# Humberto Ayres Pereira

> Humberto Ayres Pereira is a seed investor at Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) backing SaaS. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Superhuman (formerly Grammarly)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/superhuman-1)
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/humbertoayrespereira
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/patife
- Website: https://x.com/patife

Humberto Ayres Pereira is a seed investor at Superhuman (formerly Grammarly) focused on SaaS and Software. Ayres Pereira is based out of Portugal and currently works as a Data and productivity for Superhuman. Ayres previously worked as a Founder & CEO at Rows. Ayres Pereira attended the Harvard Business School.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$3.3M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.3M–$1.9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 3 | 33% |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Apps | 2 | 22% |
| Human Resources | 2 | 22% |
| Pet | 1 | 11% |

30 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 44% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Portugal | 3 | 33% |
| United States | 2 | 22% |
| Canada | 1 | 11% |
| Germany | 1 | 11% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| OSCAR | OSCAR offers a variety of fixed-price home services, including maintenance, cleaning, laundry, and beauty services, all accessible through a user-friendly app. Customers can easily schedule appointments for these services, with options available for immediate bookings. Additionally, OSCAR provides repair services for household appliances likewashing machines and boilers, ensuring convenience for users. The platform streamlines the process of finding and scheduling necessary home services, catering to the needs of busy individuals and families. Through its comprehensive service offerings, OSCAR simplifies home management for its users. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 19, 2023 |  |
| MyCareforce | The platform that connects nurses to available shifts. | $1.6M | Seed | Jun 21, 2023 |  |
| Puter | Puter is a cloud-based virtual computer operating system enabling users to create, store, and edit files remotely. Being a cloud-based platform users are able to access the operating platform through any browser and can also search, preview, sort, and personalize their user Data. |  | Pre-Seed | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Frond | Frond is a new platform for online community. Because it’s built from threads instead of chat, conversations are deeper, easier to follow, and scale automatically. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 07, 2023 |  |
| Coverflex | Coverflex is a compensation management platform for teams to manage and enjoy multiple benefits. Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible, and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage everypart of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance, and exclusive discounts — while empowering people to spend on what suits them best. | $16.5M | Series A | Feb 01, 2023 |  |
| Kombo | Kombo is an API for HR, Payroll, ATS and Recruiting integrations | $2.6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Maven Pet | Maven is a SaaS pet tech startup that provides a personal vet to track the pet’s safety and health 24/7.It focuses on using technology to improve the quality of life for pets, as well as offering pet owners peace of mind and a way to keep track of their pet's safety, health, and well-being on a continual basis through their own personalveterinarian.It was started by the founders of Findster Technologies in 2021 and is based in Porto, Portugal. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 01, 2021 |  |
| June | June is a product analytics for subscription businesses. It automatically generates graphs of the metrics users should track by connecting their segment account. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Mar 22, 2021 |  |
| Replai | Founded in 2019, Replai is the world’s first video-based creative insights platform that empowers brands to maximize the performance and engagement of their videos. Blending computer vision and AI technology, Replai has solved a long-standing problem that helps brands recalibrate their videos so they can maximize growth and build communities.Replai partners with some of the biggest global brands and mobile apps companies. Based in San Francisco, Replai is a privately-held, venture-backed company, with offices in London and Porto. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 24, 2020 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Shilling VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shilling-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Script Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/122-west-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Accel Starters](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accel-starters) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [basecase capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base-case-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Superhuman (formerly Grammarly)

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Superhuman delivers an AI-powered productivity platform designed to assist with writing, collaboration, email management, and task automation. The platform supports integrations with tools such as Google Workspace, Microsoft Outlook, Jira, and Confluence, allowing users to surface insights, schedule meetings, draft communications, and reducebusywork from within their normal workflows. Superhuman emphasizes AI agents that “meet you where you work” by combining writing assistance, task automation, and collaborative workspace features into a single subscription, rather than operating as a standalone tool.

5 contacts available at Superhuman (formerly Grammarly).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Humberto Ayres Pereira | Data and productivity | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/humberto-ayres-pereira |
| Alex Shevchenko | Co-Founder & Product Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-shevchenko |
| Anish Hegde | Software Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anish-hegde-03e8 |
| Daniel Breyer | Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-breyer |
| Mark Schaaf | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-schaaf |

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## FAQ

### What does Humberto Ayres Pereira invest in?

Humberto Ayres Pereira invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Humberto Ayres Pereira's check size?

Humberto Ayres Pereira typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$3.3M at Seed and $1.3M–$1.9M 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 Humberto Ayres Pereira participates in.

### When did Humberto Ayres Pereira last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Humberto Ayres Pereira closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 9 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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