# Top 50 Automotive Startup Investors in Brazil in May 2026 ## Bossanova Investimentos - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services BossaNova is the number one Brazilian Micro Venture Capital. We are the most active investor in the pre-seed stage in Latin America with more than 1200 investments in over 1000 Startups. We also invest in global companies, directly or through co-investment syndicates on AngelList. ## Global Founders Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel. ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services FJ Labs is a stage-agnostic investment firm that focuses on marketplaces and consumer facing startups. ## Kaszek - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America. ## Monashees - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce Monashees is a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in entrepreneurs committed to creating innovative solutions for a new world. They invest in the beginning stages and follow alongside the companies that are revolutionizing markets, creating value, and improving people’s lives through technology, such as ContaAzul, Jusbrasil, Loggi,MadeiraMadeira, Enjoei, Petlove, Rappi, and Hi Technologies. ## Lumia Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Software, Mobile, Marketplace Lumia is an expansion-stage VC firm partnering with forward-thinking US and European innovators expanding internationally for breakout growth. Lumia employs a hands-on strategy, working closely with management teams by pairing Silicon Valley insights and contacts with global knowledge sharing and relationships to propel companies throughexpansion-stage challenges and opportunities.It prefers to invest in internet and software companies with a focus on SaaS, mobile, cloud computing, infrastructure, and big data. It typically invests between $3 million and $30 million in companies with greater than $10 million annualized net sales. Lumia also invests in select early stage opportunities via its "Telescope" program. The company focuses on investing in primary and secondary transactions and in common and preferred shares. Lumia Capital was founded by Martin Gedalin in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco. ## ONEVC - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Information Technology, Financial Services, Software We undertake risk early. We help you endure the painful process of being a founder. ## Quona Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Finance Quona Capital invests in fintech innovators that are advancing inclusion in emerging markets. Through our investments, Quona aims to deliver outstanding financial returns while making a lasting and positive impact on the world. ## DOMO Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Financial Services DOMO Invest 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. ## Norte Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Norte is a founder's fund created and invested by entrepreneurs ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Financial Services 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. ## Simile Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet Simile Venture Partners is an early-stage investment firm focusing on internet, mobile and technology startups across the world. It was founded by a team with domain expertise in entrepreneurship and venture capital investments. Its priority markets are in Europe, South-East Asia, India, Brazil, Turkey and Russia.For more information, visit:www.simileventure.com (http://www.simileventure.com/) ## Hummingbird Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services Supporting Exceptional entrepreneurs. We value emotional intelligence as much as data, growing internal culture as much as growing revenue, and forming strong, personal bonds with founders. We recognize patterns where other don't. ## Rise Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Health Care Rise Capital is a leading global venture capital firm focused on Emerging Markets ## Redpoint eventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Redpoint eventures's approach is to help entrepreneurs by offering the benefits of both local and international VCs including insight, company building, financing, and exit. ## Ariel Lambrecht - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech Ariel Lambrecht ## Romero Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce Romero Rodrigues is Managing Partner of Headline. He was an Investor at Olist. He attended the University of Sao Paulo. ## Tekton Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services TEKTON VENTURES is an international seed investment firm that partners at inception with forward looking company builders in leading technology hubs worldwide. The firm’s principals have over three decades of experience as early stage investors. Leveraging an extensive global network of entrepreneurs and investors, Tekton makes early stageinvestments in category defining companies in several strategic geographies around the world.Passionate entrepreneurs exist in many parts of the world. Tekton Ventures focuses its investments in two different places: Silicon Valley and selected technology centers ( London and Israel); and the fast growing mobile/digitally connected markets in Asia (China, Korea and India).Our approach to global investing rests on partnerships with local venture ecosystems: we have built long standing relationships with some of the best local seed and venture investors in our geographies of focus.We see our unique global perspective as important to build transformational companies and make that knowledge available across our entire community of entrepreneurs. ## Igah Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, Software Igah Ventures is a Brazilian venture capital firm that was born from the union of forces of two successful investment platforms (e.bricks ventures and Joa Investimentos). We have a unique and complementary team of partners and an extremely qualified and experienced team. ## TA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M. We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfoliocompanies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe. ## MAYA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology An early-stage venture firm that supports businesses generating accessibility, transformation and efficiency in Brazil and Latin America. ## Astella - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce Astella is a venture investor, providing capital, culture, and capabilities to Brazilian entrepreneurs who are willing to change our country's future. ## Airborne Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, InsurTech An Operator Early Stage VC we offer an unique entrepreneur-turned-into-investor point-of-view. We have seen bottlenecks and roadblocks before, and we know how to go around them ## Atmos capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Leblon, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B - Focus: Beauty, Dental, Rental Atmos capital operates as an independent asset manager. ## Rockaway Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Prague, Hlavni mesto Praha, Czech Republic - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Fashion We focus on investing and building Internet businesses not only in CEE. We believe in innovations and technologies. We create some added value. We are the next generation of entrepreneurs. ## Rafael Duton - Type: Angel - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Venture Capital Rafael Duton is a co-founder of 21212 Digital Accelerator and Movile. Duton obtained his bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and master’s degree in business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ## Fifth Wall - Type: VC Fund - Location: Venice, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: Real Estate, Software, SaaS Fifth Wall Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on technology solutions for the Built World. ## Banco Bradesco - Type: VC Fund - Location: Osasco, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Information Technology, FinTech Bradesco is one of the biggest banking and financial services company in Brazil. Bradesco was the largest private bank in Brazil until Banco Itaú and Unibanco merged in 2009. Bradesco is headquartered in Osasco (SP), has 4,686 branches, 3,781 Service Branches and 59.307 “Bradesco Expresso” Units, the correspondent bank through of partnershipswith supermarkets, drugstores, department stores and other retail chains. Currently is the third largest Brazilian bank by total assets. Bradesco customers can also use 34.859 “Bradesco Dia&Noite” Automatic Teller Machines and 12,975 ATMs of the Banco24Horas, one Brazilian third-party ATM network. ## NXTP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Mobile NXTP Ventures backs early-stage technology companies led by extraordinary entrepreneurs throughout Latin America. As one of the oldest VC firms in Latin America active since 2011, NXTP puts its extensive network of mentors, investors and industry specialists to work for its portfolio companies. We are particularly passionate about SaaS, logistics,and other services primed to create efficiencies in business workflows by introducing new technology. NXTP Ventures was an early investor in business such as AuthO, CargoX, Trocafone, Satellogic, Cobli, Liftit, VU Security and many more. ## Scale-Up Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology Scale-Up Ventures is a venture capital fund that invests in companies selected by Endeavor Brazil's hyper-growth acceleration programs. ## Visagio - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Rental, Automotive, Electric Vehicle Visagio is a business transformation platform with a main focus on talent development ## Ricardo Salgado - Type: Angel - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Automotive, Marketplace I’m passionate about technology, innovation and improving the world. Loadsmart is revolutionizing transportation logistics by inserting transformative technology to reimagine the entire truckload shipment lifecycle. We are not happy with the status quo. We believe there is a better, more efficient and socially responsible way to move freightacross the world. After a career in global finance, I chose to roll up my sleeves and actually build a company. I returned to my engineering roots and I’m applying everything I learned at Goldman Sachs across New York, London, and Brazil in Loadsmart. I'm energized about giving back in dynamic and collaborative settings. As a Georgia Tech alum, member of their ISyE Advisory Board and a "Mentor Jacket" I'm able to participate in a thriving tech ecosystem which promotes creativity, entrepreneurship, and progress.I firmly believe in learning by doing. My favorite quote: “you don’t regret what you do, you regret what you don’t do.“In my spare time (which is very limited), I love to kitesurf! ## Bain Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series B - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Health Care Bain Capital is a multi-asset alternative investment firm with assets under management and operates business units that create value through private equity, public equity, credit, and venture capital across multiple sectors and industries. ## 1616 Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Software, Insurance Investing in early-stage startups in Brazil ## Endeavor - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, FinTech, E-Commerce About EndeavorEndeavor is the world’s leading community of high-impact entrepreneurs. Today, Endeavor’s network spans nearly 40 countries and supports more than 2,000 entrepreneurs, whose companies generate combined revenues of over $28 billion US, have created more than 3.9 million jobs, and, in 2020, raised over $4 billion US in capital.Endeavor’s unique entrepreneur-first model and network of trust provide a platform for founders to dream big, scale up, and pay it forward to the next generation of entrepreneurs.
About Endeavor CatalystEndeavor Catalyst is the rules-based, co-investment fund of Endeavor, set up to invest exclusively in Endeavor Entrepreneur-led companies and to sustain Endeavor’s long-term operations in a mission-aligned way. Launched in 2012, Endeavor Catalyst has ~$250M+ AUM across three funds and has made 200+ investments to date in 32+ different markets. Today The Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 37 companies valued at $1B+, including 29 unicorns. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia. ## Caravela Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software Somos um fundo de Venture Capital Hands On que investe em startups de tecnologia early stage. Descubra como podemos fazer a sua empresa decolar! ## BeeCap - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Rental, Automotive, Electric Vehicle BeeCap is a partnership, the result of the union of executives from the financial, infrastructure, and legal sectors, with extensive experience in complex businesses. ## Valor Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Valor is an investment firm that focuses on cross-border financial and investment opportunities. ## Napkn Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Banking, FinTech, Finance Napkn Ventures provides entrepreneurs with seed and early stage investments to assist projects that could change the world. ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services 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. ## Julio Vasconcellos - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, B2B Julio Vasconcellos is a Managing Partner at Atlantico. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business. ## Construct Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Washington, District of Columbia, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software Construct Capital is an early stage venture capital firm, investing in entrepreneurs who are reimagining the foundational industries of our society. ## Canary - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam. ## Eduardo Casarini - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Internet, Automotive, Marketplace Eduardo Casarini is Founder at Flores Online ## Alexia Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence Alexia Ventures is an early-stage (series A) value-add investor for top entrepreneurs from Brazil and Latin America.  We focus in disruptive business models that are driven by software platforms and data / artificial intelligence technologies (A.I.).  Alexia Ventures believes that the best founders from Latin America are as good as the topfounders around the world – and can create companies that are global technology leaders.  Many of the top talents that its founders have worked with over the past 20+ years, in both LatAm and Silicon Valley, are part of our network.  Alexia Ventures was created to help outstanding founders catalyze human potential through data and technology, while building a better future and inspiring the region with a new definition of what is possible. ## Grão - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Food and Beverage A venture capital firm, backed by a family office, which invests in early stage startups in Brazil and VC funds from around the world. ## Rei Carvalho - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C - Focus: Software, Sales Automation, Mobile Rei Carvalho is a computer scientist and stands out as the visionary founder and CEO of Emailage , a world-leading online fraud prevention company acquired by RELX/Lexis in March 2020. Rei's entrepreneurial journey further includes the founding of Wealth Inc (wealth.com) in 2020. With a track record as a serial entrepreneur, Rei nowchannels his expertise and passion as an investor through Bela Juju Ventures, his esteemed VC arm. Through Bela Juju Ventures, Rei offers invaluable insights, resources, and unwavering support to founders and fellow investors alike, driving innovation and success in the startup ecosystem. ## Prana Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Credit, Information Technology, Financial Services Prana Capital is a wealth and an alternative asset manager ## Daniel Martins - Type: Angel - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: SaaS, Credit, FinTech Daniel Martins - Founding Partner @ GEO Capital ## Marco Valta - Type: Angel - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Secondary Market - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace Marco Valta is an Entrepreneur and Investor with over 12 years experience in the tech/web industry. As an internet investor, Marco has a portfolio of more than 150 companies including Appnexus, Soldo, Revolut, Prima, Bolt, Flexport, Deliveroo, Space X, Brex, Fabfitfun, Cloudkitchens, Raya, Playco, Public, Coinbase, Pacaso, Relativity, Monthly. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features: - 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others) - Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data - Updated daily from public funding news - CSV and Excel export The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co