# Top 50 Food and Beverage Startup Investors in LATAM in October 2023 ## Canary - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 20 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam. ## Monashees - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 13 - 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. ## Angel Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 12 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services Founded in 2008, AV is one of the most active and influential Mexican VC firms in Latin America. The Firm invests in early-stage to early-growth companies by becoming a leading Series Seed and Series A investor in startups that drive innovative business models tailored for the Latin American market. ## Norte Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 10 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Norte is a founder's fund created and invested by entrepreneurs ## Newtopia VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Financial Services, Information Technology Our purpose is to share knowledge, channel smart money, and enhance experiences for early-stage startups, so we can help them unleash a new wave of Latin ## FJ Labs - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 9 - 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. ## CapTable - Type: VC Fund - Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - Relevant deals: 9 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech 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. ## Astella - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 8 - 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. ## Nazca Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Financial Services Mountain Nazca is a Venture Capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs who seek to build tomorrow's breakout and transforming technology-enabled businesses. Mountain Nazca applies a true bottom-up approach in its quest to help founders reach their ultimate goals. The firm provides entre preneurs with multi-stage venture capital, a highlyimpactful local and global network, robust market intelligence, insights on strategy formulation and deployment, legal and regulatory advice, high quality talent sourcing, and acces to premium business partnerships. Mountain Nazca focuses in Latin American and US companies with global understanding and ambitions. We back proven breakout propositions in Latin America's vas and untapped markets as well as transforming innovations created in early adopting markets like the US. The firm holds operations in San Francisco, Mexico City, Bogota, Buenos Aires and Santiago. Additional hubs, thorugh Mountain Partners, include Berlin, Zurich, Jakarta, Singapore, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Abu Dhabi, among others. Mountain Nazca was founded as Nazca Ventures in early 2014 by some of Latin America's most prominent technology entrepreneurs. It subsequently merged with global venture firm Mountain Partners to achieve robust global capabilities. ## MSA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Beijing, Beijing, China - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Biotechnology MSA Capital is a global venture capital and private equity firm that invests in technology-enabled companies from seed to growth stage. The firm manages capital from the world's top sovereign wealth funds, international asset managers, pension funds, university endowments, fund of funds, and family offices, as well as China's leading neweconomy entrepreneurs. ## Venturance Alternative Assets - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vitacura, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, AgTech As a fund manager and consultancy firm, Endurance focus exclusively on alternative assets. With ten years of experience, we deliver value through a hands-on approach and a close relationship with our investors. We are a team of 20 people from different backgrounds with a strong commitment to excellence. Since 2010, our team has provided strategicadvice to more than 50 companies and as of today, Endurance manages up to +$USD 250 millions AUM througth a diversified classes of real asset, including Real State, Private Equity, Private Debt and Venture Capital ## FEMSA Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Restaurants, Mobile Payments FEMSA Ventures is a venture capital. ## Picus Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow. ## Gvangels - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce GVAngels is a network of angel investors founded by former students of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brasil in 2017. The GVAngels network invests in technology startups that aim to solve inefficiencies in large markets.In these 4 years of operation, investments have already been made in 40 startups and checks have averaged from R$800,000 to R$2million. We currently have more than 300 associates with a personal interest in investing in startups and adding knowledge with their expertise and experience through smart money to our investees.GVAngels has its roots in the School of Business Administration at FGV, where most of the associated angel investors graduated. For 11 consecutive years, the university has been considered the best think tank in Latin America and has been ranked among the best institutions in the world since 2004. ## Grão - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## Valor Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## First Check Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 6 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software First Check Ventures - Investing in Early Stage Startups Across the Globe ## DOMO Invest - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 6 - 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. ## FEMSA - Type: VC Fund - Location: Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, Real Estate, FinTech FEMSA is a brewing company and bottler of Coco-Cola products. ## MAYA Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## Kayyak Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Las Condes, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Series A, Seed - Focus: SaaS, FinTech, Financial Services Venture Capital and Impact Investing company with a focus on Seed and Series A investments mainly based in Latin America. ## JAM Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Logistics JAM Fund operates as a venture capital firm investing in visionary founders disrupting large spaces. It is Tinder Founder Justin Mateen's venture capital firm. ## Flucas Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Flucas Ventures is a venture capital investor. ## Wollef Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Wollef Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on early stage ventures in Latin America. ## 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. ## The Yield Lab - Type: VC Fund - Location: St Louis, Missouri, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology The Yield Lab invests in AgriFood Tech companies with technologies focused on crops, animal health, digital agriculture, logistics, and food ingredients. Initial investments range from $100,000 – $1.5M. ## GE32 Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech GE32 Capital invests in high-growth companies across the globe with a long-term investment philosophy. ## TMT Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: St. Helier, NA - Jersey, Jersey - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Social Media TMT Investments PLC invests in high-growth technology companies across a number of core specialist sectors and has a significant number of Silicon Valley investments in its portfolio. Founded in 2010, TMT has invested in over 65 companies to date. The Company’s objective is to generate an attractive rate of return for shareholders,predominantly through capital appreciation. The Company is traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. www.tmtinvestments.com. ## AgFunder - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Biotechnology AgFunder invests in impactful companies that can positively transform the world's food system. Founded in 2013, AgFunder manages a portfolio of over 50 companies across four funds from offices in Silicon Valley and Singapore. Through its media platform AFN, it has built a global ecosystem of over 90,000 subscribers. ## Investo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software Investo is a seed capital firm that invests both financial and intellectual capital in technology startups. The firm offers founders 24/7 access to advice and helps scale businesses, as well as provide key talent that may be needed. Inveseto provides guidance, talent and capital so game-changing companies can scale. ## CORFO - Type: VC Fund - Location: Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Grant, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS CORFO is an executing agency of government policy in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation, through tools and instruments compatible with the central tendencies of a social market economy, creating the conditions to achieve building a society of opportunities. ## Graph Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce Graph Ventures is an investment group that specializes in seed and early-stage venture investments. It was founded in 2011. Investments include: * BetterUp * Birdies * BlueApron * Dapper Labs * Earnin * Envoy * Hinge * Houseparty * Ipsy * Loft * Lever * Lingokids * Moon Express * Papaya * PicsArt * Porch * Quinto Andar * RideOS * Saildrone *Very Good Security * VivaReal * Zeplin ## Foundation Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet Building companies is in our bones. ## KPTL - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - 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. ## ALLVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech Founded in 2012 by Federico Antoni, ALLVP is the first institutional fund seed and early venture capital of its kind in Mexico, formed to invest in entrepreneurs with strong components and scalable models of innovation. Across three funds, the firm has invested in more than 30 highly innovative and successful startups throughout Latin America :Cornershop scaled its unique on-demand marketplace from Chile to Canada; Flink provides access to free trading to nearly 2 million small investors; Nuvocargo enables thousands of cross-border shipments in the world's most active trade corridor; Robinfood is building the largest network of ghost restaurants in the region and Yana is the world's fastest-growing mental health app with over 6 million downloads.ALLVP is targeting companies led by founders who share our vision to democratize access to services and fix large inefficient industries such as Healthcare, Financial technology, Consumer Internet and Smart cities & Mobility.The firm is a member of the Latin-American Venture Capital Association (LAVCA), the Mexican Private Equity Association (AMEXCAP) and Endeavor Investor Network. ## Base10 Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, SaaS, FinTech Base10 is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in the automation of the real economy. They bring automation to traditional sectors of the economy. Today, the company has backed nearly 30 companies. Base10 creates industry teams that consider what is going to happen in the next five years, and then call the companies they see playing arole. It either turns into an investment, or Base10 will follow the company for 18 months.It is based in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2017. ## Latitud - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 4 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software Build good sh*t with Latitud ## Citius - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series B, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, FinTech Citius is a global investment firm that funds technology companies ## Dart Capital & Co. - Type: VC Fund - Location: Los Angeles, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Real Estate Dart Capital & Co. (DC&C) is a private equity firm providing strategic investments across multiple asset classes, robust data and economic analysis, and various social impact and ESG advisory services. At DC&C, we believe capital can offer exceptional returns to its clients without sacrificing ethics, considering all partners'impact across the value chain.Working alongside first-in-class partners, we keep our vision focused on what's next, working passionately to create a future that works for everyone. ## Simon Borrero - Type: Angel - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Mobile Apps, Information Technology Simón Borrero is a Co-Founder & CEO at Rappi. He attended MIT Sloan School of Management. ## MGM Innova Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Series A, Series C - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Retail Technology MGM Innova Group is a private equity and venture capital investment firm that integrates technical, financial, and environmental solutions contributing to climate change adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable development. The firm focuses its investments in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy, clean-tech, innovation, andsustainable natural resource management in Latin America and the Caribbean region. ## Blue Horizon Corporation - Type: VC Fund - Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a new Sustainable Food System that delivers outstanding returns for investors and the planet. ## Guilherme Bonifacio - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 3 - 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. ## Cometa - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: E-Commerce, FinTech, Financial Services Cometa is a VC firm investing in early-stage technology companies targeting Spanish-speaking markets ## Carao Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San José, San Jose, Costa Rica - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Enterprise Software, Software They partner with startups (tech and non-tech) with the potential to grow quickly and sustainably. Their primary focus is on companies that are currently targeting a specific regional market with a real opportunity to expand to all of Latin America and globally. They are looking for the brightest technical founders and most devoted entrepreneurswith an emphasis in solid execution. Carao Ventures has an early stage startup program where one of their partners takes an active role in the startup through the next stage of company development, participating in relevant roles such as strategy, finance, marketing and others. Their partners and mentors have a committment to sharing their experience, technical knowledge and contacts to take startups to the next level. A co-working space conveniently located in the heart of the city provides a space and environment for startups and people looking to start a company to come hang out. A wealth of resources for entrepreneurs are continuously researched and put available to teams that are looking to to get their company into the best shape possible. They also assist established business groups or seasoned entrepreneurs in analyzing, developing and overseeing new ventures. ## Capital Indigo - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Fashion, E-Commerce, Travel Capital Indigo is a private equity focused primarily on growth-equity and mezzanine investments in mid-sized companies. The company is based in Mexico City, Mexico. ## SV Latam Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Convertible Note - Focus: E-Commerce, Financial Services, Food and Beverage SVLC is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage founders building creative solutions to global problems to improve economic opportunity, health, and the environment. ## The Yield Lab LATAM - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, Argentina - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Agriculture, AgTech, Farming We are the AgriFoodTech Venture Capital firm with the largest presence and experience across Latin America.Founded in 2017 and with offices in Argentina, Brazil and Chile, our team is investing in companies based in Latin America in the whole food and agriculture innovation spectrum, from farm to fork.The Yield Lab Latam is part of The YieldLab, a global network of Venture Capital funds, which initiated activities in 2014 in St. Louis, Missouri. Now has regional operations across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific. ## Confrapar - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Medical, Internet Confrapar invests in technology companies through four Brazilian regulated (CVM) funds with a diverse range of limited partners, including family offices, pension funds, banks and development agencies from Brazil and abroad. Confrapar invests up to $20 million USD in each company. We currently have 10 companies in our portfolio and offices inSão Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte.Confrapar relies on the background and expertise of its more than 100 Market Partners in key market sectors. These relationships create unique opportunities for the portfolio companies to grow their businesses. ## Palm Drive Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech We are an NYC-based venture capital fund built on the belief that innovators are everywhere. # 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