# Innova Capital

> Innova Capital is a VC fund in São Paulo backing Mobile and Software. See 21 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 21
- Last investment: Jun 2024
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/innova-capital---fip/
- Website: http://innovacapital.com.br

Innova Capital is a Brazilian growth equity fund focused in high growth technology companies

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $4M–$40M |
| Series F | $40M–$1.8B |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 5 | 24% |
| Software | 4 | 19% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 19% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 19% |
| Apps | 3 | 14% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 5 | 24% |
| Series A | 3 | 14% |
| Series F | 2 | 10% |
| Series G | 2 | 10% |
| Series D | 1 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 8 | 38% |
| United States | 4 | 19% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Veronica Allende Serra | Founding Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/veronica-allende-serra |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Celcoin | Founded in 2016 by Marcelo França and Adriano Meirinho, Celcoin, the company offers a platform that allows companies to connect to the financial system simply and without bureaucracy to offer innovative experiences to their customers, whether in the digital world, with more than 170 clients including banks, fintechs, brokerages and loyaltycompanies, in other words, in the physical world, where it has its own network of more than 38,000 digital correspondents in 3,200 Brazilian municipalities. A pioneer in its segment, Celcoin adopts a unique multi-channel strategy in its segment, and already processes more than 11 million financial transactions and a volume in excess of R$1.8 billion monthly.Celcoin came up with the idea of ​​facilitating new players to the financial system, which until its inception was completely closed, difficult to access and difficult to connect. With its set of Open Finance solutions (APIs for Transactions, APIs for Physical Networks and Open Banking APIs), more than 8 million Brazilians are impacted monthly in the physical and virtual world with their solutions. | $125M | Series C | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| Articul8 | Articul8 operates as a Generative AI enterprise software company focused on helping organizations. | $40M | Series A | Jan 03, 2024 |  |
| CARIUMA | CARIUMA is a Brazillian direct-to-consumer sneaker brand made from natural materials. It aims to provide sustainable, comfortable, and trendy sneakers. The company's sneakers are produced from natural materials like raw rubber from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, fair-trade cotton, and chromium VI-free leather.CARIUMA was established in 2018by David Python and Fernando Porto in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. | $16.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| Semantix | Semantix is a software platform company that specializes in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. We deliver a one-stop-shop platform to helps customers unify their analytics across the business, data science, and data engineering provides a Truly unified Data Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering andlines of business to build data products without friction and simply. | $94M | Post-IPO Equity | Aug 04, 2022 |  |
| Celcoin | Founded in 2016 by Marcelo França and Adriano Meirinho, Celcoin, the company offers a platform that allows companies to connect to the financial system simply and without bureaucracy to offer innovative experiences to their customers, whether in the digital world, with more than 170 clients including banks, fintechs, brokerages and loyaltycompanies, in other words, in the physical world, where it has its own network of more than 38,000 digital correspondents in 3,200 Brazilian municipalities. A pioneer in its segment, Celcoin adopts a unique multi-channel strategy in its segment, and already processes more than 11 million financial transactions and a volume in excess of R$1.8 billion monthly.Celcoin came up with the idea of ​​facilitating new players to the financial system, which until its inception was completely closed, difficult to access and difficult to connect. With its set of Open Finance solutions (APIs for Transactions, APIs for Physical Networks and Open Banking APIs), more than 8 million Brazilians are impacted monthly in the physical and virtual world with their solutions. | $15.4M | Private Equity | Apr 08, 2022 |  |
| Celcoin | Founded in 2016 by Marcelo França and Adriano Meirinho, Celcoin, the company offers a platform that allows companies to connect to the financial system simply and without bureaucracy to offer innovative experiences to their customers, whether in the digital world, with more than 170 clients including banks, fintechs, brokerages and loyaltycompanies, in other words, in the physical world, where it has its own network of more than 38,000 digital correspondents in 3,200 Brazilian municipalities. A pioneer in its segment, Celcoin adopts a unique multi-channel strategy in its segment, and already processes more than 11 million financial transactions and a volume in excess of R$1.8 billion monthly.Celcoin came up with the idea of ​​facilitating new players to the financial system, which until its inception was completely closed, difficult to access and difficult to connect. With its set of Open Finance solutions (APIs for Transactions, APIs for Physical Networks and Open Banking APIs), more than 8 million Brazilians are impacted monthly in the physical and virtual world with their solutions. | $18.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2022 |  |
| CARIUMA | CARIUMA is a Brazillian direct-to-consumer sneaker brand made from natural materials. It aims to provide sustainable, comfortable, and trendy sneakers. The company's sneakers are produced from natural materials like raw rubber from the Hevea brasiliensis tree, fair-trade cotton, and chromium VI-free leather.CARIUMA was established in 2018by David Python and Fernando Porto in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 03, 2021 |  |
| ClearSale | ClearSale offers the most complete eCommerce fraud protection, combining cutting-edge statistical technology with the world’s largest team of specialized fraud analysts for a balanced, comprehensive, real-world approach. Trusted by over 4,000 customers worldwide and touting a 99% retention rate, ClearSale is the first company to offer chargebackguarantees and the largest company focused on global card-not-present fraud prevention. ClearSale helps businesses prevent fraudulent chargebacks without interfering with the online shopping experience. As a result, clients can sell more, safely, even in dynamic or challenging international markets. More information at https://clear.sale or follow on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram or Twitter @ClearSaleUS. |  | Private Equity | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Alpha Capital Acquisition Company | Alpha Capital Acquisition is the first SPAC focused on Latin American technology companies |  | Private Equity | Feb 19, 2021 |  |
| Semantix | Semantix is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company. Leveraging proprietary algorithms and a powerful data warehouse of clinical notes for training machine learning models, Semantix is delivering the next generation of medical coding technology for providers and payers. |  | Private Equity | Feb 19, 2021 |  |

10 of 21 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Innova Capital invest in?

Innova Capital invests primarily in Mobile, Software and E-Commerce startups, most often at Private Equity and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Innova Capital's check size?

Innova Capital typically joins rounds of $4M–$40M at Series A and $40M–$1.8B at Series F. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Innova Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Innova Capital?

Public channels for Innova Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. 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 Innova Capital?

The team at Innova Capital includes Veronica Allende Serra (Founding Partner). 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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