# Niu Ventures

> Niu Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and SaaS. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 37%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/niu-ventures/
- Website: https://www.niu.ventures/

Niu Ventures is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. US based pre-seed VC bridging top Brazilian founders to the Silicon Valley growth mindset

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$2.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $200k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 16% |
| SaaS | 2 | 11% |
| Health Care | 2 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 11% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 7 | 37% |
| Seed | 4 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 9 | 47% |
| Argentina | 1 | 5% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Paul Bragiel | Co-founder & Chairman | 17 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-bragiel |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Huna | We are committed to making early cancer detection faster, cheaper and accessible | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Jun 04, 2025 |  |
| LogShare | LogShare is an AI-powered logistics platform that helps large shippers and carriers collaborate to reduce empty miles, cut freight costs, and decarbonize logistics networks. By connecting unused truck capacity across companies, LogShare transforms fragmented supply chains into a shared, data-driven ecosystem.Through modules for procurement,planning, and execution, LogShare enables enterprises to match, monitor, and optimize every movement in their network, turning logistics from a cost center into a competitive advantage. Clients like GPA, PepsiCo, Unilever, and Carrefour use LogShare to manage thousands of trips monthly with up to 40% fewer empty miles and 30% lower CO₂ emissions.Built for scale, LogShare combines SaaS control tower tools with a transactional freight marketplace, enabling both enterprise-managed lanes and collaborative backhauls in one platform. The result is a network effect flywheel which every new shipper, carrier, or route amplifies efficiency for the entire ecosystem.With a growing presence across Brazil and Latin America, LogShare is redefining how logistics works: smarter, greener, and together. | $2.4M | Seed | Feb 12, 2024 |  |
| Zarv | Zarv is a cutting-edge AI-powered risk intelligence platform built exclusively for insurers, redefining how they assess risk, price policies, prevent fraud, and recover assets. By combining behavioral analytics, GPS data, and exclusive access to public and private camera networks, Zarv delivers real-time insights that drive more accurateunderwriting, faster claims investigations, and usage-based premium adjustments.Launched in 2024, Zarv has rapidly scaled to process over 2TB of data daily and manage $150 million in financed assets across clients like Movida, Arval, Santander, Creditas, Brinks, and C6 Bank. The platform has achieved a 93% success rate in fraud prevention and asset recovery — more than double the industry average — unlocking significant improvements in operational efficiency and loss ratios.Zarv is initially focused on the auto insurance sector, with future applications in health and pensions. Founded by João Costa (ex-Kovi, ex-Chaordic), Zarv is João’s third venture at the intersection of mobility, AI, and financial infrastructure. The company is backed by leading investors and is actively building strategic partnerships to expand its global footprint in insurance risk management. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2024 |  |
| Zarv | Zarv is a cutting-edge AI-powered risk intelligence platform built exclusively for insurers, redefining how they assess risk, price policies, prevent fraud, and recover assets. By combining behavioral analytics, GPS data, and exclusive access to public and private camera networks, Zarv delivers real-time insights that drive more accurateunderwriting, faster claims investigations, and usage-based premium adjustments.Launched in 2024, Zarv has rapidly scaled to process over 2TB of data daily and manage $150 million in financed assets across clients like Movida, Arval, Santander, Creditas, Brinks, and C6 Bank. The platform has achieved a 93% success rate in fraud prevention and asset recovery — more than double the industry average — unlocking significant improvements in operational efficiency and loss ratios.Zarv is initially focused on the auto insurance sector, with future applications in health and pensions. Founded by João Costa (ex-Kovi, ex-Chaordic), Zarv is João’s third venture at the intersection of mobility, AI, and financial infrastructure. The company is backed by leading investors and is actively building strategic partnerships to expand its global footprint in insurance risk management. | $1.2M | Pre-Seed | Jan 15, 2024 |  |
| More Than Real | SaaS platform to increase conversion rates through Gen AI and Augmented Reality | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2023 |  |
| Coodesh | Coodesh is a B2B SaaS startup with an AI-assisted skills-based assessment platform to test developers and tech talent. We help create better connections between talents in the digital world and technology companies through technical and behavioral skills in the real world. Since 2020, we have helped +700 companies from different sectors, sizes, andlocations with solutions for hiring, screening, and upskilling technology professionals.We exist to maximize employability in the technology market in a more assertive way, with greater compatibility, focused on the evolution and healthy retention of talent in the company.Coodesh's mission is to positively impact people who work or seek employment in the technology market, offering fair, accurate assessments of their skills without bias. | $50K |  | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Coodesh | Coodesh is a B2B SaaS startup with an AI-assisted skills-based assessment platform to test developers and tech talent. We help create better connections between talents in the digital world and technology companies through technical and behavioral skills in the real world. Since 2020, we have helped +700 companies from different sectors, sizes, andlocations with solutions for hiring, screening, and upskilling technology professionals.We exist to maximize employability in the technology market in a more assertive way, with greater compatibility, focused on the evolution and healthy retention of talent in the company.Coodesh's mission is to positively impact people who work or seek employment in the technology market, offering fair, accurate assessments of their skills without bias. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Vidia | Vidia is a digital marketplace that allows the purchase of surgeries by individuals without access to health plans. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| Zarv | Zarv is a cutting-edge AI-powered risk intelligence platform built exclusively for insurers, redefining how they assess risk, price policies, prevent fraud, and recover assets. By combining behavioral analytics, GPS data, and exclusive access to public and private camera networks, Zarv delivers real-time insights that drive more accurateunderwriting, faster claims investigations, and usage-based premium adjustments.Launched in 2024, Zarv has rapidly scaled to process over 2TB of data daily and manage $150 million in financed assets across clients like Movida, Arval, Santander, Creditas, Brinks, and C6 Bank. The platform has achieved a 93% success rate in fraud prevention and asset recovery — more than double the industry average — unlocking significant improvements in operational efficiency and loss ratios.Zarv is initially focused on the auto insurance sector, with future applications in health and pensions. Founded by João Costa (ex-Kovi, ex-Chaordic), Zarv is João’s third venture at the intersection of mobility, AI, and financial infrastructure. The company is backed by leading investors and is actively building strategic partnerships to expand its global footprint in insurance risk management. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2022 |  |
| Zarv | Zarv is a cutting-edge AI-powered risk intelligence platform built exclusively for insurers, redefining how they assess risk, price policies, prevent fraud, and recover assets. By combining behavioral analytics, GPS data, and exclusive access to public and private camera networks, Zarv delivers real-time insights that drive more accurateunderwriting, faster claims investigations, and usage-based premium adjustments.Launched in 2024, Zarv has rapidly scaled to process over 2TB of data daily and manage $150 million in financed assets across clients like Movida, Arval, Santander, Creditas, Brinks, and C6 Bank. The platform has achieved a 93% success rate in fraud prevention and asset recovery — more than double the industry average — unlocking significant improvements in operational efficiency and loss ratios.Zarv is initially focused on the auto insurance sector, with future applications in health and pensions. Founded by João Costa (ex-Kovi, ex-Chaordic), Zarv is João’s third venture at the intersection of mobility, AI, and financial infrastructure. The company is backed by leading investors and is actively building strategic partnerships to expand its global footprint in insurance risk management. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jul 29, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Niu Ventures invest in?

Niu Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Health Care startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Niu Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$2.4M at Seed and $200k–$1.2M 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 Niu Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Niu Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Niu Ventures?

The team at Niu Ventures includes Paul Bragiel (Co-founder & Chairman). 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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