# Top 40 Manufacturing Startup Investors in Brazil in May 2026

## Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 8
- 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.

## KPTL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Criatec 2
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## SP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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"

## 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

## CapTable
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## 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.

## Triaxis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Live Shark Tank
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Grant
- Focus: Manufacturing, Fashion, Software

Live Shark Tank pitch competition.

## Sororitê
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Wellness, Wearables, E-Commerce

Sororitê is a angel investor investment firm.

## Tallwood Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C
- Focus: Semiconductor, Manufacturing, Electronics

Tallwood Venture Capital focuses on investments in differentiated technologies and products that they believe will have a significant impact on the semiconductor industry. They seek out talented entrepreneurs and potent ideas likely to make a real difference in semiconductor and semiconductor-related markets.By offering deep semiconductorknowledge, direct operating experience and a high degree of availability, Tallwood builds close, active working relationships with their portfolio companies.They have over $600 million currently under management. This capital management level puts Tallwood Venture Capital on par with the semiconductor segments of the largest venture capital firms in the industry.

## 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

## GRUPO SEB
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fashion, 3D Printing, Manufacturing

Grupo SEB de Ribeirão Preto

## Eduardo Nadelman
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Hardware

Eduardo Nadelman

## Cácio Packer
- Type: Angel
- Location: Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Fashion, Software, Textiles

Cácio Packer

## Paulo Alexandre Lopes
- Type: Angel
- Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Boating, Gambling

Paulo Alexandre Lopes is the Managing Director at oddsgate. Paulo Alexandre Lopes attended IPAM.

## Positive Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

investimos nas tecnologias do futuro para resolver os maiores desafios da sociedade e planeta no presente.

## Polaris Investimentos
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brasília, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Small and Medium Businesses

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.

## VERVE CAPITAL
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Miami, Florida, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Verve Capital is an early stage venture capital firm that partners with founders to fund ideas and accelerate growth. We believe in people with big dreams and the grit to bring them to life. We invest in ideas that challenge the status quo and build a better world through innovation. We partner with companies providing early stage investment,support and advice that help founders reach their vision.

## 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.

## Soma Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Soma Capital is venture capital fund that focuses on investing in software to automate the world across all sectors and geographies.

## Immad Akhund
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Immad Akhund is the CEO and Founder of Mercury.

## Next47
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series C, Series A
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Information Technology

Next47 is a $1.2 billion independent, global venture firm backed by Siemens AG. We specialize in enterprise-focused businesses, make fast decisions and share deep conviction with the teams we invest in. We have the resources and the motivation to unleash maximum potential in every startup we work with. We leverage our own global footprint as wellas the Siemens ecosystem that spans a broad set of industries across hundreds of countries and regions worldwide.

## 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

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

## 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

## 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.

## 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.

## Parker Treacy
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Hardware

Founder at Cobli.

## Lever VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Food Processing, Biotechnology

Lever VC is a U.S.-Hong Kong venture capital fund founded by Managing Partner Nick Cooney and investing in early stage companies in the alternative protein sector (plant-based and “clean”/cell-based meat, egg and dairy companies). Lever VC operates globally, with offices in Hong Kong and the U.S. and staff in the US, Hong Kong, Europe, andIsrael. Entrepreneurs and startups interested in connecting with Lever VC about possible investment can reach the team and submit information about their company at http://www.levervc.com.Managing Partner Nick Cooney is the Co-Founder and former Managing Trustee of New Crop Capital, a private venture capital trust vehicle investing in the alternative protein space, and is Co-Founder of the Good Food Institute, the world’s largest non-governmental organization working to grow the alternative protein space. The General Partners at Lever VC have deployed over $1.5 billion in capital over the past decade across a variety of sectors, including over thirty deals in the alternative protein space.

## Fabricio Bloisi
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Angel, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Delivery, Internet

Movile's Founder & CEO, Fabricio Bloisi turned Movile from a startup in a garage in Brazil into a global player in mobile marketplaces. Currently, Movile has over 1600 employees, 15 offices – based in 6 different countries – and serves monthly more than 150 million mobile customers worldwide. Bloisi majored in Computer Science at theState University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and concluded a Master degree in Business Administration at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EAESP) – his thesis gathers High-Growth startups, Innovations and Strategy. Bloisi has also concluded the Executive Program for Growing Companies, Strategy, Finance, Leadership for companies in the growth phase at Stanford Graduate School of Business. His dream is to create a company that make's 1 billion lives better through Movile’s mobile businesses.

## 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.

## 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.

## Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Northeastern Pennsylvania
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Manufacturing, Health Care, Software

Ben Franklin helps early-stage technology companies and established manufacturers translate innovation into commercial success and economic prosperity.

## Sharon Paskin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Hardware

Sharon Paskin

## Michael Lehmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Hardware

Michael Lehmann

## FUNDEPAR
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, AgTech, Drones

Fundepar is an investment firm that is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The firm manages Seed4Science, which is a Seed Capital/Venture Capital fund and invests in deep tech startups

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

## Caravela Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Software

Brazilian Venture Capital firm investing in early-stage companies in Latam

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