# Rodrigo Benez

> Rodrigo Benez is a pre-seed investor backing Finance, Blockchain and Financial Services. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Oct 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-benez-244bb234

Rodrigo Benez is a pre-seed investor focused on Finance and Blockchain. Rodrigo Benez is the founder of SimpliPay.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 1 | 100% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 100% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Avenia | BRLA Digital is a technological firm that promotes economic growth and financial inclusion using cutting-edge crypto technologies and applications. | $598.3K | Pre-Seed | Oct 23, 2023 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Rodrigo Benez invest in?

Rodrigo Benez invests primarily in Finance, Blockchain and Financial Services 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.

### When did Rodrigo Benez last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Rodrigo Benez closed in Oct 2023. Shizune tracks 1 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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