# Top 35 Renewable Energy Startup Investors in LATAM in October 2023 ## EDP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 5 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space ## Canary - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam. ## FMO - Type: VC Fund - Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech FMO is a financial investment firm that specializes in financing businesses and projects FMO invests across the agribusiness value chain to enhance food security, support sustainability and promoting inclusive development. ## PeopleFund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Miami, Florida, United States - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Internet, Renewable Energy, E-Commerce PeopleFund, a privately-held investment company that helps entrepreneurs from around the world accelerate the growth of their fun, positive-impact, scalable, profitable and sustainable companies. Our global network of partners, advisors and friends puts us in a position where very few other investment funds have been before, providing our companieswith the right financing, contacts and advice to help them reach whatever incredible goal they’ve set for themselves. PeopleFund was founded by proven and successful serial entrepreneurs and is supplemented by an experienced support team. We have a passion for taking great business visions in any stage and growing them into larger and more profitable enterprises. For more information please visit http://www.peoplefund.com ## Carlos Pacheco - Type: Angel - Location: Curityba, Parana, Brazil - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Debt Financing - Focus: Energy, Blockchain, Renewable Energy Angel Investor IBGC - Certified Board Member ## 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. ## 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. ## Matias de Tezanos - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series E - Focus: Semiconductor, Advertising, Food and Beverage Matias de Tezanos is the Investor & Board Director at Getaround. ## Proparco - Type: VC Fund - Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, Energy Proparco is devoted to private sector funding in the sustainable development sector. ## CSN Inova - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Energy Management Corporate Venture Capital vehicle of Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (CSN) ## Kaszek - Type: VC Fund - Location: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Wayra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense. ## Kevin Efrusy - Type: Angel - Location: Palo Alto, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Financial Services Kevin Efrusy is the Co-Founder of The Efrusy Family Foundation and a Partner at Accel. Prior to that, he was the CEO and board member, and co-founder of IronPlanet. He attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business and Stanford University. ## ALLVP - Type: VC Fund - Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Deetken Impact - Type: VC Fund - Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Energy, Renewable Energy Deetken Impact is a Canadian impact investment firm specializing in social and responsible impact investing throughout the Americas. ## Niu Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Information Technology, Software, Renewable Energy Niu Ventures is a pre-seed VC that connects early-stage Brazilian startups with the Silicon Valley growth mindset. ## AmBev - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Ambev, formally Companhia de Bebidas das Américas (official English translation: "Americas' Beverage Company", hence the name "Ambev", formerly styled as "AmBev") is a brewing company.Ambev was originally a Brazilian company that opened capital to international investors. Because of this, nowadays there iscontroversy if it is still a Brazilian company or a subsidiary of the global brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev. ## 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. ## Siemens Financial Services - Type: VC Fund - Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Debt Financing - Focus: Energy, Energy Management, Renewable Energy Financing is playing an increasingly important role in facilitating investments in the areas of energy, industry, healthcare and infrastructure and cities technologies. ## Acumen LatAm Impact Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Bogotá, Distrito Especial, Colombia - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: EdTech, Education, Machine Learning ALIVE Ventures is an impact investing fund manager that seeks to transform the lives of low-income communities across Latin America. ## Lowercarbon Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Energy Lowercarbon Capital backs kickass companies slashing CO2 emissions, sucking carbon out of the sky, and buying us time to unf**k the planet. ## Valor Capital Group - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - 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. ## Barn Investments - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming Barn Investments is a Venture Capital firm dedicated to early stage, seed and Series A investments in the Brazilian and Latin American Market. ## Opes Impact Fund - Type: VC Fund - Location: Milano, Lombardia, Italy - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Energy, Social Entrepreneurship, Renewable Energy Opes-Lcef is an impact investor that provides catalytic capital to early-stage social enterprises in emerging markets. ## Oikocredit International - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amersfoort, Utrecht, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Debt Financing, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Finance, FinTech Oikocredit is guided by the principle of empowering people. Their experience proves that the most effective and sustainable means of assisting those in need is providing an opportunity to help themselves. ## Leonardo Borrero - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Retail Technology Leonardo Borrero ## E10 - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Solar, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency E 10 is a venture capital firm base in Guatemala City addressing emerging markets energy challenges ## big_bets - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology Big_bets is an investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate business development. ## Fundação Estudar Alumni Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Energy, Database, Software Fundação Estudar Alumni Partners is an independent angel investment fund from Fundação Estudar. ## Crescera Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Rio De Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C - Focus: SaaS, Ride Sharing, Artificial Intelligence Crescera Capital is a investment firm that focuses on private equity and venture capital. ## Norte Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services Norte is a founder's fund created and invested by entrepreneurs ## Actyus - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Financial Services, Banking, FinTech We created Actyus to invest in Fintech companies via value creation strategies and active management in Europe and Latin America. We count on significant know-how and privileged access to Fintech and private equity sectors, especially after distributing €1bn + in alternative products. ## Flori Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A - Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all. ## Tom Chi - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Environmental Engineering, Industrial, Solar Tom Chi is a Senior Principal Designer at Yahoo! and has worked as each of Designer, Product Manager, Developer, and Consultant. He was a key design driver on many products, including Yahoo Answers, the new Yahoo Search, Microsoft Outlook, and several other enterprise applications. Tom is a co-creator of OK/Cancel, and has published over200 comic strips about user experience in a variety of online and printed publications. ## Fernando Pontaza - Type: Angel - Location: Guatemala City, Guatemala, Guatemala - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B - Focus: Software, FinTech, Health Care Fernando Pontaza is a Co-Founder and Managing General Partner at Invariantes Fund. # 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