Top 35 Social Media Startup Investors in Brazil in October 2023
Top 35 Social Media Startup Investors in Brazil in October 2023
| Investor | Social Media Brazil investments |
|---|---|
| BR Angels | 4 |
| Redpoint eventures | 3 |
| CVENTURES | 2 |
| Kaszek | 2 |
| DGF Investimentos | 2 |
| Florian Otto | 2 |
| Fabrice Grinda | 2 |
| Redpoint | 2 |
| Vinicius Marchini | 2 |
| DOMO Invest | 1 |
| Curitiba Angels | 1 |
| Ariel Lambrecht | 1 |
| Equity Rio Investimentos | 1 |
| Bzplan | 1 |
| Invest Tech | 1 |
| Alexia Ventures | 1 |
| Headline | 1 |
| Mario Letelier | 1 |
| Gvangels | 1 |
| Leonardo Teixeira | 1 |
| Clocktower Technology Ventures | 1 |
| IG Expansion | 1 |
| Wayra | 1 |
| Aimorés Investments | 1 |
| Dr. Cornelius Boersch | 1 |
| Plataforma Capital Partners | 1 |
| XMS Capital Partners | 1 |
| Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of Brazil | 1 |
| Goodwater Capital | 1 |
| Sente Ventures | 1 |
| Accel | 1 |
| Barn Investments | 1 |
| Crescera Investimentos (f/k/a Bozano Investimentos) | 1 |
| Astella | 1 |
| Homebrew | 1 |
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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.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Brazil, United States, Belgium
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Hariken — Every second a website produces thousands of information about each visitor such as, pages accessed, interests, purchases made, origin, time, among others. With this information collected and targeted, Hariken can generate profiles and organize them by creating a strategic big date. In addition, Hariken allows this data to be used in the mainactivation tools: CRMs, Email Marketing, Yahoo / Oath / Doubleclick, Appnexus, and even Facebook and Instagram. Hariken not only collects and organizes information but also works so that the manager has full control of all the data generated in the company and the freedom to access them whenever they want. Hariken is a data hub and the possibilities are endless. Some cross data online with Offline, others exchange data with partner companies; lease data from non-competing companies to strengthen their campaigns, etc. Anyway, the data is yours and the decision on how best to take advantage of them as well.
- Sensorweb — Sensorweb is a technology company that develops solutions with the Internet of Things for Health, connecting environments, devices, and people. Sensorweb helps institutions in their journey of success, through innovation and excellence of its services.
- Wevo — Wevo is the first iPaaS in Latin America, a SaaS platform for APIs, systems and data integrations, with pre-built connectors to connect different kinds of softwares like Magento, SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Zendesk, VTEX, Rakuten, Mercado Livre, among other applications, with customers in 10 countries.
We are tech entrepreneurs partnering with the most extraordinary founders in Latin America.
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- Financial Services, FinTech, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Brazil, Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Cobre — Cobre is powering companies to become workplace banks with private label technology that will give low wage employees access to financial products
- SuaQuadra — Quadra is a commercial real estate marketplace. Major technology and real estate investors' support, including Kaszek, Canary, ONEVC, and the Cyrela family.
- Comp — Compareemcasa is a comparison website developed to help consumers when deciding what services to hire online. It enables consumers to compare insurance services, loans, and more. The company's focus is on financial products and services enabling Latin American households to save time and money.Compareemcasa is headquartered in São Paulo,Brazil and was founded on 2009.
DGF Investimentos is a leading Brazilian investment group. We currently manage a family of funds invested mainly by large institutional and individual investors. Our focus is on growth type investments in small to mid sized enterprises in Brazil, specially in the technology space. Historically, DGF and its team have completed close to fortyinvestments with several successful exits.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Amicci — Amicci provides services to retail and industry to generate better sales, profits and consumer loyalty.
- Aravita — Intelligent Fresh Food Ordering
- DEX Screener — DEX Screener is a real-time blockchain analytics app used by 1.5M+ crypto traders every month.
Florian is Co-founder and CEO of Cedar, the leading patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and independent medical groups. Prior to founding Cedar, Florian was an executive at Zocdoc where he drove the commercial adoption of the platform by health systems. Previously, Florian founded a daily deal company in Brazil(ClubeUrbano) that was sold to Groupon. After the acquisition, he became CEO of Groupon Brazil. He has also worked at McKinsey & Company within their healthcare practice. Florian holds an M.D., D.D.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg, Germany.
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- Internet, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Series A, Seed, Angel
- Brazil, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Guiabolso — Guiabolso is the fintech transforming the Brazilian financial system by pioneering Open Banking, to bring the benefits of open data access and analytics to millions of consumers and a fast-growing number of corporate customers. Launched in 2014, the Guiabolso app has a huge amount of granular financial data about its 6M users, powering consumersolutions of consolidated financial management, an in-app curated product marketplace and instant payment capabilities, while providing product partners access to unique segmenting and scoring capabilities. In addition, Guiabolso is the only company in Brazil with a fully launched and calibrated end-to-end Open Banking solution for B2B clients, going beyond just bank account data aggregation to offer modular value-add solutions such as advanced analytics, a white-label marketplace, and personal financial management features. The company was founded by Thiago Alvarez and Benjamin Gleason, two friends who met at McKinsey and aspired to use innovative technology and a focus on consumer impact to improve the lives of Brazilians and transform the financial system.
- Aware — Aware is a mobile app for evaluating health data and for researching chronic diseases.
- Pipo Saúde — We are a platform that sells and manages healthcare benefits (from your healthcare plan to your fitness benefit).
Fabrice Grinda is among the world’s leading Internet entrepreneurs and investors.He has over $300 million in exits and 150 angel investments. Fabrice has served as CEO for three multinational companies and has an impressive track record as an early investor in Alibaba, Lending Club, Delivery Hero and Brightroll.Fabrice is currentlyinvesting in startups and building companies through FJ Labs, which he cofounded with business partner Jose Marin. Fabrice is also co-founder and executive chairman of Beepi, a next generation used car marketplace. Beepi recently raised $60 million in series B funding.Prior to FJ Labs and Beepi, Fabrice was co-founder and co-CEO of OLX, one of the largest websites in the world with over 200 million unique visitors per month. The company operates in 40 countries and has over 1,200 employees. OLX is the largest classifieds site in India, Brazil, Pakistan, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal and many other emerging markets.Before OLX, Fabrice was co-founder and CEO of Zingy, one of the largest wireless media companies in the Americas. Fabrice successfully grew the business to $200 million in sales in four years.Fabrice started his entrepreneurial journey in 1998, at 23, when he co-founded and was CEO of Aucland. Soon after, Aucland grew into one of the largest auction sites in Europe. Before his entrepreneurial endeavors, Fabrice worked as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company.Fabrice holds a BA in Economics from Princeton University. He graduated Summa Cum Laude in 1996, and was awarded the Halbert White prize, given to the most distinguished economics student, as well as The Wolfe Balleisen memorial prize, awarded for best thesis.In his free time, Fabrice likes to travel the world, kitesurf, play tennis, and blog about his personal and professional life at www.fabricegrinda.com.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Marketplace
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, France, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- OTPless — Experience the future of user authentication with OTPLESS. Our one-tap sign-in solution eliminates the need for passwords and OTPs, offering a secure, convenient, and user-friendly alternative.
- PIXmania.com — PIXmania is a pan-European electrical e-tailer operating in 26 countries. PIXmania has been growing its market positions across Europe while leveraging the benefits of being part of the Dixons Retail Group. Pixmania now serves more than 7 million customers over Europe with a wide range of product categories.
- Le Collectionist — Le Collectionist is a luxury travel brand offering the discerning traveller a selection of exquisite holiday rentals around the world with hotel-like services.
Redpoint partners with visionary entrepreneurs to create new markets & redefine existing ones. We invest in startups across seed, early & growth phases.
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- Software, Enterprise Software, SaaS
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, China, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- BitGo — BitGo is the leader in institutional digital asset custody, trading, and finance. We enable our clients to navigate the complex landscape of digital assets with a connected, compliant, and secure suite of solutions.
- Levelpath — Levelpath provides a simple and clear way to view and collaborate on all procurement activities.
- MotherDuck — Making analytics ducking awesome with DuckDB. Sign up to stay in touch.
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- Content, Social Media, Search Engine
- Angel, Series A
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Kekanto — Kekanto is a social network that can be used to exchange reviews and recommendations on places and services. It consists of a community of people, who enjoys exploring the city, sharing opinions, and meeting new people. Kekanto was founded in 2010 by Bruno Yoshimura, Fernando Okumura, and Allan Panossian. It is based in São Paulo.
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.
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- Information Technology, Software, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, United States, Trinidad and Tobago
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Curitiba Angels Angel investment for original entrepreneurs and filmmakers.
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- B2B, Freelance, Financial Services
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Marfin — Projetos de marketing sob demanda. Conectamos profissionais especialistas e entregamos uma plataforma completa para gerenciar centenas de trabalhos simultaneamente.
- Transfeera — Transfeera is a platform that generates savings with each transfer between banks and also allows its customers to reduce errors and operational efforts that generate even more expenses.Designed in March 2016, Transfeera was created with the purpose of reducing the costs of TEDs and DOCs to its users. It is founded by 3 ex-employees of ContaAzul:Guilherme Verdasca, Rafael Negherbon, and Fernando Nunes.
- Abler Recrutamento Digital — For companies that are struggling to hire, Abler is a platform that compares requirements and skills, facilitates management and simplifies communication by offering simplicity, automation and better experiences through technology. For professionals looking for job opportunities and suffering from the lack of references and evaluations in the jobmarket, Abler is a platform that through the comparison of requirements and skills, guides and indicates opportunities according to their profile providing feedbacks, automation and better experiences for candidates.
Ariel Lambrecht
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- Financial Services, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil, Mexico, Chile
Portfolio highlights
- Salvy — A melhor operadora para o seu time!
- Elevva — Elevva help e-commerce brands in retail management, e-commerce channel expansion, and vendor management.
- CLIVI — Clivi is a specialized digital clinic that provides comprehensive treatment to patients with type 2 diabetes.
Fazemos parte da nova safra de venture capitalist ( VC ) do mercado brasileiro. Somos empreendedores, por natureza, e aprendemos na prática tudo o que sabemos sobre gerenciar investimento de risco: Na cara e na coragem, o famoso skin in the game. Não investimos naquilo que não acreditamos. Não investimos em nada que o nosso capital também nãoesteja alocado. Começamos investindo em 2012, com capital próprio. Desde então, foram alguns milhões de reais investidos nos mais variados estágios de startups por meio de instrumentos de investimentos, tais como: investimento anjo direto, pool e sindicatos, redes de anjo, cotas de fundos e equity crowdfunding. Nosso track record nos permitiu chegar até aqui. Testamos os mais variados modelos de investimentos e retornamos até 20 x o valor investido em alguns casos. Hoje, construímos nossa própria gestora: a Equity Rio Investimentos. NOSSA TESE: " TRIPLO E " EMPREENDEDOR (a), EQUIPE E EXECUÇÃO. Investimos no empreendedor(a) fanático pela busca de soluções inovadoras.Investimos na equipe que esse empreendedor (a) foi capaz de reunir e engajar.Investimos na execução que esse time conseguiu provar e entregar.Nossa missão é buscar, acompanhar, investir e levar esses empreendedores às próximas rodadas.
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- Software, Information Technology, SEO
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
- Marfin — Projetos de marketing sob demanda. Conectamos profissionais especialistas e entregamos uma plataforma completa para gerenciar centenas de trabalhos simultaneamente.
- Around — The largest network of workspaces on flexible terms. We are a savvy team from Latin America providing fast-growing companies with on-demand access to flexible office space. Everywhere.We believe work at its best is always creative and collaborative, expressed with freedom, autonomy, and purpose; and the space surrounding us should help us achieveit, anywhere & everywhere.We are shaping the future of work today by improving workspaces and the rules around them, and helping innovative teams find their ideal space to make their best work every day — our first step on a journey to change the way we work and think about work.Our best work. Anywhere. Everywhere. We are Around.
- Vesti — Vesti is a firm that serves the wholesale fashion industry and offers solutions for our customers to increase their online sales.
Bzplan is an investment manager, from entrepreneurs to entrepreneurs based in Florianópolis. Focused on profiting the capital of its investors, Bzplan has developed a rigorous selection and management process that seeks to identify the best companies with high growth potential, accelerating the development of investees and building a highvalue-added model.From the start of the investment to the disinvestment phase, Bzplan's team supports entrepreneurs and startups through their solid experience, strengthening the construction and maintenance of a portfolio of successful cases, sale of companies, and fundraising.From 2010, together with FIR Capital, she became the manager of the SC Fund that invested in companies in their initial stage. The SC Fund portfolio is made up of Axado, Cata Company, Authors Club, ClicBusiness and MyReks. Axado's exit is a successful case of seed capital funds in Brazil, with a return of 426%. ClicBusiness and MyRenks were acquired by Paradigma Business Solutions and Nexera respectively.In 2016, it launched the South Fund to invest in eight early-stage companies in the states of Santa Catarina, Paraná, and Rio Grande do Sul. The South Fund portfolio is currently made up of companies Cata Company, MobLee, EadBox, and GoFind.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Invest Tech is an independent investment firm focused on Venture Capital and Private Equity. The firm’s team has over 20 years of experience in mergers, acquisitions and fund raising transactions and in investing and managing IT and Telecommunication companies. As of September, 2020, the company managed more than R$ 466 million, raised frominstitutional investors from Brazil, Latin America, United States and Europe.The Company was founded in 2004, with a focus on M&A, strategic investment and capitalization transactions for Brazilian IT companies. Its main goal is to create unique solutions that generate value for all stakeholders of the advised companies. Since then, we have concluded more than 30 successful transactions involving major local and international institutions.In 2008, Invest Tech raised its initial investment fund, with a focus to invest in innovative B2B companies in the knowledge based industries. With top-notch local and international investors, CT I invested in 6 companies, having completed 6 exits.In 2014, Invest Tech raised its second investment fund with aggregate commitments of R$209 million (US$110 million at the time). This vehicle invested in 8 high profile companies that operate in unique industries. As of Sept, 2020, it had also sold 2 of those companies. The Manager’s portfolio as of June, 2021 has 13 companies, with an aggregate gross IRR of 23.4% per year since 2008.In 2016, its capital structure was strengthened through a strategic transaction with Tesalia do Brasil, an investment vehicle held by Santiago Valbuena, prior CEO of Telefonica Latam for 3 years and Global CFO of the Telefonica Group for 9 years, and Gilmar Camurra, CFO of Telefonica Vivo for 14 years. Through its partnership, Invest Tech has expanded its approach to international players in the Latin America and European regions.Invest Tech’s work is based on the deep understanding of the companies we invest in and the support for the development of the portfolios, active participation in the creation of the growth strategy, evaluation of opportunities and support to financial planning, combining such actions with fundraising or merger and acquisition transactions. We proud ourselves of the close work and relationship with our invested companies and long term approach to our investment process.Our key strengths are:• Strong local presence • Uniquely qualified and complementary team • Focus and experience in the portfolio sectors’ • Entrepreneurial experience • Financial and M&A capabilities • Strong and active investor base
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- Information Technology, Software, Cloud Computing
- Private Equity, Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- Uello — Uello uses technology to solve a very difficult problem that is still old fashioned approached - The Urban Logistics market. We provide guidance and smart logistics decisions to a huge workforce of independent resources.Different from peer-to-peer on demand solutions, we provide drivers with optimized routes and a more attractive compensation,making the last mile cheaper for customers and operationally sustainable.We focus on small & medium size companies whose access to great carriers are limited or non-existent. We want to improve the logistics experience and to empower small companies with a first class logistics service at an affordable price.
- 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.
- Intuitive Care — Intuitive Care is a healthtech company which provides solution for healthcare sector.
Alexia Ventures is an early-stage (series A) value-add investor for top entrepreneurs from Brazil and Latin America. We focus in disruptive business models that are driven by software platforms and data / artificial intelligence technologies (A.I.). Alexia Ventures believes that the best founders from Latin America are as good as the topfounders around the world – and can create companies that are global technology leaders. Many of the top talents that its founders have worked with over the past 20+ years, in both LatAm and Silicon Valley, are part of our network. Alexia Ventures was created to help outstanding founders catalyze human potential through data and technology, while building a better future and inspiring the region with a new definition of what is possible.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States, Uruguay
Portfolio highlights
- Parfin — Parfin is a modular platform for secure digital asset custody, trading and management | We are connecting traditional and digital finance
- Aravita — Intelligent Fresh Food Ordering
- Mecanizou — Mecanizou is a distributor of automobile parts. They offer products that include filters, lubricantes, scanners, correias, arrefecimento, frenagem, and baterias.
Headline is a Venture Capital firm actively on the ground in 7 cities around the world. We invest across categories and geographies, leading rounds at every stage. Once we commit to a team, we go to the ends of the earth to make their success global.
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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
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- 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.
- NUMA Group — Life's hard. Travelling shouldn't be. Book a fully furnished room or apartment in some of Europe's coolest neighbourhoods and see how simple travel can be.
- Trellis Research — Trellis Research is a research tool for litigators.
Mario Letelier - Investor and Advisor @ EvoBooks
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- Software, Health Care, Apps
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Linte — Linte helps companies to lower expenses with lawsuits using document assembly and marketplace tools. Linte offers a cloud-based solution that automates repetitive tasks, quickly, cheaply and safely, with the best practices of usability and design. Users can handle contracts, processes, and documents in an efficient and smart way.Linte was foundedon 2015 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Prontmed — Prontmed organizes and integrates health information with an intuitive Electronic Medical Record. It develops the technologies that facilitates the day-to-day medical and hospital procedures. The main function of electronic medical records is to facilitate and support the care of patients. Therefore, the company focuses on optimizing the time ofdoctors, ensures high availability of the system, and assists in maintaining the quality of care. The features of the product are automatic configuration, security and reliability, simplified navigation, excellence support, and smart prescription.Prontmed is a Brazil-based company that was founded in 1996 by Wang Feng.
- Qual Canal — Qual Canal provides social TV analytics for advertisers and TV stations willing to know more about their audiences. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.
GVAngels is a network of angel investors founded by former students of Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), Brasil in 2017. The GVAngels network invests in technology startups that aim to solve inefficiencies in large markets.In these 4 years of operation, investments have already been made in 40 startups and checks have averaged from R$800,000 to R$2million. We currently have more than 300 associates with a personal interest in investing in startups and adding knowledge with their expertise and experience through smart money to our investees.GVAngels has its roots in the School of Business Administration at FGV, where most of the associated angel investors graduated. For 11 consecutive years, the university has been considered the best think tank in Latin America and has been ranked among the best institutions in the world since 2004.
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
I am one of the partners of Iporanga Ventures running our Pre-Seed Stage fund. Prior to That I spent 6 years investing my own money in tech startups as an angel investor.
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- Education, E-Learning, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Funding Round
- Brazil, United States
Portfolio highlights
- bxblue — bxblue is a marketplace for personal loans in Brazil explicitly targeting pensioners and Government workers because they can they take loans secured by their guaranteed income. Because of that banks can deduct the payment directly from the paycheck, leading to an apr 10x lower than credit cards. Payroll secured loans are the most affordablepersonal loan in Brazil, and they represent 60% of the personal loans in the country. It is a 40bn dollar/year marke, completely offline. We are taking this entire market online.
- Consulta do Bem — Consulta do Bem seeks to promote universal access to health by offering an innovative way to schedule and get consultations online. Using technology and science, the company connects doctors and patients instantaneously, optimizing the health professionals' agenda and allowing them to offer their services at more affordable prices to thepopulation.Consulta do Bem was founded in 2015 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
- Back4app — Store and query relational data on the cloud. Make it accessible over GraphQL and REST with a scalable, open-source backend.
Clocktower Technology Ventures is a Santa Monica-based venture capital business focused exclusively on financial technology.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, United Kingdom, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- RepRally — RepRally bridges the gap between emerging brands and local retailers.
- Openly — Openly provides exceptional insurance by delivering truly comprehensive coverage through independent agents without surprise or concern. We do this because we exist to make insurance remarkably simple.
- Momento — Momento is an insurtech company with the objective of revolutionizing the insurance industry in Latin America, starting with car insurance. We want to make insurance easy and accessible for the underserved population in LATAM.
IG Expansion builds new technology and internet companies in Spain and Latin America, aiming to bring to this region proven business mode...
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- Software, Marketing, Social Media
- Funding Round
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- 55social — Dewa505 datang dengan Link Alternatif Dewa 505 Terbaru sebagai tempat taruhan daftar situs online terbesar judi slot gacor hari ini dan terpercaya Indonesia 2023.
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.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Rand — Rand is a fintech firm that offers banking services, savings, deposits, and account opening.
- Moova — Moova is a technological platform that captures idle last mile logistic capacity and transforms it into high efficiency and low cost shipping solutions. The platform connects E-Commerce and retail businesses with a fleet of "Moovers" who complete deliveries on their bicycle, motorcycle, car or van to generate an additional source ofincome. Through route optimization software, real-time traceability, flexible warehousing, and analytics, Moova is propelling the nascent E-Commerce industry in Latin America by reimagining the last mile for a sustainable world.
- AORA — Aora is a complete digital solution for home services. Headquartered in Equador.
Aimorés Investments is investing in technology companies between the Anjo and Pré-Seed stages.
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- Information Technology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Omens — Omens is a telehealth company dedicated to men's healthcare.
- Vidia — Vidia is a digital marketplace that allows the purchase of surgeries by individuals without access to health plans.
- Meu Pescado — Meu Pescado is an agtech company.
Dr. Cornelius (“Conny”) Boersch is an entrepreneur, business angel and founder of numerous technology companies. Conny is considered one of the bestconnected networkers in the tech and start-up scene. He is the founder of the global company builder Mountain Partners as well as the global co-investment company Conny & Co. Conny initiated theEntrepreneurs Day at the Tegernsee, one of the most exclusive conferences in Europe and regularly holds speeches at universities or tech events all over the world. As a business angel, he has invested in more than 300 companies since 1995 and was voted “European Business Angel of the Year” in 2009. He is a European Investment Fund (EIF) - certified super angel, which means that, subject to certain restrictions, the EIF matches all of his startup investments 1 to 1.As an entrepreneur, Conny previously founded the stock-listed RFID-based companies ACG, Smartrac and Identiv as well as the cashless payment systems provider Sandpiper. For his activities he was named “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2000. Politically, Conny acted as advisor to Dr. Guido Westerwelle, former president of the German Liberal Party, FDP, Vice-Chancellor and Foreign Minister of Germany from 2009 to 2012.He studied at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel and earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essen with a thesis on venture capital and investing. He later also acted as honorary professor and held lectures at the University of Essen.
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- E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, Mexico
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- Faarms — FAARMS is a new age digital platform catering to the needs of farmers.
- Lingoda — Learn a new language effectively with our online language courses! English, German, French and Spanish online, in live video group & private classes.
- Flash Coffee — Flash Coffee is a tech-enabled coffee chain that customers use their app to order and pay online, choosing to pick up orders from one of the Flash Coffee’s storefronts or order for delivery through major platforms in each market. Flash Coffee was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Singapore.
Based in Brazil, Plataforma Capital is a growth capital firm focused on investments in early-stage companies.
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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Funding Round
- Brazil
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- Set you — Set you is an online retailer of vitamins, minerals, herbal medicines, and nutritional supplements.
- EvoBooks — EvoBooks is a mobile and VR interactive learning experiences for schools. EvoBooks offers interactive learning platforms for mobile and VR/AR. Its main focus is in the area of Basic Education, at the levels of Elementary and Middle School, both in private schools and public schools.
- Tupinamba — Tupinamba develops electric charging solutions.
Merchant bank located in Chicago
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- CRM, SaaS, Ticketing
- Series A
- Brazil
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- Hi Platform — Hi Platform is a service platform that enables companies to build better relationships with their customers. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Blumenau, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
The HBS Angels' goal is to support and strengthen the startups ecosystem through direct investment in companies. We bring financial capital, promote education and mentoring, and aggregate collective knowledge of a worldwide network of Harvard alumni, which presents itself as a competitive advantage in a globalized world with smaller borders.
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- Pet, Real Estate, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Angel, Seed
- Brazil, United States
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- GrowinCo. — GrowinCo., is the lead sourcing platform for the CPG industry, connecting suppliers, co-packers, co-manufacturers, and business partners.
- Prius — Prius is a brewing company.
- SunRay Scientific Inc. — SUNRAY SCIENTIFIC offers custom engineered interconnect solutions for advanced electronic packages.
Goodwater empowers exceptional entrepreneurs everywhere to change the world for the better. They believe consumer technology is a force on earth, shaping culture and transforming the global economy at unprecedented speed and scale. They invest in promising entrepreneurs to solve pressing problems. As a combined force, Goodwater companies are aglobal force for change, poised to measurably improve billions of lives.
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- FinTech, Financial Services, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, India, South Korea
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- Ello — Ello is an app-based reading coach that listens to your child read from real books, teaches and motivates them, and transforms them into enthusiastic readers.
- Brine.fi — The best onchain spot trading crypto exchange
- Automat AI — Robotic process automation for Chrome using GPT3 guided Computer Vision
Sente is a Chicago-based startup investment and innovation platform. Sente searches the world for the most high-potential startups and helps them scale through unprecedented guidance, support, and connections.
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- Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Series B
- United States, Israel, Turkey
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- KFOBIX — KFOBIX offers nano-composite materials to prevent freezing and contamination of solar panels, wind turbines, and automobile glass.
- DRONEQUBE — DRONEQUBE provides an innovative SaaS solution that empowers drones to monitor and defend vineyard health autonomously, addressing pressing concerns brought about by the climate crisis and increasing labor challenges.
- Our Next Energy — ONE is a Michigan-born energy storage company focused on battery technologies that will accelerate the adoption of EVs and expand energy storage solutions.
First partner to exceptional teams everywhere
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- Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, India, United Kingdom
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- Captain Fresh — Captain Fresh is a freshwater fish and seafood supply chain platform. Captain Fresh is a B2B marketplace leveraging technology to deliver the fastest harvest-to-retail in the industry. The company focuses on aggregating the fragmented retail demand across the country and linking them to the small fishermen and farmers throughout the Indian coast.The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Bengaluru, India.
- Rainforest — Rainforest focuses on providing software platforms for payment processing. Rainforest is headquartered in Atlanta, United States.
- Aaritya Technologies — Because when you trade, we want you to trade like a pro.
Barn Investments is a Venture Capital firm dedicated to early stage, seed and Series A investments in the Brazilian and Latin American Market.
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- AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Brazil, Israel, Argentina
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- Rúmina — Rúmina engages in providing digital solutions for dairy and beef farmers. Its multi-product platform is designed to promote efficiency gains across the production process. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.
- Agrolend — Agrolend was born to revolutionize the agribusiness sector for small and medium size farmers in Brazil, giving them access to sustainable credit that is needed to finance the development of their production and incentivize investment in equipment/technology. We help farmers to increase their productivity and profitability. Using cutting edgetechnology and an innovative credit analysis, Agrolend provides loans without any physical guarantees such as farms or grains. Our target is to avoid the slowness of the traditional banking system as this is a major problem for farmers looking for additional credit.
- Nextron Energia — Nextron was born to democratize access to renewable energy and encourage investments in distributed renewable energy assets. We're an “energy-as-a-service” clean-tech platform that simplifies access to renewable energy through a seamless digital experience that unlocks value throughout the entire renewable energy supply chain in Brazil.
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.
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- Software, Information Technology, Education
- Seed, Private Equity, Funding Round
- Brazil, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
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- Vitru — Vitru offers distance learning education group in the postsecondary digital education market in Brazil based on the number of enrolled undergraduate students.
- Nelogica — Nelogica develops software for technical analysis of assets in the financial market.
- Semantix — Semantix is a software platform company that specializes in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics. We deliver a one-stop-shop platform to helps customers unify their analytics across the business, data science, and data engineering provides a Truly unified Data Platform for data science teams to collaborate with data engineering andlines of business to build data products without friction and simply.
Astella is a venture investor, providing capital, culture, and capabilities to Brazilian entrepreneurs who are willing to change our country's future.
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- Information Technology, Software, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Brazil, United States
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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.
Seed venture capital and operational expertise for mission-driven entrepreneurs
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- Software, Financial Services, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Brazil, Mexico
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- Ello — Ello is an app-based reading coach that listens to your child read from real books, teaches and motivates them, and transforms them into enthusiastic readers.
- Slang — Slang.ai is an AI answering service that's dead simple to set up. It's a better alternative to sending your customers to voicemail and losing business when you can't answer the phone.
- Albert Invent — 1000’s of scientists, technicians, and engineers across 30+ countries rely on Albert’s end-to-end Cloud Platform to accelerate the innovation of new materials. With Albert, R&D organizations get the data insights and tools needed to increase speed to market, automate regulatory compliance, and heighten the impact of new products.Built fromthe ground up for the chemical and material science industry, the Albert Platform connects R&D processes and creates a single data source of truth across the R&D organization. Augmented with AI, machine learning and a comprehensive materials database, key platform functionality includes inventory, worksheets, workflows, tasks, and more. www.albertinvent.com
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BR Angels is a private non-profit association, made up of a limited number of members, individuals, and companies that focus on promoting the development of startups. It specializes in the fields of investment management, financial services, and finance. It was founded in 2019 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.
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Inspectral
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Scaleup
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