# Mario Mello

> Mario Mello is a Series A investor at Valor Capital Group backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Valor Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-capital)
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 80%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mario-mello-133b2739/?ppe=1

Mario Mello is a Series A investor at Valor Capital Group in São Paulo focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Mario Mello is the Operating Partner - Fintec/Insuretec at Valor Capital Group. Attended USP Polytechnic School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 4 | 80% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 80% |
| Finance | 2 | 40% |
| B2B | 1 | 20% |
| Credit | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 60% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Conta Simples | Conta Simples is the all-in-one finance plataform. The union of checking account, expense management software and corporate cards in one place. We bring peace to finance teams and entrepreneurs. Control, visibility, autonomy and decentralization of payments for SMBs in Latam. | $40.8M | Series B | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| Conta Simples | Conta Simples is the all-in-one finance plataform. The union of checking account, expense management software and corporate cards in one place. We bring peace to finance teams and entrepreneurs. Control, visibility, autonomy and decentralization of payments for SMBs in Latam. | $24M | Series A | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Franq | Franq is a Fintech that aggregates 50 financial institutions in Brazil to distribute over 100 financial products and services through a network of 7.000 independent brokers, know as Personal Bankers. Functioning as a multi-sided marketplace banking professionals can offer a wide range of products to individuals and SMEs acting as a one-stop-shopfor free. | $4M | Series A | Jun 17, 2021 |  |
| Loopa | Loopa is an integrated financial management platform designed to track business transactions. Loopa helps small and medium entrepreneurs in their relationship with credit card machines, auditing each transaction, optimizing fees, and recovering amounts due. The company's goal is to simplify clients' day-to-day lives with transparency andconfidence, so they can focus on their own business.The platform does all the work for clients. No more Excel spreadsheets, no bureaucracy or doubts. Loopa is automatic, practical, safe, and free. | $1.3M | Seed | Dec 30, 2020 |  |
| QFlash LLC | We´re an embedded lending platform – CAAS – partnering with marketplaces (e.g., ERP, Supply Chain, B2C, Retail, among others) to extend credit lines to its customers leveraging their $0 (zero) marginal distribution cost. We don´t assume credit risks, QFlash is hired by an investment fund as a credit consultant to deploy our technology to validate,approve and monitor credit risk. | $4.5M | Series A | Sep 23, 2020 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [JAM Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jam-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Base10 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/base10-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [big_bets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bigbets) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Broadhaven Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/broadhaven-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DOMO.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domo-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Valor Capital Group

VC Fund · New York, United States

Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities. The firm operates across two investment strategies Growth Equity and Venture Capital. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States.

5 contacts available at Valor Capital Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ambassador Clifford Sobel | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ambassador-clifford-sobel |
| Antoine Colaco | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antoine-colaco |
| Mario Mello | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mario-mello |
| Michael Nicklas | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-nicklas |
| Daniel Schulman | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-schulman |

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## FAQ

### What does Mario Mello invest in?

Mario Mello invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Finance startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Mario Mello last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mario Mello closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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