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 Collaboration

Post.co

Venture Round in 2022
Post is the best way to share big and small news across your team. Designed as a substitute for messy threads and awkward reply-all team emails, Post is a simple, low-stakes way to share team-wide updates. From new hire announcements to company goals to weekly updates, Post is a singular space for remote teams to connect over updates and celebrate achievements.

bud

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Bud is a developer of an objectives and key results (OKR) management platform aimed at enhancing workplace efficiency and collaboration. The company focuses on transforming the work experience by offering tools that enable teams to implement OKRs effectively. Bud provides personalized consultations to assist organizations in establishing their objectives in a straightforward manner. Its platform facilitates real-time strategy management and collaborative worksheet construction, which helps teams engage with their strategies more meaningfully. By prioritizing user collaboration and engagement, Bud seeks to create a more rewarding work environment and empower organizations to design better experiences for their employees.

Redação Online

Seed Round in 2022
Redação Online was conceived by professors trained at the Federal University of Santa Catarina and with 20 years of experience in Pre-Vestibular and preparation for the ENEM, who realized the need for a web-based channel for correction of essays and suggestion of topics. The group is made up of four professors with a degree in Portuguese Literature from the Federal University of Santa Catarina and the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, who have already been drafters of the INEP (responsible for executing the ENEM) and the UFSC and UFRGS. Here in Redação Online you will have the best teachers and brokers that will lead you to the 1000 note writing.

Range

Seed Round in 2021
Range Labs Inc. is a software development company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. The company offers a suite of tools designed to enhance team collaboration and synchronization. Its primary product, Range, integrates various platforms such as GitHub, Jira, Asana, Google Docs, and Calendar, allowing users to manage schedules, track personal accomplishments, and view tasks in a centralized location. Range also facilitates communication through features like check-ins, objectives, and notifications, helping teams stay aligned and informed. The company's solutions cater to a diverse clientele, including individuals, managers, organizations, and both engineering and design teams, with a focus on fostering healthy, inclusive, and creative work environments.

Lobby

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lobby is a blockchain startup focused on developing management tools tailored for Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Founded in 2021 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a platform that facilitates knowledge management for numerous Web3 organizations. Its offerings include a community editor that allows users to share shortcuts within the community, thereby enabling the efficient creation of search shortcuts and the streamlined launching of workflows. Through its innovative approach, Lobby enhances collaboration and productivity among organizations operating within the decentralized ecosystem.

Filo.co

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a communication platform designed to connect people through video, voice, and chat. The company's platform reduces the friction in remote collaboration and offers customizable spaces for collaborative virtual events, workshops, and meetings, enabling distributed teams and businesses to work better, together and improve the information system.

Gonew

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Gonew is a movement of peers within the concept of lifelong learning that makes governance a tool for good business in the new economy. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Sao Paulo.

Simplified

Seed Round in 2021
Simplified is the all-in-one design platform where freelancers and entrepreneurs can collaborate, scale, and grow their content— effortlessly and beautifully.

Foster

Seed Round in 2021
Community-powered writing workflow driven by some of the internet's best writers, editors, and experts.

Flat

Venture Round in 2021
Flat is an online and collaborative music score editor.The company gives the opportunity to compositor and musicians to collaborate in real time on the sheet music. Flat lets you write music scores online with other people in real time with a nice and simple music notation editor.

Scenes

Venture Round in 2021
Scenes is a comprehensive community management platform designed to facilitate the hosting and delivery of various educational and interactive experiences. It offers tools for webinars, course cohorts, forums, newsletters, blogs, content libraries, and chats, allowing users to manage, moderate, and monetize their communities effectively. The platform also functions as a gamified educational resource, providing live and scheduled classes led by experts, along with opportunities for users to engage in interactive events and connect with like-minded individuals. This multifaceted approach aims to enhance real-life skills and serve as a digital alternative to traditional education systems.

Benable

Seed Round in 2021
Benable is a recommendation platform designed to facilitate the sharing of curated suggestions among users. It allows individuals to create organized lists of recommendations, which can be easily shared with friends, followers, or clients. The platform emphasizes trust by enabling users to receive recommendations from their social circles, promoting collaborative input on shared lists. This user-friendly approach fosters connections and enhances decision-making through collective insights.

Journal

Seed Round in 2021
Journal's mission is to help people focus and bring new ideas to life. Much of our personal and professional lives run on apps. Yet these tools create boundaries between our activities, require constant checking, and have enabled a culture of interruptions. Journal gives individuals and groups a focused “space” to find, remember, and share all the information they need to have fun and do good work.

Piraporiando

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Piraporiando is a publisher specializing in children's literature and art education, emphasizing cultural diversity and the promotion of reading. The organization undertakes projects aimed at fostering reading habits among children, thereby supporting the realization of their rights. Additionally, Piraporiando is committed to addressing social issues such as prejudice, racism, and bullying through educational initiatives. The company champions anti-racist and anti-bullying education, while also promoting gender equity. By focusing on these areas, Piraporiando seeks to not only enhance literacy but also contribute to the overall well-being and rights of children.

Pulse

Venture Round in 2021
Loop Team is a virtual office that brings the best parts of an office environment to distributed teams to help them communicate faster and more effectively, capture and disseminate face-to-face discussions in an asynchronous way, and stay more connected than ever.

Crehana

Series A in 2020
Crehana is an online training platform based in Lima, Peru, that caters to creative and digital professionals in Latin America and Spain. Founded in 2015, the platform offers over 500 courses covering a variety of subjects, including design, coding, digital marketing, and soft skill development. By focusing on project-based learning, Crehana aims to make education accessible and affordable, helping individuals and companies close the skills gap in an increasingly digital world. The platform emphasizes the importance of self-training and continuous learning, aligning with its mission to empower users to achieve their professional aspirations through high-quality education.

OPAL

Venture Round in 2020
Opal Labs Inc. operates a marketing collaboration platform designed for modern marketing teams. The platform enables organizations to plan, create, view, edit, and approve brand marketing content effectively. By facilitating alignment on strategy and streamlining the review process, Opal enhances content creation and distribution. Its intuitive interface connects various information and content, breaking down silos and reducing complexity within teams. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Opal focuses on improving collaboration among marketing professionals to achieve successful campaign outcomes.

Practice

Venture Round in 2020
Practice is an applied microlearning solution used to build and sustain continuous learning cultures that increase competence and confidence and drive innovation. Practice does this by creating a scalable means for teams to frequently practice skills and receive meaningful, timely feedback through the power of peer-to-peer video assessment and coaching. Practice's patented mobile-first video technology and learning methodology is used by organizations such as Comcast, Domino’s, Cox Automotive, NBCUniversal, PepsiCo, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard Medical School for reinforcement and retention of new hire training, fostering feedback, increasing collaboration, accelerating productivity, and achieving higher return on investment of learning and talent development initiatives.

Chalk

Venture Round in 2020
Chalk.com Education Inc. specializes in providing online tools for lesson planning, assessment, and collaboration aimed at K-12 schools and districts. Founded in 2010 and based in Kitchener, Canada, the company offers several key products, including Planboard, which assists teachers in planning classes and tracking educational standards, and Markboard, which enables effective monitoring of student progress. Additionally, Chalk.com features Campus, a collaboration platform that fosters knowledge sharing among school staff. The company's solutions cater to a diverse range of educational institutions, from small independent schools to larger national networks, helping them align their curriculum and instructional strategies with established standards. This integrated approach supports educators in delivering effective teaching and enhancing student learning outcomes.

Roam Research

Seed Round in 2020
Roam Research, Inc. is a company that develops a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed for real-time collaboration, primarily focusing on notetaking and graph databases. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Roam Research aims to enhance the writing process as a means of improving thought organization and problem-solving capabilities. The platform facilitates users in connecting and collaborating with others while allowing them to intersect and combine notes across various domains. By providing tools that help users write and organize their ideas more effectively, Roam Research seeks to empower individuals to refine their thinking and address complex challenges.

Matter

Venture Round in 2020
Matter is a new way to gather professional feedback. Here’s how it’s different... No boss required™: Take control and receive feedback on your own terms The data is yours: Your profile goes with you as your career progresses Your team and beyond: Hear from respected peers across your industry Track progress over time: Level up your unique skills and make feedback fun

Minerva

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Minerva is a Brooklyn-based company founded in 2019 that develops a process-sharing platform designed to capture and share dynamic workflows across any website. The platform enables users to create clickable instructions for various online properties, including those they do not own. Additionally, it offers a software development kit and a browser extension that facilitate the efficient creation of documentation. By streamlining the process of generating instructional content, Minerva aims to enhance user experience and improve workflow management for businesses.

Commsor

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a community platform designed to grow better, engage, and make money for community-led organizations and teams. The company's platform provides software, education, and resources that help to manage community businesses and help companies build trusted partnerships with unique audience segments, enabling community leaders to access tools for managing online communities.

Matter

Venture Round in 2020
Matter is a new way to gather professional feedback. Here’s how it’s different... No boss required™: Take control and receive feedback on your own terms The data is yours: Your profile goes with you as your career progresses Your team and beyond: Hear from respected peers across your industry Track progress over time: Level up your unique skills and make feedback fun

Cape

Seed Round in 2020
Empowering data scientists and data owners to collaborate in a secure and trusted way

Contra

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Contra gives everyone the tools and infrastructure they need to work for themselves.

Notion

Venture Round in 2020
Notion Labs, Inc. develops unified workspace mobile and web-based tools and solutions. It offers a document editor for notes, wikis, and tasks that nests pages inside each other, drags and drops content, builds task board, and keeps the team in sync with slack notifications. The company also provides slack integration, converts markdown shortcuts into content, exports to PDF, and publishes as websites. Notion Labs, Inc. was formerly known as Canopy Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Notion Labs, Inc. in March 2014. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

MURAL

Series A in 2020
MURAL is a digital workspace designed for visual collaboration, enabling innovative teams to solve complex problems through effective communication and teamwork. The platform is user-friendly, allowing for the rapid creation of diagrams that support design thinking and agile methodologies. MURAL's tools facilitate impactful meetings and workshops, helping global enterprises streamline decision-making, enhance alignment, and foster a culture of innovation. Major companies, including IBM, USAA, E-Trade, and Atlassian, utilize MURAL to connect teams and reduce travel costs. The company is based in San Francisco and employs over 100 individuals who work remotely across multiple time zones, with additional office hubs in Buenos Aires and Europe. MURAL's enterprise-class, cloud-based infrastructure supports a significant portion of Fortune 100 companies, reflecting its commitment to enhancing collaboration in various sectors, including education and non-profit organizations.

IdeaFlow

Venture Round in 2019
IdeaFlow, Inc. develops a human-artificial intelligence hybrid platform aimed at enhancing the analytical capabilities of teams. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, the company focuses on creating a collaborative environment where analysts can visualize and analyze networks of information. Its platform integrates diverse data sources, allowing users to merge information from various formats and identify connections that machines alone might overlook. By combining human insight with artificial intelligence, IdeaFlow enables organizations to leverage previously stagnant data, fostering more effective decision-making and innovation.

Practice

Venture Round in 2019
Practice is an applied microlearning solution used to build and sustain continuous learning cultures that increase competence and confidence and drive innovation. Practice does this by creating a scalable means for teams to frequently practice skills and receive meaningful, timely feedback through the power of peer-to-peer video assessment and coaching. Practice's patented mobile-first video technology and learning methodology is used by organizations such as Comcast, Domino’s, Cox Automotive, NBCUniversal, PepsiCo, the University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard Medical School for reinforcement and retention of new hire training, fostering feedback, increasing collaboration, accelerating productivity, and achieving higher return on investment of learning and talent development initiatives.

Parabol

Seed Round in 2019
Parabol, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing an open-source meeting application tailored for remote and agile teams. Founded in 2015 and based in Alhambra, California, Parabol enables distributed teams to conduct meetings and retrospective sessions effectively, fostering collaboration regardless of location or time zone. The platform facilitates real-time or asynchronous interactions, allowing teams to generate automatic insights about their performance from online collaboration activities. Meeting notes and tasks are automatically compiled into summaries, which are shared with team members and stakeholders. Parabol also integrates with other tools like Jira, Confluence, GitHub, and Slack, enhancing productivity by streamlining workflows. Additionally, the application analyzes meeting data to provide valuable insights into team dynamics, helping organizations identify challenges and improve overall performance.

Proximie

Series A in 2019
Proximie Inc., based in Bedford, Massachusetts, offers a secure software platform that facilitates virtual surgical collaboration among surgeons. By leveraging advanced telecommunication, augmented reality, artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies, Proximie's platform enables real-time, peer-to-peer assistance during surgeries, regardless of location. This innovative approach allows surgeons to share expertise before, during, and after procedures, effectively overcoming the barriers of time and distance. Furthermore, the platform is compatible with various devices and software used in operating rooms, allowing for seamless integration and interaction. Proximie's mission is to enhance surgical knowledge and skills, enabling surgeons to refine their techniques in diverse settings, even with limited bandwidth.

Pulse

Seed Round in 2019
Loop Team is a virtual office that brings the best parts of an office environment to distributed teams to help them communicate faster and more effectively, capture and disseminate face-to-face discussions in an asynchronous way, and stay more connected than ever.

Circle

Venture Round in 2018
Circle is a community platform that brings together the creators' discussions, memberships, and content. The company was founded by Sid Yadav, Rudy Santino, and Andrew Guttormsen.

Cowlar

Seed Round in 2017
Cowlar Inc. develops, manufactures, and markets smart neck collars for monitoring dairy cows. Its waterproof and non-invasive monitoring system monitors temperature, activity, and behavior of each individual cow; and provides actionable recommendations on how to increase milk yield, improve reproduction rates, and detect illness early. The company also develops dairy management software. Cowlar Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Memphis, Tennessee with a research and development office in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Certbest

Seed Round in 2015
CertBest is a startup of simulated collaborators, a completely different way of studying for vestibular, enem, Technology .... where the generated content (and consumed) occurs by the users themselves, combining the efforts in an environment where each collaborator enhanced by gamification adds content and curation to generate data to foster discussion and learning through that collaboration. The central idea is that the universe of Internet users can provide information more accurate or more didactic than experts, and that the whole is able to self-correct, that is, a large number of people is able to correct each other's mistakes and the results will be on the whole with more quality than the responses of an individual or a small group.

Convenia

Seed Round in 2013
Convenia is a cloud-based platform offering practical and efficient web-based tools for corporate engagement. It also provides a club of corporate advantages with over 5,500 establishments ready to use for all levels. Convenia is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
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