# Smart Money Ventures

> Smart Money Ventures is a VC fund backing Information Technology and Software. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 55%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartmoneyventures
- Website: http://smartmoney.ventures

Smart Money Ventures is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on Information Technology and Software. SmartMoney Ventures invests in early-stage startups in fintech, edtech, hrtech and SaaS B2B.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $381k–$3.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 6 | 27% |
| Software | 4 | 18% |
| Human Resources | 3 | 14% |
| Apps | 2 | 9% |
| SaaS | 2 | 9% |

50 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 10 | 45% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 9% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 14 | 64% |
| United States | 2 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fabio Povoa | Managing Director and Founder | 12 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fabio-povoa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alpop | They believe in good housing for everyone. Moving house has to be easy and safe. It is the right of everyone to have a good place to live - without it being necessary to commit a large share of the monthly income or to discourage amid the bureaucracy of renting a property.Alpop is a real estate rental platform that aims to make life easier forthose who are looking for a property, and offer guarantees to those who are advertising. They use technology in favor of people, and that is how they manage to rent real estate without the need for bail bonds, unnecessary collateral or bureaucracies, and making payments to the owner on the agreed date, even if they have not yet received them from the tenants. | $3.6M | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Alpop | They believe in good housing for everyone. Moving house has to be easy and safe. It is the right of everyone to have a good place to live - without it being necessary to commit a large share of the monthly income or to discourage amid the bureaucracy of renting a property.Alpop is a real estate rental platform that aims to make life easier forthose who are looking for a property, and offer guarantees to those who are advertising. They use technology in favor of people, and that is how they manage to rent real estate without the need for bail bonds, unnecessary collateral or bureaucracies, and making payments to the owner on the agreed date, even if they have not yet received them from the tenants. | $3.6M | Seed | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Bondy | Bondy is an HR Tech automation platform that specializes in connecting different HR processes. | $749.5K | Seed | Sep 21, 2023 |  |
| U.mode | U.mode operates as the fashion segments and connects through various functionalities. They provide solutions to all sizes of companies through technologies. | $543.7K | Seed | May 18, 2023 |  |
| Vestipago | Vesti's payment solution, specialized for the wholesale apparel sector |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 15, 2023 |  |
| Evnts | Evnts is an all-in-one event management platform, designed to optimize event organization through data-driven solutions and meaningful integrations. Our technology enables superior outcomes, providing corporations with real-time access to critical information and collaboration tools that transform the way events are planned and executed. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Innovation Intelligence | Innovation Intelligence helps to find startups, private firm, venture capital, and funds using the innovation ecosystem search algorithm. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Worldpackers | Worldpackers is an online, social travel marketplace for people to find unique places where they can exchange their skills for accommodation. It was launched in 2013 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.Worldpackers is a community based on collaboration and honest relationships that make travel more accessible to those seeking a profound culturalexperience. Through an online platform, we connect travelers - looking to exchange their skills for accommodation - with incredible hosts from all around the world. Worldpackers was born through the life experiences of two friends, Riq Lima and Eric Faria. Riq, is an economist who left his job as an investment banker to travel the world for 4 years with little money, but a creative mind. Eric, a certified accountant, initially travelled to the USA to learn English, but ended up staying for nearly four years. His first two years were spent helping out at USA Hostels in San Diego, as a receptionist, a housekeeper and a tourist guide by exchanging his skills for accommodation. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| Alpop | They believe in good housing for everyone. Moving house has to be easy and safe. It is the right of everyone to have a good place to live - without it being necessary to commit a large share of the monthly income or to discourage amid the bureaucracy of renting a property.Alpop is a real estate rental platform that aims to make life easier forthose who are looking for a property, and offer guarantees to those who are advertising. They use technology in favor of people, and that is how they manage to rent real estate without the need for bail bonds, unnecessary collateral or bureaucracies, and making payments to the owner on the agreed date, even if they have not yet received them from the tenants. | $1.3M | Seed | Jun 22, 2022 |  |
| Vesti | Vesti is a firm that serves the wholesale fashion industry and offers solutions for our customers to increase their online sales. |  |  | Jan 14, 2022 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Smart Money Ventures invest in?

Smart Money Ventures invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and Human Resources startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 22 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Smart Money Ventures's check size?

Smart Money Ventures typically joins rounds of $381k–$3.6M 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 Smart Money Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Smart Money Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Smart Money Ventures?

The team at Smart Money Ventures includes Fabio Povoa (Managing Director and Founder). 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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