Top 20 Publishing Startup Investors in LATAM in October 2023

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• Mywacc — We are a fintech that offers valuation services to provide start-ups and small businesses with accurate, reliable, and affordable financial valuations (leveraged in AI), as well as access to capital and additional services that could help them make better financial decisions and improve their chances of success. Funded by Corfo Chile. Partnershipfrom UDD Ventures. Part of Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub
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• Remote Waters — Remote Waters provide water purification systems with low O&M and fast installation for remote communities with limited access to potable water.

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• Raizs — Raízs was born to strengthen the bond between local organic farmers and conscious consumers. Through machine learning and a virtual stock, we are able to optimise harvest production and avoid multiple steps in the supply chain. This generates visibility for the countryside and accessibility for the city.
• Agrotools — Founded over a decade ago, Brazilian Agrotools (AT) consolidated as the most relevant AgTech in Latin America, assisting every chain of corporate agribusiness: Companies that relate with rural producers, such as banks, industries, traders, insurance and reinsurance companies, and retail. Among over 100 clients are: Mc Donald’s, Rabobank, Carrefour,Walmart, Itaú BBA, Cofco, International, Sicredi, JBS, Cargill.Agrotools´ digital solutions are based on a geographic platform of patented technology, developed exclusively for agribusiness. The Brazilian technology, combined with one of the largest and more complete databases in the world of agribusiness, along with our multidisciplinary team, provide AT with the capacity to interpret and deliver powerful insights and tools for business and management. In practice, these tools allow big corporations to understand all that happens with their clients and/or suppliers spread through the rural territory, which, before the arrival of remote monitoring platforms such as Agrotools, was a very difficult and slow task.It is about bringing the rural territory and the corporate world closer together. Connecting land with businesses and strategy.With Agrotools, a bank can digitize its rural credit operation, allowing for a dynamic and integrated risk monitoring, based on field data collection, collateral asset management, market and environmental compliance, all under one single platform.A retail company can, for example, verify if its´ supply chain is in conformity with requisites of national and international agreements (or other criteria of choosing). Which, in a time of highly disseminated information and social concern for transparency and innovation, can prevent institutional crises. In the same way, the use of smart digital solutions can enhance the value of corporations´ biggest asset: the brand. The amount of information captured and analyzed daily by the platform requires an enormous capacity. There are over 200 thousand analysis each day, that cover over 200 million hectares (area superior to France, Italy, Germany and Denmark altogether). The promotion of responsible social and environmental practices has led Agrotools to be recognized, in June of 2018, as a B corporation. This important international certificate attests to a business model that envisions social and environmental development combined with good practices of work and transparency. The AgTech was also accredited by Great Place to Work (institution that evaluates good people management practices). Both credentials are only granted after deep research and diagnosis of the organization.
• ATIVA Soluções — Ativa develops IoT and M2M (Machine-to-Machine) solutions.

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• Lizza — Finnu is a financial services technology company based out of Barcelona, Spain, giving its users access to affordable asset-backed consumer loans via its mobile app.Finnu leverages machine learning and alternative phone usage data points, as well as mobile device management (MDM) technology to deliver credit to those, who are usually overlookedby other lenders. With Finnu, users can not only fully digitally apply and receive loans via their phones, but use their phones as collaterals to significantly reduce interest rates. Finnu is backed and supported by top-tier venture capital funds from Europe and Latin America.
• GuruHotel — Automated hotel website in under 60 seconds
• Saludtools — Saludtools is a digital platform that improves access, quality and reliability of medical services for thousands of patients in Latin America. Our innovative and friendly technology breaks the barriers that prevent a better medical attention. We are about making outstanding healthcare accessible for everyone.

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• Inspectral — Inspectral offers environmental consulting solutions with technology via data intelligence, monitoring, analysis, and integrated technology.
• Scaleup — Scaleup offers e-learning experience that aid schools and other educators to deliver educational content through its platform.
• EPIC Digitais — EPIC Digitais is a corporate transmedia projects.

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• Startupi — Startupi is a knowledge base on the Brazilian innovation, business, entrepreneurship and technology market. Founded in December 2008, it collaborated to build the Brazilian startups ecosystem, informing and educating the market about what these startups were and how they would become so important. Over the years, Startupi has collaborated with themost diverse initiatives and programs to foster entrepreneurship and innovation in Brazil, as well as aggregate key knowledge and inspire everyone with an innovative spirit. In March / 15 it was acquired by BEATS Brasil and will continue to be an independent and important channel for information, relationships and business generation between Startups-Investors-Customers-Government-Media-Market. We reinforce our commitment to transparency, collaboration. We want to raise the name of STARTUPI to a new level - the best communication vehicle in the country for the Startups ecosystem. Count on us because we count on you, let's go!
• Sling Hub — Startup ecosystem data
• ZoeMob — ZoeMob provides a mobile family safety service based on tablets and smartphones designed for parents who wish to ensure their children and family members are protected and safe anytime, anywhere, and personal users looking for a reliable mobile device service for protect their personal data and privacy.ZoeMob was founded by Daniel Avizu and HelioFreitas. They are two experienced Internet software enginner and Internet business professional who met at AOL Latin America joint venture and later they have worked in other big technology and media companies for more than 10 years.ZoeMob main features: - Symbian, Android, IOS and Blackberry* compatibiliy - Full localization and tracking monitor - Driving safety features (alerts and actions) - Geo fence (alerts and actions) - Callback - Full Remote control - Direct Message broadcasting - Facebook integration - Device content monitoring - Security features (lock, wipe, alarm, panic buttom)

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• Sami — Sami is a Brazil-based health plan startup that provides a technology-based solution intended to be used in the healthcare sector. The company focuses on making health care simpler, more efficient, and friendlier by using simplified solutions, thus, providing patients with reduced costs for their medical care needs. Their mission is to transformBrazilian health into something simple, easy, reliable, and accessible, which helps each person to be their best version.Founded by Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo in 2018 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
• Nobli — Nobli is a fintech that helps investors use their financial assets to secure special terms credit.
• CondoConta — CondoConta is a provider of digital banking database for condominium finances.

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• Cayena — Cayena is a B2B marketplace for the $100b+ wholesale food industry in Latin America. The company allows restaurants, bars, bakeries, hotels and dark kitchens to procure their inventory from multiple suppliers with next day delivery and a comprehensive suite of add-on services.
• Silverguard — A B2C2B protection fintech that provides freemium protection solutions for individuals and valuable protection data for companies.
• Movens — Movens is a revenue-based financing platform for e-commerce brands. We deeply understand the business to support entrepreneurs in their growth journey, solving working capital issues and cash flow fluctuations with affordable, flexible funding and insights with data intelligence.

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• Cuéntame — Cuéntame develops tools designed for employees' emotional wellbeing.
• Holacasa — Holacasa te ayuda a conseguir tu hipoteca, comparando +11 bancos. Sin costo ni compromiso.
• Konta — Konta offers an online accounting service for micro and small businesses in México. Their company vision is to make running a small company easy. They are helping freelancers and small entrepreneurs by implementing a cost-effective, automated online accounting service. José Menéndez and Pablo Icaza founded the company in September 2019, with itsheadquarters in Monterrey, México.

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• Tarvos — Tarvos is an automated insect monitoring platform with real-time insights from smart traps.
• GrowinCo. — GrowinCo., is the lead sourcing platform for the CPG industry, connecting suppliers, co-packers, co-manufacturers, and business partners.
• MeuChapa — MeuChapa is a logtech digital platform that provides workforce solutions for logistics and supply chains.

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• Barte — VBarte is a benchmark for B2B interactions. They designed it to automate payment procedures in Latin America. They optimize cash flow management for small and midsize enterprises through automated payments and revenue-based financing, enabling users to get easy access to financial metrics and credit payments.
• ALPHS — THE ALPHS is an Indian-Italian lifestyle brand which operates as a specialty online retailer. It was founded in 2021 in Bengaluru, India. It serves customers worldwide, offers limited premium apparels, and lifestyle products which includes fragrances made in Italy. To ensure authenticity, their genuine products are sold exclusively through theirofficial website as mentioned in their terms of service. It gets online on big events and are available to purchase for a limited duration of 7 days only, thus selling out very quickly. Initially, they burned a great deal of their investor's cash by hiring top-notch verified celebrities on Instagram to promote their products and also did a lot of free giveaways to attract people. As seen on a news website, they were targeting women between the ages of 18 and 35 years from a few top Tier 1 countries which included United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Italy through paid advertising.As mentioned in an online publication, Ashini started it on Instagram as a fun side project inspired by 'The Originals', a fantasy supernatural American series. Later, it was turned to a professional brand backed by a few mysterious wealthy members, Ashini was one of them. So far, the brand has raised a total of US$345K in funding over 2 seed rounds from 6 investment organizations with Y Combinator as the lead investor, and made a revenue of US $1.35M in their very first year of online presence.
• Teachy — Teachy is a platform that doubles teachers time through artificial intelligence.

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• Vexi — Vexi issues, operates and processes credit cards for young underbanked population on a mission to make credit accessible, through a 100% digital onboarding and unparalleled customer experience
• Yumari — Wholesale Buying from Latin America Made Easy
• FZ Sports — Fz Sports is a tech company that creates connections between rights owners, sports brands, and sports fans. The way to enjoy and monetize sports content.

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• CEREBRUMX — CEREBRUMXs preventive car maintenance & telematics solutions help maintain cars & prevent costly repairs with real-time monitoring & predictive analytics.
• COMPREDICT — COMPREDICT‘s virtual sensors and health & usage monitoring provide unique insights of vehicle usage and behavior without additional hardware for all sectors of mobility. Our solution is currently used in applications with 2 up to 18 wheel vehicles – and even trains. The virtual sensors measure the real dynamic behavior of components likesteering, brakes, powertrain and battery, regardless of whether the vehicle is a prototype or a series product, for a single vehicle or an entire fleet. We close the feedback loop between product development, in-use behavior or fleet management and service operations. With COMPREDICT, optimized component design and maintenance allow our customers to reduce weight, CO2 emissions and environmental impact over the whole product lifecycle.
• Electra Vehicles — Control, Analyze, & Design Innovative Battery Packs using Electra Vehicles' EVE-Ai 360 Adaptive Controls and Analytics and EnPower Design.

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• Nivati — Employee mental health programs for stress management. Increase morale, engagement, and wellbeing through on-demand therapy, massage, yoga, and more.
• Torcedores.com — Torcedores.com is a EdTech platform focused on producing high-quality digital sports content to millions of fans. The site was founded in Brazil, early 2014 and today has over 21,000 contributor writers, a 30 person team in Sao Paulo and reaches an audience of more than 30 million people multiplatform each month.

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• Knewin — Knewin has a global solutions platform, with big data analytics and artificial intelligence, that provides customers real-time brand monitoring with no keyword limit, in more than 80 languages and global reach. Knewin has the largest database in Latin America for media monitoring, in addition to intelligence and data analysis solutions for thecommunication and marketing segments.

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• Fiibo — Fiibo is the first health and wellness multplatform in Brazil, offering an innovative technological solution that connects all healthcare stakeholders in one place. The platform includes an app that allows employees to choose from a variety of available products and services, as well as a data management and contracting platform for companies andbrokers. This provides greater freedom and flexibility in selecting how to care for one's health.
• Lagoped — Lagoped operates as a sustainable outdoor clothing brand.
• Eyecare Health — Eyecare Health is a health technology company that specializes in ophthalmology.

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• Vendah — Social commerce platform democratizing the e-commerce in LATAM through local entrepreneurs
• Sensix — Through the FieldScan platform, Sensix uses analytical intelligence and machine learning to consolidate and correlate data from drones, satellites, machines, climate and soil and plant samples, generating input application maps, greater crop predictability and greater profitability for farmers. The web-based platform FieldScan is capable ofdelivering weed localization maps, quantifying planting gaps, identifying vigor and biomass variability and soil and plant sampling maps for variable rate application of fertilizers, nematicides, regulators (cotton), resistance inducers and insecticides, communicating directly with the agricultural machinery and impacting in saving of inputs, greater homogeneity of the crop and increase of yields.
• Mission Brasil — Mission Brasil is an information technology solution that provides a digital outsourcing platform for business development. Their services include legal and administrative, retail and monitoring, research and audit, hidden shopper, data and accreditation, logistics, and direct sales.

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• EADBOX — Eadbox is a platform used by Education Entrepreneurs to create and sell online courses to large audiences. Through Eadbox, every day thousands of authors teaches millions of students online. Its unique value proposition aggregates three main elements:1. Technology: SaaS software for authors to easily create and sell online course, in their ownbranded website. their customer values content and video security, tools for professional certification management, live streaming and webinar technology2. Services: their unique best practices framework. Every new Eadbox customer has a customer success manager, specialists support and business intelligence. Their service team helps customers to apply the best practices in online course creation and launch it using the best digital marketing strategies.3. Lead Generation: boost sales for customers. Through affiliate strategies, digital marketing support and marketplaces, Eadbox connects customers products to large audiences helping the whole ecosystem to increase sales.
• PhoneTrack — PhoneTrack is a voice and call analytics solution for Brazilian companies. We offer tools to manage and analyse marketing and sales leads.
• Rede Vistorias — Rede Vistorias is an innovative solution company specialized in performing real estate surveys for rental or sale. It also provides solutions that integrate a digital platform in transparency, agility, and security to real estate companies, clients, and their builders. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Santa Catarina, Brazil.

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• Pulses — Pulses is a SAAS and DIY platform for HR professionals and leaders who deal with Engagement, Performance, Culture and Employee Experience. It envisions that leaders and employees can become empowered transformation agents with autonomy, empowerment of their data, and tailored insights to transform their work environments into more enjoyable,productive, and healthy places.It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Itajaí, Brazil.
• Sonica — Sonica is a software development firm focusing on the integration of Web3 applications.
• Darwin Seguros — Darwin Seguros is a insurance technology company.

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• Estante Mágica — Estante Mágica is a children's book provider that aims to develop the full capacity of reading and writing among children and enable them to explore their talents. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Nova Friburgo, Brazil.

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• Klubi — Klubi is a fintech company that provides credit facilities in a simple, transparent, secure and truly digital experience.
• Axenya — Axenya is a digital health platform company.
• Dattos — Dattos came up to heal a market need: to unzip and automate reconciliation processes. We are a Fintech specialized in integration and automation of accounting, tax, banking, assets, and data reconciliation processes.