# Top 10 Life Science Startup Investors in Brazil in May 2026

## SP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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"

## Inseed Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Armínio Fraga
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Recruiting, SaaS, EdTech

Armínio Fraga

## 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

## Eduardo Mufarej
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: EdTech, Genetics, Education

Eduardo Mufarej built his career in private equity and education as an investor and entrepreneur. He co-founded and was CEO of Tarpon Investimentos, one of Brazil’s largest independent investment managers. He served on several boards and was Chairman of Somos Educação and Omega Energia Renovável.
From 2014 until 2018 Eduardo led the largest k-12company in Latin America, Abril Educação, which he managed until the sale of the company to Kroton Educacional in October 2018.
After the sale, Eduardo created Renova, a project focused on selecting and training a new generation of leaders in Brazilian politics. Since its creation, the program has supported and trained over 2000 individuals in Brazil, helping to elect 176 of its students. This effort awarded Eduardo the prize Brazilian Entrepreneur of the Year in 2018.
In early 2020, Eduardo co-founded Galena, a company that supports and trains individuals for their first jobs. Eduardo is a member of the advisory board of the Wilson Institute, in Washington, DC, of the Yale University SOM Council of Global Advisors and a fellow at Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.  He is the author of the book Jornada Improvável (Unlikely Journey, 2021).

## 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.

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

## 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.

## Roivant Sciences
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Post-IPO Equity, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Genetics

Roivant Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company focused on completing the development of promising late-stage drug candidates.Roivant’s mission is to reduce the time and cost of developing new medicines for patients and to share those savings with the healthcare system. Roivant does this by building Vants - nimble, entrepreneurial biotech andhealthcare technology companies with a unique approach to sourcing talent, aligning incentives, and deploying the technology. In addition to its biopharmaceutical subsidiaries, Roivant also builds technology-focused Vants focused on improving the process of developing and commercializing medicines.

## 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.

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