# Mergus Ventures

> Mergus Ventures is a VC fund in Nova Lima backing Aerospace and AgTech. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nova Lima, Brazil
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last fund: Nov 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mergus-ventures/
- Website: http://www.mergus.com.br
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mergusventures

Mergus Ventures is a VC fund in Nova Lima focused on Aerospace and AgTech. Comportamentos Investimentos em comportamentos que estão mudando hoje e continuarão mudando o mundo. Entendemos que a tecnologia é a chave que possibilita mudanças aceleradas no mundo dos negócios e das relações de consumo.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $800k–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $200k–$500k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aerospace | 5 | 18% |
| AgTech | 4 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 14% |
| Software | 3 | 11% |
| Space Travel | 3 | 11% |

38 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 19 | 68% |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 25% |
| Angel | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 11 | 39% |
| United States | 4 | 14% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| Canada | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bernardo Pedrosa | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernardo-pedrosa |
| Daniel Sarquis | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-sarquis |
| Gustavo Caetano | Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gustavo-caetano |
| Leonardo Cruz | Managing Partner and Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leonardo-cruz-56ef |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Spaceium | Spaceium develops a spacecraft docking system to support interplanetary missions. Its docking mechanism aims to offer solutions in the fields of In-space refueling with sustainable fueling stations can be an essential part of space exploration. The company's service hubs efficiently store and transfer cryogenic (extremely cold) andnon-cryogenic fuels with zero loss during storage and transfer. | $6.3M | Seed | Jan 22, 2025 |  |
| Starcloud | Lumen Space offers cloud computing and data relay to satellites in space. The company's mission is to accelerate downlink times by processing data in orbit. | $11M | Seed | Oct 25, 2024 |  |
| Starcloud | Starcloud is building a network of megawatt-scale data centers in space, scaleable to gigawatt capacity. Falling launch costs allow Starcloud to take advantage of the abundant energy, passive cooling, and high-speed connectivity in space. | $11M | Seed | Oct 25, 2024 |  |
| ZeroPath | ZeroPath is a Computer and Network Security firm that discover and fix exploitable software vulnerabilities. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 27, 2024 |  |
| Spaceium | Spaceium develops a spacecraft docking system to support interplanetary missions. Its docking mechanism aims to offer solutions in the fields of In-space refueling with sustainable fueling stations can be an essential part of space exploration. The company's service hubs efficiently store and transfer cryogenic (extremely cold) andnon-cryogenic fuels with zero loss during storage and transfer. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| ZeroPath | ZeroPath is a Computer and Network Security firm that discover and fix exploitable software vulnerabilities. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Weave Robotics | Weave Robotics is a Robotics Engineering firm offering Personal robots for the home. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Conductor Quantum | Conductor Quantum is building quantum computers on silicon chips. Our AI-software creates qubits 1000x faster than current methods. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Jun 01, 2024 |  |
| Cellva Ingredients | The food market is too complex and big for "the final solution". We need a combination of talents, an associative business model, focused in developing food grade ingredients for accelerating their availability through massive brands to the consumers. Consumers wanna have better products at the same price. This is the reason why cellvaexists.The solution developed by cellva is a new, state-of-the-art process for the production of pork fat. Our process contemplates the isolation of swine cells and the growth of these cells in a bioprocess with the use of microcarriers so that we have an animal fat ingredient with no sacrifice.cellva's fat is a food grade ingredient. produced with GMO free, animal free and non synthetic ingredients. Patented edible food grade microcarriersa made of vegetables. We are cost effective, end to end. | $1.7M | Seed | Feb 13, 2024 |  |
| Hylight | Hylight inspects energy infrastructures and provide solutions that makes societies resilient to the effects of climate change. |  | Seed | Oct 31, 2023 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Anjos do Brasil](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anjos-do-brasil) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [AIR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/air-capital-45d4) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Mergus Ventures invest in?

Mergus Ventures invests primarily in Aerospace, AgTech and Biotechnology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Mergus Ventures typically joins rounds of $800k–$11M at Seed and $200k–$500k 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 Mergus Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Mergus Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Mergus Ventures?

The team at Mergus Ventures includes Bernardo Pedrosa (Managing Partner and Co-Founder), Daniel Sarquis (Managing Partner and Co-Founder) and Gustavo Caetano (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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