David Vélez
CEO & Co-Founder @ Nubank
São Paulo, Brazil
David Vélez is a Series A investor at Nubank in São Paulo focused on FinTech and Financial Services. David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nu Colombia. He previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Partner. David Vélez attended Stanford University.
- Total investments:
- 45
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 13%
Last updated:
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Industries David Vélez invests in
Stages David Vélez invests in
Countries David Vélez invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$12M
- Pre-Seed
- $40k–$4.3M
- Series A
- $3.9M–$43M
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 8 (18%)
- Financial Services 8 (18%)
- Banking 6 (13%)
- Finance 6 (13%)
- Information Technology 5 (11%)
Stage
- Series A 14 (31%)
- Seed 8 (18%)
- Pre-Seed 6 (13%)
- Funding Round 4 (9%)
- Series B 3 (7%)
Country
- Brazil 11 (24%)
- United States 5 (11%)
- Mexico 4 (9%)
- Argentina 2 (4%)
- India 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Telepatia is a health tech platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to support medical professionals. | $33M / Series A / Jun 17, 2026 | ||
Idilio
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Idilio TV is a media‑tech startup building an AI‑powered microdrama platform primarily for Spanish‑ and Portuguese‑speaking audiences. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 09, 2026 | |
| Leona provides a platform designed to enhance communication between doctors and patients, particularly in pediatric care. The tool allows healthcare professionals to manage patient conversations efficiently, offering features like case management and automated response sorting for better prioritization. Doctors can address common concerns such asfever, rashes, and breastfeeding while reducing the time spent on administrative tasks. The app aims to improve the overall quality of interactions while making medical communication more streamlined and effective for both doctors and patients. | $14M / Seed / Dec 16, 2025 | ||
| Carecode system combines powerful Generative AI models with continuous learning mechanisms, enabling natural and autonomous interactions that adapt to complicated environments without the need for human intervention. | $4.3M / Pre-Seed / Dec 30, 2024 | ||
| TymeBank is a subsidiary of the Tyme Group, which focuses on financial technology and banking solutions. TymeBank focuses on providing accessible financial services to the lower-income market. It emphasizes digital banking and minimal fees. Customers can open secure personal and business accounts online, benefiting from low banking charges and highsavings interest rates through their digital platform. | $250M / Series D / Dec 17, 2024 | ||
| Tyme Group is a digital banking group that designs and operates banks for consumers and small businesses in emerging markets. The platform focuses on accessibility and affordability, serving over 15 million customers across various regions. | $250M / Series D / Dec 17, 2024 | ||
| Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses. | $3.2M / Seed / Nov 20, 2024 | ||
| Application that lets you find high quality healthcare services where you need. | $17.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 12, 2024 | ||
| We help struggling Americans solve hard financial problems with real-time automated solutions | $33M / Series A / Apr 18, 2023 | ||
| Civi offers services to avoid robberies, fires, demonstrations, and other events that could put safety at risk. They validate the information and notify people close to the location. People using Civi will receive real-time security alerts, avoid dangerous situations, and gain access to news from So Paulo that they cannot find elsewhere. | $1.7M / Pre-Seed / Sep 27, 2022 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Nubank
Nubank issues, administrate, processes, and transfers payments related to post-paid credit cards and equity investment in other entities. It serves clients in Brazil. The company launched its proprietary loyalty rewards program ("Nubank Rewards"), as well as a digital account ("NuConta") that is already used by more than 17million people.Cristina Junqueira, David Velez, and Edward Wible founded EO2 Solucoes de Pagamento on May 6, 2013 that became Nubank in on June 25, 2013. It has its headquarters in São Paulo in Brazil.
Nubank Contacts
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Cristiano Oliveira
Director and General Manager
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Jake Kiser
Program Manager
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Vitor Olivier
CTO
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Cristina Junqueira
Co-founder
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David Vélez
CEO & Co-Founder
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FAQ
What does David Vélez invest in?
David Vélez invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Banking startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does David Vélez invest in?
David Vélez typically joins rounds of $500k–$12M at Seed, $40k–$4.3M at Pre-Seed and $3.9M–$43M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not David Vélez's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds David Vélez took part in.
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When did David Vélez last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for David Vélez closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 45 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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