# Paulo Silveira

> Paulo Silveira is a seed investor at Caelum (São Paulo) backing Software and Financial Services. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Caelum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caelum)
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulosilveira/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/paulo_caelum
- Website: https://x.com/paulo_caelum

Paulo Silveira is a seed investor at Caelum in São Paulo focused on Software and Financial Services. CEO and founder at Caelum Alura

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $200k–$4.3M |
| Angel | $220k–$936k |
| Pre-Seed | $183k–$217k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 43% |
| Financial Services | 3 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 21% |
| SaaS | 2 | 14% |
| FinTech | 2 | 14% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 43% |
| Angel | 3 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 7% |
| Equity Crowdfunding | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 11 | 79% |
| United States | 1 | 7% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kiro | Kiro is a non-alcoholic beverage brand for adults. | $562.1K |  | Oct 03, 2025 |  |
| BeConfident | Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling | $1.5M | Seed | Jan 15, 2025 |  |
| Sinapse Finance | Sinapse is the first CFO as a Network, providing complete financial management solutions for SMBs through proprietary technology and outstanding services provided by our network marketplace. | $936.3K | Angel | Apr 08, 2022 |  |
| FOOD TO SAVE | Somos uma solução com propósito. Lutamos contra o desperdício de alimentos, conectando estabelecimentos e usuários através da tecnologia. | $290K | Equity Crowdfunding | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Trace Finance | Trace Finance empowers Payment Facilitators, Crypto & Cross-border companies with best in class FX, Non Resident accounts and cross-border payments. Companies such as Dlocal, Volt.io and Okx are processing their local and cross border payments with us. Our mission is to provide faster and better payments globally for enterprises. 40% ofpayments in stablecoins | $4.3M | Seed | Feb 15, 2022 |  |
| Layers Education | Education and technology works smoothly with Layers: The best platform to integrate digital solutions in the education market. We provide a all-in-one app with communication tools that can be integrated with any 3rd party provider. | $2M | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Weego | Weego is Duolingo-like platform for leadership development. Helping managers to develop soft skills that they lack and make them great leaders, reduce turnover, burnouts and increase company results. | $183.2K | Pre-Seed | Nov 15, 2021 |  |
| Faster | Faster is a graphic design subscription service that unlocks the full potential of your marketing team! | $217K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| Faster | Faster is a graphic design subscription service that unlocks the full potential of your marketing team! | $230.3K | Angel | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| Sooper | Sooper is a managed B2B marketplace that connects hardware and building materials retailers with suppliers. It is the one stop shop for construction products, with a portfolio of more than 15k items, next day delivery and financial solutions. Sooper is making B2B commerce convenient and easy, unlocking the ultra fragmented and inefficient USD 40billion construction market in Brazil. |  | Seed | May 30, 2021 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [DOMO.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domo-invest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [2TM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2tm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Aimorés Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aimor%C3%A9s-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BlockFi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blockfi-inc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Caelum

VC Fund · Vila Mariana, Brazil

Caelum is a tech education company. In 2004 they provided instructor led courses and since 2013 they have the biggest platform online for programmers and designers in Brazil, launched as alura.com.br

2 contacts available at Caelum.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Paulo Silveira | CEO and founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paulo-silveira |
| Maria Alice Cabral Maia | Director of B2B Distribution | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-alice-cabral-maia |

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## FAQ

### What does Paulo Silveira invest in?

Paulo Silveira invests primarily in Software, Financial Services and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Paulo Silveira's check size?

Paulo Silveira typically joins rounds of $200k–$4.3M at Seed, $220k–$936k at Angel and $183k–$217k 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 Paulo Silveira participates in.

### When did Paulo Silveira last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paulo Silveira closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 14 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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