Chromo Invest

Chromo Investimentos Ltda. is a private equity and venture capital firm established in 2013 and headquartered in Porto Alegre, Brazil, with an additional office in the same city. The firm specializes in alternative investments, managing both liquid and illiquid assets primarily for a high-net-worth Brazilian family and select clients. Chromo Invest seeks innovative investment opportunities globally, emphasizing long-term capital appreciation through participatory and contributory roles in the businesses it supports. The firm evaluates potential investments by examining their intrinsic characteristics, going beyond mere financial metrics. Its mission is to serve as a guiding force for businesses and investors, akin to a lighthouse, providing direction and highlighting potential challenges in the investment landscape.

Tiago Wallau Kretzmann

Co-Founder & Co-Manager of the global portfolio

32 past transactions

Olga Ri

Series A in 2022
Olga Ri is a company that provides cloud kitchens with delivery services to residential and corporate customers. In addition to technology, operational excellence, and creating brands with purpose, they are creating the next generation of foodservice. Their team members are dedicated to establishing different teams, valuing the communities they are based on, and promoting a light lifestyle. In its cloud kitchens, the company provides fast restaurants with fair prices and impeccable quality, but without table service, which enables customers to enjoy meals from the comfort of their homes.

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.

Metalshub

Series A in 2021
Metalshub is an independent company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, established in 2016. It operates a digital marketplace dedicated to metals and ferroalloys, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and liquidity of the physical market. The platform serves as a SaaS-based procurement tool that streamlines the buying and selling processes in the metals and mining sector. It facilitates communication, negotiation, and transaction management between buyers and sellers, offering features such as secure document sharing, real-time market data, and logistics management. This comprehensive approach enables metal producers and consumers to improve efficiency, transparency, and risk mitigation in their procurement activities. With an international team that brings extensive experience in physical metals trading and logistics, Metalshub aspires to be the leading platform for the global metals and ferroalloys community.

Warren Brasil

Series C in 2021
Warren is an investment platform that simplifies finances and transforms the habit of investing in something easy, transparent, and efficient. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Loadsmart

Series C in 2020
Loadsmart, Inc. operates an online platform designed to streamline the logistics process for shippers and carriers. Founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado, the company is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Chicago. The platform offers users the ability to obtain real-time, bookable rates, facilitating efficient interactions between shippers and carriers. It allows shippers to quickly move freight and helps carriers optimize their capacity by keeping trucks full. Loadsmart's service includes features for obtaining quotes, booking trucks, and tracking freight from pickup to delivery, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of the shipping process.

Warren Brasil

Series B in 2020
Warren is an investment platform that simplifies finances and transforms the habit of investing in something easy, transparent, and efficient. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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, Inc. operates an online platform designed to streamline the logistics process for shippers and carriers. Founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado, the company is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Chicago. The platform offers users the ability to obtain real-time, bookable rates, facilitating efficient interactions between shippers and carriers. It allows shippers to quickly move freight and helps carriers optimize their capacity by keeping trucks full. Loadsmart's service includes features for obtaining quotes, booking trucks, and tracking freight from pickup to delivery, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of the shipping process.

Warren Brasil

Series A in 2019
Warren is an investment platform that simplifies finances and transforms the habit of investing in something easy, transparent, and efficient. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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 is an independent company based in Düsseldorf, Germany, established in 2016. It operates a digital marketplace dedicated to metals and ferroalloys, aimed at enhancing the efficiency and liquidity of the physical market. The platform serves as a SaaS-based procurement tool that streamlines the buying and selling processes in the metals and mining sector. It facilitates communication, negotiation, and transaction management between buyers and sellers, offering features such as secure document sharing, real-time market data, and logistics management. This comprehensive approach enables metal producers and consumers to improve efficiency, transparency, and risk mitigation in their procurement activities. With an international team that brings extensive experience in physical metals trading and logistics, Metalshub aspires to be the leading platform for the global metals and ferroalloys community.

Loadsmart

Series A in 2018
Loadsmart, Inc. operates an online platform designed to streamline the logistics process for shippers and carriers. Founded in 2014 by Felipe Capella and Ricardo Salgado, the company is headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Chicago. The platform offers users the ability to obtain real-time, bookable rates, facilitating efficient interactions between shippers and carriers. It allows shippers to quickly move freight and helps carriers optimize their capacity by keeping trucks full. Loadsmart's service includes features for obtaining quotes, booking trucks, and tracking freight from pickup to delivery, thereby enhancing the overall efficiency of the shipping process.

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 Group GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates an online platform allowing customers to rent consumer electronic products through a monthly subscription model. Founded in 2015, Grover offers a diverse range of over 1,500 products across various categories, including smartphones, laptops, wearables, cameras, gaming equipment, home entertainment systems, and smart home devices. This approach enables both private customers and businesses to access the latest technology without the financial burden of ownership, promoting flexibility and convenience in the consumer electronics market. With additional offices in Austria and the Netherlands, Grover is committed to enhancing the access economy by providing a simple and efficient rental service.

Geru

Convertible Note in 2018
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.

Trunomi

Seed Round in 2018
Trunomi, Inc. operates a consent-based data sharing platform to streamline the customer verification process for the financial industry clients in the United States and internationally. It enables customers to digitally control and share their personal data via a personal data store in compliance with data privacy regulations. The company also offers secure messaging and document sharing for the financial institution; and digital rights management over personal data for the customers. Trunomi, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Campbell, California.

Warren Brasil

Convertible Note in 2018
Warren is an investment platform that simplifies finances and transforms the habit of investing in something easy, transparent, and efficient. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

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 Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in 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 an on-demand transportation service that connects passengers with drivers through a mobile application. Founded in June 2012 in San Francisco by Logan Green and John Zimmer, Lyft allows users to request rides with a simple tap on their smartphones and facilitates payment directly through the app. The platform also offers the option to schedule rides up to seven days in advance. Lyft primarily serves college, university, and corporate communities and has rapidly expanded to cover 95 percent of the U.S. population. The company focuses on providing accessible peer-to-peer transportation solutions, contributing to the growing ridesharing market.

Wedy

Angel Round in 2017
Discovering, planning and sharing a wedding is a stressful and unknown task even in modern times. Wedy is a social one-stop-shopping for weddings where the couples can get their perfect weddings at no extra costs.

Geru

Convertible Note in 2017
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.

Addepar

Series D in 2017
Addepar is a wealth management platform for investment advisors specializing in data aggregation, analytics, and portfolio reporting. It is the financial operating system used to bring common sense and ethical, data-driven investing in the financial world. Addepar handles all types of assets in any currency, so investors and advisors have a clearer financial picture at every level, all in one place. With customizable reporting, financial managers can visualize and communicate relevant information to anyone who needs it. Addepar was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Chicago, and Salt Lake City.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2017
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2016
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in 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 Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.

Geru

Series A in 2016
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2015
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.

Geru

Debt Financing in 2015
Geru Tecnologia e Serviços S.A. is a Brazilian online lending marketplace established in 2013 and based in São Paulo. The company operates a platform that allows customers to access personal unsecured term loans from various financial institutions without the need to visit a physical location. Geru's services began in 2015, and it introduced a fully digital payroll loan product in 2018. The platform employs advanced technology to ensure a secure and efficient application process, while also utilizing a proprietary credit scoring model based on unstructured data. Geru acts as a correspondent bank, connecting borrowers with financial institutions and enabling them to secure loans with competitive interest rates, ranging from 25% to 80% per annum, depending on the borrower's creditworthiness. The company's focus on transparency and simplicity enhances the borrowing experience for prime and near-prime customers in Brazil.