Gávea Angel Group

Gávea Angels is a leading angel investors-led group that makes equity investments in the $50-500K range in emerging growth ventures in the Rio de Janeiro area, and syndicated investments in other parts of Brazil and Latin America.

Andre Petroucic

Investor

31 past transactions

Central da Visão

Series A in 2024
Central da Visão is a social impact healthtech. We connect people without health insurance to partner clinics that provide more affordable eye surgery.

Inspira AI

Venture Round in 2024
Inspira is Brazil's smartest legal AI assistant, being the first legaltech and LATAM startup to ever win Websummit's Pitch Contest. Created by lawyers and experienced tech entrepreneurs, the platform makes attorney's time-intensive tasks such as research, document analysis and knowledge sharing more efficient and costless, empowering its users to obtain actionable insights faster through cutting-edge AI technology.

Nuu

Series A in 2023
Nuu is a food-based company that makes old-fashioned food with future generations in mind. Nuu is not to make the best products in the world, but the best products for the world.

Thirky

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Thirky is an advertising company that specializes in marketing services and strategies through digital media and communication. It operates a digital platform designed to assist bars and restaurants in promoting their menus. By utilizing QR codes, Thirky enables customers to easily access digital menus, allowing establishments to enhance their advertising efforts and engage more effectively with their audience. This approach not only streamlines the menu presentation but also helps brands leverage existing traffic to increase visibility and attract customers.

Kor Solutions

Seed Round in 2022
KOR Solutions is a legal technology firm that focuses on resolving consumer conflicts through data intelligence. The company offers an automated platform that streamlines the negotiation process for multiple cases simultaneously, utilizing various communication channels such as email, SMS, and WhatsApp. When a proposal is accepted by the opposing party, the system automatically generates a draft agreement, facilitating swift execution. The platform accommodates both physical and digital signatures, enhancing convenience for all parties involved. This efficient process allows for conflict resolution and contract finalization within a single day, emphasizing an empathetic approach to settlement.

Tindin

Seed Round in 2022
Tindin is an educational platform that focuses on providing financial education to children and young individuals. It allows parents and caregivers to establish tasks and rewards within a child-friendly environment, promoting good practices in personal and family financial management. By gamifying the learning experience, Tindin enhances student engagement and retention of educational content, ensuring that young users develop essential financial proficiency. The platform aims to equip the next generation with the knowledge and skills necessary for effective financial decision-making.

Hauseful

Angel Round in 2022
Hauseful is a real estate company that specializes in providing on-demand professional services, including lease and works inspections, as well as real estate photography. The company trains and selects small business owners and independent contractors to conduct various services such as site inspections, cadastral surveys, and entry and exit checks for properties available for sale and rent. By utilizing a dedicated software application, Hauseful streamlines the process of creating surveys and capturing professional photographs, enhancing operational efficiency for real estate businesses. This approach aims to improve the overall client experience in the real estate and construction markets.

EasyJur

Venture Round in 2022
EasyJur is a legal technology company that provides an artificial intelligence-based tool designed to enhance access to justice. Its platform captures and monitors lawsuits across all courts in the country, transforming extensive information into structured data. The tool tracks legal processes associated with attorneys, allowing for efficient management of cases. By automating routine tasks and eliminating manual processes, EasyJur aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of legal professionals. The technology not only streamlines case tracking but also enables lawyers to receive notifications about status changes, facilitating better communication and management of legal activities.

Central da Visão

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Central da Visão is a social impact healthtech. We connect people without health insurance to partner clinics that provide more affordable eye surgery.

Pluggy

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pluggy is an Open Finance API platform that facilitates the connection between developers and users' financial data. By providing a robust infrastructure for open banking, Pluggy enables fintech applications to access digital financial information securely and flexibly. The platform empowers innovators of various sizes to create tailored financial experiences while ensuring the highest standards of user privacy and security. By utilizing interconnected APIs, Pluggy allows institutions and their clients to share banking data, fostering the development of differentiated services that cater to individual consumer needs.

Cignifi

Venture Round in 2021
Cignifi Inc. is a company that specializes in credit and marketing analytics, primarily serving mobile network operators. Established in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Cignifi has created a platform that generates credit risk and marketing scores using mobile phone data. This innovative approach addresses the needs of approximately 2.7 billion individuals globally who possess mobile phones but lack access to traditional financial services. The company's offerings extend beyond analytics, encompassing products such as airtime credit, handset financing, and online lending, aimed at empowering underserved consumers and enhancing their access to essential financial products. Cignifi's platform leverages proprietary behavioral modeling and analytics tools to facilitate the onboarding of new customers for banks, insurers, and retailers while effectively managing fraud and credit risk.

Dialog

Seed Round in 2021
Dialog is an application for internal communication or a business social network. Dialog services include esteemed social channels that enable organizations to improve their internal communication and integration of human resources services.

CBA Sementes

Seed Round in 2021
CBA Sementes offers an automated aeroponic system that helps produce disease-free potato seeds while reducing production time and costs. It empowers potato producers to increase their profitability and the safety of their cultivation, through phytosanitary benefits and increased productivity generated by the seeds. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Divinolândia, Sao Paulo.

Yes We Grow

Seed Round in 2021
Yes We Grow helps to plant at home simply and efficiently. The products are for those who are starting to plant or for those who already have greater knowledge of the subject. Yes, We Grow is a simple and efficient urban agriculture company that retails and sells seeds and plants online. Seven out of ten people in Brazil would like to plant it at home, but only one plant. With that in mind, Yes We Grow was born. They believe that one can consume food grown inside the home simply and efficiently, without leaving aside design, technology, and information on crops adapted to the reality of cities.

Congresse.me

Seed Round in 2020
Congresse.me is a Brazilian company founded in 2018 that operates an integrated online platform designed to facilitate the planning and organization of events, including conferences, workshops, and online courses. The platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools that streamline the entire event process, from creating event websites and managing speaker registrations to providing live-streaming capabilities and issuing certificates. Additionally, it supports marketing efforts through email campaigns and ticket sales, enabling users to effectively manage and promote their online congresses with ease.

Bit Capital

Seed Round in 2020
Bit Capital is a technology company in the financial services sector that specializes in providing an open banking platform. This platform enables both licensed and unlicensed institutions to seamlessly integrate with existing banking systems through a layer of APIs. By utilizing blockchain technology, Bit Capital reduces the number of counterparties involved in transactions, resulting in a more efficient processing system. The company's services allow clients to quickly and affordably introduce a variety of digital financial products, thereby enhancing their offerings in the financial marketplace.

Previsiown

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Previsiown is a cloud data intelligence platform focused on the mobility industry that captures the subjective perceptions reported by the driver, or passengers, to create objective analysis scenarios on the vehicle’s performance and behavior.

Tevec

Seed Round in 2019
Tevec is a developer of a supply chain management platform that utilizes machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance demand forecasting and product replenishment at points of sale and distribution centers. The platform identifies behavioral patterns in data and factors influencing customer demand, such as seasonal variations and marketing efforts. By accurately anticipating demand, Tevec enables businesses to optimize their logistics operations, streamline fulfillment processes, and reduce operating costs. This comprehensive approach to sales planning and inventory management helps companies maintain service levels and meet regulatory stock requirements effectively.

GeekHunter Brasil

Seed Round in 2019
GeekHunter Brasil is an online platform designed to enhance the recruitment process for IT professionals and technology companies. By reversing traditional hiring methods, it presents a curated selection of candidates to employers. The platform employs a selection algorithm to pre-screen applicants, followed by automated testing of programming skills and video interviews. Only the top 5% of candidates make it to the online hiring rounds with GeekHunter's partners, which include notable companies such as Ambev, Mercado Livre, and Dafiti. With a portfolio of over 250 clients, GeekHunter streamlines the hiring process by connecting engaged and technically qualified professionals with potential employers.

Instacasa

Angel Round in 2019
Instacasa is a construction company that utilizes technology to help individuals realize their dream homes through customized architectural solutions. The company offers a diverse range of exclusive projects tailored to specific lot types, ensuring that each design considers factors such as size, topography, and local construction regulations. Access to Instacasa's project menu is restricted to lot owners, allowing them to select and contract services suited to their unique needs. In addition to architectural design, Instacasa also aids clients in navigating financing options, facilitating a smoother journey from plot acquisition to construction. This comprehensive approach is focused on enhancing comfort and creating qualified living spaces for families across Brazil.

Sumá

Angel Round in 2019
Sumá is a marketing platform for the agriculture industry that directly connects producers with food buyers. Suma operates in the capacity of family farmers, supporting their development and aligning the requirements of regular buyers of food. It also helps with actual field information for the buyer to prepare their menus according to the plans of local production, and in line with the seasonality of products. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Camboriú, Brazil

Home Agent

Venture Round in 2019
Home Agent is a pioneering contact center based entirely in home offices, specifically designed for the Latin American market. By leveraging a combination of qualified professionals and advanced technology, Home Agent enhances the customer service and telemarketing sectors, offering high-quality services at competitive prices while promoting social impact. The company focuses on job inclusion, providing opportunities for stay-at-home parents and individuals unable to work outside their homes. This approach not only improves the employees' quality of life by saving significant commuting time but also contributes positively to the environment by reducing carbon emissions. In 2020, Home Agent notably returned over 23,000 days of life to its team and prevented more than 500,000 commuting trips. Their cloud-based contact center platform facilitates remote customer service, allowing businesses to operate efficiently from anywhere in the world.

Back4app

Seed Round in 2018
Back4App, Inc. is a cloud platform that provides an open-source backend solution designed to aid developers in building, deploying, and scaling applications efficiently. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, the company leverages a Parse Server platform hosted on AWS, which includes features such as smart database indexing, query optimization, auto-scaling, automated backups, and redundant storage. This comprehensive set of tools enhances developer productivity, reduces the need for DevOps, and accelerates the time-to-market for applications. Back4App's platform also offers project examples for Parse Server, enabling application developers to create and host APIs for web, mobile, and IoT applications.

FolhaCerta

Seed Round in 2018
FolhaCerta is the employee management application that solves all the labor routines by the mobile platform in a simple and complete form.

Melhor Plano

Seed Round in 2017
Melhor Plano is a company that provides price comparison tools for consumers seeking telecom services, such as telephone plans, broadband internet, and pay television. By offering a comprehensive suite of services that includes broadband internet, cellphone plans, and cable television, Melhor Plano empowers customers to make informed choices about their telecommunications needs. The company focuses on helping individuals identify the best plans available, ultimately enabling them to save money on their home bills in an industry largely dominated by telecom providers.

Telhas Telite

Seed Round in 2015
Telhas Telite is a provider and producer of diverse types of gables and roof materials.

Villa Fácil

Seed Round in 2014
Villa Fácil is a provider of condominium administration software. Its solution aims to facilitate the task of commercial area condominium management.

Bizut

Seed Round in 2014
Bizut provides an online platform aimed at streamlining the recruitment and selection process for human resources. The platform incorporates various features, including indicators and statistics, standardized resumes, and candidate screening tools, which collectively help reduce the time involved in selecting candidates. By simplifying these processes, Bizut enables its clients to recruit more efficiently, enhancing overall hiring effectiveness.

FINXI

Seed Round in 2012
FINXI is a company that optimises datacenters and companies that rely on virtual or physical storage IT infrastructure costs by providing its clients with powerful and proprietary data compression techniques that turn files into highly compressed images - FXCode. FXCode is able to compress documents by decomposing them into pieces of information and consorting with deduplication techniques allied with powerful compression in order to achieve greater savings.

Descomplica

Seed Round in 2010
Descomplica offers an educational platform that provides students with subject and course materials. It provides students with pre-recorded classes, live classes, online monitoring for math and science subjects. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

BizVox Voice Services

Pre Seed Round in 2007
BizVox operates in the Mobile VAS segment to provide added-value services to the mobile sector. Using its platform, it helps connect to the main mobile operators and specializes in developing solutions for this segment.
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