# Gvangels

> Gvangels is a VC fund backing Software and Information Technology. See 90 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 90
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/22297881/
- Website: https://www.gvangels.com.br
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gvangels

GVAngels is a network of angel investors founded by former students of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brasil in 2017. The GVAngels network invests in technology startups that aim to solve inefficiencies in large markets.In these 4 years of operation, investments have already been made in 40 startups and checks have averaged from R$800,000 to R$2million. We currently have more than 300 associates with a personal interest in investing in startups and adding knowledge with their expertise and experience through smart money to our investees.GVAngels has its roots in the School of Business Administration at FGV, where most of the associated angel investors graduated. For 11 consecutive years, the university has been considered the best think tank in Latin America and has been ranked among the best institutions in the world since 2004.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $217k–$1.4M |
| Angel | $53k–$1.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $63k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 21 | 23% |
| Information Technology | 11 | 12% |
| Food and Beverage | 8 | 9% |
| SaaS | 7 | 8% |
| E-Commerce | 7 | 8% |

120 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 36 | 40% |
| Angel | 21 | 23% |
| Pre-Seed | 12 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 6% |
| Series A | 3 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 59 | 66% |
| United States | 3 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sergio Adler | Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/s%C3%A9rgio-adler |
| Fernando Birman | Angel investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fernando-birman |
| Frederico Guesser | Angel Investor | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederico-guesser |
| Gustavo Figueiredo | Angel Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gustavo-figueiredo-7b0b |
| Luis Badona | Angel Investor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luis-badona |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tell Me Now | Tell Me Now (or "DigAÍ" in Portuguese) hears out all candidates and spares recruiters time spent in countless meetings. An AI interviewer that screens candidates via audio, ranking faster than video interviews and with human-like levels of accuracy. | $1.9M | Seed | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Kiro | Kiro is a non-alcoholic beverage brand for adults. | $562.1K |  | Oct 03, 2025 |  |
| SleepUp | SleepUp is a digital therapy platform that features sleep monitoring and records. | $1.3M | Angel | Jul 30, 2025 |  |
| Central da Visão | Central da Visão is a social impact healthtech. We connect people without health insurance to partner clinics that provide more affordable eye surgery. | $1.7M | Series A | Nov 06, 2024 |  |
| Movêu | Movêu is an online custom furniture brand that enables customers to design the furniture of their choice. It utilizes an intuitive 3D customization platform to customize the furniture. | $541.8K | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Emite Aí | Emitter provides businesses with a cost and billing management format that is reshaping the logistics industry. The issuance of all cargo transport documentation, the recording of invoices, reconciliation, delivery receipts, supplementary expenses, and payments are among their offered solutions. | $520K | Seed | Aug 21, 2024 |  |
| Mell.ro | Mellro is a guarantor of rent payments. They provide an application with tools for the owner and tenant to start and manage the rent. Mell.ro aims to assist landlords who want to find quality tenants and stop worrying about late payments. The company's objective is to develop solutions that simplify and secure the rental process. | $897.3K | Angel | Jul 22, 2024 |  |
| HubLocal | HubLocal is a platform that attracts more customers to companies, making them automatically found on all Internet maps. | $703.4K | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 21, 2024 |  |
| GrowinCo. | GrowinCo. is the best platform for supplier and co-manufacturing collaboration for the CPG industry. We connect idle capacity from co-manufacturers with needs for production outsourcing in the industry and private label products for retailers. We connect to the leading quality certification databases in a network of over 40,000 companies. | $1M | Seed | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| Sanii | Sanii provides wellness and fitness services and promotes activities for memory and social interaction. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Oct 25, 2023 |  |

10 of 90 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 10 deals together
- [Anjos do Brasil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anjos-do-brasil) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [BR Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/br-angels) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Urca Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urca-angels) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Poli Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/poli-angels) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Allievo Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allievo-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Gvangels invest in?

Gvangels invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 90 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Gvangels's check size?

Gvangels typically joins rounds of $217k–$1.4M at Seed, $53k–$1.3M at Angel and $63k–$1.6M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gvangels participates in.

### How do I contact Gvangels?

Public channels for Gvangels include LinkedIn, the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Gvangels?

The team at Gvangels includes Sergio Adler (Co-founder), Fernando Birman (Angel investor) and Frederico Guesser (Angel Investor), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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