Top 10 Publishing Angel Investors in LATAM in January 2025
A list of 10 angel investors that invest in Publishing startups based in Latam. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Publishing companies from Latam. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Publishing Angel Investors in LATAM in January 2025
Investor | Publishing LATAM investments |
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Pedro Mariani | 2 |
Caio Maia | 2 |
Milton Seligman | 2 |
Elie Horn | 1 |
Oso Trava | 1 |
Jose Shabot Cherem | 1 |
Zac Bookman | 1 |
Cassio Spina | 1 |
Paul Sawaya | 1 |
Craig Earnshaw | 1 |
Pedro Mariani
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Big Data, Government
- Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- JOTA — JOTA is a SaaS company deploying artificial intelligence, big data and journalism to deliver insights and predictive analysis on government in Brazil. The company takes a new approach to public institutions, helping businesses operate in a more transparent and predictable legal, regulatory and political environment. JOTA 's public websitereaches millions of qualified readers each month while the JOTA Pro platform delivers predictability to thousands of business customers.
Caio Maia
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Big Data, Government
- Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- JOTA — JOTA is a SaaS company deploying artificial intelligence, big data and journalism to deliver insights and predictive analysis on government in Brazil. The company takes a new approach to public institutions, helping businesses operate in a more transparent and predictable legal, regulatory and political environment. JOTA 's public websitereaches millions of qualified readers each month while the JOTA Pro platform delivers predictability to thousands of business customers.
Milton Seligman
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Grocery, Big Data
- Seed, Series D
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- JOTA — JOTA is a SaaS company deploying artificial intelligence, big data and journalism to deliver insights and predictive analysis on government in Brazil. The company takes a new approach to public institutions, helping businesses operate in a more transparent and predictable legal, regulatory and political environment. JOTA 's public websitereaches millions of qualified readers each month while the JOTA Pro platform delivers predictability to thousands of business customers.
- Liv Up — Liv Up is a direct to consumer food brand and online grocery store based in Brazil.The company puts together tasteful, natural, and convenient meals and groceries through top notch tech, customer obsession and constant innovation. By using only natural ingredients and partnering with local producers to source only the freshest, their chefs areable to produce naturally healthy and tasteful meals. By using high-end tech and constantly optimizing the processes, the company is able to deliver them broadly and at a good value per money across the biggest metropolitan areas in Brazil.
Elie Horn
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Investment focus
- Children, Education, Publishing
- Angel
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Estante Mágica — Estante Mágica is a children's book provider that aims to develop the full capacity of reading and writing among children and enable them to explore their talents. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.
Oso Trava
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Investment focus
- Apps, Audio, Credit
- Seed, Series A
- Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Beek — Beek is building the top audio platform in Latin America. 10/10 people you see on the streets with headphones, will be listening on Beek to the best audiobooks, podcasts, meditations, and any audio content that they like. There will be a Netflix for Spoken word audio for the 480M+ native Spanish Speakers, and Beek is the team building it.
- Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
Jose Shabot Cherem
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Investment focus
- Credit, Internet, Payments
- Seed
- Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
Zac is the CEO of OpenGov, the "GovTech" cloud software leader. OpenGov has raised $200 million in capital from Andreessen Horowitz and other venture funds and powers more than 1000 cities, counties, and state agencies across the United States. Before co-founding OpenGov, Zac served as Advisor to U.S. Army General H.R. McMaster on theAnti‑Corruption Task Force at the ISAF headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan. He previously practiced trial litigation at Keker, Van Nest & Peters in San Francisco, and served as law clerk to the Honorable Sandra S. Ikuta on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Zac studied corruption in Mexico as a Fulbright Fellow and has taught American Government at San Quentin Prison. He holds a JD from the Yale Law School, an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and graduated valedictorian from the University of Maryland. Zac serves on the board of and as advisor to various technology companies and funds, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the YPO. He has been named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer, a Goldman Sachs 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs, and San Francisco and Silicon Valley Business Journal 40 under 40.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Israel, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
- Sewer AI — SewerAI develops the leading software for infrastructure defect detection and labeling. We deploy cost-effective AI solutions and Cloud software that find cracks in the wastewater system. Our SaaS systems are used by utilities and sewer inspection contractors every day.
- With (Coing) — Connect residents and foster engagement with a centralized community calendar that brings all city events into one easy-to-access platform
Cassio Spina is an entrepreneur and an angel investor with over 25 years experience in tech industry.He founded and started-up his first business when he was 19 years-old which was a data communications software development company and after successful growth of his business, after completing his graduation in Electronics Engineering, he startedhis second business, Trellis, a computer networking hardware manufacturer.He developed Trellis as a major player in Brazil in computer networking industry, acquiring and merging other companies and receiving investment from VCs. After 18 years, he completed this entrepreneur cycle selling it and started-up investing in new companies as angel investor and founded Anjos do Brasil (www.anjosdobrasil.net), an angel network focused on fostering angel investment for supporting innovative entrepreneurs.Cassio is also the co-founder and responsible for the strategy of ZoeMob, the global mobile family assistant service with a cloud-based platform back-end for providing protection, interaction, and organization for/between parents, kids and care givers.He is also the author of the book "Investidor-Anjo - Guia Prático para Empreendedores e Investidores" (transl. "Angel-Investor - Pratical Guide for Entrepreneur and Investors").
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Investment focus
- iOS, Software, Location Based Services
- Seed, Angel
- Brazil, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- Startupi — Startupi is a knowledge base on the Brazilian innovation, business, entrepreneurship and technology market. Founded in December 2008, it collaborated to build the Brazilian startups ecosystem, informing and educating the market about what these startups were and how they would become so important. Over the years, Startupi has collaborated with themost diverse initiatives and programs to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in Brazil, as well as aggregate key knowledge and inspire everyone with an innovative spirit. In March / 15 it was acquired by BEATS Brasil and will continue to be an independent and important channel for information, relationships and business generation between Startups-Investors-Customers-Government-Media-Market. We reinforce our commitment to transparency, collaboration. We want to raise the name of STARTUPI to a new level - the best communication vehicle in the country for the Startups ecosystem. Count on us because we count on you, let's go!
- Sling Hub — Startup ecosystem data
- ZoeMob — ZoeMob provides a mobile family safety service based on tablets and smartphones designed for parents who wish to ensure their children and family members are protected and safe anytime, anywhere, and personal users looking for a reliable mobile device service for protect their personal data and privacy.ZoeMob was founded by Daniel Avizu and HelioFreitas. They are two experienced Internet software enginner and Internet business professional who met at AOL Latin America joint venture and later they have worked in other big technology and media companies for more than 10 years.ZoeMob main features: - Symbian, Android, IOS and Blackberry* compatibiliy - Full localization and tracking monitor - Driving safety features (alerts and actions) - Geo fence (alerts and actions) - Callback - Full Remote control - Direct Message broadcasting - Facebook integration - Device content monitoring - Security features (lock, wipe, alarm, panic buttom)
Paul Sawaya was the Co-Founder of Human Interest.
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Investment focus
- Credit, Internet, Payments
- Seed
- Mexico, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Grupago — Grupago is pioneering digital microcredit for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) in Latin America, leveraging artificial intelligence, group collateral and community distribution to extend credit to micro-SMBs across the region who have been shut out of traditional SMB lending avenues.
- Grapevine — Grapevine makes it possible for groups to invite members, collect and distribute donations, establish a community and connect with nonprofits.
Craig Earnshaw - Board of Directors @ Screenie
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Investment focus
- News, EdTech, Sports
- Seed
- Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Nivati — Employee mental health programs for stress management. Increase morale, engagement, and wellbeing through on-demand therapy, massage, yoga, and more.
- Torcedores.com — Torcedores.com is a EdTech platform focused on producing high-quality digital sports content to millions of fans. The site was founded in Brazil, early 2014 and today has over 21,000 contributor writers, a 30 person team in Sao Paulo and reaches an audience of more than 30 million people multiplatform each month.
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