazil 54 (78%)
- Spain 1 (1%)
- Trinidad and Tobago 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jaime Cardoso
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
|
Laura Guarana
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | ||
Daniel Borghi
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Fernando Wagner da Silva
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 91 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letrus connects linguistic, pedagogical, and digital intelligence, proposing a more effective way of learning and teaching how to write. | $7.3M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 07, 2023 | ||
| Vitru offers distance learning education group in the postsecondary digital education market in Brazil based on the number of enrolled undergraduate students. | $55.8M / Post-IPO Equity / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
| Semantix is a software platform company that specializes in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. We deliver a one-stop-shop platform to helps customers unify their analytics across the business, data science, and data engineering provides a Truly unified Data Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering andlines of business to build data products without friction and simply. | $94M / Post-IPO Equity / Aug 04, 2022 | ||
| Nelogica develops software for technical analysis of assets in the financial market. | $103.1M / Series A / Nov 26, 2020 | ||
| Afya is an Edtech that helps doctors acquire knowledge throughout their medical careers. Afya Educacional was born from the union of NRE Educacional, the largest group of medical schools in the country, with Medcel, a leading company in preparatory courses for medical residency, specializations, and updates. Afya is a highly technological company,with an educational bias and dedicated to taking care of the entire professional journey of the doctor.Afya Educacional was born in 2019 and is headquartered in Minas Gerais, Brazil. | Post-IPO Equity / Jul 19, 2019 | ||
| Semantix is a software platform company that specializes in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. We deliver a one-stop-shop platform to helps customers unify their analytics across the business, data science, and data engineering provides a Truly unified Data Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering andlines of business to build data products without friction and simply. | Series B / Jun 02, 2019 | ||
| EasyCrédito is a digital credit gateway that connect people with little or no access to financial services with companies that can offer loans, financing and credit cards. Our platform creates a consumer-focused online credit engagement experience improving the chance of getting credit approval. | $765.2K / Seed / May 01, 2019 | ||
| DataRisk is an online predictive modeling platform focused on credit, collection, and fraud serving mainly financial institutions. The company uses tools to deliver a complete, scalable web solution. A model available for shoring is possible in a few hours. It also develops a SaaS solution that makes data science reachable to any company without adata scientist. It enables the development and automatic updating of machine learning models for applications such as credit, marketing, and fraud prevention. The products are created to extract information and generate a predictive model.DataRisk was founded on 2015 and is headquartered in Florianópolis, Brazil. | $452K / Seed / May 01, 2019 | ||
| Marketplace seguro para consórcios | $648.7K / Seed / Apr 02, 2019 | ||
| SpumeNews is a smartphone application that utilizes artificial intelligence to enable users to understand news quickly. Its operations are based in Sao Paulo, Alagoas. | $663.9K / Seed / Jun 01, 2018 | ||
| See all 69 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) invest in?
Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) invests primarily in Software, Education and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Private Equity stage. Most of the 69 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 Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) invest in?
Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) typically joins rounds of $389k–$932k at Seed and $285k–$7.3M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)'s own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) took part in.
How do I contact Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)?
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Who are the partners at Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)?
The team at Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) includes Jaime Cardoso (Partner), Laura Guarana (Partner) and Sergio Eraldo De Salles Pinto (CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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