Gryfo
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Gryfo is a facial biometrics platform that specializes in identifying individuals and preventing authentication fraud through the use of advanced technology. The company develops APIs and SDKs that can be seamlessly integrated into various digital products, catering primarily to business-to-business clients. Gryfo's platform transforms facial images into unique biometric data, allowing for accurate recognition by comparing these features against extensive databases. This capability enables clients to enhance their services, broaden their customer reach, and drive profitability across different market verticals.
Cellva Ingredients
Seed Round in 2024
Cellva Ingredients is a biotechnology startup that harnesses the rich biodiversity of the Brazilian biome to craft novel flavor carriers, less saturated fats, and essential fatty acids through cellular cultivation and microencapsulation. The company has garnered recognition through its involvement in esteemed acceleration programs such as Proveg International and boasts the sole privately-owned development center in Brazil.
Plano
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Personal Finance Plans are a type of financial education Fintech that caters to both individuals (B2C) and businesses (B2B) (B2B2C). Thousands of consumers are served all around Brazil. Their team works with clients online and on a one-on-one basis to help customers plan, manage, and handle their money, whether it's to pay off debts, save, or invest.
Positiv.a
Series A in 2023
Positiv.a is a manufacturer of sustainable cleaning products designed to have a positive environmental impact. The company offers a range of 100% natural, biodegradable, vegan, and hypoallergenic cleaning solutions that are highly effective for various household tasks, including cleaning windows, furniture, and floors. Positiv.a operates through a subscription model, providing convenience for customers while promoting eco-friendly practices. Its products are packaged in bottles made from plastic collected from beaches, reinforcing the company's commitment to reducing ocean pollution and encouraging conscious consumption.
BeUni
Pre Seed Round in 2023
BeUni is a developer of a customized gifting platform that streamlines the purchasing, storage, and distribution of promotional items and personalized products for medium to large enterprises. The company offers a comprehensive solution that includes a wide range of product categories, such as packaging, apparel, printed materials, and souvenirs. By integrating logistics capabilities, BeUni allows businesses to efficiently store and distribute these items both locally and globally. The platform automates the entire process through seamless integrations with APIs, CRMs, marketing tools, and e-commerce solutions, enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring compatibility with existing systems. BeUni aims to transform how companies approach gifting, ultimately helping them engage employees, convert leads, and foster customer loyalty.
Cãez
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Cãez is a Brazilian startup specializing in pet care products, focusing on perfumes and cosmetics. Its mission is to promote animal well-being without harming any creatures or the environment. The company produces vegan, toxin-free, and biodegradable products, ensuring dogs can enjoy a healthy lifestyle.
Coractium
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Coractium is a company founded in 2021 and based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, focused on advancing the education of young scientists through a specialized learning platform. The company offers training and courses designed for students in academic institutions and other environments. Its platform features various educational modules, including science kit tutorials developed by experienced scientists, which provide practical scientific knowledge. By utilizing technology, Coractium aims to enhance the learning experience and equip students with hands-on skills through prototypes and live content, fostering the next generation of scientific talent.
Vivalisto
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Vivalisto is a real estate platform designed to streamline property transaction processes for realtors and real estate agencies. It offers a comprehensive suite of tools and services aimed at alleviating the complexities associated with real estate transactions. The platform includes features such as a website, connectors, customer relationship management (CRM) systems, and business and legal assistance. By providing documental, contractual, and notary services, Vivalisto allows brokers and real estate professionals to concentrate on their primary activities of buying and selling properties, thereby enhancing operational efficiency within the industry.
Kultua
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Kultua is a pioneering company in the field of people management, specializing in personalized research and diagnostics for cultural management and strategic change within organizations that prioritize people, data, and impactful results. The company offers a platform designed to create a focused corporate environment by providing tools for diagnostics, automation of customizable rituals, and people analytics. This enables clients to enhance employee engagement and reinforce cultural practices within the company in a playful and humanized manner. Kultua aims to deliver deeper, more accurate, and agile results while minimizing research biases.
FORME
Pre Seed Round in 2022
FORME - Financial Education is a socio-emotional financial education curriculum designed to train primary school kids to be financially conscious. The company is a teaching system with technology and special materials matched with the BNCC, based on behavioral economic psychology, with practical content that pertains to students' real-life situations, hence promoting learning.
Encontre um Nerd
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Encontre um Nerd LTDA operates a website that connects users seeking computer repair services with qualified technicians. Headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil, the company offers a managed marketplace for on-demand Help Desk and IT infrastructure services tailored for small businesses. It aims to simplify support services, enabling customers to save time and money through a "pay on the go" model that reduces fixed monthly costs. Encontre um Nerd provides a range of services including IT management, monitoring, remote support, and face-to-face assistance. Founded in 2014 by Bruno Okamoto Ramos, Daniel Tutida, and Bruno Falcao, the company has received recognition for its innovative approach to small business solutions.
Match It
Seed Round in 2022
Plataforma no formato marketplace B2B para conectar empresas que buscam contratar serviços de TI com empresas que prestam esses serviços.
Mais Vívida
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mais Vívida is an edtech company that offers video lessons in the licensing model for use in training and education platforms.
Typcal
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Typcal is a company focused on promoting healthy eating through the development of plant-based food products. Based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Typcal operates an online platform that offers a range of vegan products, including ketchup, mustard sauces, seasoning mixes, and mayonnaise. The company's offerings are designed to be free of sugar, sodium, preservatives, and artificial colors, catering to consumers seeking convenient, ready-made plant-based options for various culinary applications. Typcal emphasizes sustainability by utilizing a mycelium ingredient derived from the principles of the circular economy in its product development.
MeEntrega
Pre Seed Round in 2022
MeEntrega is a company that specializes in providing a smartphone application designed for various delivery services, including stores, supermarkets, restaurants, gas delivery, and draft beer suppliers. The platform facilitates the ordering of daily-use items, such as snacks, groceries, pharmaceuticals, and agro-pet products, enabling consumers to conveniently access essential goods at their doorstep. By streamlining the ordering process, MeEntrega aims to enhance efficiency and reduce the time and effort required for consumers to acquire everyday necessities.
Zubale is a technology-driven company that serves as critical infrastructure for retailers in the e-commerce sector. It operates a marketplace that connects retailers with gig workers, facilitating efficient back-end operations and enhancing service quality through improved fill rates and timely deliveries. By leveraging a platform that allows businesses to crowdsource various digital tasks, Zubale enables independent workers to complete assignments and earn rewards. The company has achieved remarkable growth, completing over 3 million jobs across 90 cities and 16,800 stores in Mexico, Colombia, and Costa Rica, with plans to expand further across Latin America. Co-founders Allison Campbell and Sebastian Monroy bring extensive retail experience from their backgrounds at Walmart and Procter & Gamble, enhancing Zubale's capabilities in the region.
Bnyou is an online platform that enables beauty and well‑being services to be delivered at customers' homes through a mobile app. It connects clients with professionals for services such as haircuts, makeup, massage, beard therapy, body care, manicure, waxing, and skin cleansing, with scheduling and service selection available in a few clicks. The model aims to offer convenience, autonomy for beauty professionals, and lower-cost access to quality beauty services, combining at-home delivery with a streamlined booking experience.
Tindin is a digital platform that helps parents teach children about personal finance through engaging, gamified learning experiences. It enables parents to set tasks and rewards for children in a child-friendly environment.
Movêu is an online custom furniture brand that enables customers to design furniture to fit their space. It provides an intuitive 3D customization platform that lets users adjust dimensions, materials, and configurations, then browse and purchase a range of stylish home furnishings online.
Lincon Health
Seed Round in 2022
Lincon Health is a digital health platform focused on improving chronic illness management. It offers personalized digital therapy, real-time health data tracking, and AI-driven insights to help users control blood pressure, reduce weight, improve HbA1c levels, and manage stress/anxiety through physical activity programs, nutritional support, disease training, and regular monitoring.
S2 Pets
Seed Round in 2022
S2 Pets operates a chain of independent pet stores, leveraging technology to enhance pet care services. Its platform offers a mobile app for pet monitoring and management systems for clinics and pet shops, aiming to create a welcoming environment for pets.
Buddy.vet
Seed Round in 2022
Buddy.vet operates a pet care platform that enables in-home veterinary and related services. The service connects pet owners with professionals who visit the home to conduct consultations, exams, vaccines, and training on the scheduled day and time. Pet care can be booked online through the app, website, or WhatsApp, with the aim of eliminating waiting rooms and reducing stress for pets. The platform emphasizes technology-enabled scheduling and safe, convenient at-home care.
Suprevida
Seed Round in 2021
Suprevida operates an online platform facilitating transactions and interactions for users seeking self-care solutions in health products, treatments, medical equipment, and telehealth services. It connects patients with healthcare professionals, enabling affordable care from home.
Recrutei
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Recrutei is a subscription-based recruitment software platform that functions like an applicant tracking system enhanced with artificial intelligence to streamline hiring. The platform enables companies to post vacancies, manage the selection process, and apply behavioral assessments via partner tools, supported by an in-house algorithm designed to improve candidate matching. It helps small and medium-sized businesses conduct structured interviews, track metrics, and make data-driven hiring decisions, ultimately aiming to hire the right people. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Minas Gerais, Brazil, the company focuses on optimizing the entire recruitment workflow through AI-driven insights and streamlined collaboration between recruiters and candidates.
Vivadí
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Vivadí is an educational organization that develops students' soft skills through an immersive platform and innovative pedagogy. It serves young people and children, helping them improve abilities such as socio-emotional competencies, communication, and study habits. The platform combines video experiences, ongoing assessments, and hybrid learning approaches to support learners in a rapidly changing educational environment. By focusing on practical skill development and continuous evaluation, Vivadí complements traditional schooling and aims to prepare students for future challenges through accessible, engaging experiences.
Já Vendeu
Seed Round in 2021
Já Vendeu is a marketplace specializing in the online sale of pre-owned and second-hand products. The company offers a comprehensive service that encompasses various aspects of the sales process, including the cleaning and repairing of items, as well as taking high-quality photographs for listings. By managing these elements, Já Vendeu simplifies the selling experience for users, enhancing transparency and safety during transactions. The platform aims to create a seamless buyer experience while facilitating the effortless sale of used items.
Orgânicos in Box
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Organicos in Box is a delivery service based in Rio de Janeiro that specializes in providing 100% organic food baskets. The company collaborates with a network of small rural producers to connect them with urban consumers, ensuring a diverse selection of certified organic fruits, vegetables, and greens. Their offerings include ready-made baskets, gift baskets, and various grocery items, such as drinks, eggs, and mushrooms. Committed to sustainability, Organicos in Box aims to foster a cooperative relationship among suppliers and customers, promoting access to nutritious, energy-rich foods while supporting local agriculture.
Petbuddy Group
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Petbuddy Group is a D2C pet care group of sustainable brands with the mission to do good for pets, pet parents and the planet. Our brand Buddy Pet Foods offers tailored subscriptions of natural- high quality dog food. In Sep 2020 we also launched Rockybox, a curated dog treat subscription box. We have invested heavy into our ecommerce/subscription platform and will over the next 5 years launch 5 to 7 more sustainable pet care brands based on data and trends. One customer group, one platform, many brands = strong value creation.
Based out of Sweden we're experiencing strong growth and are seeking 5 MEUR to further scale PBG and it's brand offerings to new EU markets in 2021.
HerMoney
Pre Seed Round in 2021
HerMoney is a digital media firm that focuses on improving the relationships women have with money.
Mutuus Insurtech
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Mutuus is a digital insurance broker that specializes in providing insurance solutions for entrepreneurs. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, the company offers a platform where users can easily quote, hire, and manage their insurance needs in one place. Mutuus simplifies the decision-making process for purchasing insurance by providing online quotes, comparisons, and detailed information on various insurance products, including life, business, cargo, and guarantees. This approach enables clients to access better prices and conditions from leading insurance providers, thereby enhancing their overall insurance experience.
S2 Pets
Pre Seed Round in 2021
S2 Pets operates a chain of independent pet stores, leveraging technology to enhance pet care services. Its platform offers a mobile app for pet monitoring and management systems for clinics and pet shops, aiming to create a welcoming environment for pets.
Botnicks
Angel Round in 2021
Botnicks is an HR technology company that specializes in enhancing the employee experience throughout their digital journey, from onboarding to offboarding. The company focuses on addressing the engagement gap that often exists during the transition period between an employee's acceptance of a job offer and their initial months at the organization. By leveraging AI-based chatbot technology, Botnicks simplifies HR processes and improves communication between employers and employees. Its virtual assistants are designed to place employees at the center of the experience while automating various tasks for managers, leading to a more efficient and measurable workflow for all parties involved.
Mutuus Insurtech
Seed Round in 2021
Mutuus is a digital insurance broker that specializes in providing insurance solutions for entrepreneurs. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, the company offers a platform where users can easily quote, hire, and manage their insurance needs in one place. Mutuus simplifies the decision-making process for purchasing insurance by providing online quotes, comparisons, and detailed information on various insurance products, including life, business, cargo, and guarantees. This approach enables clients to access better prices and conditions from leading insurance providers, thereby enhancing their overall insurance experience.
HerMoney
Seed Round in 2021
HerMoney is a financial management platform aimed at empowering women entrepreneurs in their business endeavors. The company leverages modern technology to securely access transaction information from users' bank accounts, allowing small and micro businesses to effectively track cash flow. By simplifying financial management, HerMoney provides essential tools that support the growth and sustainability of women's businesses, fostering a sense of community and encouraging entrepreneurial success. Through its innovative approach, HerMoney seeks to enhance the financial literacy and capabilities of women, making it easier for them to navigate the challenges of entrepreneurship.
Frexco is a company that leverages technology to streamline the supply chain for fresh produce, specifically focusing on fruits and vegetables. Their business model involves connecting rural producers directly with restaurant clients, thereby reducing the number of intermediaries in the process. This direct-to-market approach not only benefits restaurants by providing fresh, high-quality products but also supports rural producers by offering a more efficient sales channel. Frexco's product offerings include items such as rosemary, zucchini, leeks, and strawberries. By facilitating this direct connection, Frexco aims to minimize food waste and enhance the overall efficiency of the fresh produce supply chain.
Veroo connects small coffee producers to their consumers. They are engaged in launching a new coffee every month where the customers can choose between capsules compatible with Nespresso, beans, and ground coffee. They also provide their customers with a gift every month.
Restin
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Restin is a Brazilian foodtech company dedicated to reducing food waste through its digital platform. This platform connects surplus food from the industry with food service providers, allowing them to utilize these products as raw materials in their operations. By facilitating this connection, Restin promotes sustainable practices within the food sector while minimizing waste.
TradeMachine
Pre Seed Round in 2020
TradeMachine develops an automated investment platform driven by algorithms based on market statistics. It offers a quantitative analytics tool for investors to create automated trading models.
Diário Escola
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Diário Escola is a digital platform that facilitates direct communication between schools and parents, effectively replacing traditional paper calendars. The service is accessible via smartphones, tablets, and the web, allowing for efficient sharing of information regarding students' daily activities. It features two integrated applications that communicate through a cloud server, enhancing the overall interaction between educators and families. In addition to its core diary functionality, Diário Escola offers tools for financial and pedagogical management, providing educational institutions with innovative solutions for streamlined management processes. This integration of technology promotes a more effective and engaging communication environment within the educational system.
Musa
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Musa is a design agency that specializes in animation, illustration, PR, copywriting, marketing and communication.
Carupi
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Carupi is a Brazilian company founded in 2017 that operates a peer-to-peer marketplace for used cars. Based in São Paulo, the platform aims to transform the traditional buying and selling experience of vehicles, which is often fraught with inefficiencies and safety concerns. Carupi distinguishes itself by offering professional photography services for cars, publishing listings on various classified sites, and managing communications between buyers and sellers, thereby eliminating the need for direct interaction. The company also utilizes an escrow service to ensure secure transactions, streamlining the entire process. With the used car market in Brazil valued at approximately $70 billion, Carupi seeks to redefine how individuals engage in vehicle transactions, much like how Airbnb revolutionized the home rental industry. The founder and CEO, Diego Fischer, brings extensive experience, having previously established Brazil's largest consumer-to-business car marketplace.
Fluke
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Fluke is a mobile virtual network operator specializing in telephony services. Headquartered in São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, the company offers customized plans and packages tailored to individual needs, utilizing proprietary technology for nationwide connectivity coverage.
Eats For You
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Eats For You operates a marketplace for home-cooked meals. It connects families who enjoy cooking with individuals seeking affordable, homemade meals, fostering social impact by promoting family income generation.
Code Money
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Code Money, headquartered in Brusque, Brazil, specializes in mobile payment services. It offers a platform enabling users to send and receive funds, pay bills, and split expenses securely via their cell phones, even without an internet connection. The company aims to streamline transactions, providing customers with convenient and efficient financial solutions.
Justto
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Justto is a Brazilian Legal Tech company founded in 2011. It specializes in conflict resolution software that connects parties for efficient, intelligent mediation through an online platform.
Encontre um Nerd
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Encontre um Nerd LTDA operates a website that connects users seeking computer repair services with qualified technicians. Headquartered in Curitiba, Brazil, the company offers a managed marketplace for on-demand Help Desk and IT infrastructure services tailored for small businesses. It aims to simplify support services, enabling customers to save time and money through a "pay on the go" model that reduces fixed monthly costs. Encontre um Nerd provides a range of services including IT management, monitoring, remote support, and face-to-face assistance. Founded in 2014 by Bruno Okamoto Ramos, Daniel Tutida, and Bruno Falcao, the company has received recognition for its innovative approach to small business solutions.
Bonzer
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bonzer is a company that specializes in urban mobility solutions, offering an easy and practical way to navigate cities using eco-friendly cars. The company operates a one-way car trip-sharing service, providing small, smart-car-sized electric vehicles through a mobile application. Bonzer's platform determines peak travel times and locations for the vehicles, ensuring convenient and cost-effective trips for customers.
Vitrine
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Vitrine is a Brazilian software company that provides a visual merchandising and brand management platform for retailers and franchised networks. The platform helps standardize store presentation and retail branding across all locations, shortening rollout times and improving organization and quality. It enables real-time KPIs, team interaction, and operational visibility to monitor progress, measure turnaround times, and optimize network sales. By coordinating visual standards and communications, Vitrine supports consistent customer experiences and scalable growth for franchises and multi-store retailers.
Mutuus is a digital healthcare membership platform based in Mexico that provides members with comprehensive, end‑to‑end medical services through a user‑friendly interface. The service includes free healthcare benefits, discounts on medical services, and full coverage for treatments. Users can book home appointments, track physical activity, receive healthy meal suggestions, request ambulance services, and access 24/7 medical, nutritional, and emotional support. The platform is designed to make private healthcare accessible and affordable for both individuals and businesses, eliminating additional costs for hospital treatments.
Conta Simples
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Conta Simples is a comprehensive finance platform that combines checking accounts, expense management software, and corporate cards. It aims to provide control, visibility, autonomy, and decentralization of payments for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America.
Peerdustry
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Peerdustry is a high-tech company that operates a digital platform facilitating the sharing of industrial machinery and equipment. By connecting businesses that buy and sell machined parts, Peerdustry enhances the utilization of idle machines, allowing them to respond to specific market demands. The platform encompasses various services, including pricing for parts, project monitoring and management, and delivery logistics. This approach not only generates additional income for businesses with surplus machinery but also increases overall competitiveness within the industrial sector. Through its innovative model, Peerdustry aims to optimize the use of existing industrial capacity and streamline operations for its clients.
BovControl
Pre Seed Round in 2019
BovControl provides a cloud-based data collection and analysis platform for cattle management and livestock production. The tool gathers and analyzes data to support cattle inventory and performance across meat, milk, and genetics, delivering reports, graphics, and insights for processors, brands, ranchers, employees, and technical consultants. It helps users monitor stock, optimize operations, and enhance productivity and efficiency. Founded in 2013 by Danilo Leao, BovControl operates with offices in Silicon Valley and Sao Paulo, Brazil.
GAIA GreenTech
Seed Round in 2019
GAIA GreenTech is a Brazilian startup established in 2017 and headquartered in São Carlos, Brazil. The company specializes in providing sustainable and technological solutions for the disposal of electronic waste, catering to both individuals and businesses. By leveraging biotechnology, GAIA GreenTech develops environmentally friendly products and customized disposal alternatives that promote a circular economy. Its expertise includes plastic blow molding manufacturing, biohybrid resins, and the use of cooking oil, which contribute to the reverse logistics of electronic waste. Through these initiatives, GAIA GreenTech aims to reintegrate waste materials back into the production cycle, thereby conserving natural resources and minimizing environmental impact.
Future Cow is a Brazilian startup specializing in cellular agriculture, focusing on the development of innovative technology to produce dairy milk without the use of cows. By employing precision fermentation techniques, Future Cow replicates the molecular proteins found in traditional dairy, using only a digitized version of cow genes and no animal cells. This process results in animal-free milk that is molecularly identical to conventional dairy while significantly reducing environmental impacts. The company aims to address concerns related to animal welfare and greenhouse gas emissions associated with traditional dairy farming. Future Cow's approach represents a significant advancement in food technology, offering consumers a more sustainable and ethical alternative to conventional dairy products.