Bossanova Investimentos

Bossa Nova Investimentos e Administração S.A. is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2010. Specializing in pre-seed, seed, startup, and early-stage investments, the firm focuses on technology sectors such as software, service development, mobile applications, and B2B solutions. It is recognized as a leading investor in the pre-seed stage within Brazil and has expanded its investment activities to include companies in the United States. Bossa Nova typically invests between R$0.1 million and R$0.8 million per project, primarily through minority investments. Additionally, the firm manages the Bossa Nova Sports Tech Fund, which targets consumer and business products, information technology, wellness, and gaming sectors, with a preference for investments ranging from R$0.1 million to R$0.3 million across multiple companies.

Rodolfo Santos

Director

Past deals in Recruiting

Gupy

Series B in 2022
Gupy is a recruitment and selection platform that leverages artificial intelligence to streamline and enhance the hiring process. By integrating innovative technologies such as people analytics and machine learning, Gupy provides companies with a powerful tool for making informed decisions about talent acquisition. The platform facilitates the entire recruitment management process, allowing businesses of various sizes to identify and attract the best candidates based on their specific needs and the compatibility of candidates' profiles. Gupy's focus on usability and automation enables organizations to improve their recruitment outcomes efficiently.

Job&Talent

Series E in 2021
Jobandtalent is an on-demand staffing marketplace that aims to make the labour market much more liquid and transparent, helping companies to hire in a more flexible way and with the mission of being part of the reduction of the unemployment in the world. We at the labour market has evolved from a very structured state into an extremely flexible one. Companies are demanding flexibility which has resulted in the growth of liquidity in the market. However, the flexible state of the labour market is also leaving the workers in a vulnerable and unprotected employment situation. We at Jobandtalent have created a Workforce as a Service (WaaS) platform in order to make this labour flexibility beneficial for both companies and workers alike. Our offices are located in the UK, Spain, Germany, Sweden, Mexico, and Colombia, and we have plans of further expansion to France and Italy by the end of the year.

Talentdrop

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Talentdrop is turning to recruit into an open marketplace, where hiring companies post bounties for their open roles, and any recruiter or other professional can collect it by referring a successful candidate. Companies get more people working on their hiring problem without having to pay more for it, and now anyone can earn big recruiting bonuses previously limited to a few firms.

Jasper

Venture Round in 2021
Jasper (formerly Inoventive) started with one goal: to connect businesses with top engineering talent. To fulfill this goal, Jasper evolved from a job marketplace to an on-demand engineering recruiting service and finally to an AI-powered recruiter bot. In its final version, Jasper was using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing techniques to disrupt the recruiting industry. Jasper ceased operation in March 2017.

Entelo

Venture Round in 2021
Entelo applies intelligence to big data to help modern recruiters find, qualify, and acquire talent. Today over 600 customers of all sizes and industries trust Entelo to provide their talent acquisition teams with higher candidate engagement, actionable insights, and increased productivity. To learn how leading companies such as Capital One, Cisco, Facebook, GE, Genentech, Netflix, Northrop Grumman, and Target are building their organizations using Entelo, visit www.entelo.com.

interviewing.io

Venture Round in 2020
Interviewing.io is an anonymous technical interviewing platform. Its interviewers have worked at Google, Udacity, Square, Twitch, Microsoft, and other recognized companies.

Talentdrop

Seed Round in 2020
Talentdrop is turning to recruit into an open marketplace, where hiring companies post bounties for their open roles, and any recruiter or other professional can collect it by referring a successful candidate. Companies get more people working on their hiring problem without having to pay more for it, and now anyone can earn big recruiting bonuses previously limited to a few firms.

Solides Tecnologia

Venture Round in 2019
Solides Tecnologia S.A. develops and operates a HR platform to recruit, develop, and retain talent. The company specializes in behavioral profiling software used in the recruitment and selection, behavior management, and people development process by HR professionals, coaches, educators, and trainers. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Bunee.io

Venture Round in 2017
Bunee.io is a recruitment platform that employs the power of artificial intelligence to find the best developers. It compiles information about thousands of programmers through its intelligent algorithm, allowing companies to filter and find the best talent to hire. Bunee.io was founded in 2016 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Clipboard Health

Seed Round in 2017
Clipboard Health is an online marketplace established in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, that connects nursing staff with healthcare facilities for job placements. The platform allows nurses to easily search for jobs that match their qualifications and preferences, enabling them to apply with just one click. By offering a comprehensive database of nursing and allied health positions across the country, Clipboard Health streamlines the staffing process for medical systems and healthcare professionals alike. This approach ensures that patients receive timely and appropriate medical care by matching them with the right nursing staff.

HigherMe

Pre Seed Round in 2017
HigherMe Inc. operates a recruiting platform designed to assist retail and management employers in finding, screening, and hiring employees more efficiently. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Brighton, Massachusetts, HigherMe utilizes 30-second videos to highlight candidates' personalities, attitudes, and interpersonal skills. The platform offers a range of features, including a searchable database of candidates, digitized onboarding paperwork, automated recruitment processes, screening for tax credits, customizable assessments, and application tracking. By leveraging data-driven behavioral and psychological matching algorithms, HigherMe ensures that employers connect with the most suitable candidates for their needs.

Bunee.io

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Bunee.io is a recruitment platform that employs the power of artificial intelligence to find the best developers. It compiles information about thousands of programmers through its intelligent algorithm, allowing companies to filter and find the best talent to hire. Bunee.io was founded in 2016 and is based in São Paulo, Brazil.