# CSN Inova Ventures

> CSN Inova Ventures is a VC fund backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Oct 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.csninova.com.br/

CSN Inova Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. CSN´s Corporate Venture Capital vehicle

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$5.5M |
| Series A | $3M–$17M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 3 | 21% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 21% |
| Energy Management | 3 | 21% |
| Energy Efficiency | 2 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 14% |

29 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 36% |
| Series A | 4 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 4 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 14% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Israel | 1 | 7% |
| Singapore | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Felipe Steinbruch | Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felipe-steinbruch-baef |
| Marcelo Greco | Corporate Venture Capital Manager | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcelo-greco |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| EnviCore | EnviCore is a growing R&D company offering innovative and sustainable wastewater treatment solutions. EnviCore's developed technologies have the potential to introduce a step-change in the holistic approach of the mining tailings treatment. Providing a low cost and environmentally friendly alternative, coupled with the superior performanceand efficiency, which can change the adverse narrative associated with mining waste and its environmental impact and help mining operators achieve new resource developments more responsibly. | $3M | Seed | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| GaussFleet | GaussFleet is a Brazilian firm that specializes in IoT and telemetry solutions for tracking and managing industrial fleets such as trucks, cranes, forklifts, and buses. |  | Series A | May 31, 2023 |  |
| I.Systems | Based in Campinas (62 miles from Sao Paulo, Brazil), I.Systems is a groundbreaking Brazilian company founded in 2007 by three University of Campinas former students, focused on industrial Advanced Process Control (APC) and performance optimization. As the result of a series of research and development refinements, Leaf, the APC software that usesartificial intelligence technology and the first product developed by I.Systems, was finally launched four years after the foundation. In 2013, I.Systems received a capital investment made by Fundo Pitanga, a group composed by the shareholders of Natura and Itaú BBA that invests in innovative potential high-risk and high-growth companies with high net growth potential. In 2015, the company submitted a request for an international patent, regarding the technology present in its first product – Leaf. In 2016, I.Systems became part of the Endeavor Global Community, starting our path to became a global company. The company also obtained its first international case, on its way to become global, aiming to increase global efficiency. Since its development, Leaf has been running in more than 100 machines in more than 40 groups and industrial segments, such as agriculture, consumer goods, chemicals, mining, pulp and paper, among others. In 2018, we launched our new product, Smart Flow, that is capable of controlling manufacturing lines, optimatizin the overall equipment efficiency. This product is our new way to increase industrial efficiency and with Leaf, is our bet to make the World a more efficiency one! |  | Series A | Dec 15, 2022 |  |
| 1s1 Energy | 1s1 Energy is developing material technology for PEM water electrolysis systems for green hydrogen production. The company's mission is to develop viable and scalable solutions to reduce carbon emissions within the decade. 1s1 Energy Inc. was founded in 2019 by Daniel Sobek, Sukanta Bhattacharyya, and T. Don Tilley. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| 1s1 Energy | 1s1 Energy is developing material technology for PEM water electrolysis systems for green hydrogen production. The company's mission is to develop viable and scalable solutions to reduce carbon emissions within the decade. 1s1 Energy Inc. was founded in 2019 by Daniel Sobek, Sukanta Bhattacharyya, and T. Don Tilley. | $2.2M | Seed | Nov 09, 2022 |  |
| Alinea Health | Alinea Health provides solution for corporate health. | $3.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| H2Pro | H2Pro is a renewable energy company that is working on an efficient green hydrogen production method - E-TAC. Its mission is to enable the wide-scale adoption of sustainable hydrogen fuel by introducing a novel water-splitting technology. | $75M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Clarke Energia | Clarke Energia is swooping in with analytics to help save SMEs some serious money. They study and implement different tariff movements that bring up to 30% savings to their clients (similar to a tax adjustment, but in the energy bill). | $1.2M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Oico | Oico solves construction material purchasing in Brazil. We replace the manual work of finding vendors, comparing different quotes and managing orders, with a one-stop solution. | $5.5M | Seed | Oct 30, 2021 |  |
| Traive | Traive is an ag-fintech that unlocks credit to farmers by connecting them to lenders and providing ML-based credit risk assessment and monitoring. Traive brings farmers state-of-the-art technology to offer a novel and fair credit risk assessment, opening the door for affordable funding for their businesses. For lenders, Traive provides adifferentiated analysis applied over alternative farming and individual data, while allowing access to a much larger and diversified portfolio of borrowers. | $17M | Series A | Oct 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Tiger Global Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tiger-global) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Asiri](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asiri-19f2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Ecoa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecoa-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Faber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faber-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CSN Inova Ventures invest in?

CSN Inova Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and Energy Management startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is CSN Inova Ventures's check size?

CSN Inova Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$5.5M at Seed and $3M–$17M 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 CSN Inova Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact CSN Inova Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at CSN Inova Ventures?

The team at CSN Inova Ventures includes Felipe Steinbruch (Co-Founder) and Marcelo Greco (Corporate Venture Capital Manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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