# Guilherme Penna

> Guilherme Penna is a seed investor at Silence VC backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Silence VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/silence-vc)
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 36%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gpenna/
- Website: https://silencevc.com/

Guilherme Penna is a seed investor at Silence VC focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Partner at SilenceVC. Climatech | Early stage | US & LatAm focus

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 6 | 43% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 36% |
| Software | 3 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 21% |
| Marketplace | 3 | 21% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 50% |
| Series A | 3 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 7 | 50% |
| United States | 3 | 21% |
| Colombia | 2 | 14% |
| Austria | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Metaloop | Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling. | $17.1M | Series A | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| Runwise | Runwise is a wireless control, sensor network, and software platform to better operate heating systems. Its mission is to enable buildings to run more efficiently using intelligent and easy-to-install wireless hardware and software.The company's users can reduce heating expenses and carbon emissions thanks to the network's management ofheating and boiler systems, which also avoids under- and overheating and gives a verifiable online record of both. | $19M | Series A | Nov 03, 2022 |  |
| Cross Commerce | Cross Commerce Store is a cross border e-commerce company from Brazil that empowers entrepreneurs to sell globally in an easy and fast way. We are experienced in e-commerce and we believe your cross border sales can be simpler, bigger and better.Our team is made of professionals who come from the biggest marketplaces, payment, tech andinternational logistics companies, providing the best solutions in cross border sales.Our platform plug international sellers with local marketplaces, significantly decreasing the friction of cross-border e-commerce. We help sellers to integrate with Brazilian marketplaces (Americanas.com, Mercado Livre, etc.) by intermediating the registering, uploading, logistics and other challenging processes. | $3M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Clara | Clara is a spending management platform for companies in Latin America. Their end-to-end solution includes their locally-issued corporate cards, Bill Pay, financing solutions, and their software platform used by companies across the region.The platform includes features like AI-driven insights to identify cost-saving opportunities, such asdetecting duplicate subscriptions and monitoring spending patterns. This functionality aims to enhance financial decision-making and operational efficiency for its users. | $70M | Series B | Dec 06, 2021 |  |
| Diferente | Mercado Diferente is a mission-driven Brazilian foodtech created with a purpose: give everyone access to healthy foods while fighting food waste in Latin America. By rescuing organic items considered "imperfect" and directly sending them to consumers, they are able to offer up to 40% off traditional retail prices. Founded by EduardoPetrelli (ex-James Delivery), Saulo Marti (ex-Olist), Paulo Monçores (ex-VTex) & Walter Rodrigues (ex-Rappi), Mercado Diferente is backed by major investors such as Maya Capital, Collaborative Fund, GFC and unicorn founders like Matias Muchnick (founder of NotCo), Abhi Ramesh (founder of Misfits Market), Hamish Shepard (founder of HelloFresh) and Tiago Dalvi (founder of Olist). | $4.4M | Seed | Nov 25, 2021 |  |
| trii | Trii partnered with prominent financial institutions to develop Colombia's first trading app. Trii is a mobile platform that allows retail investors to buy both US and local equities in LatAm. | $4.5M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |
| Musa | Musa is a smart city solution providing a platform that efficiently connects waste generators, haulers, and recyclers. Our mission is to guarantee that all waste becomes raw material directed to a productive chain of reuse. This is what connects us, a world without waste where everything can be reused. We want to transform the waste managementindustry by leveraging technology and developing new business models ensuring economic, social, and environmental impact. | $15M | Series A | Oct 01, 2021 |  |
| Bankuish | Bankuish is a technology platform where gig workers and freelancers leverage their work history data to demonstrate their creditworthiness. Users gain access to a marketplace of preapproved offers from national banks tailored to their unique profile as well as tools to grow their credit score. The company helps banks gain new customers, managerisk, and improve customer relationships. The Bankuish Score has been used to de-risk thousands of individuals while maintaining a default rate well below the industry standard. Bankuish was established in 2020 with its headquarters in New York City and Mexico City. | $1.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 08, 2021 |  |
| Loopi | Loopi is a video commerce platform and social marketplace where users can interact with the products they see. | $5M | Seed | Jun 29, 2021 |  |
| Finbits | Fintech company formed by co-founders with digital product background. The startup is solving major financial problems faced by treasury teams in LatAm: time wasted with error-prone activities and difficult access to financial products. Finbits is developing an all-in-one finance solution for them. This new solution saves 80% of the time and allowsusers to access financial products easier. This new financial OS integrates bank accounts, payment means, third-party ERP, and accounting software already available in the ecosystem. The new platform leverages modern technology and a data-driven architecture to provide intelligent insights and financial products. |  | Pre-Seed | Jun 14, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norte-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MAYA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maya-capital-56b2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MONASHEES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monashees-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ONEVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/onevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Silence VC

VC Fund

Silence VC is a venture capital firm.

1 contacts available at Silence VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Guilherme Penna | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guilherme-penna |

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## FAQ

### What does Guilherme Penna invest in?

Guilherme Penna invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Software 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.

### When did Guilherme Penna last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Guilherme Penna closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 14 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?

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