# Carolina Brochado

> Carolina Brochado is a Series D investor at EQT (London) backing Pet and FinTech. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [EQT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqt-holdings)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolina-brochado-3b4b2814/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/ctbrochado
- Website: https://x.com/ctbrochado

Carolina Brochado is a Series D investor at EQT in London focused on Pet and FinTech. Carolina Brochado is based out of New York and is the Partner of EQT. Carolina previously worked at SoftBank Investment Advisers as a Partner.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pet | 2 | 17% |
| FinTech | 2 | 17% |
| Finance | 2 | 17% |
| Software | 2 | 17% |
| InsurTech | 2 | 17% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series D | 4 | 33% |
| Series E | 2 | 17% |
| Series F | 2 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |
| Series B | 1 | 8% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 17% |
| United States | 2 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 8% |
| Lithuania | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vinted | Vinted operates an online marketplace intended to make second-hand the first choice. Its platform offers a peer-to-peer marketplace for girls and women to buy, sell, and swap clothes with an online chatting feature, enabling users to shop with ease at low cost. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Apskritis, Lithuania. | $1B | Secondary Market | Apr 27, 2026 |  |
| Parloa | Parloa is a Conversational AI platform for revolutionary AI technology in customer dialogue and is the ideal answer to increased customer expectations for service quality on more and more channels. Large companies such as ERGO, Decathlon, Swisslife and the German Red Cross automate their most important communication channels with Parloa. Thisallows customer concerns, primarily on the phone, to be identified within seconds and repetitive tasks to be automated. Instead of generating data silos, our customers optimize several service channels simultaneously thanks to unified training data. | $350M | Series D | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Perk (formerly TravelPerk) | TravelPerk is a next-generation business travel booking and management platform for companies of any size. It is an all-in-one platform for booking business travel. TravelPerk is backed by investors such as Spark Capital, investors in Slack, Trello, and Twitter. The company is co-founded and funded by a team of entrepreneurial executives with deepmarket expertise, including leadership-level experience, as one of the successful players in the online travel industry. One of the co-founders recently started and sold a travel technology company to one of the players in the market.TravelPerk was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia. | $200M | Series E | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| Wellhub | Wellhub's mission is to defeat inactivity, they help companies revolutionize how inactive employees engage in physical activity, driving lasting behavioral change. Their 2000+ clients credit Gympass' unmatched variety, convenience, and flexibility with helping to improve employee engagement, individual performance, and overall businesssuccess. | $85M | Series F | Aug 23, 2023 |  |
| Wellhub | Wellhub's mission is to defeat inactivity, they help companies revolutionize how inactive employees engage in physical activity, driving lasting behavioral change. Their 2000+ clients credit Gympass' unmatched variety, convenience, and flexibility with helping to improve employee engagement, individual performance, and overall businesssuccess. | $85M | Series F | Aug 23, 2023 |  |
| Mambu | Mambu is a software-as-a-service banking engine provider that powers lending and deposit services. The company provides financial institutions of all sizes to design, launch, service, and scale their banking and lending portfolio. It empowers over 7,000 loan and deposit products which serve over eight million end customers. With more than threemillion active accounts in over 46 countries, ranging from fintech to traditional banks. | $265.4M | Series E | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Bought By Many | Bought By Many is a pet insurance provider that aims to make the world a better place for pets and their parents. Founded in 2012, Bought By Many is known for introducing pet insurance and wellness policies, such as cover for pre-existing conditions, and was the first pet insurance provider in the UK to offer online claims. The company also offerscustomers free, unlimited access to video calls with registered vets, a lifeline for many pet parents throughout lockdown. | $350M | Series D | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| ManyPets | ManyPets (the new name for Bought By Many) is a pet health and insurance provider that aims to make the world a better place for pets and their parents. Founded in 2012 as Bought By Many, ManyPets is known for introducing pet insurance and wellness policies, such as cover for pre-existing conditions, and was the first pet insurance provider in theUK to offer online claims. The company provides insurance in the UK, US and Sweden. Its ManyGroup businesses also include pet treatment subscription service VetBox and exotic pet insurance company ExoticDirect. | $350M | Series D | Jun 01, 2021 |  |
| Vinted | Vinted operates an online marketplace intended to make second-hand the first choice. Its platform offers a peer-to-peer marketplace for girls and women to buy, sell, and swap clothes with an online chatting feature, enabling users to shop with ease at low cost. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Apskritis, Lithuania. | $301.9M | Series F | May 12, 2021 |  |
| Hinge Health | Hinge Health is pioneering the world’s most patient-centered Digital Musculoskeletal (MSK) Clinic™. Four in five employers and 90% of health plans with a digital MSK solution have chosen Hinge Health. Hinge Health reduces MSK pain, surgeries, and opiate use by pairing advanced wearable sensors and computer vision technology with a comprehensiveClinical Care Team of physical therapists, physicians, board-certified health coaches, and more. Hinge Health’s HingeConnect integrates with 750,000+ in-person providers and enables real-time interventions for elective MSK surgeries, driving proven medical claims reduction. Available to over 12 million members, Hinge Health is the #1 Digital MSK Clinic with more than 500 employer and health plan customers, including Boeing, Salesforce, and US Foods. Learn more at http://www.hingehealth.com. | $300M | Series D | Jan 05, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [FTV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftv-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [11.2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/112capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Coatue](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coatue) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Endeavor Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/endeavor-catalyst) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About EQT

VC Fund · Stockholm, Sweden

EQT is a private equity firm. They invest in companies and regions where there is an industrial approach. Their investment strategies include private capital, assets, credit, and public value, guided by an ownership approach and an industrial growth strategy.

5 contacts available at EQT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Andreas Aschenbrenner | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreas-aschenbrenner |
| Bert Janssens | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bert-janssens |
| Carolina Brochado | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carolina-brochado |
| Johan Dettel | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/johan-dettel |
| Ali Farahani | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ali-farahani-5de2 |

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## FAQ

### What does Carolina Brochado invest in?

Carolina Brochado invests primarily in Pet, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Series D and Series E stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Carolina Brochado last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Carolina Brochado closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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