Papaya Ventures

Buus is a technology company based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, specializing in mobile transportation applications. Founded in 2012, Buus provides a comprehensive Software as a Service platform designed to enhance the management of corporate shuttle services. The platform caters to transport managers, passengers, and drivers, offering critical visibility into operational performance, usage metrics, and other essential data. It equips drivers with detailed information to optimize their routes, while passengers benefit from real-time tracking of routes, schedules, estimated arrival times, and bus locations. Through its innovative solutions, Buus aims to streamline transportation processes and improve the overall experience for all stakeholders involved.

Dujour is a mobile application that facilitates the exchange of fashion information and inspiration among users. Founded in 2012 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, the app allows individuals to curate a personalized style feed featuring looks from fashion bloggers, celebrities, and everyday users. Through the platform, users can share their own outfits, tag the clothing items they wear, and connect with a global community of fashion enthusiasts. Dujour has gained recognition for its innovative approach, being selected as one of the Best Apps by the Apple Store in Brazil shortly after its launch. The application serves as a valuable tool for those seeking daily fashion inspiration and a way to express their personal style.

U.sit is a Brazilian company specializing in digital intelligence systems for the hospitality industry. It operates as an interface between bars, restaurants, and their customers, offering four key modules: waitlist management, reservation management, analytics, and customer relationship management (CRM). The waitlist module manages restaurant waitlists and notifies customers via SMS when their table is ready. The reservation module allows restaurants to control reservations and notify customers of pending bookings. The analytics module provides detailed insights into the restaurant’s wait and reservation operations, while the CRM module delivers collected customer information.

Boosk is a personalized recommendation app for the nightlife entertainment industry. It uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to learn about tastes, preferences, and social circles to give recommendations to bars, clubs, shows, movies and events that best match users' profile. Boosk matches the right people with the right places, helping users discover, decide, and purchase tickets for events they love. Initially targeting the US$3.6 billion Brazilian small and mid-size events market, Boosk is a platform to create, sell, and promote event tickets to thousands of users. For brands, Boosk leverages geolocation, personalization & Big Data to deliver a unique approach to business & marketing intelligence for some of the leading entertainment brands.