CNPq
VC Fund
Brasília, Brazil
CNPq is a VC fund in Brasília focused on Software and SaaS. The National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), an agency of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), has as its main attributions to promote scientific and technological research and encourage the training of Brazilian researchers.Created in 1951, it plays a key role in formulating and conductingscience, technology and innovation policies. Its work contributes to national development and the recognition of Brazilian research institutions and researchers by the international scientific community. To learn more, consult the Institution's Organizational Chart and Internal Regulations. Mission Foster Science, Technology and Innovation and act in the formulation of its policies, contributing to the advancement of the frontiers of knowledge, sustainable development and national sovereignty.Vision To be an institution of recognized excellence in the promotion of Science, Technology and Innovation as central elements for the full development of the Brazilian nation.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries CNPq invests in
Stages CNPq invests in
Countries CNPq invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (50%)
- SaaS 1 (25%)
- Internet 1 (25%)
- Training 1 (25%)
- Health Care 1 (25%)
Stage
- Grant 3 (75%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (25%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| A neuroengineering startup that creates solution for metaverse | $42.9K / Pre-Seed / Apr 01, 2022 | ||
| IndustryCare helps industries on the journey of digitalization and decarbonization, helping with the generation and management of industrial data. The company monitors the behavior and performance of machines and processes and help industries diagnose, treat and prevent losses and inefficiencies, reducing consumption, and carbon emissions.IndustryCare brings as a solution its complete platform composed of hardware, software, and mindware.Under the hardware pillar, IndustryCare assumes the CAPEX and installs the necessary IoTs to monitor indicators that the industry does not yet have. We use IoTs from partners such as Siemens and ABB, which generate the necessary data for each industrial context.Under the software pillar, IndustryCare Analytics is our solution for visualizing and analyzing industry data. Our tool is flexible and adaptable, being able to work with any type of data, whether it is consumption, production, or process variables. In IndustryCare Analytics, the industry can visualize the historical and real-time behavior of its indicators, check alerts, forecasts, and suggestions for optimal operation, being able to make better and more agile decisions, driven by data. CarbonCare is IndustryCare's specific solution for managing carbon-related data. In CarbonCare it is possible to visualize data on emissions and emission intensity per production. It's also possible to predict, simulate and compare carbon emissions scenarios.IndustryCare also brings data science and artificial intelligence solutions to industries, such as correlation analysis and association rules for variables. We also develop specific AI models for each data context, whether for prediction or optimization problems.Finally, the last pillar of work, IndustryCare brings a team of experts in Engineering and Data Science to support the industry in giving meaning and recommendations on what to do from its universe of data, offering improvement diagnoses with proven value engineering.IndustryCare supports industries to accelerate their digital transformation and reap the rewards of the most advanced levels of Industry 4.0. The first step is with digitalization, implanting the IoTs, and making data integrations, enabling the industry to gain Visibility and see what is happening in real-time. Next, we move towards Transparency, understanding the reason for a specific behavior; understanding the correlations and influences of the monitored variables. The next step is Predictiveness, in which we help the industry understand what will happen: predicting energy consumption, carbon emissions, and failures, for example. Finally, we come to Adaptability, where our IAs offer adaptable suggestions based on the process changes. At each of these stages of Industry 4.0, we bring more value to the industry while reducing decision latency. We help industries in this journey by attacking their operational costs that hide losses and inefficiencies with high consumption and high carbon emissions. By attacking these inefficiencies and making the process more sustainable, we free up the budget to enable more waves of digitalization and monitoring, which will allow us to detect more opportunities for improvement.We offer the hardware + software + mindware platform with a SaaS model. When there is a need for hardware, CAPEX is from IndustryCare. | $23.5K / Grant / Nov 27, 2019 | ||
| Ploog is a portable desktop solution that allows its users to save software, information, files, and work-in-progress documents, and access them from anywhere at any time. It was launched in July 2013 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | $70K / Grant / Jan 10, 2014 | ||
| Cor.Sync is a complete solution for ischemic cardiovascular deseases diagnosis at the emergency care, with a point of care device that measures troponin levels with lab accuracy in only 8 minutes, along with a clinical decision aid platform, that uses a machine learning algorithm to analyze the test result and provide a dashboard with insight tosupport evidence-based medicine. | Grant |
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FAQ
What does CNPq invest in?
CNPq invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Internet startups, most often at Grant and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did CNPq last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for CNPq closed in Apr 2022. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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