# Caravela Capital

> Caravela Capital is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 68 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Curitiba, Brazil
- Total investments: 68
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 18%
- Fund size: $15M
- Last fund: Nov 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/caravelacapital
- Website: http://www.caravela.capital

Caravela Capital is a VC fund in Curitiba focused on Information Technology and Financial Services. We believe that disruptive companies can craft innovative and efficient solutions to challenging problems faced in Brazil. That is why we invest in early-stage South Brazilian companies. Our goal is to help them to scale and to change their markets. To support this process, we foster a network of successful entrepreneurs that mentor, advice andshare their most valuable learnings with our portfolio companies.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $340k–$6.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $600k–$2.3M |
| Series A | $3M–$86M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 12 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 9 | 13% |
| E-Commerce | 6 | 9% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 9% |
| FinTech | 5 | 7% |

74 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 29 | 43% |
| Series A | 10 | 15% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 10% |
| Series C | 3 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 4% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 33 | 49% |
| Mexico | 3 | 4% |
| United States | 3 | 4% |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frederico Guesser | Investor | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederico-guesser |
| Lucas Dzierwa de Lima | Managing Partner | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-dzierwa-de-lima |
| Mario de Lara | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mario-de-lara |
| Rodrigo Vieira | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rodrigo-vieira-c52b |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| aviva | Aviva is building an AI-powered digital bank for Latin America’s underserved communities. While determined to fuel Latin America’s ongoing emergence of a new middle class with a fully-fledged portfolio of inclusive financial services, Aviva’s initial go-to-market concentrates on unsecured credit products for individuals and nano-businesses inMexico.As most of the underbanked 40+ million Mexicans live in small and medium-sized towns, Aviva builds a bridge to those living in remote communities with its physical onboarding kiosks. These nano-branches provide a documentless 3-minute video onboarding for everyone in need of liquidity. Novel AI-based technology, including natural language processing, allows Aviva to match customers’ spoken word to the fields of a comprehensive real-time credit application. Transforming speech to text and inferring emotions and personality from the visual layer of the application video gives Aviva an edge in scoring thin-file customers. Leveraging these novel risk models, Aviva aims to provide the lowest interest rates available to today’s underserved. | $18M | Series A | Jul 06, 2026 |  |
| Trinio | Creating new experiences and technologies that empower merchants to build better and lasting relationship directly with their clients | $6.4M | Seed | May 25, 2026 |  |
| Robbin | Robbin is leading a revolution to change how 21 million SMBs fund $2.5 trillions in B2B Payments. Employing an innovative underwriting approach, Robbin leverages BRL 3 trillion in card receivables as collateral to underwrite a one-of-a-kind business credit card for underserved entrepreneurs. | $8M | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Gedanken | Gedanken uses AI, big data and machine learning solutions for risk mitigation, supplier approval process and onboarding process automation. | $2.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Revena | Revena is a brazilian tech consultancy connecting companies with elite tech consultants and solutions. | $7.4M | Seed | Dec 12, 2025 |  |
| Agent.Shop | AgentShop.ai provides a curated collection of ready-to-use AI agents, tools, and frameworks for business, productivity, and innovation. | $1M | Seed | Oct 08, 2025 |  |
| CredAluga | CredAluga is a B2B2C fintech company that offers innovative financial solutions for rental partnering with Real Estate Agencies in Brazil. CredAluga combines Technology, Credit and Real Estate expertise to offer innovative financial solutions that make rental seamless for tenants, safer for landlords and empower real estate agencies. With officesin São Paulo and Minas Gerais, CredAluga has local partners nationwide. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs with a strong track record in the real estate market, CredAluga is growing rapidly, with a mission-driven multidisciplinary team. | $11.3M | Series A | Sep 29, 2025 |  |
| PX.Center | PX.Center offers logistics solution by providing trained drivers and assistants to ensure one's operation never stops. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| MotoristaPX | MotoristaPX connects self employed drivers with companies. The single driver hired by application to drive the company's fleet for a specific period or trip, including trucks, buses, and suvs. They hire labor according to the demand from carriers. |  | Series A | Dec 01, 2024 |  |
| Sinatra | Sinatra's AI copilot for e-commerce assists medium and big firms in streamlining operations. through process automation, real-time anomaly detection and analysis, auditing of sales pipelines to increase profitability and cut expenses, and platform integration. | $800K | Pre-Seed | Nov 29, 2024 |  |

10 of 68 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
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- [ABSeed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-b-seed-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Invest Tech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-tech) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Caravela Capital invest in?

Caravela Capital invests primarily in Information Technology, Financial Services and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 68 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Caravela Capital's check size?

Caravela Capital typically joins rounds of $340k–$6.4M at Seed, $600k–$2.3M at Pre-Seed and $3M–$86M 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 Caravela Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Caravela Capital?

Public channels for Caravela Capital 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 Caravela Capital?

The team at Caravela Capital includes Frederico Guesser (Investor), Lucas Dzierwa de Lima (Managing Partner) and Mario de Lara (Co-Founder & Managing 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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