Bossa Invest

Bossa Invest is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2011. The firm specializes in managing investment portfolios and providing asset management services across various sectors, including finance, technology, and real estate. Bossa Invest analyzes market trends to guide its investment decisions, with a particular focus on companies in the software as a service sector. Through its strategic investments, the firm aims to support the growth and development of innovative businesses.

Thiago Gomes Hilário de Oliveira

Partner

Guilherme Pepe

Investment Analyst

Past deals in HoReCa

Payhawk

Series B in 2022
Payhawk is a leading spend management solution for domestic and international businesses throughout Europe, the US, and the UK. Combining company cards, reimbursable expenses, accounts payable, and seamless accounting software integrations into a single product, Payhawk makes business payments easy — for everyone. Payhawk helps customers in over 32 countries to maximise efficiency, control spending at scale, and stay agile. With offices in London, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, Amsterdam, Vilnius, Sofia, and New York, Payhawk’s diverse customer base includes top names like LuxAir, Babbel, Vinted, Wallbox and Wagestream.

Daily

Venture Round in 2021
Daily is an integrated logistics service that allows to provide a meal from nearby, high-quality restaurants to the customer.

Kitopi

Series C in 2021
Kitopi is a Kitchen as a Service (KaaS) platform that facilitates the establishment of delivery-only restaurant locations by offering managed kitchen infrastructure and software solutions. Founded in 2018 by Mohamad Ballout, Saman Darkan, Bader Ataya, and Andy Arenas, Kitopi operates a network of over 60 cloud kitchens across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain. The company enables restaurateurs to minimize capital expenditure and streamline operations by providing essential services such as management, call assistance, delivery management, trained staff, and specialized technology. Although Kitopi expanded into the United States in 2019, it exited the market following the onset of the pandemic.

Moonwalk

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cardápio digital mais fácil que existe para pedidos pelo WhatsApp

UNION

Venture Round in 2021
Union, an all-in-one hospitality engagement platform, leverages industrial grade data intelligence to deliver transformative experiences for the industry’s most popular venues, their guests, and their brand partners.

Everli

Series C in 2021
Everli is an online grocery shopping marketplace that allows customers to select groceries from a diverse range of retailers. Operating in Italy, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic, it provides access to over 300,000 products across 70 cities. The platform is designed to enhance the grocery shopping experience by enabling users to order items from local supermarkets through their devices, eliminating the need for queuing, parking, or carrying heavy bags. Everli also differentiates itself by offering same-day grocery delivery services to many small and medium-density areas, aiming to simplify the grocery shopping process and provide convenience to its customers.

Worc

Seed Round in 2021
Worc connect the best professionals to the most renowned restaurants and bars.

Hrestart

Seed Round in 2021
Hrestart is a human resources technology startup focused on enhancing the onboarding experience for companies and their employees. The company offers a digital platform designed to streamline the onboarding process, making it more efficient and less bureaucratic. By automating tasks such as employee admissions and benefits selection, Hrestart enables organizations to create a seamless and engaging onboarding journey. This approach not only reduces the time required for onboarding but also ensures that the experience is pleasant and straightforward for new hires.

Haus

Venture Round in 2021
Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes.

The Coffee

Series A in 2020
The Coffee is a Brazilian company founded in 2017, specializing in the operation and franchising of micro cafeterias. With locations in cities such as Balneário Camboriú, Belo Horizonte, Blumenau, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, and São Paulo, The Coffee aims to provide consumers with an urban cafe experience centered around high-quality coffee. The concept draws inspiration from Japanese culture, emphasizing a compact store design and a limited number of employees. This approach allows residents to enjoy a fine taste of coffee conveniently, catering to the growing demand for quick yet quality beverage options in urban environments.

Fonoa

Seed Round in 2020
Fonoa is the tax automation platform that enables businesses to authenticate tax IDs, compute taxes, generate e-invoices, report transactions, and file tax returns all in one solution.

Ghost Kitchens

Venture Round in 2020
Ghost Kitchens is a neighborhood restaurant that applies economies of scale to ultimately lower cost. Furthermore, increasing a single company’s visibility within its market by leveraging multiple brand identities. Differentiated target marketing of multiple brands to generate sales for a single brick and mortar location becomes Ghost Kitchens competitive advantage. Third party food delivery apps serve as a means for dual distribution, each acts as its own marketing channel. Ghost Kitchens LLC is a restaurant business model which allows for easy creation and transitioning of brand concepts that cater to specific target demographics and lifestyles. The Ghost Kitchens restaurant model also enhances the cost cutting techniques that are misused in a traditional restaurant business model by utilization of recipes across several menu items as well as menus. A single kitchen of a brick and mortar establishment serves several brand identities and concepts. The portal of which this will be done is through online food delivery services. The Ghost Kitchens model will allow one establishment to reach multiple target markets while allowing concepts to both be created and retired with minimum cost. The competitive advantage in this model is the ability to cross utilize menu items ultimately reducing waste while simultaneously diversifying revenue generating avenues.

Hrestart

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Hrestart is a human resources technology startup focused on enhancing the onboarding experience for companies and their employees. The company offers a digital platform designed to streamline the onboarding process, making it more efficient and less bureaucratic. By automating tasks such as employee admissions and benefits selection, Hrestart enables organizations to create a seamless and engaging onboarding journey. This approach not only reduces the time required for onboarding but also ensures that the experience is pleasant and straightforward for new hires.

Haus

Venture Round in 2020
Haus specializes in the manufacturing and distillation of wine and spirits. Haus is taking on the American liquor industry, which hasn’t changed since prohibition. Through products made with only natural ingredients, new approaches to distribution, and transparent processes.

AlmocoGratis

Seed Round in 2020
AlmocoGratis provides intelligence management services for bars and restaurants based on data analysis. They offer a complimentary meal in exchange for the customer's feedback.

Goomer

Debt Financing in 2020
Goomer is a company based in Sorocaba, Brazil, that specializes in developing a food service system for restaurants, hotels, and bars. Founded in 2014, Goomer offers an omnichannel platform that allows consumers to place orders via smartphones, tablets, and kiosks for in-store, delivery, or pick-up services. Its offerings include a digital menu system that showcases images and descriptions of dishes and drinks, as well as a self-service totem for food establishments. The platform also facilitates payment processing and feedback submission, enhancing customer engagement and operational efficiency. By streamlining services and personalizing sales suggestions, Goomer aims to improve the agility and profitability of food service businesses while providing an enhanced experience for customers.

MUY

Series B in 2019
MUY is a mobile application associated with a chain of cloud restaurants that focuses on providing quality and affordable homemade food in Latin America. Founded in 2018, the company operates an integrated network of physical and cloud kitchens, utilizing a proprietary technology platform to enhance operational efficiency and customer satisfaction while minimizing costs. By offering a diverse range of dishes, MUY aims to make quality dining accessible to a wider audience across Colombia, Brazil, and Mexico.

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.

AlmocoGratis

Pre Seed Round in 2018
AlmocoGratis provides intelligence management services for bars and restaurants based on data analysis. They offer a complimentary meal in exchange for the customer's feedback.

Kitopi

Series A in 2018
Kitopi is a Kitchen as a Service (KaaS) platform that facilitates the establishment of delivery-only restaurant locations by offering managed kitchen infrastructure and software solutions. Founded in 2018 by Mohamad Ballout, Saman Darkan, Bader Ataya, and Andy Arenas, Kitopi operates a network of over 60 cloud kitchens across the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain. The company enables restaurateurs to minimize capital expenditure and streamline operations by providing essential services such as management, call assistance, delivery management, trained staff, and specialized technology. Although Kitopi expanded into the United States in 2019, it exited the market following the onset of the pandemic.

Goomer

Seed Round in 2018
Goomer is a company based in Sorocaba, Brazil, that specializes in developing a food service system for restaurants, hotels, and bars. Founded in 2014, Goomer offers an omnichannel platform that allows consumers to place orders via smartphones, tablets, and kiosks for in-store, delivery, or pick-up services. Its offerings include a digital menu system that showcases images and descriptions of dishes and drinks, as well as a self-service totem for food establishments. The platform also facilitates payment processing and feedback submission, enhancing customer engagement and operational efficiency. By streamlining services and personalizing sales suggestions, Goomer aims to improve the agility and profitability of food service businesses while providing an enhanced experience for customers.

Everli

Series B in 2018
Everli is an online grocery shopping marketplace that allows customers to select groceries from a diverse range of retailers. Operating in Italy, France, Poland, and the Czech Republic, it provides access to over 300,000 products across 70 cities. The platform is designed to enhance the grocery shopping experience by enabling users to order items from local supermarkets through their devices, eliminating the need for queuing, parking, or carrying heavy bags. Everli also differentiates itself by offering same-day grocery delivery services to many small and medium-density areas, aiming to simplify the grocery shopping process and provide convenience to its customers.

iAgro

Venture Round in 2018
IAgro

HeroSpark

Venture Round in 2017
HeroSpark is a comprehensive digital entrepreneurship platform that connects educators and learners, facilitating the creation and management of online courses. It provides users with the tools necessary to develop their own branded course portals, manage payments, and engage with students effectively. By promoting knowledge sharing and distance learning, HeroSpark empowers instructors to transform their expertise into accessible educational experiences. The platform fosters a supportive community that encourages continuous growth and collaboration among its members, helping them achieve their entrepreneurial goals.

Expo

Venture Round in 2017
Expo is a developer of restaurant performance management software designed to support the operations and staff of hotels and restaurants. The company's platform leverages real-time data and insights to enhance team performance and optimize management practices. By efficiently analyzing data, Expo's software assists in the hiring of trained staff, enabling operators to make informed decisions that improve service delivery and overall customer experience in the hospitality sector. Formerly known as Pared, Expo focuses on providing solutions that enhance operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness for its clients.

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.

Hickory

Venture Round in 2017
Hickory

Hooked

Venture Round in 2016
Hooked, Inc. operates a mobile application designed to connect college students with local restaurants and bars in the United States. Founded in 2011 and based in Santa Monica, California, the app enables users to discover deals and food events from nearby establishments, influencing dining and socialization choices among millennials. Hooked partners with top restaurants to promote their offerings and drive sales during peak times, effectively targeting the college demographic. The application has gained significant traction, with hundreds of thousands of active users across major U.S. college markets, converting 25% to over 50% of the student population in those areas. The company plans to expand into additional college towns over the next two years, aiming to increase its user base and restaurant partnerships, while also exploring opportunities for growth in metropolitan areas and international markets.

HotelQuando

Pre Seed Round in 2016
HotelQuando is a global online hotel booking platform that enables users to book rooms at a fair price. The reservations can be made in hotels in Brazil for packages, after all, it is not fair to pay a night when it takes only a few hours. In addition to the date, people can decide what time to enter the hotel. Once the arrival time is set, people can choose a package of hours that meets the need. HotelQuando was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil.

Grubster

Seed Round in 2015
Grubster is a yield management solution for restaurants. Its main goal is to enable people to go more frequently to restaurants while helping restaurants fill their idle capacity. Today, Grubster is present in three major Brazilian cities, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Brasilia, having generated more than R$2M for its partners, and saved more than R$ 1M to its customers. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Agrotrac

Venture Round in 2015
Agrotrac

Hiper

Seed Round in 2014
Hiper is a point-of-sale software focused on SMB retailers in Brazil, that serves as a tool to demystify and simplify processes in a retail store. In 2019 the company was acquired by Linx, the company leader in tech solutions for retail in Brazil, and became the company into the Linx portfolio with focus specifically in SMB retail companies. Hiper ended 2022 serving more than 22,000 retail companies in 2,000 Brazilian cities. Tiago Vailati, Marcos Roberto Fischer and Marinho da Silva Junior founded it on February 7, 2012, with its headquarters in Brusque in Brazil.
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