# David Vélez

> David Vélez is a Series A investor at Nubank (São Paulo) backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nubank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nubank)
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/david-v%C3%A9lez/5/487/100
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/velez_david
- Website: http://www.nubank.com.br
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/david4

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.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $500k–$12M |
| Pre-Seed | $40k–$4.3M |
| Series A | $3.9M–$43M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 8 | 18% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 18% |
| Banking | 6 | 13% |
| Finance | 6 | 13% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 11% |

46 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 14 | 31% |
| Seed | 8 | 18% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 9% |
| Series B | 3 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 11 | 24% |
| United States | 5 | 11% |
| Mexico | 4 | 9% |
| Argentina | 2 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Telepatia | Telepatia is a health tech platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to support medical professionals. | $33M | Series A | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Idilio | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 |  |
| Beep Saúde | Application that lets you find high quality healthcare services where you need. | $17.8M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Clerkie | We help struggling Americans solve hard financial problems with real-time automated solutions | $33M | Series A | Apr 18, 2023 |  |
| Civi | 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 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Kaszek](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kaszek-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Ribbit Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ribbit-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [DNA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dna-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Nubank

VC Fund · São Paulo, Brazil

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.

5 contacts available at Nubank.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cristiano Oliveira | Director and General Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristiano-oliveira |
| Jake Kiser | Program Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jake-kiser |
| Vitor Olivier | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vitor-olivier |
| Cristina Junqueira | Co-founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cristina-junqueira |
| David Vélez | CEO & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-velez |

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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 is David Vélez's check size?

David Vélez typically joins rounds of $500k–$12M at Seed, $40k–$4.3M at Pre-Seed and $3.9M–$43M 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 David Vélez participates in.

### 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.

### 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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