# Insight Ventures

> Insight Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo backing Manufacturing and B2B. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/insight-ventures/
- Website: https://www.insightventures.com.br/

Insight Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on Manufacturing and B2B. Insight Ventures build scalable business models that can be stand-alone or integrated into an already established company. Through agile construction methodologies, connections with startups, and extensive experience in building technology businesses, they have transformed traditional businesses into exponential companies.Since 2017, they havehelped companies of all sizes and sectors to build and scale innovative business models, generating exponential growth and changing the way they compete in the market.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $768k–$33M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Marketing | 1 | 20% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Portugal | 3 | 60% |
| South Korea | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leonardo Bieberbach | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonardo-bieberbach |
| Lucio Ries | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucio-ries |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| INEYE Pharma | INEYE Pharma engages in the development of polymer-based technologies for ocular applications. The company operates on a B2B strategy and caters to other pharmaceutical companies that operate in the ocular disease industry. | $106.9K | Pre-Seed | Sep 18, 2023 | https://www.ineyepharma.com/ |
| Heaboo | Heaboo is a technological company focus on the R&D, manufacturing, and commercialization of a stand-alone and passive device capable to corrects the response time of the hot water supply in taps or shower mixers increasing the energy and water efficiency of the building. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Aveiro. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 24, 2023 | https://heaboo.com/pt-pt/ |
| SocialTalk | SocialTalk helps discover the perfect influencers, manage influencers database, track and measure campaigns. | $767.5K | Seed | Aug 24, 2022 | https://socialtalk.io/ |
| Dash | Mobile payments, Mobile payment network, Mobile money, payments, African payments, super app, financial super app, payment-led super app. | $32.8M | Seed | Mar 08, 2022 | https://dash-app.com |
| Ingine | Injin is a company that develops technology that converts the energy of waves into electricity, called wave power generation. | $2.5M | Series B | Nov 30, 2021 | https://ingine.co.kr |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [4DX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4dx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ask Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ask-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beta Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beta-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Global Private Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-private-equity-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Insight Ventures invest in?

Insight Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, B2B and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Insight Ventures's check size?

Insight Ventures typically joins rounds of $768k–$33M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Insight Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Insight Ventures?

Public channels for Insight Ventures 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 Insight Ventures?

The team at Insight Ventures includes Leonardo Bieberbach (Partner) and Lucio Ries (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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