Rise Capital
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Rise Capital is a global investment firm that focuses on making expansion-stage investments in Internet businesses in Emerging Markets.They back industry-leading businesses run by world-class entrepreneurs who attack large addressable market opportunities. Leveraging our experience as Emerging Market Internet operators and investors, theystrategically guide these businesses to scale.
- Total investments:
- 30
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 23%
- Fund size:
- $7.7M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Rise Capital invests in
Stages Rise Capital invests in
Countries Rise Capital invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 9 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $3.9M–$15M
- Series A
- $2.5M–$23M
- Series B
- $11M–$60M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 7 (23%)
- Apps 3 (10%)
- Internet 3 (10%)
- B2B 2 (7%)
- Sales 2 (7%)
Stage
- Series A 8 (27%)
- Series B 7 (23%)
- Seed 4 (13%)
- Series C 3 (10%)
- Series D 3 (10%)
Country
- Brazil 3 (10%)
- Mexico 3 (10%)
- Egypt 2 (7%)
- India 2 (7%)
- Nigeria 2 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adrian Cleave
Entrepreneur in Residence
|
Entrepreneur in Residence | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Juan Saldívar
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Ovais Naqvi
Partner, Investment Committee, EMEA
|
Partner, Investment Committee, EMEA | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Alex Schleifer
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Chika Nwobi
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
| See all 9 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| InstaCarro is an online platform that enables individuals to buy and sell cars. The company aims to add value both to individuals who want to sell their cars and to resellers.For individuals who want to sell, InstaCarro delivers the convenience of online quotes, higher than average prices and immediate payment after inspection. For buyers, itoffers online access to the large inventory of cars previously inspected and guarantees immediate return if a car purchased is in different conditions than reported. It was launched by Diego Fischer and Luca Cafici in July 2015 and is operated from Sao Paulo, Brazil. | $11M / Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 09, 2024 | ||
| Homzmart is an e-commerce platform that sells home furniture, home décor, lighting, and home supplies. The company specializes in the fields of home improvement, eCommerce, home directory, technology, and home shopping. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in Cairo, Al Qahirah. | $23M / Series B / Aug 01, 2022 | ||
| SaveIN, as the name suggests, is a financial services platform made exclusively for Indians, with an aim to revolutionize their experience across banking and daily financial transactions.We aim to offer, the full suite of traditional banking products and experiences, but in a never seen before avatar, thereby making it fun, simple, secure, andunbelievably rewarding experience. All this and more at just the click of a button, in a 100% digital and paperless, mobile first ecosystem. | $3.9M / Seed / Apr 19, 2022 | ||
| Facily is a social commerce marketplace in Latin America. The platform focuses on low-ticket items, delivering great prices and differentiated logistics to lower income neighbourhoods, leveraging learnings from China. Facily offers a unique experience by bringing the opportunity to buy together with friends directly from producers andmanufacturers, having fun playing with freemium features. Facily also promotes community buying by leveraging local leaders and influencers. | $135M / Series D / Dec 23, 2021 | ||
| YGG SEA is a sub-decentralized autonomous organization (subDAO) of the play-to-earn blockchain game YGG. The YGG SEA will be based on smart contracts built on the Etherum blockchain. | $15M / Seed / Dec 16, 2021 | ||
| Kueski is one of the largest buy now, pay later (BNPL) and online consumer lending companies in Latin America, providing financial services to consumers and connecting the Mexican economy through its innovative product ecosystem. This ecosystem consists of Kueski Pay, the company's BNPL product available online and in-store, and Kueski Cash,its personal loans product. Founded in 2012 with the mission of making the financial lives of people in Mexico easier, Kueski leverages technologies such as artificial intelligence and big data to expand access to traditional financial products and services. To date Kueski has raised over $300 million in equity and debt financing and, among its growing list of accolades, was recently named to CB Insights' Fintech 250 List. | $102M / Series C / Dec 02, 2021 | ||
| GAIA is a furniture eCommerce platform for the sale of home products and design accessories. It offers a range of products such as sofas, chairs, drawers, dressers, tables, desks, rugs, and textiles that let consumers purchase home furnishing products at affordable prices. | $50M / Series C / Sep 13, 2021 | ||
| MiSalud offers a unique combination of personalized preventative wellness services, along with traditional healthcare via Spanish speaking physicians. | $5M / Seed / Aug 18, 2021 | ||
| InstaCarro is an online platform that enables individuals to buy and sell cars. The company aims to add value both to individuals who want to sell their cars and to resellers.For individuals who want to sell, InstaCarro delivers the convenience of online quotes, higher than average prices and immediate payment after inspection. For buyers, itoffers online access to the large inventory of cars previously inspected and guarantees immediate return if a car purchased is in different conditions than reported. It was launched by Diego Fischer and Luca Cafici in July 2015 and is operated from Sao Paulo, Brazil. | $22.1M / Series B / Aug 03, 2021 | ||
| MaxAB is a B2B e-commerce platform that connects food and grocery retailers to suppliers in the most under-served geographies. We are Re-engineering the informal grocery and food market using empowering technologies and innovative supply chains that is designed to fit the needs of retailers in the areas we serve. We are on a mission to empower theretailers, by availing access to a wide range of products, premium service and operational support. Our technology enabled supply chain is helping put the correct amount of food at the right place at the right time.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt. | $15M / Series A / Aug 01, 2021 | ||
| See all 30 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Rise Capital invest in?
Rise Capital invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Internet startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 30 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Rise Capital's check size?
Rise Capital typically joins rounds of $3.9M–$15M at Seed, $2.5M–$23M at Series A and $11M–$60M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Rise Capital participates in.
How do I contact Rise Capital?
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Who are the partners at Rise Capital?
The team at Rise Capital includes Adrian Cleave (Entrepreneur in Residence), Juan Saldívar (Partner) and Ovais Naqvi (Partner, Investment Committee, EMEA), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. 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 Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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