Michael Nicklas
Managing Partner @ Valor Capital Group
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Michael Nicklas is a Series A investor at Valor Capital Group in Rio De Janeiro focused on FinTech and AgTech. Mr. Nicklas is a Partner at Valor Capital Group and has been involved with Internet startups for the last 15 years as an entrepreneur, executive and investor. He has led key Internet initiatives at Fortune 500 companies including the digital video group at Viacom and the online group at Univision; launched two startups, The Gryphon Group andThirst, in NYC’s Silicon Alley; and been active as both an angel and VC investor in Latin America. Prior to joining Valor Capital Group, Mr. Nicklas was Managing Director for Ideiasnet, SA, a publicly-traded technology holding and venture capital group based in Rio de Janeiro. Mr. Nicklas has sat on the boards of several leading technology companies in Brazil including Bolsa de Mulher, iMusica and Officer. He speaks frequently at events in the United States and Latin America including the MIT VC Conference and the US-Brazil Innovation Summit and has appeared in TIME, VentureBeat and TheNextWeb. Mr. Nicklas received a BA in International Studies and Economics from the American University and was a Fulbright Fellow at the University of Coimbra in Portugal.
- Total investments:
- 23
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
Last updated:
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Industries Michael Nicklas invests in
Stages Michael Nicklas invests in
Countries Michael Nicklas invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (13%)
- AgTech 2 (9%)
- Health Care 2 (9%)
- Financial Services 2 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (9%)
Stage
- Series A 6 (26%)
- Series B 5 (22%)
- Seed 4 (17%)
- Series C 2 (9%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (4%)
Country
- Brazil 5 (22%)
- United States 2 (9%)
- United Kingdom 1 (4%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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BHub
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#1 financial back-office solution for SMEs in Latam. AI based platform designed to unburden both entrepreneurs and accountants by enabling full outsource of all the finance and administrative work. Bhub's platform includes AI agents and automations of workflows related to AP/AR, accounting, taxes, payroll. BHub helps clients and partnersto reduce time, costs, and labor associated with finance and administrative functions. | $10M / Series A / Nov 27, 2025 | |
Agrolend
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Agrolend was born to revolutionize the agribusiness sector for small and medium size farmers in Brazil, giving them access to sustainable credit that is needed to finance the development of their production and incentivize investment in equipment/technology. We help farmers to increase their productivity and profitability. Using cutting edgetechnology and an innovative credit analysis, Agrolend provides loans without any physical guarantees such as farms or grains. Our target is to avoid the slowness of the traditional banking system as this is a major problem for farmers looking for additional credit. | $52.7M / Series C / Oct 18, 2024 | |
XP Health
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XP Health is a health tech startup introducing a new kind of vision benefit for employees leveraging machine learning.Founded in 2019 by Antonio Moraes and James Wong, XP Health is an AI-powered vision benefits platform for employees and their families to get frames from the world’s leading designers like Tom Ford, Ray-Ban, Armani, Gucci, Coach.Its proprietary deep learning model uses facial recognition technology that recommends the best frames based on facial dimensions with 98% accuracy. The company is working with companies like Chegg, Zenefits, and Sequoia Consulting Group. | $33.2M / Series B / Sep 12, 2024 | |
Arado
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Clicampo is a platform for SMB farmers, providing supply chain and business solutions. | $11.9M / Series A / Apr 25, 2023 | |
Parfin
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Parfin is a financial technology company building enterprise-grade software products to allow financial institutions to adopt blockchain rails. Founded in 2019 by seasoned veterans of investment banking and blockchain technology, Parfin is the core developer of Rayls, taking a unified finance (UniFi) approach that enables traditional finance to usethe latest blockchain technology with the required level of compliance, security and privacy. Building blockchain technology products for the world’s leading financial institutions, digital assets traders, and developers, Parfin is paving the way for a world with more efficient, transparent and inclusive markets. Learn more at https://www.parfin.io. | $15M / Seed / Jan 17, 2023 | |
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Agrolend
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Agrolend was born to revolutionize the agribusiness sector for small and medium size farmers in Brazil, giving them access to sustainable credit that is needed to finance the development of their production and incentivize investment in equipment/technology. We help farmers to increase their productivity and profitability. Using cutting edgetechnology and an innovative credit analysis, Agrolend provides loans without any physical guarantees such as farms or grains. Our target is to avoid the slowness of the traditional banking system as this is a major problem for farmers looking for additional credit. | $28M / Series B / Nov 08, 2022 | |
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XP Health
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XP Health is a health tech startup introducing a new kind of vision benefit for employees leveraging machine learning.Founded in 2019 by Antonio Moraes and James Wong, XP Health is an AI-powered vision benefits platform for employees and their families to get frames from the world’s leading designers like Tom Ford, Ray-Ban, Armani, Gucci, Coach.Its proprietary deep learning model uses facial recognition technology that recommends the best frames based on facial dimensions with 98% accuracy. The company is working with companies like Chegg, Zenefits, and Sequoia Consulting Group. | $17.1M / Series A / Sep 28, 2022 | |
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BHub
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#1 financial back-office solution for SMEs in Latam. AI based platform designed to unburden both entrepreneurs and accountants by enabling full outsource of all the finance and administrative work. Bhub's platform includes AI agents and automations of workflows related to AP/AR, accounting, taxes, payroll. BHub helps clients and partnersto reduce time, costs, and labor associated with finance and administrative functions. | $7.7M / Series A / Sep 13, 2022 | |
Pattern Ag
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Pattern Ag provides soil microbiome analysis and recommendations for input optimization on farms. Focused on specific pest and disease pressures faced by corn and soybean farmers, the firm recommends what to purchase and application solutions for when and where they are needed. | $35M / Series B / Aug 25, 2022 | |
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Arado
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Clicampo is a platform for SMB farmers, providing supply chain and business solutions. | $7.5M / Seed / Jun 15, 2022 | |
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Co-Investors
About Valor Capital Group
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.
Valor Capital Group Contacts
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Ambassador Clifford Sobel
Managing Partner
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Antoine Colaco
Managing Partner
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Mario Mello
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Michael Nicklas
Managing Partner
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Daniel Schulman
Managing Partner
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What does Michael Nicklas invest in?
Michael Nicklas invests primarily in FinTech, AgTech and Health Care startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 23 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Michael Nicklas last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Michael Nicklas closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 23 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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