Top 5 Wine and Spirits VC Funds &amp; Investors in LATAM (June 2026)

Captable is a startup investment platform that operates transactions through crowdfunding. They exist to simplify and make startup investments viable, as well as to connect the entire ecosystem, by leveraging business growth with high return potential for investors who want to contribute to the growth of startups. It makes connections at variouslevels for various agents in the innovation market with the goal of encouraging entrepreneurship through investment in startups. CapTable was founded in 2018 by Guilherme Enck and Paulo Deitos Filho.

Investment focus

Industry: Software, Financial Services, AgTech
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
Geography: Brazil

Investor stats

Total investments: 61
Round size: Seed $136k–$814k; Pre-Seed $181k–$1.9M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

Veggi — Veggi is the first vegan delivery platform in Brazil.
CowMed — CowMed is an agricultural service company of technological solutions for health, nutrition, and reproduction for milk cattle. It also develops animal monitoring products for precision livestock, generating value, and ensuring the sustainability of the business.The company was named 2018 - NEOVIA's Future Farm, 2017 - Ideas for Milk andAcceleration Criatec 3, and 2017 & 2016 Tecnova Notice SEBRAE.CowMed was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
E-Comprei — E-Comprei is a company that buys and sells beauty and hygiene products for small shop keeper.

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Global investment for ventures meeting the needs of tomorrow. With the resources of AB InBev, we empower and support entrepreneurs to unlock exponential growth.

Investment focus

Industry: Food and Beverage, Wine and Spirits, Brewing
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Brazil, Colombia

Investor stats

Total investments: 22
Round size: Seed $120k–$17M; Series A $1.4M–$9M
Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow

Portfolio highlights

The Duchess — The Duchess offers non-alcoholic gin, tonic and other beverages
Planetarians — Why: When the alternative meat consumption grows from the current 2% to a projected 23%, where will the industry get proteins? Isolation, fermentation, cultured… all of them require it’s own ingredients for proteins. They might be not so readily available in the food system on the Earth…What: PLANETARIANS developed a new platform to makealternative meats from animal feed (Sunflower, Corn DDGS, Pulses). Skipping protein isolation it uses just 0.5:1 water (no chemicals). Product prototypes have umami taste, improved protein quality and lower costs than meats made from isolates and concentrates.How: Solid-state fermentation converts carbs in the ingredients into extra protein in addition to inherent one and improves PDCAAS. Wet extrusion works as a kill step and creates a meat-like texture.
Appbar — Appbar is a mobile application through which it delivers different types of beer, distillates, wine and snacks.

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Polaris is a venture capital investment fund, operating only with its own resources, without third party funding. It is headquartered in Brasília, but operates throughout Brazil, seeking investment opportunities in new companies or in operation within several areas.More than just providing financial capital, Polaris seeks to value the companiesin which it invests, through an active partnership. It intends to always be the minority partner, committed to long-term partnership projects.

Investment focus

Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Software
Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Venture - Series Unknown
Geography: Brazil, United States

Investor stats

Total investments: 15
Round size: Seed $400k–$1M
Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow

Portfolio highlights

i4sea — Avoid operational losses and protect your business margins. i4sea delivers high-precision climate intelligence for ports, energy, and critical infrastructure.
Automni — Automni develops products and solutions for industrial automation such as autonomous industrial vehicles. It was founded in 2014.
Incentiv — Incentiv.me is a tax innovation taxtech that offers products and services to the ecosystem of incentive laws.

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Karlani Capital is an operating fund started by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We love creating new ideas that change lives for the better, creating wealth for our entrepreneurs and their employees, and creating new products that democratize humanity through better access or simpler ways to do things. And we really love being part of thecommunities we serve. We love life, period. While we take our work very seriously, we don’t take ourselves very seriously. When it really comes down to it, we believe: • Our calling is improving lives by what we do. • Integrity is in our DNA. • Opportunity exists everywhere; we just have to find it. • If it doesn’t sell, we don’t do it. • Life is better when you’re laughing, through both happiness and sadness. We’re looking for like-minded people who want to go on this journey with us, with plenty of joy, laughter and occasional tears along the way, enriching humanity through what we do.Value PropositionKarlani Capital has one main objective: to enable the growth and success of ideas that are original, interesting and useful to people. At the core, Karlani is an operating fund lead by a group of master operators with the expertise to help grow companies from 1 to 1,000+ employees, as well as from $1 to over a billion dollars in valuation, and even assist you into taking your company into the public markets. As your partner, our goal is to add exceptional value with every investment we make. But that’s not all. We want you enjoy the sheer exhilaration of being an entrepreneur. As seasoned entrepreneurs, we know how emotionally and mentally draining building your business can be. Chances are that the pain points you are experiencing in your start up are things we’ve already been through; and we’re happy to advise you through them. Our vast, combined expertise (which includes, though is not limited to, entrepreneurship, technology, finance, adtech, enterprise software, sales execution, HR, operations, product development, eCommerce, digital marketing, branding, mobile tech, and retail) can help you attain the true potential of your idea or product. We will support your growth by helping you define your business’ strategy and future direction for successful growth. Our singular objective is to help you execute; not to add reporting requirements. Our portfolio companies have told us they love the discipline we help bring, and that we enable them to thrive both financially and as a workplace of choice. We have a strong value system that aims to enrich humanity through what we do, which is reflected in our portfolio of partner companies.

Investment focus

Industry: SaaS, Software, Gaming
Stage:Seed, Series A
Geography: United States, Brazil, Canada

Investor stats

Total investments: 27
Round size: Seed $800k–$11M; Series A $5M–$23M
Lead/follow: 26% lead, 74% follow
Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013

Portfolio highlights

Spren — Spren powers digital health, wellness, and fitness experiences with unique, heart rate variability based biomarker insights.
Betty — Betty is a mobile gaming entertainment company that develops the intersection of casual mobile gaming and real money online casinos.
Optimity — We apply behavioral science through gamification, incentives, and the power of communities to nudge consumers in making better, healthier choices.As a B2B platform, our large health community becomes a cost-effective lead-gen funnel. Our first set of clients are life insurance companies: Acquisition economics in life insurance are painfullywasteful: 70% of their total cost is spent on acquiring new policyholders. Our products help them acquire high-quality leads at the lowest cost, dramatically improving their acquisition economics.

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