# Pedro Melzer

> Pedro Melzer is a seed investor at Igah Ventures (São Paulo) backing Financial Services and SaaS. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Igah Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-bricks-ventures)
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-sirotsky-melzer-706b2032/

Pedro Melzer is a seed investor at Igah Ventures in São Paulo focused on Financial Services and SaaS. Managing Partner and cofounder of the venture capital firm Igah, Ventures – and also chair of the firm's investment committee. Pedro began his career as an entrepreneur in the retail industry in Brazil, later working at Apple in the U.S. as a global revenue manager for the online store. In 2010, he founded and acted as managing partner ofWarehouse Investimentos, a local venture capital firm which was the first institutional investor of iFood, leading Latin American food delivery player. He is also a cofounder and investment committee member of EB Capital, an investment firm focused on long term value and dedicated to growth equity in the middle market. Pedro holds a degree in Business Administration from Unisinos and an MBA from Kellogg School of Management.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 3 | 27% |
| SaaS | 2 | 18% |
| FinTech | 2 | 18% |
| Software | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 6 | 55% |
| United States | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ben up | BenUp is a simple technology solution that reinvents the benefits ecosystem. | $3.5M | Seed | May 04, 2026 |  |
| Liqi Digital Assets | Liqi Digital Assets is a blockchain-based asset tokenization startup that runs two products including Tokenize, which allows companies to turn their financial assets into tokens and build smart contracts on top of them, and a trading platform where investors can buy tokens issued by Tokenize. Liqi Digital Assets boosts business, creates newremuneration opportunities, and allows each investor to find the assets that best match their objectives. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 23, 2024 |  |
| Liqi Digital Assets | Liqi Digital Assets is a blockchain-based asset tokenization startup that runs two products including Tokenize, which allows companies to turn their financial assets into tokens and build smart contracts on top of them, and a trading platform where investors can buy tokens issued by Tokenize. Liqi Digital Assets boosts business, creates newremuneration opportunities, and allows each investor to find the assets that best match their objectives. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 23, 2024 |  |
| Axur | Axur is every company's takedown (digital content removal) partner. Our Digital Risk Protection Platform track and eliminates online risks. Fully powered by AI, we also help our clients to dectect their brand's digital fraud, data leakage and online piracy. Axur's mission is to protect our client's brand digital reputantion andrevenue, maintaing the trust link between our clients, and their customers. |  | Series B | Jul 24, 2023 |  |
| Cumbuca | Provider of a regulatory proxy platform for Brazil's Open Finance and Pix ecosystem. The company enables fintech firms, including international companies entering the Brazilian market and domestic players scaling beyond traditional Banking-as-a-Service arrangements, to access the Brazilian Central Bank's payment initiation and datasharing infrastructure without obtaining their own license. The platform functions as a thin intermediary layer between client infrastructure and the regulated environment, allowing customers to develop using official Open Finance and Central Bank API specifications rather than proprietary abstractions. Services include payment initiation across multiple modalities, transactional and credit data access, and SCR integration, with clients retaining full control over their infrastructure, operational data, and risk policies. The company holds a Payment Institution license as a Payment Initiation Service Provider (PISP) issued by the Central Bank of Brazil. |  | Seed | Jan 21, 2022 |  |
| CRMBonus | CRM&Bonus is a platform that aims to increase the sales of your stores from 10% to 20% (in up to 100 days) with an effective discount of less than 2%.Our objective is to increase the profitability of companies, diluting their fixed costs through the real increase in sales that we generate.CRM & BÔNUS was established in April, 2018 inSao Paulo, Brazil. | $48.6M |  | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| CRMBonus | CRM&Bonus is a platform that aims to increase the sales of your stores from 10% to 20% (in up to 100 days) with an effective discount of less than 2%.Our objective is to increase the profitability of companies, diluting their fixed costs through the real increase in sales that we generate.CRM & BÔNUS was established in April, 2018 inSao Paulo, Brazil. | $50.6M |  | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| CRMBonus | CRM&Bonus is a platform that aims to increase the sales of your stores from 10% to 20% (in up to 100 days) with an effective discount of less than 2%.Our objective is to increase the profitability of companies, diluting their fixed costs through the real increase in sales that we generate.CRM & BÔNUS was established in April, 2018 inSao Paulo, Brazil. | $51M | Series A | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| Conexa Saude | Conexa Saude is a digital platform that promotes the connection of patients and healthcare professionals through technology. With Conexa Saude's telemedicine platform it is possible to break distances, humanize medical care, and democratize health.Conexa Saude aims to help in preventive medicine and, using technology, lead solutions ofTelemedicine all over the country, shortening distances, promoting medical networking and democratizing health care access. | $7.5M | Series B | Jun 25, 2020 |  |
| Guiabolso | Guiabolso is the fintech transforming the Brazilian financial system by pioneering Open Banking, to bring the benefits of open data access and analytics to millions of consumers and a fast-growing number of corporate customers. Launched in 2014, the Guiabolso app has a huge amount of granular financial data about its 6M users, powering consumersolutions of consolidated financial management, an in-app curated product marketplace and instant payment capabilities, while providing product partners access to unique segmenting and scoring capabilities. In addition, Guiabolso is the only company in Brazil with a fully launched and calibrated end-to-end Open Banking solution for B2B clients, going beyond just bank account data aggregation to offer modular value-add solutions such as advanced analytics, a white-label marketplace, and personal financial management features. The company was founded by Thiago Alvarez and Benjamin Gleason, two friends who met at McKinsey and aspired to use innovative technology and a focus on consumer impact to improve the lives of Brazilians and transform the financial system. |  | Series A | May 01, 2014 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Igah Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/e-bricks-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Riverwood Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/riverwood-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [SoftBank Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/softbank-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Volpe Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volpe-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atman Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atman-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Crew Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crew-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Igah Ventures

VC Fund · São Paulo, Brazil

Igah Ventures is a Brazilian venture capital firm born from the union of forces of two successful investment platforms Igah supports the most promising founders to create and scale companies with high-growth potential that target the pains of their industries through technology,the firm has an extensive track record of supporting portfoliocompanies with business development, technology, networking, mergers and acquisitions, and senior-level team-building in addition to fundraising.

5 contacts available at Igah Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Camila Sangali | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camila-sangali |
| José Gadanha | Operating partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jos%C3%A9-gadanha |
| Mateus Poleselli | Venture Capital Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mateus-poleselli |
| Pedro Melzer | Founding Partner and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pedro-sirotsky-melzer |
| Alexander Guimarães | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-guimar%C3%A3es |

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## FAQ

### What does Pedro Melzer invest in?

Pedro Melzer invests primarily in Financial Services, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Pedro Melzer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Pedro Melzer closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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