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Top 35 Restaurants Startup Investors in Brazil in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 35 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Restaurants startups based in Brazil. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Restaurants companies from Brazil. We update this investor list every month.

Top 35 Restaurants Startup Investors in Brazil in January 2026

Investor	Restaurants Brazil investments
Valor Capital Group	4
Kaszek	3
DOMO.VC	3
Canary	3
MONASHEES	3
Tiger Global Management	2
Base10 Partners	2
Bridge One	2
Chromo Invest	1
Guilherme Bonifacio	1
Flavia Buchmann	1
BASE 10	1
Aram Capital	1
NFX	1
Latitud	1
Moriah Asset	1
Astella	1
Olist	1
Patrice Etlin	1
Fernando Meirelles	1
Andres Bilbao	1
Aimorés Investments	1
Ralf Wenzel	1
Bernardo de Barros Franco	1
Romero Rodrigues	1
Diego Libanio	1
Plataforma Capital Partners	1
Iporanga Ventures	1
APEX Partners	1
HIX Capital	1
Confrapar	1
Calila	1
Scale-Up Ventures	1
Gabriel Cherubini	1
1616 Ventures	1

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Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities. The firm operates across two investment strategies Growth Equity and Venture Capital. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Investment focus

FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology
Series A, Series B, Seed
Brazil, United States, Mexico

Portfolio highlights

Velotax — Velotax is the easiest way to keep customers' income tax information in an organized and centralized way.
Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
Crown — Crown issues BRLV, a real-backed stablecoin pegged to the Brazilian real, designed to maximize security and liquidity while ensuring compliance with institutional-grade regulations.

We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
Brazil, Mexico, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

La Haus — La Haus offers an online residential platform designed to help people to find an ideal home. Its platform lists multiple properties to choose from and provides recommendations from real estate specialists on the best alternatives that are completely free, enabling users to get an organized way to find a home and save money.The company was foundedin 2017 and is headquartered in Medellín, Antioquia.
Kanastra — Asset-management-as-a-service
Comp — Strategy in every penny invested in your people.Comp is an agile partner that combines compensation and technology experts to align your Total Rewards strategy with business needs.From labor cost strategy to process automation, we are helping hundreds of innovative companies with job and salary management, short- and long-term incentives, meritcycles, people budgeting and more.

DOMO.VC is a leading venture capital firm in Brazil that invests in best in class entrepreneurs. We back early-stage technology startups, helping them grow faster and establish themselves in competitive markets.We started from the collective desire of our founding partners to contribute to the success of the next generation of Brazilianentrepreneurs. DOMO’s multi-disciplinary team is supported by its Advisory Board who’s members have solid and proven track-record in creating, investing, advising and financing tech startups of all sizes.Our GPs have thrived as entrepreneurs, having founded companies such as Buscapé in Brazil. The team was also an early investor in well renowned start-ups such as Loggi, Gympass, Hotmart, among others.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Brazil, United States, Trinidad and Tobago

Portfolio highlights

Fin-X — Our mission is to organize healthcare payment transactions on one platform that connects physicians, providers, and payers.
LimbX — LimbX is an innovative startup operating in the field of bionic and myoelectric prosthetics, combining 3D printing technology and electronics with a commitment to accessibility and quality. The mission of LimbX is to restore mobility and empower lives by providing functional prosthetics that return autonomy to those who have undergone amputations,with cost-effectiveness that allows broad access to prosthetics.Differentiating from traditional prosthetics, LimbX leverages the agility and cost benefits of 3D printing to offer highly functional and precise prosthetics that combine aesthetics, functionality, and comfort.
Grana.ai — Grana.ai helps SMEs access credit by using credit card receivables as collateral, aiming to make financing more accessible.

Canary is the first partner of choice of the best founders in LatAm. We are co-founders of the companies we back, from the ground up, supported by the best community of builders.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Brazil, Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cado — Cado turns the headache of client onboarding into a revenue-generating engine.
Telepatia — Telepatia is a health tech platform that utilizes artificial intelligence to support medical professionals.
Niva — Niva's business identity platform enables institutions across the globe to verify more businesses faster, safer, and smarter with AI. Scale your fraud and compliance teams with Niva.

monashees is the pioneer venture capital firm in Latin America. It partners with outstanding founders who are revolutionizing large markets. The firm serves entrepreneurs starting with their very first movements, supporting their growth through its expansion funds. With a human-values-first approach, monashees helps founders challenge the statusquo and improve people’s lives through technology. The monashees community includes over 150 companies and 300+ founders.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Seed
Brazil, United States, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

NG.CASH — NG.CASH is a digital app designed to help Generation Z become financially independent. It allows users to manage their own money with solutions such as PIX (Brazil’s “instant-payment” method), prepaid credit card, allowance management and a virtual card, in addition to features that let users customise the app’s design and a marketplace withdiscounts on Gen Z’s most desired brands. Structured as a financial hub, NG.CASH aims to accompany its clients throughout their lives and increase financial literacy in the region.
Monato — Monato is a fintech that builds modular, scalable financial infrastructure that allows companies to integrate financial services in compliance with regulations.
Simetrik — Simetrik offer big data solutions for financial control and automation services for corporate companies.

Founded in 2001, Tiger Global Management, LLC (“Tiger Global”) is a New York-based investment firm pursuing a long-term approach to investing in leading, global public and private companies that leverage technological innovation. Tiger Global’s public equity business includes fundamentally oriented long/short, long-focused and crossoverstrategies, targeting investments in high-quality, public growth companies. The private equity business invests in early through late stage companies that pursue innovative approaches to new and existing industries, building on over 20 years of experience investing in hundreds of businesses in more than 30 countries with more than 90 portfolio company IPOs. With a strong track record investing across sectors and stages, Tiger Global aims to be a thought partner to companies and their management teams across their lifecycle in public and private markets. The Firm’s mission is to generate world-class returns for its investors and to do so in a way that makes its employees, partners and portfolio companies proud.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Series B, Series A, Series C
United States, India, China

Portfolio highlights

Chaayos — Your one stop shop for all your Chai Cravings. Easy way to buy out Masala Tea, Instant Tea, Green Teas and Tea Gifts.
Gridware — Using remote telemetry and edge AI, Gridware wildfire prevention technology powers a grid that is smarter and more reliable than ever before.
Nothing — Nothing is a London-based company removing the barriers between people and technology to create a seamless digital future.

Investing in Automation for the Real Economy

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Mexico, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Shovels — Shovels provides go-to-market data for the building trades. Shovels tags and ties 100 million building permits with 4 million contractors nationwide so software developers can build products and GTM solutions for the construction industry..
Slide — Slide is the cutting-edge, security-first Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) modern backup solution designed for MSPs.
The Mobile-First Company — Early Stage Startup that is Simplifying Business, One App at a Time. Forget about those overcomplicated, pricey software giants. We're building easy, mobile-first tools that actually make sense.

Bridge One is a Brazilian-based venture capital firm focused on high growth B2B software companies.

Investment focus

Fashion, Security, Biometrics
Series A, Seed, Series B
Brazil, China, Argentina

Portfolio highlights

Goomer — Goomer is an omnichannel platform designed to assist food service businesses. It enables consumers to place orders through smartphones, tablets, and kiosks whether in-store, for delivery or even pick-up. Goomer is located in Sorocaba, Brazil.
Goumee — Goumee is a live-streaming fashion e-commerce platform. Goumee provides female fashion information services through a multi-channel network.
VU — Sebastián Stranieri, is CEO and founder of VU Inc, a multinational company that provides secure and frictionless digital experiences for more than 350 million people over the world. Passionate about technology, he has more than two decades of experience in the cybersecurity industry. His career has always been driven by the desire to innovate insafer solutions that improve the quality of life of citizens and companies, and that is how VU was born. VU focuses on the new concept of “online persona” providing robust identity verification for its users, which allows a more holistic authentication paradigm. Through the combination of traditional cybersecurity controls with geolocation, biometrics and user behavior analysis based on machine learning, VU enables a continuous authentication process where the user is seen as a whole, rather than a set of credentials. In July 2021, VU announced a $12 million Series B funding round with investors such as Globant and Telefonica. Sebastian, is also an Endeavor entrepreneur, he was recognized by MIT Technology Review magazine in 2013 and selected by Forbes Argentina as one of the 30 Promises in 2017. His passion for what he does led him to win the Sadosky Award for Entrepreneur of the Year for the Chamber of the Argentine Software Industry (CESSI) in 2019. VU received several recognitions, such as: Cybersecurity Ventures ranking 500, Santander’s X100 and VISA - La Nación’s Innovation Award, in the category of payment methods and cybersecurity for developing new business models in financial services through the use of technology that mark socioeconomic trends, changes in consumption habits and payment methods and also improve the security of transactions, among many acknowledgments from Microsoft as partners and for our technology, such as: AI Latam Partner of the Year (2021), Global Finalists in IA and Government (2021) and Country Partner of the Year (Argentina, 2019 and Bolivia, 2020)

Chromo Invest is an Investment Studio focused on Global Alternative Investments and “Out-of-the-box” investment ideas. The firm manages liquid and illiquid investments for a UHNW Brazilian family and selected clients. They seek global investment theses in order to achieve an appreciation of the capital invested in the long term, with participatoryand contributory activities in business. It analyzes the intrinsic characteristics of potential businesses, far beyond financial indicators.Chromo Invest's mission as an alternative investment manager is to be a powerful guiding focus for businesses and investors, such as marine lighthouses, which project the light to indicate the right direction and warn of obstacles ahead of any adversity.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Brazil, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.
Civi — Civi App is a security application which provides access to real time security alerts and news information for avoiding risky situations.
SouSmile — SouSmile is a dental beauty startup that believes everyone should have access to a smile they love. We sell our own brand of invisible aligners and whitening gels through conveniently-located retail locations where our team of dentists is available to create personalized treatment plans.

Guilherme is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor that deeply believes entrepreneurship is fundamental to make the world in a better place to live in. Co-founded iFood, one of the first Latin American unicorns, and now is developing Mercê do Bairro with the big dream to transform traditional groceries retailers in a strong virtual retail chain.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil, Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

Klubi — Klubi is a fintech company that provides credit facilities in a simple, transparent, secure and truly digital experience.
Civi — Civi App is a security application which provides access to real time security alerts and news information for avoiding risky situations.
Mentora — Mentora is an AI platform developer offering personalized, AI-driven leadership development tailored to individual and organizational needs

Flavia Buchmann is the CMO at NotCo.

Investment focus

Marketing, Restaurants, Food Delivery
Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Faster — Faster is a graphic design subscription service that unlocks the full potential of your marketing team!
Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

Base 10 provides seamless integration and advanced solutions for comprehensive and reliable security. Base 10 is located Melbourne's northern suburbs.

Investment focus

Payments, Restaurants, Point of Sale
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Zak — Founded in 2018, ZAK is an All-in-One management platform for the digitization and financial empowerment of restaurants, operating in Latin America as a Digital Restaurant Platform with zero fixed cost. Focused on empowering restaurants to succeed financially in the digital age, ZAK offers a 100% cloud, integrated platform, ranging from a POS withcentralized order management to the back office. A Direct Channel - Whitelabel solution with integrated logistics and payments for both online and at store sales. Present in hundreds of restaurants in São Paulo, it is the only company in the Food Service market that offers a complete management platform coupled with financial services.

Aram Capital is a wealth management and investment company.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Marketplace
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Israel, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mana.bio — Mana.bio is an AI based drug delivery startup, focusing on gene therapy including RNA and DNA-based therapeutics and vaccines
Gizmo — AI quizzes that help you learn and remember anything
Stoke Space — STOKE Space Technologies seamlessly connecting earth and space.

Build good sh*t with Latitud

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil, Mexico, United States

Portfolio highlights

Pipeimob — Real Estate Transactional Platform that brings security, transparency and speed to everyone involved in the transaction
Anyone AI — We invest in talent from Latam.
Conectamos — Ship with local carriers, more affordable and reliable

Moriah Asset operates as an investment firm.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Snack Food
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
Brazil, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Utreino — Utreino is a training and knowledge platform focused on well-being and health.
Solo Snacks — Solo snacks is a food company that offers a range of health snacks, fruits, and vegetables.
OriginalGinger — OriginalGinger offers flavored soda-based beverages.

Astella is a venture investor, providing capital, culture, and capabilities to Brazilian entrepreneurs who are willing to change our country's future.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

Estoca — Estoca is a decentralized Fulfillment-as-a-Service for multi-channel businesses, allowing them to seamlessly deliver goods in less than 2 days in the main Brazilian cities, with hassle-free setup. We combine our network of warehouses with a prediction algorithm that allocates goods closer to customers.
Cayena — Cayena is a B2B marketplace for the $100b+ wholesale food industry in Latin America. The company allows restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens to procure their inventory from multiple suppliers with next day delivery and a comprehensive suite of add-on services.
Leapy — Leapy transforms hiring apprentices from a legal obligation into a strategic investment, solving talent shortages and youth unemployment.

Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital. Commerce has changed and platforms like shopify, amazon, meli, alibaba and their peers are more and more relevant to our economy throughout the globe. This movement triggered a new generation of enablers to support small businesses navigate in suchrich and fragmented ecosystem. Olist is leading the way as the #1 commerce enabler for SMBs in Brazil, now expanding globally.The company started with a single core connecting merchants to marketplaces and evolved to a complete ecosystem of integrated products in 3 dimensions. (1) Commerce: (a) Olist Store is the leading solution to sell on marketplaces; (b) Olist Shops is our ecommerce solution, mobile first, natively connected to social media, present in 180 countries. (2) Logistics: Olist Pax is a leading cloud based logistics and fulfillment network provider operating in Brazil. (3) Capital: Olist Credit and Olist Pay.

Investment focus

B2B, Retail, Software
Pre-Seed, Seed
Brazil, Uruguay

Portfolio highlights

nocnoc — Our cross-border eCommerce platform enables Latin American marketplaces to enter the cross-border world, and empowers international sellers to increase their selling volumes in Latin America.Forget long and frustrating international adventures. Reward your customers with a comfortable domestic-feeling shopping experience no matter where theproducts are coming from.
FLOKI Technologies — 1,536 Followers, 1,821 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from FLOKI Compras (@floki_compras)

Patrice Etlin joined Advent International in 1997 and started the firm’s investment activities in Brazil. He has 19 years of private equity experience. From 1994 to 1997, Patrice was a partner at International Venture Partners in São Paulo, where he was responsible for the overall operation of a media and communications fund focused on Brazil.Previously, he spent five years with Matra Marconi Space, initially as a systems engineer on a project to develop a European military observation satellite. In 1990, he was promoted to general representative for Brazil, in charge of setting up a private telecommunications satellite system providing services to Mercosul countries.Patrice is also Chairman of the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA).

Investment focus

Mobile, Software, Restaurants
Private Equity, Seed
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

CI&T — CI&T employs agile methodologies and Lean principles to deliver nearshore web and mobile application development and management services, software product engineering and digital marketing services. With high performance development teams that are collaborative, enthusiastic and committed to skills mastery and have a strong commitment toinnovation, CI&T is constantly on the forefront of discovering new ways to deliver value and eliminate waste to help clients reduce costs and improve quality, speed and business agility.Consistently listed on the IAOP Global Outsourcing 100, CI&T has been recognized by the IAOP/Fortune Magazine as a symbol of innovation in outsourcing. CI&T has also been ranked one of the 100 best companies to work for by the Great Place to Work Institute for the past five years.CI&T is headquartered in Campinas, Brazil, with additional offices in Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Jersey, New York City, London and Tokyo. CI&T's CMMI-5 competency centers are located in Brazil, Argentina and China, serving customers around the globe, including Citibank, Coca-Cola, Dow Jones, Johnson & Johnson, MetLife, Panasonic, Rhodia, Saint-Gobain and Yahoo!.
Tigre — Tigre is synonymous with innovation and pioneering spirit. The brand offers products for the building, infrastructure, irrigation, and industrial markets. The company operates in around 40 countries, has 7,000 employees, nine plants in Brazil, and 13 abroad. Besides pipes and fittings, the Tigre Tools for Painting and Tigre-ADS brands are also partof the portfolio, as are HDPE pipes for sanitation and drainage.
Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

Andres Bilbao

Investment focus

Software, Financial Services, FinTech
Seed, Pre-Seed
Brazil, Uruguay, Costa Rica

Portfolio highlights

DAOHQ — DAOHQ is the first marketplace for decentralized autonomous organizations.
fidu — Fidu aims to develop a new operating system specifically for LatAm schools enabling institutions to digitally handle everything from finances to school-wide announcements
FLOKI Technologies — 1,536 Followers, 1,821 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from FLOKI Compras (@floki_compras)

Aimorés Investments is investing in technology companies between the Anjo and Pré-Seed stages.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Vidia — Vidia is a digital marketplace that allows the purchase of surgeries by individuals without access to health plans.
Vestipago — Vesti's payment solution, specialized for the wholesale apparel sector
Meu Pescado — Meu Pescado is an agtech company.

Ralf Wenzel is the Berlin- and New York-based founder and CEO of JOKR, the global platform for instant grocery and retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. Email Johrenk7@gmail.com Ralf has an almost 20-year track record of building companies up from scratch, bringing their products to consumers globally, and leading diverse teams. Prior tofounding JOKR, he built three companies, including foodpanda, one of the world's most successful food delivery businesses across 40 countries, which he later merged with Delivery Hero and led through an initial public offering. He also built Skrill, the first e-wallet and leading online payments company in Europe, and Tocororo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Ralf previously operated his businesses with a focus on emerging markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He has also served as Managing Partner at Softbank. Wenzel holds a degree in computer science from Berlin University.

Investment focus

Retail, Grocery, Delivery
Seed, Series B
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

JOKR — Grocery shopping is easier now with JOKR, your instant delivery app. Order your groceries and favorite products in our online supermarket and get them instantly at your door. Download the app now and make your first grocery order on us. Available in IOs and Android. Access www.jokr.com for more info
FLOKI Technologies — 1,536 Followers, 1,821 Following, 136 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from FLOKI Compras (@floki_compras)

Bernardo de Barros Franco is a Serial entrepreneur and angel investor on the IT sector. Bernardo previously worked at u.sit as a Co-founder and CEO. He attended Harvard Business School. Ibmec, and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro.

Investment focus

CRM, SMS, SaaS
Seed, Angel
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

u.sit — U.sit is a digital intelligence system that operates as an interface between bars, restaurants, and their customers. The system has four modules: a waitlist management system module that manages the restaurant’s waitlist and notifies customers through SMS when their table is ready, a reservation management module that allows restaurants to controltheir reservations and notify customers of pending reservations, an analytics module that provides detailed information on the restaurant’s wait and reservation operation, and a CRM module that delivers collected customer information.U.sit is based in Brazil.
Aulalivre — The Aulalivre Project is a preparatory course for entrance exams and Enem, distributed free of charge through the internet. Its objective is to bring to the greatest number of Brazilians the knowledge necessary to reach a university position, giving equal chances to those who do not have the time and / or money to invest in their owneducation.

Romero Rodrigues is the Managing Partner of Headline in Brazil, which invests in Early-Stage companies across Latin America as part of the global Headline platform. As a partner of XP.inc responsible for Venture Capital, he manages the recently raised Headline Brazil fund 3, with $200M in AUM, and co-manages Redpoint e.ventures funds 1 and 2, with$305M in AUM. Together, the funds have invested in more than 70 companies since 2012.For the last 24 years, Romero has been a startup entrepreneur and investor. He has been involved in over 100 companies, 10 now unicorns.In 1998, Romero co-founded Buscapé, a pioneering force in the Brazilian startup scene. His leadership as CEO for 16 years, until 2014, was instrumental in shaping Buscapé's success. The pinnacle of his tenure was the acquisition of Buscapé by Naspers/Prosus for $374 million in 2009, a landmark event in the Latam startup world.Romero has served on the boards of companies such as Pismo, Wayfair, TOTVs, and Neogrid.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Brazil, United States

Portfolio highlights

MarketUP — MarketUP Brasil is an innovative startup that believes in the impact of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the entrepreneurial attitude towards the development of the economic scenario, since it is these companies that drive a good part of the country's economy. We believe in these entrepreneurs and offer a complete and freesolution for companies that want to grow and differentiate themselves in the market. We came up with the idea of facilitating the day-to-day business of the SME with a sales and management system capable of managing all the business processes in a simple and uncomplicated way. Our team is composed of experienced people, with relevant history in WEB business development and active participation in the evolution of the Brazilian internet. What was once only available to large companies, now it is within the reach of SMEs without having to pay anything for it. A revolutionary way to run a business. Our system has no use limit and no cost per license, installation, maintenance or paid versions! With tools that encompass purchasing and inventory management, sales, issuance of fiscal documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management. Create your account right now in the MarketUP Management System: https://marketup.com/ Follow MarketUP also: Blog: http://marketup.com/blog Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MarketUP.Brasil ? fref = ts Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marketupoficial/?hl=en sales, issue of tax documents and financial management.
Moneto — Moneto is a financial services application that automates and controls the receipt and management of sales in small businesses and insurance companies. Moneto was launched by Marcos Arruda, Carlos Arruda, and Paulo Silva Filho in 2013 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Galena — Established in 2020, Galena trains and develops young talented individuals for the jobs of the future.

Diego Libanio - Founder & CEO @ Mercê do Bairro

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

Based in Brazil, Plataforma Capital is a growth capital firm focused on investments in early-stage companies.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Seed, Funding Round
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Set you — Set you is an online retailer of vitamins, minerals, herbal medicines, and nutritional supplements.
EvoBooks — EvoBooks is a mobile and VR interactive learning experiences for schools. EvoBooks offers interactive learning platforms for mobile and VR/AR. Its main focus is in the area of Basic Education, at the levels of Elementary and Middle School, both in private schools and public schools.
Tupinamba — Tupinamba develops electric charging solutions.

Iporanga Ventures is venture capital funds management company, focused on Pre-Seed/Seed stage Brazilian startups.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Abstra — with just a single person in minutes. No highly technical skills. No backlog. No code
Prota Games — The largest gaming audience on Youtube
Justamente — We seek to narrow the justice gap in Brazil. Empowering consumers through technology, reducing bureaucracy and making claims easier.

APEX Partners is a platform for alternative investments and financial services, specialized in resource management and corporate finance, based on strong values and guided by the objective of developing the financial market in the state of Espírito Santo.

Investment focus

Apps, Software, Delivery
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Bankme — Bankme is a fintech that creates and operates mini banks for companies.
ATW Delivery Brands — A pioneering group, specialized in developing restaurants to work only in our dark kitchens. Over 850 digital restaurants in 160 cities.
Univale Transportes — Univale Transportes is a company that provides public transport, charter, tourism and logistics services.

Hix Capital is a Public Equities focused investment firm, also investing in private equity and late stage growth capital.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series C
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

F360° — F360° provides SaaS solution for SMB Retail and Franchise Management.
Mola Corban — Mola is an efficient solution that boost banking correspondents
Omie — Omie is a Brazilian held software house that develops Cloud ERP and CRM for small and medium companies. The software is a platform for integrating companies and accounting firms, so it promotes and sells through an ecosystem where entrepreneurs and accountants are bound by consultants, the enablers. Omie DNA is simple, intuitive and affordable.Omie was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Confrapar invests in technology companies through four Brazilian regulated (CVM) funds with a diverse range of limited partners, including family offices, pension funds, banks and development agencies from Brazil and abroad. Confrapar invests up to $20 million USD in each company. We currently have 10 companies in our portfolio and offices inSão Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.Confrapar relies on the background and expertise of its more than 100 Market Partners in key market sectors. These relationships create unique opportunities for the portfolio companies to grow their businesses.

Investment focus

Health Care, Apps, Internet
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Brazil, United Kingdom, United States

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Fielo — Fielo is an Incentive and Loyalty software platform that helps channel marketers drive partner engagement, loyalty and sales performance.Fielo is growing rapidly. They invest in their people and are looking for motivated and talented individuals to join their team. If you’re interested in their mission to help companies reach their goals withcutting edge incentive and loyalty program technology.
Flapper Technologies — Flapper Technologies is Brazil's first boutique private airline. The company was born of a need for accessible on-demand private aviation services, including flights to Premium destinations inaccessible to commercial aviation. Building on the rising popularity of sharing economy, the company sells individual seats on general aviation aircraft,as well as offers on-demand charters, including helicopters, private jets and large corporate airliners.With more than 550 certified aircraft available on its charter platform Flapper boasts the most complete private aviation offer in Latin America.
SalaryFits — A platform that allows financial institutions to integrate their systems with payroll information of entities, providing access to a new risk assessment tool. All of these create a win-win scenario, which reduces the transaction costs and assures the feasibility of a sustainable personal loan credit line.

Calila is a family office of the Jereissati family.

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

Scale-Up Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in companies selected by Endeavor Brazil's hyper-growth acceleration programs.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Brazil, United States, Canada

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Divibank — Divibank is a financing platform offering businesses access to growth capital.
Bull — Bull is a modular credit platform that turns customers into revenue through fast, secure Workers' Loans.
Tensec — Tensec is reimagining B2B cross-border financial services by providing the fastest and simplest way for businesses to move money across global markets.

Gabriel Cherubini

Investment focus

Restaurants, Food Delivery
Series A
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Olga Ri — Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinkingsustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives.Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

Investing in early-stage startups in Brazil

Investment focus

Internet, Software, Insurance
Seed
Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Kuri — Kuri is a healthtech company that uses AI for revenue cycle management services at hospitals, laboratories, and clinics.
Iglu — Iglu is a software development firm that provide multiple payment methods and work as an omnichannel between e-commerce and physical stores,
Nuvia — Nuvia is an artificial Intelligence automation platform that helps with sales process, lead generation and hyper-personalized conversions

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