Chromo Invest

Chromo Invest is an Investment Studio focused on Global Alternative Investments and “Out-of-the-box” investment ideas. The firm manages liquid and illiquid investments for a UHNW Brazilian family and selected clients. They seek global investment theses in order to achieve an appreciation of the capital invested in the long term, with participatory and contributory activities in business. It analyzes the intrinsic characteristics of potential businesses, far beyond financial indicators. Chromo Invest's mission as an alternative investment manager is to be a powerful guiding focus for businesses and investors, such as marine lighthouses, which project the light to indicate the right direction and warn of obstacles ahead of any adversity.

Marcelo Damasceno Ferreira

Founding Partner

33 past transactions

Olga Ri

Series A in 2022
Olga Ri is a digitally native, cloud kitchen-based, fast casual restaurant that delivers convenient, delicious and healthy salads and grain bowls. On the back of great technology, state-of-the-art operations and a purpose-driven brand, we are helping shape the next generation of foodservice in Brazil. As a company, we are committed to thinking sustainably, building diverse teams, cherishing urban communities and fostering more colorful lives. Olga Ri is available for customers in São Paulo across proprietary and third-party platforms via delivery, pickup and in-company outposts.

SouSmile

Series B in 2021
SouSmile is a dental beauty startup that believes everyone should have access to a smile they love. We sell our own brand of invisible aligners and whitening gels through conveniently-located retail locations where our team of dentists is available to create personalized treatment plans.

Grover

Series B in 2021
Grover provides an online platform for renting tech products through monthly subscriptions. This service includes a wide range of over 3,000 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, VR gear, wearables, and smart home appliances. Grover's business model focuses on the circular economy, refurbishing and re-circulating returned products to maximize their lifespan and reduce e-waste. Each product is typically rented out to multiple users before being fully retired. The company operates in several markets, including the U.S., Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Metalshub

Series A in 2021
Metalshub provides vertical SaaS and data solutions for the metals, mining & recycling industry. The company's purpose is to drive positive change in the industry by making efficient, digital workflows possible at all levels, by providing transparency for sustainable metals production and by publishing the world's only transaction-based price indices. For this, Metalshub provides industry-leading software for managing the procurement and sales of raw materials under its brand "Metalshub" and price data & intelligence under its brand "Metis" (www.metis-index.com). The company helps customers digitalise all steps from mine to market to mill in the fields of iron & steel, copper, aluminium, battery metals, scrap and industrial minerals.

Warren Investimentos

Series C in 2021
We are an investment brokerage and wealth management firm that provides access to the best investments in the market. We are the pioneering firm to implement in Brazil the goal-based investment model, utilized by the ultra-high-net-worth individuals overseas. We provide a comprehensive experience tailored to the specific life stage of each investor. Our unique proposition lies in our complete alignment with your objectives, as we operate under a model that safeguards clients against a prevalent market concern: conflicts of interest.

Open Co (Brazil)

Series C in 2021
Open Co thinks that creating trusting relationships with clients is more important than using cutting-edge technology to create ground-breaking credit solutions. Open Co was established in 2021 as the result of the merger of Geru and Rebel, two of Brazil's most cutting-edge fintech lenders. The company's goal is to permanently turn credit into a more equitable, adaptable, and accessible tool that improves Brazilians' financial situations.

Loadsmart

Series C in 2020
Loadsmart helps shippers move their freight fast and Carriers keep trucks full. The company’s online platform enables users to get quotes, book trucks, and track their freight from pickup to delivery. Loadsmart was founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado and is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Warren Investimentos

Series B in 2020
We are an investment brokerage and wealth management firm that provides access to the best investments in the market. We are the pioneering firm to implement in Brazil the goal-based investment model, utilized by the ultra-high-net-worth individuals overseas. We provide a comprehensive experience tailored to the specific life stage of each investor. Our unique proposition lies in our complete alignment with your objectives, as we operate under a model that safeguards clients against a prevalent market concern: conflicts of interest.

BizCapital

Series B in 2020
BizCapital provides loans to SMEs without access to large banks through an evaluation machine that analyzes and ranks each request in a few seconds, analyzing the variables digitally, enabling customers to get loans to operate business through an online lending platform.

Loadsmart

Venture Round in 2019
Loadsmart helps shippers move their freight fast and Carriers keep trucks full. The company’s online platform enables users to get quotes, book trucks, and track their freight from pickup to delivery. Loadsmart was founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado and is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Warren Investimentos

Series A in 2019
We are an investment brokerage and wealth management firm that provides access to the best investments in the market. We are the pioneering firm to implement in Brazil the goal-based investment model, utilized by the ultra-high-net-worth individuals overseas. We provide a comprehensive experience tailored to the specific life stage of each investor. Our unique proposition lies in our complete alignment with your objectives, as we operate under a model that safeguards clients against a prevalent market concern: conflicts of interest.

Adianta

Venture Round in 2019
Adianta is a financial service company that offers a platform for clients to grant working capital for small and medium businesses. The company also specializes in receivables prepayment, loan, invoice finance, SME, cash flow, MPE, secured account, financial institution, and banks. Adianta was named Ciab Febraban 2016 - Brazil's TOP 10 FINTECH. It was founded in May 2016 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Metalshub

Seed Round in 2018
Metalshub provides vertical SaaS and data solutions for the metals, mining & recycling industry. The company's purpose is to drive positive change in the industry by making efficient, digital workflows possible at all levels, by providing transparency for sustainable metals production and by publishing the world's only transaction-based price indices. For this, Metalshub provides industry-leading software for managing the procurement and sales of raw materials under its brand "Metalshub" and price data & intelligence under its brand "Metis" (www.metis-index.com). The company helps customers digitalise all steps from mine to market to mill in the fields of iron & steel, copper, aluminium, battery metals, scrap and industrial minerals.

Loadsmart

Series A in 2018
Loadsmart helps shippers move their freight fast and Carriers keep trucks full. The company’s online platform enables users to get quotes, book trucks, and track their freight from pickup to delivery. Loadsmart was founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado and is based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

BizCapital

Series A in 2018
BizCapital provides loans to SMEs without access to large banks through an evaluation machine that analyzes and ranks each request in a few seconds, analyzing the variables digitally, enabling customers to get loans to operate business through an online lending platform.

Grover

Series A in 2018
Grover provides an online platform for renting tech products through monthly subscriptions. This service includes a wide range of over 3,000 tech products such as smartphones, laptops, VR gear, wearables, and smart home appliances. Grover's business model focuses on the circular economy, refurbishing and re-circulating returned products to maximize their lifespan and reduce e-waste. Each product is typically rented out to multiple users before being fully retired. The company operates in several markets, including the U.S., Germany, Austria, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Geru

Convertible Note in 2018
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Trunomi

Seed Round in 2018
Trunomi’s rules-based platform is the leader in Enterprise Data Privacy Compliance. Enabling businesses for the first time to understand what data they hold, under what regulation and why. Allowing companies to comply with current and future global regulations from a single platform. Trunomi never sees or stores your customer’s personal data due to its patented technology; and for this reason, Trunomi’s technology is not bound by jurisdictional borders surrounding personal data. Certified to operate to NSA security standards and validated by Baker McKenzie, Trunomi is a zero-risk solution allowing businesses to: • Prove Compliance with all Global Regulations - now and forever • Visualise your customer data from a single screen • Map your customer data • Automate Data Subject Request (DSR) management • Turn Privacy into a customer experience • Switch on Privacy easily, with a developer-first approach

Warren Investimentos

Convertible Note in 2018
We are an investment brokerage and wealth management firm that provides access to the best investments in the market. We are the pioneering firm to implement in Brazil the goal-based investment model, utilized by the ultra-high-net-worth individuals overseas. We provide a comprehensive experience tailored to the specific life stage of each investor. Our unique proposition lies in our complete alignment with your objectives, as we operate under a model that safeguards clients against a prevalent market concern: conflicts of interest.

BizCapital

Seed Round in 2018
BizCapital provides loans to SMEs without access to large banks through an evaluation machine that analyzes and ranks each request in a few seconds, analyzing the variables digitally, enabling customers to get loans to operate business through an online lending platform.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2017
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Fetcher

Seed Round in 2017
Fetcher's mission is to make it fast, easy, and fun for organizations to find the right person, for the right job, at the right time. Fetcher helps companies find candidates whose talents, interests, and experience best match the needs of the job and the culture of the team. Fetcher believes when the right person is in the right role, the real magic happens. Fetcher was built to reduce the pain and expense of hiring so that organizations can focus their time on attracting talent and nurturing the growth and development of their people. Fetcher is committed to investing in long-term partnerships with organizations who see talent as their greatest asset, and Fetcher creates the tools that empower their growth.

Lyft

Series H in 2017
Lyft is a transportation company that designs, markets, and operates a mobile application connecting drivers with passengers who request rides. The app also facilitates payment. Additionally, it allows riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Lyft primarily focuses its services on college, university, and corporate communities.

Wedy

Angel Round in 2017
Wedy is the best-in-class product for modern couples that helps with everything from discovering pricing and vendors, building a wedding website to managing guests and sharing a wedding registry. On the other hand, it helps independent business owners (SMBs) to ease their workflow and manage business tasks like scheduling, payments, and communications. On top of that, Wedy is building a Saas-enabled n-sided marketplace for the wedding industry.

Geru

Convertible Note in 2017
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Addepar

Series D in 2017
Addepar is a software and data platform that is purpose-built for professional wealth, investment and asset management firms to deliver outstanding results for their clients. More than 800 leading firms trust Addepar to unlock the power and possibility of more informed, data-driven investing and advice. With client presence in more than 30 countries, Addepar’s platform aggregates portfolio, market and client data for over $4 trillion in assets. Firms can also use Marketplace, a digital experience offered through Acervus Securities (member FINRA), to access and transact in a range of investment products with a focus on alternative and private market investments. Addepar’s open platform integrates with more than 100 software, data and services partners to deliver a complete solution for a wide range of firms and use cases. Addepar embraces a global flexible workforce model with offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, Salt Lake City, Chicago, London and Edinburgh, Scotland.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2017
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2016
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Investorise

Seed Round in 2016
Investorise is revolutionizing real estate investing with big data and machine intelligence. Investorise has launched on the world firsts real estate funds powered by AI. Investorise also provides investors with insights into Real Estate

Geru

Debt Financing in 2016
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Geru

Series A in 2016
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2015
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2015
Geru is a Brazilian lending marketplace created in 2013 offering personal unsecured term loans for prime and near prime borrowerers through a fast, simple, and transparent online experience. Lending operations started in 2015. Developed and started Brazil’s fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. Geru developed its own credit score model using unstructured data. Rates are lower than market and vary from 25% to 80% p.a., depending on the applicant’s score. The company is based in São Paulo, Brazil.
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