# Rafael Duton

> Rafael Duton is a seed investor at 21212 (Rio De Janeiro) backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [21212](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/21212)
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/duton/

Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile. Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $300k–$8.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 5 | 26% |
| FinTech | 4 | 21% |
| Venture Capital | 4 | 21% |
| Finance | 2 | 11% |
| Automotive | 2 | 11% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 32% |
| Angel | 2 | 11% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 2 | 11% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Beacon Founders | Digital Private Banking, for remarkable tech founders |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| JurisHand | Top 1 Legal Vade Mecum App in Brazil. | $300K | Seed | Dec 20, 2021 |  |
| Hash | Hash allows B2B companies to provide financial, payments, and banking solutions to their merchant partners. With a fully customizable product, its platform enables clients to absorb financial transaction flows from all their buyers.The company was certified by the Great Place to Work and is on PEGN Magazine's "100 Startups toWatch" list. Earlier this year, it also made the “Top Fintech Companies in Brazil 2021” list, by the British magazine Daily Finance. Recently, Hash was selected by StartupCity magazine for the "Top Startups in Brazil 2021" list, and also made it to “The Fintech 250: The Top Fintech Companies Of 2021”, by CB Insights.João Miranda founded the company in 2017. | $40M | Series C | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Gabriel | Gabriel combines nanocomputers and high definition cameras to offer video surveillance services with military-grade encryption, enterprise quality and personal customer service yet honestly priced for residential buildings and medium-sized companies.No installation costs, no hardware purchasing, no maintenance nuisance, no lock-in.24/7monitoring of your building, your street and your neighborhood. Perpetual video cloud storage. An app that just works.Tech from Rio, solving public and private security, serving Brazil and beyond. | $12M | Series A | Oct 06, 2021 |  |
| 180 Seguros | 180 Seguros is the first tech-driven insurance carrier in Brazil, offering a complete portfolio of products and infrastructure for financial and non-financial institutions to sell insurance seamlessly integrated into their customers’ purchase journey. Founded in 2020 by Mauro Levi D’Ancona and Franco Lamping, the company has raised over R$220million from national and international investors, securing a leadership position in the distribution of insurance through the embedded insurance model. Today, it serves more than 30 clients, including fintechs, digital banks, cooperatives, and retail companies. |  | Seed | Sep 18, 2021 |  |
| Hash | Hash allows B2B companies to provide financial, payments, and banking solutions to their merchant partners. With a fully customizable product, its platform enables clients to absorb financial transaction flows from all their buyers.The company was certified by the Great Place to Work and is on PEGN Magazine's "100 Startups toWatch" list. Earlier this year, it also made the “Top Fintech Companies in Brazil 2021” list, by the British magazine Daily Finance. Recently, Hash was selected by StartupCity magazine for the "Top Startups in Brazil 2021" list, and also made it to “The Fintech 250: The Top Fintech Companies Of 2021”, by CB Insights.João Miranda founded the company in 2017. |  | Series C | Aug 01, 2021 |  |
| Mobees | Mobees is creating a disruptive and wide-scaling digital out-of-home advertising platform. With IoT embedded smart screens on top of ride-hailing cars, the startup allows advertisers to digitally push brands into the real world - at the same it provides extra money to drivers. Mobees goal is to be as valuable for brands as Facebook and Google areonline, but on the streets. | $1.1M | Seed | Jul 13, 2021 |  |
| 180 Seguros | 180 Seguros is the first tech-driven insurance carrier in Brazil, offering a complete portfolio of products and infrastructure for financial and non-financial institutions to sell insurance seamlessly integrated into their customers’ purchase journey. Founded in 2020 by Mauro Levi D’Ancona and Franco Lamping, the company has raised over R$220million from national and international investors, securing a leadership position in the distribution of insurance through the embedded insurance model. Today, it serves more than 30 clients, including fintechs, digital banks, cooperatives, and retail companies. | $8.2M | Seed | May 05, 2021 |  |
| Kovi | Kovi is a digital car rental company that operates in Latin America. We use technology to make mobility safer, affordable, and accessible to millions of people. Kovi was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in in São Paulo, Brazil, and operates in Brazil and Mexico. |  | Series A | May 05, 2021 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Norte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norte-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [FEA Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fea-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rainfall Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainfall-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Scale-Up Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-up-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Simma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/simma-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About 21212

VC Fund · Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

21212 funds, builds and accelerates digital startups in Rio de Janeiro (21) and New York (212). Drawing on the experience of an expert international team composed by former entrepreneurs and executives and a powerful network, 21212 applies the best practices from across the world, skilled resources and operational expertise to help companies buildthe team, grow their businesses and raise the capital needed to become a category leading digital company.Read more: http://21212.com

5 contacts available at 21212.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marcelo Sales | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcelo-sales |
| Rafael Duton | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rafael-duton |
| Benjamin White | Co-Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-white |
| Frederico Lacerda | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederico-lacerda |
| Henrik Werdelin | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henrik-werdelin |

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## FAQ

### What does Rafael Duton invest in?

Rafael Duton invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Venture Capital startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Rafael Duton's check size?

Rafael Duton typically joins rounds of $300k–$8.2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rafael Duton participates in.

### When did Rafael Duton last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rafael Duton closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 19 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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