# Norte Ventures

> Norte Ventures is a VC fund backing Software and Financial Services. See 174 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 174
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/norte-venturesllc/
- Website: http://norte.capital/

Norte Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on Software and Financial Services. Norte is a pure-follower fund created and invested by entrepreneurs.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Norte Ventures. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Norte Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/norte-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$8.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $500k–$5M |
| Series A | $5M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 30 | 17% |
| Financial Services | 29 | 17% |
| Information Technology | 26 | 15% |
| FinTech | 19 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 16 | 9% |

164 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 89 | 51% |
| Pre-Seed | 30 | 17% |
| Series A | 29 | 17% |
| Series B | 6 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 1% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 99 | 57% |
| United States | 11 | 6% |
| Argentina | 7 | 4% |
| Colombia | 4 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gustavo Ahrends | General Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gustavo-ahrends |
| Bruno Nardon | Founder & Venture Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruno-nardon |
| Gabriel Benarros | Co-Founder & Venture Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gabriel-benarrs |
| Jose Cacheado | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jose-cacheado |
| Pedro Teo | Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pedro-teo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Decade | Decade is an investment consulting firm that combines human care and knowledge with the scale and precision of artificial intelligence to help people make the most significant life decisions. | $85M | Seed | Aug 04, 2026 |  |
| Robbin | Robbin is leading a revolution to change how 21 million SMBs fund $2.5 trillions in B2B Payments. Employing an innovative underwriting approach, Robbin leverages BRL 3 trillion in card receivables as collateral to underwrite a one-of-a-kind business credit card for underserved entrepreneurs. | $8M | Seed | May 21, 2026 |  |
| Aro | Aro focused on personal financial services, particularly for individuals facing challenges with traditional banks. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Bond | Bond specialises in full-service accounting automation for SMEs (small and medium enterprises). | $2M | Pre-Seed | Apr 15, 2026 |  |
| Maggu | Maggu is a medical company that uses artificial intelligence to make pharmaceutical retail service useful. | $3.7M | Seed | Apr 09, 2026 |  |
| Inner AI | Inner is an AI-Native workspace to organize your thoughts, be more creative, and accomplish your tasks faster. | $5.8M | Seed | Apr 07, 2026 |  |
| Core AI | Core AI Simplifies credit with AI-powered tools for SaaS growth through seamless, customized solutions. | $4.1M | Seed | Mar 19, 2026 |  |
| Comp | Strategy in every penny invested in your people.Comp is an agile partner that combines compensation and technology experts to align your Total Rewards strategy with business needs.From labor cost strategy to process automation, we are helping hundreds of innovative companies with job and salary management, short- and long-term incentives, meritcycles, people budgeting and more. | $19.3M | Series A | Feb 22, 2026 |  |
| Lerian | Lerian is a next-gen core banking platform built on top of an open source ledger. | $5.7M | Seed | Jan 27, 2026 |  |
| FlowCredi | FlowCredi provides both B2B and B2C customers, with a concentration on home equity loans secured by fully paid properties. FlowCredi plans to use the capital to expand distribution channels and form collaborations, with an emphasis on education and healthcare companies. | $645.8K | Pre-Seed | Dec 12, 2025 |  |

10 of 174 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 43 deals together
- [MONASHEES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monashees-capital) — VC Fund, 28 deals together
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- [Valor Capital Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valor-capital) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [Clocktower Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clocktower-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 15 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Norte Ventures invest in?

Norte Ventures invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 174 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Norte Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$8.1M at Seed, $500k–$5M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Norte Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Norte Ventures?

Public channels for Norte Ventures include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Norte Ventures?

The team at Norte Ventures includes Gustavo Ahrends (General Partner), Bruno Nardon (Founder & Venture Partner) and Gabriel Benarros (Co-Founder & Venture Partner). 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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