# Darwin Startups

> Darwin Startups is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 124 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Florianópolis, Brazil
- Total investments: 124
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 52%
- Fund size: $492k
- Last fund: Jan 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/darwinstartups
- Website: http://darwinstartups.com.br/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darwinstartups/

Darwin Startups is a complete ecosystem for entrepreneurs and startups to evolve. We educate, support and invest on courageous talents willing to build tech solutions and business models that can conquer an industry.Our Early Stage VC Fund is Darwin Startups, a startup accelerator based out of Florianópolis /SC. Our investments range fromUSD 50K to USD 150K. Together with market leaders corporations, B3, RTM, Safra and TransUnion, Darwin looks for early stage startups focused on the financial, big data & analytics and telecommunications industries.We are Human-Driven! We work and grow together!

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 33 | 27% |
| FinTech | 28 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 28 | 23% |
| Software | 23 | 19% |
| SaaS | 11 | 9% |

119 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 61 | 49% |
| Funding Round | 27 | 22% |
| Seed | 20 | 16% |
| Angel | 11 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 89 | 72% |
| United States | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enya Shimabukuro Kusakawa | Darwin Startups | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enya-shimabukuro-kusakawa |
| Murilo Domingos | Head of New Business | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/murilo-domingos |
| Otavio Augusto Picasky | Special Ops | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/otavio-augusto-picasky |
| Ana Flavia Linhares Cascaes | Financial Analyst | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ana-flavia-linhares-cascaes |
| Andre Hotta | CMO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andre-hotta |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Innvo Labs | Innvo Labs help some of the biggest companies in the world improve their technology and deliver value — by transforming their culture, processes, tech, and architecture. | $50K | Pre-Seed | Mar 26, 2024 |  |
| 4MDG | 4MDG creates a master data governance software suite that aims to provide management, sanitization, and enrichment of all kinds of information. Their platform focuses on registry cleaning, data governance, data analysis, integrated solutions, and differentiated products, providing businesses with real-time data, automated processes, data integrity,risk reduction, and improved operational efficiency in master data management. | $767.3K | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 09, 2024 |  |
| InvestPlay | Investplay is a financial education game that delivers gamified learning experiences for financial institutions and helps them better understand their customers' habits, behaviors, and financial needs in order to better satisfy those customers. They provide financial institutions with the ideal corporate solution. They are The main objectiveis to help participants change their financial habits so they can live a healthier financial life. Moreover, they also generate metrics for the company. | $600K |  | Dec 25, 2023 |  |
| BlockBR | BLOCKBR is a fintech that combines technological innovation and digital knowledge for structuring business and financial products, transforming physical assets into digital, called tokens.We tokenize end-to-end, from structuring and issuing to the primary and secondary offer in each case. Creating new financial products for the market in ademocratic and decentralized way makes it simpler, as well as more efficient, how people will invest money and learn about new financial products.Led by a team with a lot of experience in the sectors in which it operates. BLOCKBR combines an interdisciplinary team of world-class blockchain and finance experts. | $130K | Corporate Round | Oct 10, 2023 |  |
| Grana Capital | Grana Capital provides a solution for income tax on the stock exchange, software, and real estate funds services. The company offers an automated solution for Income Tax on investments in the Stock Exchange. Grana Capital calculates, handles payments, and declares investments in time. | $97.1K | Pre-Seed | Oct 06, 2023 |  |
| Credvalue | Credvalue offers smart tech solutions for legal and credit recovery, saving time and improving compliance efficiency. | $97.1K | Pre-Seed | Oct 06, 2023 |  |
| Iaas Consultoria e Serviços | Iaas is a platform providing Compliance, Risk, and Operational solutions for Investment Managers and Advisors, allowing them to focus on growing their businesses. Iaas solutions are built on standardized processes combined with automated workflows that drive scalability. Clients subscribe to Iaas annual license agreement and pay a monthly fee tomaintain access to our platform. | $97.1K | Pre-Seed | Oct 06, 2023 |  |
| BlockBR | BLOCKBR is a fintech that combines technological innovation and digital knowledge for structuring business and financial products, transforming physical assets into digital, called tokens.We tokenize end-to-end, from structuring and issuing to the primary and secondary offer in each case. Creating new financial products for the market in ademocratic and decentralized way makes it simpler, as well as more efficient, how people will invest money and learn about new financial products.Led by a team with a lot of experience in the sectors in which it operates. BLOCKBR combines an interdisciplinary team of world-class blockchain and finance experts. | $1.3M | Seed | Sep 01, 2023 |  |
| Akropoli | Akropoli is a fintech company that renders technology solutions for financial management, open banking and analytics. |  |  | Mar 08, 2023 |  |
| Pibi | Pibi is an online platform that monitors the financial market to generate intelligence and update information in the portfolio. |  |  | Mar 08, 2023 |  |

10 of 124 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Torq](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/torq) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [B3 - Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b3-4930) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bamboo Debt Capital Markets Platform](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bamboo-debt-capital-markets-platform) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BoostLAB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boostlab) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BR Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/br-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Darwin Startups invest in?

Darwin Startups invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 124 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Darwin Startups?

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### Who are the partners at Darwin Startups?

The team at Darwin Startups includes Enya Shimabukuro Kusakawa (Darwin Startups), Murilo Domingos (Head of New Business) and Otavio Augusto Picasky (Special Ops), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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