# Monica Saggioro Leal

> Monica Saggioro Leal is a seed investor at MAYA Capital backing FinTech and Financial Services. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [MAYA Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maya-capital-56b2)
- Location: Areia Branca, Brazil
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2026
- Lead investor: 71%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/msaggioro/

Monica Saggioro Leal is a seed investor at MAYA Capital in Areia Branca focused on FinTech and Financial Services. Monica Saggioro Leal is the Co-Founder at Maya Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 2 | 29% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |
| Banking | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 5 | 71% |
| Argentina | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lerian | Lerian is a next-gen core banking platform built on top of an open source ledger. | $5.7M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| Jota | Jota: The platform handles finances for individual entrepreneurs and business owners by allowing them to instantly pay, collect receivables, and manage their day-to-day operations with voice notes, text messages, and images through an AI-first chat conversation. All tasks are free and executed in seconds. Designed to save time and money, Jotaempowers its clients to focus on what truly matters to them. | $5.7M | Seed | Jan 24, 2025 |  |
| deco.cx | deco.cx is a digital experience platform that makes it easy to build high-performance ecommerce storefronts. | $2.2M | Seed | Jan 09, 2024 |  |
| Arado | Clicampo is a platform for SMB farmers, providing supply chain and business solutions. | $11.9M | Series A | Apr 25, 2023 |  |
| Arado | Clicampo is a platform for SMB farmers, providing supply chain and business solutions. | $7.5M | Seed | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Fudo | Fudo is a web-based management system for restaurants, bars and cafes, which allows operation from anywhere, at any time. It is present in Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Argentina serving more than 8.000 customers. | $7.5M | Seed | Mar 21, 2022 |  |
| Z1 | Z1 is a digital banking app made for teenagers and young adults where teenagers can learn financial independence. Founded in 2020 by João Pedro Thompson (ex-Vereda Educação), Thiago Achatz (ex-Grow Pay), Sophie Secaf (ex-BOX 1824) and Mateus Craveiro (ex-Pagar.me), the company has already conquered important investors: the Maya Capital fund and 99founders , Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas. Now, the company announces that it has received a contribution from the American accelerator Y Combinator, which has companies such as Airbnb, Twitch, and Rappi in its portfolio. | $10M | Series A | Nov 22, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Crivo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crivo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Norte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norte-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Valor Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Acre Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acre-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Agrolend](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/agrolend) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About MAYA Capital

VC Fund · São Paulo, Brazil

An early-stage venture firm that supports businesses generating accessibility, transformation and efficiency in Brazil and Latin America.

2 contacts available at MAYA Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lara Lemann | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lara-lemann |
| Monica Saggioro Leal | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monica-saggioro-leal |

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## FAQ

### What does Monica Saggioro Leal invest in?

Monica Saggioro Leal invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Monica Saggioro Leal last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Monica Saggioro Leal closed in Jan 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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