# Prado

> Prado is a VC fund in Austin backing SaaS and Machine Learning. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pradolocal/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/pradolocal
- Website: https://getprado.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pradolocal

Prado is a VC fund in Austin focused on SaaS and Machine Learning. Prado allows for a customizable digital experience for local meal prep delivery companies to market, sell, fulfill, and ship their perishable products. By providing entrepreneurs an economical and reliable technology solution, Prado keeps chefs in the kitchen and health-conscious consumers free to spend their time doing what brings them joy.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Prado. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Prado. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/pradolocal?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jon Carter | CEO & Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jon-carter |
| Michael Cavopol | SVP, Revenue and Growth | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cavopol |
| Victor Stagurov | Senior Full Stack Developer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/victor-stagurov |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lunatic Monkey | Lunatic Monkey develops customer relationship intelligence software designed to optimize client interactions. | $60.7K | Pre-Seed | Feb 13, 2025 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACI](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aci-5f1c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ACI Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhb-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [PradoTech](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pradotech) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VENTIUR](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ventiuraceleradora) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Prado invest in?

Prado invests primarily in SaaS, Machine Learning and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Prado?

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### Who are the partners at Prado?

The team at Prado includes Jon Carter (CEO & Founder), Michael Cavopol (SVP, Revenue and Growth) and Victor Stagurov (Senior Full Stack Developer). 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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