# Renato Freitas

> Renato Freitas is a seed investor in São Paulo backing Software and Internet of Things. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renatofreitas/
- Website: http://www.renatof.com

Renato Freitas is a seed investor in São Paulo focused on Software and Internet of Things. Renato Freitas

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$8M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 57% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 29% |
| Beauty | 1 | 14% |
| Banking | 1 | 14% |
| FinTech | 1 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 71% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 29% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 6 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Gal | Gal is a beauty salon aggregator and a vertically integrated management tool for salons with an in-house R&D laboratory. | $8M | Seed | Jun 18, 2021 |  |
| Worc | Worc connect the best professionals to the most renowned restaurants and bars. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 19, 2021 |  |
| Jestor | Jestor is a no-code platform for building scalable internal systems for companies. | $344.7K | Pre-Seed | Aug 01, 2020 |  |
| FestaLab | FestaLab is an all in one event planning platform that helpers users organize parties, weddings, baby showers and meetups in just a few clicks. | $1.5M | Seed | May 06, 2020 |  |
| Enjoy.it | Enjoy is a startup that provides consumer convenience, increased operational efficiency, and profitability to the establishment through IoT platform.We are a solution that connects the entire value chain, from beverage manufacturer to end consumer, providing greater operational efficiency and convenience through on tap beverage automation.Ourplatform is made up of IoT (internet of things) components that adapt to the existing infra, be it electric beetle, counter, cold rooms, containers, or any other way to offer the drink. |  | Seed | Feb 01, 2020 |  |
| 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. | $1.8M | Seed | Jan 07, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Canary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/canary-5) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [DOMO.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domo-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MONASHEES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/monashees-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Norte Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/norte-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rhombuz VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rhombuz-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Atlantico](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantico) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Renato Freitas invest in?

Renato Freitas invests primarily in Software, Internet of Things and Beauty startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Renato Freitas's check size?

Renato Freitas typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$8M 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 Renato Freitas participates in.

### When did Renato Freitas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Renato Freitas closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 7 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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