# Top 25 Biotech VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Brazil in October 2023

## SP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 13
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Software

Portfolio (Fundo de Inovação Paulista)Launched in 2014, Fundo de Inovação Paulista (FIP) is a R$ 105 Million Venture Capital Fund that counts with top tier Limited Partners: Desenvolve SP, FINEP, FAPESP, Sebrae-SP, CAF, and Jive Investments. FIP is focused on technology-based startups located in the state of São Paulo, the most importanteconomic pole in Brazil. Investment tickets vary from R$ 2 Million to R$ 6 Million per company, on average, but can reach R$ 15 Million including follow-ons.Track-Record (Fundo Criatec I)SP Ventures was established in 2007 as the Venture Capital firm responsible for Criatec I Fund’s investments in São Paulo. Criatec I was a cornerstone in Brazilian Venture Capital Industry led by BNDES and BNB. From 2007 to 2013, over 1,200 companies were analyzed and 8 investments were made by SP Ventures.EntrepreneursWe back technology-based companies in the segments of Agricultural Technologies; Information and Communication Technologies; Health Technologies; New Materials; and Nanotechnologies.We seek investment opportunities with the following profile:- Passionate entrepreneurs with solid technical background and market-orientated attitude- Proprietary technology with high scalability potential- Large proportions targeted-market- São Paulo based- Annual Revenue inferior to R$ 18 Million"

## Criatec 2
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Manufacturing

The Criatec 2 fund is the second fund from a series of funds sponsored by BNDES, which started in 2006 with the Criatec 1 fund. The Criatec 2 has Bozano Investments as the Nationa Manager and Triaxis Capital as Operational Advisor. The fund management structure also includes six regional managers.Criatec 2 is the largest venture capital fundcurrently in operation in Brazil, in both size and national coverage.

## KPTL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, AgTech

KPTL is the result of the merger between A5 Capital Partners and Inseed Investimentos, two
of the most experienced VC firms in Brazil.

## Inseed Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Agriculture, AgTech

Inseed is a Brazilian venture capital firm that invests in seed and early stages.It manages three of the largest brazilian VC funds:- Criatec, with R$100 million, invested seed money in 36 innovative tech companies from all sectors throughout Brazil. It is closed for new investments and focused on increasing the portfolio companies value;-FIMA, with R$150 million, invested in 11 early stage cleantech companies, specially on waste management, renewable energy, agriculture and building materials industries. The fund started on January 2013. It is closed for investmentsand focused on increasing the portfolio companies value;- Criatec 3, with R$220 million, started investing on January 2016. It's focused on innovative hard tech startups. Invested in 14 companies and still open with R$3 million as the target ticket for Seed or Series A rounds.Inseed has offices on Belo Horizonte and São Paulo.

## Bossanova Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Private Equity
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Education

Crescera Investimentos is an alternative asset management firm created by the merger of the Bozano Group with three leading and complementary investment firms, BR Investimentos, Mercatto Gestão de Recursos and Trapezus Asset Management, resulting in a unique platform for investors, clients and partners. Structured as a partnership, CresceraInvestimentos is able to attract, retain and develop the best talents in each specialty.Our investment philosophy builds on trust and knowledge. We offer to our clients, investors and investees companies consistent and distinguished returns through diversified financial products and strategies. Founded with approximately R$ 4 billion in AUM, Bozano Investimentos aims to become the most successful alternative investment management firm in Latin America.BR Investimentos` private equity business combines industry knowledge and specialized teams in well-defined circles of competence to successfully invest in privately held Brazilian growth companies. Mercatto Gestão de Recursos has been delivering solid returns through its managed public equities and fixed income portfolios based on strictly fundamental analysis. Lastly, Trapezus Asset Management offers innovative and high alpha quantitative strategies, based on academic research and development.Crescera Investimentos also benefits from the vision of Mr. Julio Bozano - founder of the Bozano Group. Through Banco Bozano, Simonsen, the Bozano Group was recognized as one of the most important investment banking organizations in Brazil for more than 40 years with a very successful track record in long-term proprietary investments. The Group`s expertise in aligning clients` interests with outstanding performance drives the basis of Bozano Investimentos` activities.Our goal is to offer solutions that create long-standing value for our investors, the society at large and the companies we invest in and to perpetuate Bozano Group`s legacy. Crescera Investimentos has a team of over 70 executives, employees, consultants, and senior advisors, including more than 40 partners in offices in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

## Green Rock
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

Our family mission is to protect and perpetuate family values ​​through investments that ensure a solid future for future generations and guarantee that they understand the responsibility of their heritage.

## DOMO Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## BR Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Social Media

BR Angels is a private non-profit association, made up of a limited number of members, individuals, and companies that focus on promoting the development of startups. It specializes in the fields of investment management, financial services, and finance.
It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

## Triaxis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Mobile

Triaxis Capital is a brazilian independent venture capital firm focused in technology-based companies with high growth potential.

## CVENTURES
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Our mission is to develop these ventures from capital assets, networking and mentoring in reference to innovation environments in the country, such as universities, research institutes, incubators and technology parks.

## Anjos do Brasil
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2B

Anjos do Brasil is a angel investor network dedicated to foster angel investment for supporting inovative entrepreneurs in Brazil. It was founded by Cassio Spina, a entrepreneur and a angel investor with over 25 years experience in tech industry (see more at http://www.crunchbase.com/person/cassio-spina-3) .Receivingsupport of major brazilian institutions related to entrepreneurship and investments, such as Endeavor Brasil, ABVCAP, BM&F BOVESPA, FIESP/CJE, Brazil Innovators, etc., Anjos do Brasil is commited to connect investors with entrepreneurs in order to help growing new business in Brazil.We do also keep relationship with major VC investment funds, in order to exchange investment opportunities between our members and them. Anjos do Brasil is advised by a seasoned board of advisors, that support our strategic actions for promoting our vision.We promote events between our members and some also for entrepreneurs, for both educating the community and connecting people, to empower their relationsIf you wish to contact us, please, visit our site at www.anjosdobrasil.net and leave a message.

## Endeavor Catalyst
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology

Endeavor 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 ~$500M+ AUM across four funds and has made 260+ investments to date in 35+ different markets. TodayThe Endeavor Catalyst portfolio has 53 companies valued at $1B+. Investments include Globant (NYSE:GLOB), Rappi, and Creditas in Latin America; Yemeksepeti.com and Careem in MENA; and Bukalapak and Carro in Indonesia.

## Cedro Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, SaaS

Cedro Capital is an independent asset management firm located in Brasília-DF with a geographical focus in the Central region of Brazil. Cedro Capital is the leading asset manager firm in the Center-West, connecting companies and projects in the region with qualified institutional investors through alternative investment funds. Cedro Capital isformed by professionals with strong track record and proven experience within the Brazilian capital market.

## NTT Data
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Koto, Tokyo, Japan
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round, Series B
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Marketing

NTT DATA provides broad range of IT services and solutions, including consulting, systems integration and IT outsourcing, for major financial, public administration and enterprise sectors. NTT DATA Group has established global support network that covers 53 countries worldwide.

## Bold Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Life Science, Biotechnology

Bold Capital is a micro Venture Capital firm in Brazil that invests on early stage Healthtechs

## Vox Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Information Technology, Software

Investimentos de impacto para o seu bolso e para o planeta. Retorno financeiro competitivo com impacto socioambiental positivo.

## Genesis Consortium
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Fashion, Architecture

An alliance of venture funds and corporations to promote human and planetary health.

## SoFi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Apps, Biotechnology, Information Technology

SoFi is a finance company that offers a range of lending and wealth management services. The company primarily caters to early-stage professionals and offers variable and fixed rate parent, personal, and MBA loans, mortgage refinancing, and more. They create modern financial products and services that help people borrow, save, spend, invest, andprotect their money better so that they can achieve financial independence and realize their ambitions from owning a home to saving for retirement, paying off their student loans, and more.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

## VIB
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Health Care

Strategic research in on life sciences and biotechnology

## INSEADAlum Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed

Global seed funding for INSEAD startups. For Alumni. By Alumni.

## PMV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Do and dare company

## Unblock Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Finance, Payments, FinTech

Unblock Ventures is a corporate token venture fund that invests in blockchain businesses via tokens. The company was based in São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

## Armilar Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

Armilar Venture Partners is Portugal's leading venture capitalist. An independent VC with a 20-year-old history, a high-performance track record and an international footprint, Armilar is a deep-tech investor in ICT, HealthTech and CleanTech.

## Performa Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Medical, Chemical

FORS Capital is an independent and pioneering ESG investment company based in Brazil

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