Bossa Invest

Bossa Nova Investimentos e Administração S.A. is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in pre-seed, seed, startup, and early-stage investments. Founded in 2010, Bossa Nova is recognized as Brazil's first micro venture capital firm and has become the most active investor in the pre-seed stage within the country. The firm focuses on technology sectors, particularly software, service development, mobile applications, SaaS, and B2B solutions, and has expanded its investment activities to include companies in the United States. Bossa Nova typically makes minority investments, with funding ranging from R$0.1 million to R$0.8 million per project. Additionally, the firm manages the Bossa Nova Sports Tech Fund, which targets investments in consumer and business products, information technology, wellness, and gaming sectors, with preferred investment amounts between R$0.1 million and R$0.3 million across multiple companies.

Flavio Garcia

Investor

Marcus Marques

Investor

Ricardo Miranda

Investor

Thiago Gomes Hilário de Oliveira

Partner

Guilherme Pepe

Investment Analyst

Past deals in Child Care

CareAcademy

Series B in 2022
CareAcademy operates an online training platform tailored for senior home care agencies and caregivers. Founded in 2013 by Helen Adeosun, the company provides evidence-based classes that help direct care workers enhance their skills and improve the quality of care they deliver to older adults. The platform offers a variety of courses covering essential topics such as infection control, nutrition, dementia care, and fall prevention, enabling caregivers to meet licensure requirements across all 50 states. CareAcademy has certified over 40,000 caregivers nationwide, emphasizing the importance of high-touch coaching and exceptional customer service. The training programs not only equip caregivers with the necessary knowledge and skills but also offer peace of mind to employers, ensuring that their teams are well-prepared to support seniors in living independently and safely at home.

Hellosaurus

Seed Round in 2022
Hellosaurus is an e-learning platform that offers creative programs, fun activities, and video classes for kids. It offers an interactive video platform for children and specializes in the fields of online portals and the internet.

Cradlewise

Seed Round in 2021
Cradlewise specializes in developing intelligent infant care devices, particularly a smart crib that adapts to a baby's sleep patterns. This innovative crib can detect the early signs of waking and gently bounces the baby back to sleep, mimicking a parent's soothing touch. In addition to its auto-swinging functionality, the device includes integrated contactless monitoring features that track the baby's posture, activity, and breathing rate. By providing real-time insights, Cradlewise enables parents to better care for their children and reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The company aims to enhance the overall well-being of both infants and their caregivers.

Wonderschool

Venture Round in 2021
Started in 2016 by a group of educators and technologists in California, Wonderschool offers a platform where people can start infant and toddler programs and preschools out of their homes. Wonderschool supports experienced educators and childcare providers to start their own childcares or preschools out of their homes, whether they live in apartments, condos, or homes that they rent or own. Wonderschool provides assistance with licensing, program setup, marketing and everything in between. The company’s software platform allows teachers to manage their students, parents, and their program from one dashboard. Along with this, Wonderschool has built a marketplace for parents to search Wonderschool programs, schedule visits, enroll their children, and make payments. It’s been proven time and time again that children should start developing cognitive, motor, behavioral, and social skills from as early as 6 months and Wonderschool is committed to increasing families’ access to high quality care and learning environments for children.

CareRev

Series A in 2021
CareRev operates a healthcare staffing marketplace that connects healthcare facilities with flexible clinical professionals. It provides an online platform that allows hospitals and outpatient facilities to directly access per diem medical staff without the involvement of vendors or agencies. This model enables healthcare facilities to fill empty shifts more rapidly, reduce overall staffing costs, and enhance the quality of patient care by maintaining safe nurse-to-patient ratios. CareRev's platform facilitates direct communication between facilities and healthcare professionals, giving the latter the freedom to choose their working hours and locations. The company is backed by Y Combinator and a group of notable business angels, focusing on addressing the significant staffing challenges within the healthcare sector.

Kinside

Venture Round in 2021
Kinside Inc. is a Pasadena, California-based company that operates an application designed to connect working parents with a network of daycares and preschools across the United States. Founded in 2018, Kinside provides a dual-sided childcare platform that enables parents to find, secure, and manage childcare options easily. The application offers a variety of features, including the ability to secure spots for children, pay for care online, and access potential tax savings and employer contributions. By partnering with daycares and preschools nationwide, Kinside ensures that parents have access to current openings and a range of affordable childcare options, facilitating a more transparent and efficient process for managing childcare needs.

Udayy

Seed Round in 2021
Udayy is a live online learning platform for kids in class 1-5 focused on smart communication through American style role-plays, active listening, and mathematical thinking through visual maths, Vedic maths sutras, etc

BEGiN

Venture Round in 2021
BEGiN is an education technology company focused on creating engaging learning products for young children. It aims to enhance early childhood education by offering a library of interactive stories designed to foster a love for reading while developing essential skills. The company has established partnerships with notable children's brands such as Sesame Workshop, LEGO Ventures, Gymboree Play and Music, and Fisher-Price, further enriching its educational offerings. Co-founded by Neal Shenoy, Noelle Millholt, and Stephanie Dua, BEGiN has received recognition as one of Crain’s 100 Best Places to Work in New York City. Its flagship product, Speakaboos, provides a reading application that features bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, and songs, contributing to its mission of delivering high-quality education to children everywhere.

TalkDoc

Venture Round in 2021
Free Therapy and Psychiatry for Medicaid, and affordable mental healthcare for everyone.

BEGiN

Series C in 2020
BEGiN is an education technology company focused on creating engaging learning products for young children. It aims to enhance early childhood education by offering a library of interactive stories designed to foster a love for reading while developing essential skills. The company has established partnerships with notable children's brands such as Sesame Workshop, LEGO Ventures, Gymboree Play and Music, and Fisher-Price, further enriching its educational offerings. Co-founded by Neal Shenoy, Noelle Millholt, and Stephanie Dua, BEGiN has received recognition as one of Crain’s 100 Best Places to Work in New York City. Its flagship product, Speakaboos, provides a reading application that features bedtime stories, nursery rhymes, and songs, contributing to its mission of delivering high-quality education to children everywhere.

WhiteHat Jr

Venture Round in 2020
WhiteHat Education Technology Pvt Ltd, founded in 2018 and based in Mumbai, India, offers online coding classes for children aged 5 to 12 through its platform, WhiteHat Jr. This live, one-on-one teaching environment connects students with experienced coding instructors, allowing them to learn the fundamentals of coding, logic, structure, and algorithmic thinking. The curriculum, developed by alumni from prestigious institutions, aims to transform children from consumers of technology into creators by equipping them with the skills to build games, animations, and applications. As a subsidiary of Think & Learn Pvt Ltd, WhiteHat Jr focuses on empowering the next generation with essential coding skills for an increasingly digital world.

Casa e Cafe

Venture Round in 2019
Casa & Café is a company that works with passion and seeks to help people to hire and find work, within all categories of domestic jobs and throughout the national territory. Our Mission is to offer services of contracting of domestic jobs with agility and quality, giving employment opportunity to any citizen of the country. Our Vision is to provide the largest and most up-to-date database for hiring domestic jobs in the country. Our Values ​​focus on making things happen ethically, acting as leaders, valuing creativity and putting our clients first. Our Segments are: nannies, housekeepers, cooks, cooks, companions of the elderly, day laborers, maids, private nurses, housekeepers and drivers.

Fofuuu

Venture Round in 2019
Fofuuu Soluções para Saúde e Educação Ltda. provides an application with games for children. The Company is based in Brazil.

Fofuuu

Seed Round in 2019
Fofuuu Soluções para Saúde e Educação Ltda. provides an application with games for children. The Company is based in Brazil.

Our Days Calendar

Venture Round in 2019
Our Days Calendar is an automated child custody calendar for Co-parenting for their daily needs. The company's mission is to help co-parents and extended families to get the family time they need, without stress or confusion. It was founded in 2014 and is located in Houston, Texas.

Filho sem Fila

Seed Round in 2018
Filho sem Fila Software Ltda develops an innovative application aimed at enhancing safety and communication between schools, parents, and students. Founded in 2015 and based in Santo Andre, Brazil, the application allows parents to inform school concierges of their arrival, thereby reducing wait times and minimizing vehicle queues around schools. This efficiency benefits not only parents but also school staff, as it streamlines operations and alleviates traffic issues in the vicinity of over 100 schools across the country. The application emphasizes agility and security, making it a valuable tool for the school community.

Filho sem Fila

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Filho sem Fila Software Ltda develops an innovative application aimed at enhancing safety and communication between schools, parents, and students. Founded in 2015 and based in Santo Andre, Brazil, the application allows parents to inform school concierges of their arrival, thereby reducing wait times and minimizing vehicle queues around schools. This efficiency benefits not only parents but also school staff, as it streamlines operations and alleviates traffic issues in the vicinity of over 100 schools across the country. The application emphasizes agility and security, making it a valuable tool for the school community.

Casa e Cafe

Seed Round in 2017
Casa & Café is a company that works with passion and seeks to help people to hire and find work, within all categories of domestic jobs and throughout the national territory. Our Mission is to offer services of contracting of domestic jobs with agility and quality, giving employment opportunity to any citizen of the country. Our Vision is to provide the largest and most up-to-date database for hiring domestic jobs in the country. Our Values ​​focus on making things happen ethically, acting as leaders, valuing creativity and putting our clients first. Our Segments are: nannies, housekeepers, cooks, cooks, companions of the elderly, day laborers, maids, private nurses, housekeepers and drivers.

Fofuuu

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Fofuuu Soluções para Saúde e Educação Ltda. provides an application with games for children. The Company is based in Brazil.

Toymail

Venture Round in 2017
Toymail Co. LLC is a technology company based in New York that specializes in creating interactive toys for children. Founded in 2013, Toymail produces plush toys that function as safe, screen-free devices, allowing kids to send and receive voice messages from family and friends through a connected mobile application. The platform enables children to communicate with approved contacts using voice messaging while incorporating features such as two-way talk, voice filters, and daily updates. Toymail's products are available for purchase online, focusing on providing a fun and educational communication tool for children.
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