# Torq

> Torq is a VC fund in São Paulo backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 20 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 20
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 5%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/27000626/
- Website: http://www.labtorq.com.br

Torq is a VC fund in São Paulo focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Is a collaborative consulting initiative that aims to accelerate corporate innovation connecting leading solutions from around the globe

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Torq. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Torq. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/torq?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $273k–$7M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 10 | 50% |
| FinTech | 6 | 30% |
| Banking | 5 | 25% |
| Finance | 4 | 20% |
| Software | 4 | 20% |

43 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Brazil | 18 | 90% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marcelo Bradaschia | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marcelo-bradaschia |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ponto Facil | Ponto Facil is a financial firm that provides fintech solutions, digital inclusion, franchising, and consulting services. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Creditares | Creditares is a phygital hybrid model where we combine local presence with a tech infrastructure to bridge the gap between investors and borrowers in agribusiness. This combination provides the answer to the most challenging question in the industry. Connecting locally with farmers and suppliers, digitizing their credit journey and gatheringreliable information for financial agents. Opportunities to engage on our ecosystem extends from insurance, crowdfunding, carbon credit commercialization to numerous financial services that can be structured digitally and distributed locally. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Linkapital | LinKapital is a credit fintech focused on small and medium-sized businesses. It connects small and medium-sized entrepreneurs, with annual revenues ranging from R$2 million to R$100 million, with the financial market through loans that are converted into fixed-income and private credit investments. This is accomplished through the use of asophisticated technology platform that collects over 600 pieces of information about a company in a matter of minutes and enriches the data with information submitted by the client in SEFAZ-standardized formats. The CNPJ number is used to collect public data from various sources such as the Federal Revenue Service, civil and labor courts, protest registries, and boards of trade. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Birdie | Birdie is a Product Intelligence Platform that helps companies achieve product leadership and drive sustainable business growth by increasing customer conversion and engagement with real-time product insights built from semantic analysis of reviews from shoppers and experts. Our AI analyzes millions of consumer and competitive data points togenerate actionable insights and business recommendations in a much faster, broader, and granular manner than traditional market research and BI companies. | $7M | Seed | Feb 10, 2022 |  |
| Gavea Marketplace | Gavea is a blockchain commodities exchange that simplifies the trading, execution and settlement of physical commodities, making the whole process efficient and cheaper to participants, connecting buyers and sellers in a secure and transparent environment, promoting sustainable trading with full products' origin traceability and ESG checksthroughout the supply chain. | $4M | Seed | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| QGX Digital | QGX Digital offers technology and payment solutions including digital wallet services.to brokers and financial institutions. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Evlos | Evlos is dedicated to identifying tailored solutions for market gaps and problems. They are on a mission to simplify and enhance financial service experiences worldwide, fostering emotional connections with their offerings. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Indaband | Indaband is an internet-based company that offers a music collaboration platform. This platform allows users to play and record songs with other users, providing a virtual multi-track studio. It enables users to record and mix unlimited video tracks in different sessions and invite others to collaborate. The platform is designed to fostercreativity and collaboration among music enthusiasts and creators. It also allows users to share their creations on various social media platforms, expanding their reach and audience. | $7M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| CashWay | CashWay offers a complete platform for financial institutions. CashWay's solutions help to manage the customer's assets and business as a whole. The company provides web-based baking software for iOS and Android that is centered on the user experience with a focus on usability and accessibility. | $272.5K | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Homelend | Homelend offers an easy and fast way to get real estate credit without bureaucracy. | $5M | Seed | Oct 28, 2021 |  |

10 of 20 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Astella](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/astella-investimentos) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Darwin Startups](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/darwin-startups) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DOMO.VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/domo-invest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [14B Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/14b-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MSA Novo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/msa-novo) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [2TM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/2tm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Torq invest in?

Torq invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Banking startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 20 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Brazil. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Torq's check size?

Torq typically joins rounds of $273k–$7M 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 Torq participates in.

### How do I contact Torq?

Public channels for Torq include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Torq?

The team at Torq includes Marcelo Bradaschia (COO). 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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