# Parallax Ventures

> Parallax Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo backing FinTech and Information Technology. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/parallax-ventures
- Website: https://www.parallaxventures.com.br

Parallax Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on FinTech and Information Technology. Founded in 2018, Parallax Ventures is a Fintech-focused top quartile Venture Capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments, baking best-in-class entrepreneurs in the Financial Services industry. The firm invests in Fintechs across all subsectors of Financial Industry, including Open Finance, FMI, Exchanges, BaaS, IaaS, B2B SaaS,Blockchain/Web3, Credit, Wealth Management tech, and Productivity, among others. Parallax has invested in Fintechs in Brazil, USA, and Europe.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$5.9M |
| Series A | $15M–$37M |
| Series B | $8M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 5 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 20% |
| Bitcoin | 3 | 15% |
| Software | 3 | 15% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 30% |
| Series A | 5 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |
| Series C | 1 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 10 | 50% |
| Estonia | 1 | 5% |
| United States | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ASAAS | Asaas helps individuals and companies automate financial processes and improve their relationship with customers. It brings in a single place, sending invoices, automation of communication through different channels, and receivable management. It’s possible to receive payments through bank payment slip, credit, and debit, send transfers, pay bills,anticipate receivables and NFS-e. It’s also connected to a credit card to withdraw from ATMs. Much more than a bank account, it drastically reduces manual work in administrative tasks and reduces the default rate, improving the customer’s cash flow. | $20.7M | Series B | Jun 16, 2023 |  |
| CAF | CAF offers a digital identity platform that uses artificial intelligence for document verification and digital onboarding solutions to protect businesses by making transaction validation and customer, partner, and supplier registration faster, easier, and more secure. CAF's technology verifies the authenticity of documents and uses facialrecognition to ensure the legitimacy of individuals. CAF's solutions ensure greater security and agility for company processes. | $14.5M | Series A | Jul 21, 2022 |  |
| Caf | Caf specializes in artificial intelligence, digital identity, and document analysis to make digital onboarding | $15M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Wert | Wert offers a top-up module, that can be integrated to any website or mobile app and enables seamless purchasing of crypto.Customisable UI — affiliates brand first;Agile KYC — less stress, happy users;No solicitation — we don’t poach users;Insights — intelligence about users.Wert shares gateway fees with its affiliates, so they can growand become independent from major crypto. | $5M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Wert | Wert offers a top-up module, that can be integrated to any website or mobile app and enables seamless purchasing of crypto.Customisable UI — affiliates brand first;Agile KYC — less stress, happy users;No solicitation — we don’t poach users;Insights — intelligence about users.Wert shares gateway fees with its affiliates, so they can growand become independent from major crypto. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Klavi | Klavi specializes in data analytics and open data connectivity that receives data securely, quickly, and scalable through a single API. | $15M | Series A | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| Klubi | Klubi is a fintech company that provides credit facilities in a simple, transparent, secure and truly digital experience. | $5.9M | Seed | Oct 05, 2021 |  |
| Abra | Abra is the digital cash, peer-to-peer money transfer network. Buy, sell, and hold bitcoin or send bitcoin or fiat to any bitcoin wallet or any other Abra user instantly and securely. Abra uses bitcoin and blockchain technology to enable users to transact in over 50 currencies, including bitcoin.Founded in 2014 by Bill Barhydt, serialentrepreneur and global mobile-banking veteran, their team is based in Silicon Valley and committed to forever changing how the world moves money. | $55M | Series C | Sep 15, 2021 |  |
| SL Tools | Digital marketplace for financial assets |  | Seed | Sep 09, 2021 |  |
| Klavi | Klavi specializes in data analytics and open data connectivity that receives data securely, quickly, and scalable through a single API. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 20, 2021 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [G2D Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/g2d-investments) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Parallax Ventures invest in?

Parallax Ventures invests primarily in FinTech, Information Technology and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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

Parallax Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$5.9M at Seed, $15M–$37M at Series A and $8M–$21M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Parallax Ventures participates in.

### When did Parallax Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Parallax Ventures closed in Jun 2023. Shizune tracks 20 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?

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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