# Top 30 Restaurants Startup Investors in Brazil in May 2026

## Valor Capital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Monashees
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Canary
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, E-Commerce, Information Technology

Canary is the first partner of the best founders in Latam.

## Kaszek
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## DOMO Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Bridge One
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Fashion, Security, Biometrics

Bridge One is a Brazilian-based venture capital firm focused on high growth B2B software companies.

## Base10 Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Tiger Global Management
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Tiger Global Management is an investment firm that deploys capital globally.Tiger Global seeks to earn superior risk-adjusted returns for its investors over the long term. The firm’s fundamentally oriented investments focus primarily on the global Internet, technology, telecom, media consumer, and industrial sectors. The private equity strategyhas a ten-year investment horizon and targets growth-oriented private companies. The public equity efforts emphasize deep due diligence on individual companies and long-term secular themes.

## Fernando Meirelles
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery

Fernando Ferreira Meirelles is a Brazilian film director, producer and screenwriter.

## HIX Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

Hix Capital is a Public Equities focused investment firm, also investing in private equity and late stage growth capital.

## Gabriel Cherubini
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery

Gabriel Cherubini

## Aimorés Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Information Technology, Health Care, Software

Aimorés Investments is investing in technology companies between the Anjo and Pré-Seed stages.

## Patrice Etlin
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Private Equity, Seed
- Focus: Mobile, Software, Restaurants

Patrice Etlin joined Advent International in 1997 and started the firm’s investment activities in Brazil. He has 19 years of private equity experience. From 1994 to 1997, Patrice was a partner at International Venture Partners in São Paulo, where he was responsible for the overall operation of a media and communications fund focused on Brazil.Previously, he spent five years with Matra Marconi Space, initially as a systems engineer on a project to develop a European military observation satellite. In 1990, he was promoted to general representative for Brazil, in charge of setting up a private telecommunications satellite system providing services to Mercosul countries.Patrice is also Chairman of the Latin American Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (LAVCA).

## NFX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.

## Andres Bilbao
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Andres Bilbao

## 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.

## Olist
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: B2B, Retail, Software

Olist is an SMB commerce enabler ecosystem that specializes in the fields of logistics and capital. Commerce has changed and platforms like shopify, amazon, meli, alibaba and their peers are more and more relevant to our economy throughout the globe.
This movement triggered a new generation of enablers to support small businesses navigate in suchrich and fragmented ecosystem. Olist is leading the way as the #1 commerce enabler for SMBs in Brazil, now expanding globally.The company started with a single core connecting merchants to marketplaces and evolved to a complete ecosystem of integrated products in 3 dimensions.
(1) Commerce: (a) Olist Store is the leading solution to sell on marketplaces; (b) Olist Shops is our ecommerce solution, mobile first, natively connected to social media, present in 180 countries.
(2) Logistics: Olist Pax is a leading cloud based logistics and fulfillment network provider operating in Brazil.
(3) Capital: Olist Credit and Olist Pay.

## 1616 Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Insurance

Investing in early-stage startups in Brazil

## Flavia Buchmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Marketing, Restaurants, Food Delivery

Flavia Buchmann is the CMO at NotCo.

## Guilherme Bonifacio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Chromo Invest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Chromo Invest is an Investment Studio focused on Global Alternative Investments and “Out-of-the-box” investment ideas. The firm manages liquid and illiquid investments for a UHNW Brazilian family and selected clients. They seek global investment theses in order to achieve an appreciation of the capital invested in the long term, with participatoryand contributory activities in business. It analyzes the intrinsic characteristics of potential businesses, far beyond financial indicators.Chromo Invest's mission as an alternative investment manager is to be a powerful guiding focus for businesses and investors, such as marine lighthouses, which project the light to indicate the right direction and warn of obstacles ahead of any adversity.

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

## Plataforma Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Based in Brazil, Plataforma Capital is a growth capital firm focused on investments in early-stage companies.

## Diego Libanio
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery

Diego Libanio - Founder & CEO @ Mercê do Bairro

## Calila
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery

Calila is a family office of the Jereissati family.

## Aram Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Restaurants, Food Delivery

Aram Capital is a wealth management and investment company.

## Latitud
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Build good sh*t with Latitud

## Ralf Wenzel
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Retail, Grocery, Delivery

Ralf Wenzel is the Berlin- and New York-based founder and CEO of JOKR, the global platform for instant grocery and retail delivery at a hyper-local scale. Email Johrenk7@gmail.com Ralf has an almost 20-year track record of building companies up from scratch, bringing their products to consumers globally, and leading diverse teams. Prior tofounding JOKR, he built three companies, including foodpanda, one of the world's most successful food delivery businesses across 40 countries, which he later merged with Delivery Hero and led through an initial public offering. He also built Skrill, the first e-wallet and leading online payments company in Europe, and Tocororo Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Ralf previously operated his businesses with a focus on emerging markets, particularly in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America. He has also served as Managing Partner at Softbank. Wenzel holds a degree in computer science from Berlin University.

## Romero Rodrigues
- Type: Angel
- Location: São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Romero Rodrigues is Managing Partner of Headline. He was an Investor at Olist. He attended the University of Sao Paulo.

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