Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Brazil in May 2026
Top 50 Software Angel Investors in Brazil in May 2026
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Find investors — It's Free!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.
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- Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States
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- 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.
I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor.
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- Education, E-Learning, EdTech
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- bxblue — bxblue is a marketplace for personal loans in Brazil explicitly targeting pensioners and Government workers because they can they take loans secured by their guaranteed income. Because of that banks can deduct the payment directly from the paycheck, leading to an apr 10x lower than credit cards. Payroll secured loans are the most affordablepersonal loan in Brazil, and they represent 60% of the personal loans in the country. It is a 40bn dollar/year marke, completely offline. We are taking this entire market online.
- Consulta do Bem — Consulta do Bem seeks to promote universal access to health by offering an innovative way to schedule and get consultations online. Using technology and science, the company connects doctors and patients instantaneously, optimizing the health professionals' agenda and allowing them to offer their services at more affordable prices to thepopulation.Consulta do Bem was founded in 2015 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Back4app — Harness the power of a low-code cloud platform to rapidly launch apps and seamlessly scale to millions of users. Unlock AI-powered tools and out-of-the-box components for blazing-fast development.
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.
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- Software, Apps, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, United States
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- 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.
There are the well-traveled and then there are the travelers. Born in Brazil and raised in France, Marcelo has been jumping between the developing and developed worlds his entire life, which explains his innate understanding of the two. Name a country and it’s likely that Marcelo has been there. He has traveled and worked in over 50 countries likeMozambique, China, Peru, Latvia, and Korea.Marcelo has more than a decade of experience in channel and direct sales for both private and public sectors. He graduated from PUC-Rio in Production Engineering, and discovered his passion for business and technology at Microsoft. From there he transitioned to Oracle where he became head of Sales for Brazil, winning sales awards each year he was there as one of the best global performers in management and execution. He also happened to be Oracle’s youngest sales manager in the world.
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- Internet, Apps, Software
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States
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- Cloud Humans — Cloud Humans is a platform that connects professionals to employers for outsourcing business.
- Trace Finance — Trace Finance enables secure and swift connections between businesses and their customers through payments and automatic transaction reconciliations on a large scale, promoting integrity and efficiency.
Rodrigo is the leader of the new generation of entrepreneurs in the segment. Co-founder of Vindi , he was an Itaú business executive, coordinated the bank's mergers (with BankBoston and Unibanco). Vindi is a payment platform founded in 2013 and one of the finest fintechs in the country.
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- FinTech, SaaS, Financial Services
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Brazil
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- Kiro — Kiro is a non-alcoholic beverage brand for adults.
- Weego — Weego is Duolingo-like platform for leadership development. Helping managers to develop soft skills that they lack and make them great leaders, reduce turnover, burnouts and increase company results.
- Cardeal.app — Cardeal, a proptech that aims to unleash the potential of distressed real estate assets, managing all the complexities and simplifying access to ownership, whether for investment or residential purposes.
Andréa Nogueira, CFA - Founder & Managing Partner @ Flame Ventures
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- Apps, Internet, Software
- Seed
- Brazil, United States, Canada
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- SmartMEI — SmartMEI Estamos construindo um novo site | Smart Mei
- GigU — StopClub is a vertical community app designed for gig workers. Our features addresses their everyday needs while building the social foundation for future business.
- Back4app — Harness the power of a low-code cloud platform to rapidly launch apps and seamlessly scale to millions of users. Unlock AI-powered tools and out-of-the-box components for blazing-fast development.
Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and datacompany Geo Imovel.He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America.
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- Real Estate, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, Colombia, United States
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- Awari — Awari is an education startup upskilling Latam with a modern approach to education. We offer project-driven, cohort-based courses, and students receive feedback and one-on-one mentorship from mentors who work at companies like Disney, Apple, Google and other top companies.
- Academlo — Academlo is an online programming school offering courses without down payment. Students only pay a percentage of their salary when they get a job.
- Blind Creator — SaaS with embedded finance for Content Creators
CEO and founder at Caelum Alura
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- Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Brazil, United States
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- Kiro — Kiro is a non-alcoholic beverage brand for adults.
- Trace Finance — Trace Finance enables secure and swift connections between businesses and their customers through payments and automatic transaction reconciliations on a large scale, promoting integrity and efficiency.
- Sinapse Finance — Sinapse is the first CFO as a Network, providing complete financial management solutions for SMBs through proprietary technology and outstanding services provided by our network marketplace.
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.
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- E-Commerce, Information Technology, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, United States
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- 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
Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Brazil
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- Linte — Linte helps companies to lower expenses with lawsuits using document assembly and marketplace tools. Linte offers a cloud-based solution that automates repetitive tasks, quickly, cheaply and safely, with the best practices of usability and design. Users can handle contracts, processes, and documents in an efficient and smart way.Linte was foundedon 2015 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Prontmed — Prontmed organizes and integrates health information with an intuitive Electronic Medical Record. It develops the technologies that facilitates the day-to-day medical and hospital procedures. The main function of electronic medical records is to facilitate and support the care of patients. Therefore, the company focuses on optimizing the time ofdoctors, ensures high availability of the system, and assists in maintaining the quality of care. The features of the product are automatic configuration, security and reliability, simplified navigation, excellence support, and smart prescription.Prontmed is a Brazil-based company that was founded in 1996 by Wang Feng.
- Qual Canal — Qual Canal provides social TV analytics for advertisers and TV stations willing to know more about their audiences. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Co-founder & CEO at Volanty
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- Internet, Sports, Software
- Seed, Angel
- Brazil, United States
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- Quansa — Changing the way workers access financial services.
- Sooper — Sooper | O APP da sua loja
- Rough Diamonds — Rough Diamonds is a platform which unites Web3 and the sports universe.
Ariel Lambrecht - Founder @ Mara
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- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, Chile
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- Zarv — Zarv protects your fleet against default, fraud, theft and robbery. Our technology tracks your fleet in real time, even without a GPS tracker.
- Salvy — A melhor operadora para o seu time!
- CLIVI — Clivi is a specialized digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes.
Mario Letelier is the General Partner at DOMO Invest.
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- Education, EdTech, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Brazil
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- QMagico — Somos o mesmo grupo de pessoas, mas temos um novo nome: Eduqo.
- Prontmed — Prontmed organizes and integrates health information with an intuitive Electronic Medical Record. It develops the technologies that facilitates the day-to-day medical and hospital procedures. The main function of electronic medical records is to facilitate and support the care of patients. Therefore, the company focuses on optimizing the time ofdoctors, ensures high availability of the system, and assists in maintaining the quality of care. The features of the product are automatic configuration, security and reliability, simplified navigation, excellence support, and smart prescription.Prontmed is a Brazil-based company that was founded in 1996 by Wang Feng.
- Qual Canal — Qual Canal provides social TV analytics for advertisers and TV stations willing to know more about their audiences. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
Entrepreneur, angel investor and SaaS expert.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Brazil, United States
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- Deskfy — Deskfy is a brand portal that enables centralize your brand management and get a complete picture of your marketing processes, your entire team and your agency in one place. Is a brand automation platform that enables marketers to work together in the management, distribution, customization and validation of communication materials.
- Acquire.com — Buy or sell a profitable online business in as little as 90 days. 500k+ qualified buyers, 1,000s of vetted listings. M&A advisory, legal help, escrow, & more.
- Conta Simples — Conta Simples is the all-in-one finance plataform. The union of checking account, expense management software and corporate cards in one place. We bring peace to finance teams and entrepreneurs. Control, visibility, autonomy and decentralization of payments for SMBs in Latam.
Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University.
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- Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- Brazil, United States, Mexico
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- Azos — Azos is an insurtech firm that offers personalized insurance services. The company was founded by Rafael Cló, Bernardo Ribeiro, and Renato Farias and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Lerian — Freedom at the Core. Developer-first financial services. Technological solutions for financial services, fintechs, and BaaS.
- Lemon Energy — A Lemon leva energia solar para a sua empresa, sem obras e com economia anual na conta de luz.
Joao Kepler Braga is a partner at Bossa Nova Investimentos.
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- Software, Financial Services, SaaS
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States
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- Plano — Plano brings financial education for people to achieve financial goals.
- Vista Fintech — Vista Fintech connect financial planners with clients using technology.
- Abler Recrutamento Digital — For companies that are struggling to hire, Abler is a platform that compares requirements and skills, facilitates management and simplifies communication by offering simplicity, automation and better experiences through technology. For professionals looking for job opportunities and suffering from the lack of references and evaluations in the jobmarket, Abler is a platform that through the comparison of requirements and skills, guides and indicates opportunities according to their profile providing feedbacks, automation and better experiences for candidates.
Kees Koolen is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Koolen Industries. Previously Kees was COO, CEO and Chairman of booking.com. Kees was advisor to Uber from 2012-2017 concerning international rollout.
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- Travel, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- The Netherlands, Brazil, Germany
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- Florbs — Florbs is the security shield for Google Workspace. It gives you full visibility and control over files, users and AI. Detect risks, manage access, and automate protection without slowing collaboration. Setup in minutes, instant overview, real security.
- Holidu — Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany.
- Sympower — Empower your business with Sympower's AI-powered solutions, optimising efficiency and maximising revenue through demand response, battery storage, and grid balancing.
David Vélez is the Founder and CEO of Nu Colombia. He previously worked at Sequoia Capital as a Partner. David Vélez attended Stanford University.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Banking
- Series A, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, United States, Mexico
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- Justos — Justos is disrupting the insurance market in Latin America.
- Civi — Civi App is a security application which provides access to real time security alerts and news information for avoiding risky situations.
- Galena — Established in 2020, Galena trains and develops young talented individuals for the jobs of the future.
Julio Vasconcellos is the Managing Partner of Atlantico. He previously worked at Prefer as a CEO. Julio Vasconcellos attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.
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- SaaS, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Colombia, Canada
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- Cubbo — Cubbo is a Latin American technology company that fulfills e-commerce orders for direct-to-consumer brands. We’re building the largest urban warehouse fulfillment network throughout LatAm, which allows us to be the only solution in the region to be able to do same-day fulfillment. Cubbo’s software is fully integrated with e-commerce platforms,including Shopify, V-TEX, Mercado Libre, and many more.Our strategy for our urban fulfillment network is that we repurpose real estate assets (e.g., unused brick-and-mortar outlets or abandoned strip malls) and turn them into spaces suited for new industries, such as urban distribution spaces for e-commerce businesses.
- idwall — Idwall develops software to help small and medium-sized businesses in the customer credentialing process. It is focused on providing businesses with document validation, background check, and identity verification solutions and services. The company offers a real-time alert system that enables its users to verify customers’ data in signups andpurchases. It also provides implementation and consulting services for its solutions.Idwall was founded in July 2016 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Sao Paulo.
- Volanty — Volanty is a digital used car marketplace that digital second-hand car mall for pre-owned cars. For the seller, the company simplifies the entire sales process from inspecting and photographing the car to negotiating with potential buyers while reducing bureaucracy. For the buyer, Volanty makes buying used cars safe, convenient and moretransparent by selecting only the best cars and providing thorough information about the vehicle and seller. They use technology to connect sellers and buyers securely and efficiently, eliminating middlemen such as stores and dealers and thus maximizing the selling value of your car. The marketplace goal is to create a new era for those looking to sell or buy their car.Volanty was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro.
Américo Pereira Filho
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- Software, Logistics, Computer
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil
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- Kangu — Kangu is a vertically integrated network of drop-off and pick-up points for e-commerce logistics. Kangu solves an important infrastructure problem by connecting small online sellers, e commerce companies, transporters and 3rd party logistics providers, and consumers in an integrated platform to handle the drop-off, return/pick-up, andtransport of packages sold online.
- Infleet — Infleet provides transparency and agility through an integrative hub involving the main verticals of logistics and equipment management.
- HubLocal — HubLocal is a platform that attracts more customers to companies, making them automatically found on all Internet maps.
Sergio Furio is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Creditas. Before founding Creditas, he worked at The Boston Consulting Group in New York and Spain. He also worked at Deutsche Bank's Investment Banking Division. Besides Creditas, Mr. Furio serves at the boards of Endeavor Brazil, HBS Alumni Angels Association of Brazil, Juntos SomosMais and Sempre Semente
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- Financial Services, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, United States
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- WOODEA — Constructora industrializada de edificios en madera. Reducimos incertidumbre y plazos de manera sostenible y digital.
- Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud
- InfiniteWatch — InfiniteWatch provides a monitoring service for digital platforms. The system tracks web, voice, and AI agent interactions made through digital products. It collects data from these interactions to identify issues and opportunities for action. The service helps businesses understand how users interact with their online tools and services. It offersinsights that can support decision-making related to digital operations. The platform is designed to help organizations manage and review their digital performance.
Alessio Alionco is the Founder and CEO of Pipefy. He attended Universidade Federal do Paraná.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Sales
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil
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- MeetRox — Callrox allows customer-facing teams to centralize their knowledge repositories, keep them up-to-date and access them from anywhere, using the tools they already love such as Slack, Chrome, or Salesforce. With our white label platform, companies can easily build their knowledge into gamified learning trails to improve the onboarding and upskilling experience of employees and customers.
- Brick — Brick is an AI-powered platform for automating fraud prevention and underwriting, giving businesses full control over risk analysis.
- Brick Seguros — Brick Seguros offers security solutions and insurance services to car rental companies. It provides digital inspection and background check to help customers avoid fraud. Brick Seguros is based in Curitiba, Panama.
17+ years of experience in several industries and sectors, including entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Management consulting, and Investment Banking. Founder @ Airborne Ventures, an early-stage VC fund. Former Head of VC at Bradesco Venture Capital arm, responsible for 2 funds totaling R$ 800mm of invested capital and R$ 1,7billion AUM.Experienced VC investor with 50+ deals across several stages and industries over the last 6 years. Founded and co-founded several companies including Helpling, Remessa Online, Finpass, and MAR Ventures. Several successful exits including +1bi BRL sale and 1 Nasdaq IPO. Board member at several companies in different sectors and stages.Professional with an extensive network, close relationships, and co-investments with several VC funds and entrepreneurs. Wharton MBA | The Lauder Institute MA | UPenn Grad Electrical engineer B.eng. | Unicamp - BrazilSpecialties: Finance, General Management, Strategy, capital structuring, Angel Investing, M&A, Fundraising, Business Development, Tech start-ups (Healthtech, Marketplaces, Fintech, Edtech, Mobility) Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, FMCG, project management, Private Equity, Investment Banking, Career advisory.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, Software
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Bcredi — Bcredi is a financial services company that provides investments, property warranty credit, and real estate financing. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Parana, Brazil.
- Vobi — Vobi provides a platform to digitize the civil construction market.
- Remessa Online — Remessa Online is a Brazilian-based international money transfer platform that enables incoming and outgoing international wire transfers by individuals and businesses. “We believe in a world without physical borders. Our mission is to help our clients with their global financial needs, so that they can focus on what matters: their internationaldreams”, says Alexandre Liuzzi.Since creating the product, Remessa Online has served over 300,000 customers who needed to wire money to or from over 100 different countries. Its proprietary technology has saved time and money for clients, with fees 8x cheaper than the usual local solutions.“We understand that transferring money is just the beginning, and we are eager to build a global financial system that will make life easier for global citizens and businesses alike”, concludes Liuzzi.
Hans Tung is based out of Menlo Park, California, and is the Managing Partner of GGV Capital and also Board Member of Wispr Flow. Hans previously worked at Poshmark as a Board Member. Hans Tung attended the Stanford University.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Brazil, India
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- Ximkart — Everything you need to import raw materials. minus the headache! For manufacturers and businesses of every scale. With Ximkart, cross border trade is as easy as buying from your local supplier. We are currently dealing with Metals, Minerals, Chemicals with having a large list of QC tested products like Silicon, Titanium, Calcium Carbonate, Styrene, Ethyl Acetate, Isopropyl Alcohol, Ingots, Magnesium, Mixed Xylene, Butyl Acetate, Scrap, Alloy Wheel, MTO, GTO, Pine Oil, Rutile, 2196+, KMML, Doguide, RJ916, CPCL, BPCL, HPCL, 553, 441, 3303, DBM and many more.
- Jump — Jump is the AI operating system and AI assistant for financial advisors. It turns meetings, emails, and documents into notes, automated workflows, and compliance records.
- Fazz — Fazz offers an online business account to help your company grow faster, by providing access to credit, payment, corporate cards, savings and more.
Founder at Cobli.
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- Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Colombia, United States
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- Ruedata — Por medio de un software especializado en recolección y procesamiento de datos de llantas, Ruedata entrega resultados reales y tangibles de ahorro en uso de llantas, eficiencias en los costos de flotas de transporte de carga y pasajeros. Adicional mente se contribuye al medio ambiente minimizando el impacto al dejar de emitir toneladas de CO2.
- Tivita — Operating System for Healthcare Providers
- BeConfident — Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling
Guga Stocco has more than 20 years of experience in building up digital business and leading corporate transformation.He is responsible for carrying out successful projects concerning digital banking (Banco Original); startup investments (Domo Invest); mobile and e-commerce (Buscapé); internet platforms (Microsoft); and advertising (TeRespondo).Nowadays, he is a member of the Management Board at Falconi Holdings, Totvs, Vinci Partners and Banco Original. He is also the co-founder of Futurum.Capital and founder of FPass. As a speaker, he delivers talks about Tendencies and Innovation, and spoke in more than 120 events in Brazil, LATAM, Canada, the United States, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. His education background includes a degree in Business Administration from Fundação Armando Alvares Penteado – FAAP (1997); an MBA in Management from Insper (2010); a post-graduation degree in Marketing Management from FAAP (2007); and a Marketing Certificate from Berkeley, University of California (1996).Main contributions: Managing digital businesses; innovative viewpoint towards technology; entrepreneurship-driven attitude.
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- Education, Web Design, Web Development
- Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- FPass — Solução de plataforma de educação no modelo white label para educação corporativa.
Yves Nogueira
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- Software, Computer, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Infleet — Infleet provides transparency and agility through an integrative hub involving the main verticals of logistics and equipment management.
- HubLocal — HubLocal is a platform that attracts more customers to companies, making them automatically found on all Internet maps.
Eduardo Steiner is Regional CFO at Publicis Worldwide.
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- Mobile, Fashion, Lifestyle
- Seed, Angel
- Brazil
Travis Foxhall oversees the finance function at Clara, the leading corporate credit card and spend management solution for Latin America. Before joining Clara, he was an early-stage investor with Point72 Ventures and Quona Capital, where he focused on fintech startups in emerging markets. Travis was also Chief of Staff at Neon, a leading digitalbank in Brazil, where he worked for the CEO on special projects. He began his career in corporate strategy roles at JPMorganChase and Thomson Reuters. Travis is also an active angel investor, with a focus on seed-stage opportunities in the United States and Latin America.
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- B2B, FinTech, Payments
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Mexico, Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Prima — Reliable manufacturing & supply chain partner for custom parts, metal fabrication & efficient sourcing from Mexico. Manage design, production & delivery
- Neofin — AI-powered software for B2B payments workflows that automates and streamlines financial processes, transforming the way companies get paid and pay their bills
- Stacks — Close your books faster, smarter, and risk-free with Stacks, the AI tool for accounting teams.
Fabio Dutra
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- FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Brazil, Estonia, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Klavi — Klavi specializes in data analytics and open data connectivity that receives data securely, quickly, and scalable through a single API.
- Mobilitee — Mobilitee is a corporate platform for managing and optimizing expenses with taxi and private services.Mobilitee is an early stage startup based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, focused on smart urban mobility. It is a B2B SaaS solution that comprises a mobile app for company employees, which works as a kind of "Trivago" of taxis and ride-hailingcorporte services, and a web dashboard for the company managers.
- CarambolaTech — Platform of technological solutions and team training using agile methodology, inclusion and diversity.
João Ventura is the founder of Sling Capital.
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- Analytics, Advertising, B2B
- Seed
- Brazil, Canada, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Priced — Priced provides businesses with solutions to obtain analytics that focus on market research and promotional marketing.Priced provides retail businesses with applications, marketing services, and research. The applications it provides are my Rates and credits NFP.Priced was founded by Claudio N, Victor Key Harada, Ricardo C, Rafael M, Ricardo M,and Fernando Romero. It is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Revelo — Scale your development team with the top 1% of 1,000,000+ software engineers in Latin America. Get matched with senior remote developers who have strong technical and English-speaking skills & hire them without the overhead. We handle payroll, taxes, and HR. Flat monthly rate.
- LINKETT — Use real-time audience data and analytics to increase DOOH ad revenue and optimize advertising campaigns across digital signs, billboards, TVs and more.
Tiago Dalvi is Founder & CEO of Olist.
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- FinTech, Fruit, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Destaxa — Épico provides a financial services marketplace to brick and mortar retailers.
- Diferente — Mercado Diferente is a mission-driven Brazilian foodtech created with a purpose: give everyone access to healthy foods while fighting food waste in Latin America. By rescuing organic items considered "imperfect" and directly sending them to consumers, they are able to offer up to 40% off traditional retail prices. Founded by EduardoPetrelli (ex-James Delivery), Saulo Marti (ex-Olist), Paulo Monçores (ex-VTex) & Walter Rodrigues (ex-Rappi), Mercado Diferente is backed by major investors such as Maya Capital, Collaborative Fund, GFC and unicorn founders like Matias Muchnick (founder of NotCo), Abhi Ramesh (founder of Misfits Market), Hamish Shepard (founder of HelloFresh) and Tiago Dalvi (founder of Olist).
- Tivita — Operating System for Healthcare Providers
Serial Entrepreneur with more than 20 years on Proptech and fintech business with 3 successful exits: Zap Imoveis(Globo and Estado Acquisition 2000 ), Suahouse (VivaReal Acquisition 2015) and Kzas (Creditas Acquisition 2021).
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- Real Estate, Information Technology, FinTech
- Pre-Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Kzas.AI — Kzas is a real estate transaction platform that matches real buyers with real sellers/properties with a assistance of conversational AI or a specialized team, making a really painful process from search, mortgage to the notary, as easy and transparent as it gets.
- Pipeimob — Real Estate Transactional Platform that brings security, transparency and speed to everyone involved in the transaction
- Suahouse.com — Suahouse.com develops real estate CRM and marketing platform to help developers and builders improve the efficiency of the sales process. It helps manage the company's sales business with a greater focus on online, processes, and systems.
Adalmiro Baptista Junior
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- B2B, Credit, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Loopa — Loopa is an integrated financial management platform designed to track business transactions. Loopa helps small and medium entrepreneurs in their relationship with credit card machines, auditing each transaction, optimizing fees, and recovering amounts due. The company's goal is to simplify clients' day-to-day lives with transparency andconfidence, so they can focus on their own business.The platform does all the work for clients. No more Excel spreadsheets, no bureaucracy or doubts. Loopa is automatic, practical, safe, and free.
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.
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- 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.
Tasso Luiz Pereira da Silva
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- Finance, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- insped — We were born with the following objectives: Helping companies make data-driven decisions and institutions offer products and services with greater added value for SMEs and Individuals.Through a process automation platform using robots, interfaces (APIs) for receiving/distributing information and applying science of data/machine learningwe are making simple a process that today it is extremely complex and with unreliable data sources.
André holds a degree in Business Administration of the Fundação Armando Álvares Penteado, São Paulo (Brazil) and a GMP at CEDEP/INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France). He has more than 22 years experience within the communication industry, having worked for advertising and media agencies in Brazil and in Spain. After having worked at Havas for 12years, where at the end he accumulated the roles of MD at Havas Digital Brazil and MD at Z+, he became an entrepreneur in 2013 and has since then helped building NetCos (influencer marketing), Adglow (social media advertising), Smartclip Brazil, (video distribution platform), Blasting News Brazil (social journalism), Kiddo (customer experience), Oliver Latam (in house agencies), Audioria (podcast production and distribution) and Corebiz Spain (omnichannel agency). Since 2014 also acting as an angel investor at seed and early stage ventures for companies such as iSPORTiSTiCS (artificial intelligence for sports), Sherwa (gaming network), Donamaid (cleaning services marketplace), Mimo (live commerce), Chilligum Creatives (dynamic creatives), Super Troupers (influencer powered commerce solution) and also through Wow Accelerator. André was also a professor for two years at the Master in Digital Marketing of the Instituto de Empresa, Madrid (Spain) and a VP and board member at the Interactive Advertising Bureau Brazil. In 2014 André was ranked second in the Top 50 Innovators of Marketing and Communication in Brazil list, published by Proxxima (Meio&Mensagem Group).
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- Software, Video, Sports
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Spain, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- DISS-CO — Discover how to implement the best GRC Software for your company today. Ready in 7 minutes. Easy to use with automated workflows
- Super Troupers — Traditional influencers platforms give them a fish for each campaign; we give them a fishing rod.
- Sherwa Online Services — JalaLive sajikan kumpulan fakta unik dan menarik seputar penyelenggaraan edisi pertama format 32 tim ini.
Arash Ferdowsi is the Co-Founder & CTO at Dropbox. After studying at MIT, Arash Ferdowsi founded Dropbox with Drew Houston. Dropbox was a TechCrunch50 finalist in 2008.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Services
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Warp — Warp is a payroll and compliance tool that makes it easy for founders to hire, onboard, and pay their employees.
- Wild Moose — Wild Moose helps on-call developers more quickly identify the source of production incidents, by providing a conversational AI trained on their environment. This allows developers to delegate the search through logs and metrics to lightning-fast AI.
- The Wedding Company — The Wedding Company provides the best wedding services in India. Book end-to-end wedding planning services online with us and grab the best deals for your wedding, engagement, reception, and other events.
Jose Marin started his professional career as a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group.In 1999 he co-founded DeRemate.com (eBay model for Latin America). The company raised 75 M USD, did a partial cash-out sale to Terra and later merged with Mercado Libre that went Public in Nasdaq .Currently Jose is co-Founder and co-CEO of IGExpansion. IG takes successful internet business models into emerging markets (main focus Brazil). IG builds one project per year and will not build more than 6 (investing the first 3 to 5 M USD per project). 5 of the 6 are already operating being Viajanet (Expedia for Latam) its biggest success.Jose is also founder of Serendipity Investments, company that has invested in >70 start-ups. Before this, Jose invested in projects such as Bazee (auctions sold to eBay in 2005) and eDreams (European Travel site sold to TA Associates in 2006) obtaining top tier returns.Jose is a Mechanical and Electrical Engineer and holds an MBA and an MA in International development Economics from Stanford.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Borzo — Borzo is a global delivery service that enables intracity same-day delivery. Our algorithms optimize numerous parallel deliveries taking into account the geographical routes, packages’ contents, couriers and many others to ensure the feasibility of the same-day delivery. The services are available in 10 countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia,Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, the Philippines, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam and are used by 3 million customers ranging from SMEs to enterprises.
- Printify — Sell custom t-shirts, phone cases, and 800+ products with your designs printed on demand. We will handle printing and shipping to your customers.
- Menu Next Door — Menu Next Door's chefs are enthusiasts from all walks of life who want to share their talents. So you'll always enjoy freshly-made, delicious meals originating from all over the world.On Menu Next Door, you'll find these quality meals at affordable prices because they're homemade and prepared locally with no delivery charges.It's great food for the many, not the few.What brings people together more than food? Community is the magic ingredient in Menu Next Door.Meeting your chef and getting the chance to talk to them about the dish they've prepared is what makes this something more than just a takeaway.
Milton Seligman
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- 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.
Rodrigo Weigand
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- Finance, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- insped — We were born with the following objectives: Helping companies make data-driven decisions and institutions offer products and services with greater added value for SMEs and Individuals.Through a process automation platform using robots, interfaces (APIs) for receiving/distributing information and applying science of data/machine learningwe are making simple a process that today it is extremely complex and with unreliable data sources.
26 years old entrepreneur, Co-Founder & CEO of CASH. We are building a future where every Gen Z has control over their financial life at NG.CASH. | Forbes Under 30Previously:- Co-Founded Trampolin, a Banking-as-a-Service startup. Exit to a NASDAQ-listed firm;- Co-Founded Neagle, one of Brazil’s Top 100 YouTube Channels (+8MM subscribers);- Co-Founded FanStar, a Talent Agency company focused on Gen Z digital influencers.I’m also an early Crypto-adopter and active Angel Investor.Made in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Information Technology, FinTech, Finance
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Brazil, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Jungle — Jungle is a new web3 gaming studio. We develop and publish hybrid games that are mobile first and blockchain-enabled.
- Sinatra — Sinatra's AI copilot for e-commerce assists medium and big firms in streamlining operations. through process automation, real-time anomaly detection and analysis, auditing of sales pipelines to increase profitability and cut expenses, and platform integration.
- BeConfident — Practice English with AI on WhatsApp and video-calling
Dan Rosensweig is the Executive Chairman of Chegg. He previously worked at Yahoo! as a Chief Operating Officer. Dan Rosensweig attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
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- EdTech, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Tract — Tract is the first for kids, by kids online community for student-directed learning. We are reimagining education by giving kids full control and making learning fun. We offer members (kids age 8+) unlimited on-demand courses (learning paths) and vibrant weekly live events, taught by our inspiring community of accomplished creators. Together, theyenable kids to develop passions through meaningful, real-world lessons giving them the skills and mindset to address 21st-century challenges and opportunities.Tract is based on TRICK, the philosophy pioneered by our co-founder Esther Wojcicki. Esther has positively impacted the lives of thousands of children from her award-winning student-run journalism program and is a mother of three successful women (CEO of YouTube, CEO, and founder of 23andMe, and top UCSF medical researcher) all by applying TRICK.TRICK stands for Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, and Kindness. These five pillars are at the core of Tract and our mission to empower all kids to become tomorrow's innovators, leaders, and global citizens.Our team is unified by Esther’s lifelong work to evolve education for the 21st century and comes from top Consumer and Education Technology companies (Uber, Microsoft, and Instracture).What We Believe:- The secret to getting kids interested in learning is giving them control - Kids are much smarter and capable than most people think - Successful people believe in themselves and aren’t afraid to take risks - Creative people with great passions don’t follow the rules - Current rates of depression and lack of career-readiness is a global epidemic - Our education system of standardization and obedience limits creativity and a growth mindset - Education is not equitable and the achievement gap is widening - We need a generation of community-minded global citizens to make the world a better place - Education that works for kids, not against them is the silver bullet for the world’s problems
- Galena — Established in 2020, Galena trains and develops young talented individuals for the jobs of the future.
- Unrivaled — A 3v3 league built in collaboration with the biggest stars in women's basketball, co-founded by Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart. Launching in January 2025.
Alec Oxenford is a Chief Executive Officer and Chairman at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company. Alec previously worked at OLX & letgo as a Co-Founder. He is an experienced founder and CEO at various companies. He attended Harvard Business School. He took business administration at UC and mastered at Harvard Business School.
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- SaaS, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- United States, Argentina, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- DRIC — DRIC is a data privacy and storage platform developer. Their platform is based on two-dimensional code that provides a revolution in the transmission, preservation, storage, and privacy of data, making it accessible and instantaneous.
- Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
- Buenbit — Buenbit is a Cryptocurrency Exchange and Cross-Border payment platform. Cryptocurrency exchange with presence in Argentina & Perú. Leveraging cryptocurrency trading to offer a low cost Cross-Border payment solution.
Paulo Veras
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- Financial Services, B2B, B2C
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
- Klubi — Klubi is a fintech company that provides credit facilities in a simple, transparent, secure and truly digital experience.
- Latitud — Build good sh*t with Latitud
Demetrios Christofidis is the Regional General Manager of Lime.
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- Software, Mobile Apps, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Brazil, United States
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- Incentiv — Incentiv.me is a tax innovation taxtech that offers products and services to the ecosystem of incentive laws.
- Snackpass — Snackpass is a social food app that makes ordering food more convenient, affordable and social. It focuses on mobile order pickup at local restaurants. The platform allows users to unlock discounts with friends, send gifts, and collect points. Snackpass was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
- outloud.ai — Outloud.ai: New AI standard for drive-thrus
Pedro Mariani
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- 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.
Salomão Teixeira Filho
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- Marketing Automation, Software, Marketing
- Angel, Pre-Seed
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- BettrAds — Our mission is to help every business grow with data ,simplifying dataops and marketing operations with automation. Faster and easy deploying ads with NLP .
- Venda+AI — Venda+AI provides a digital presence with no hassle, powering him with automatic ad creation for Google Ads, Facebook, and Instagram. Their services include a comprehensive web and social commerce suite, allowing retailers and brands to provide their customers with experience across online, mobile, social, and in-store channels.
Andreas Penna - Co-Founder & General Partner @ West Quad Ventures
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- Mobile Apps, FinTech, Machine Learning
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Brazil, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Bonsai — Bridging content and commerce. Bonsai brings together products people love and the content they can't get enough of.
- Rain — Rain Instant Pay Earned Wage Access grants you a chance to get an advance on your salary before thepay date right into your bank account. Get your Salary Today!
- Public — Invest in stocks. Learn from others. Public lets you invest in stocks with any amount of money and see what others invest in.
Micky Malka (born Meyer Malka Rais) is an entrepreneur by design and investor at heart, focused on the utilization of technology to disrupt consumer financial services. He is based in Palo Alto, California where he is the Managing Director of Ribbit Capital. Micky is also the CEO and a founding member of MECK Partners, an investment partnershipfocused on investing and building businesses in financial services, energy and agribusiness, and the Co-Founder and Chairman of Lemon, Inc. He currently serves on the Board of Wonga, a company transforming the credit market by offering small, short term loans with more transparency, speed, convenience and flexibility than banks, high street lenders and other websites. Micky also serves on the Board of Peixe Urbano, the first and largest Latin-American local commerce website.Micky grew up in Venezuela where he learned the impact of devaluation and hyperinflation at a very young age. Living with hyperinflation allowed him to develop a skill he is still well known for; accurately and quickly running numbers in his head. He also saw first hand how technology could transform businesses. In 1993, at the age of 19, Micky, co-founded Heptagon Group, a securities and investment broker dealer servicing the Venezuelan and US markets.In 1996, he graduated with a degree in Economics from the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and was one of the founders of the Wendy’s Hamburger’s franchise for Venezuela. It was one of the fastest growing food businesses worldwide with over 70 new store locations in the first 3 years.In 1998, Micky developed the online brokerage, Patagon by merging with Heptagon local operations. Patagon became Latin America’s first comprehensive Internet based financial services portal and dealer. The company expanded its online services to the United States and the rest of South America and was later acquired by the Spanish bank Banco Santander (NYSE: STD) for US$ 750 million.In 2000 Micky was the interim CEO for Banco Patagon the leader for online banking in Spain and Germany.In 2002, he co-founded Banco Lemon, a Brazilian retail bank serving the underbanked population) which became the largest private microfinance institution in Brazil. In 2009 it was acquired by Banco do Brasil, Latin America’s largest bank. Micky was also involved with Classified Media Group, an online classified company focusing on Colombia, Venezuela and Central America. The group was acquired in 2007 by MercadoLibre (NASDAQ:MELI). In 2011 he co-founded Banco Bracce a Brazilian financial institution positioned as the merchant bank of choice for mid-cap companies in Brazil. In 2011 Meyer co-founded Lemon a service to help individuals keep track of their expenses.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series C, Seed
- United States, Brazil, India
Portfolio highlights
- Twenty20 — T wenty20 has closed its doors and is no longer accessible. Continue your creative journey with curated photos from Envato Elements.
- unico IDtech — unico IDtech is a developer of facial recognition and identification technology created to solve document and process management. The company's solutions operate on biometric authentication, digital onboarding and paperless verticals with a focus to transform relevant business processes, making the workflow between the company, government, andthe client to be simple and controlled.unico IDtech was established in 2007 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Wildlife Studios — "Play Tennis Clash for an exciting game of tennis! Try Zooba for a unique Battle Royale experience. Join Wildlife Studios for a career in game development."
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