Valor Capital Group

Valor Capital Group, established in 2011 and headquartered in New York, is an investment firm specializing in cross-border financial and investment opportunities. It operates two primary investment strategies: Growth Equity and Venture Capital. The firm invests in seed-stage, early-stage, later-stage, and growth-stage companies across various sectors, including B2B, B2C, e-commerce, fintech, and technology, in both the United States and Brazil. Valor Capital Group is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA).

Bruno Batavia

Principal and Director of Emerging Tech

Gustavo Berger

Investment Analyst

Pedro Bustamante

Investment Analyst

João Camara

Investment Senior Analyst

Matheus Cordeiro

Investment Analyst

Carlos Costa

Partner

Gabriel Gil

Investment Senior Associate

Carolina Hibner

Investment Senior Analyst

Maria Carolina Lacombe

Principal and Director of Community

Carol Lacombe

Principal and Director of Community

Nicolas Marin

Senior Analyst

Karina Martinez

Investment Associate

Felipe Mendes

Vice President and Director of Finance, Brazil

Michael Nicklas

Managing Partner

Paulo Passoni

Managing Partner

Bernardo Penteado

Senior Analyst

Pedro Pereira

Investment Senior Analyst

Nicole Salim

Investment Analyst

Fabiana Scionti

Investment Associate

Clifford Sobel

Founding Partner

Scott Sobel

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Phillip Trauer

Principal

Past deals in SME

Sami

Series B in 2024
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

Agrolend

Series C in 2024
Agrolend is a digital bank dedicated to providing credit solutions specifically for the agribusiness sector in Brazil. The company aims to support small and medium rural producers by offering a lending platform that facilitates the purchase of essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, crop protection, and crop nutrition. By leveraging technology and innovative credit analysis methods, Agrolend enables farmers to access loans without the need for physical guarantees, such as farms or grain. This approach allows small and medium-sized farmers to secure sustainable credit necessary for enhancing their production capabilities and encourages investment in equipment and technology, ultimately leading to improved productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector.

BHub

Series A in 2024
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

FRANQ

Convertible Note in 2024
FRANQ is a Brazilian fintech company that operates a financial platform connecting individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises with a diverse range of financial products and services. The platform aggregates offerings from 50 financial institutions and distributes them through a network of 7,000 independent brokers, known as Personal Bankers. This multi-sided marketplace allows banking professionals to serve as one-stop shops for their clients, providing access to over 100 financial products at no cost to consumers. By ensuring the independence of these self-employed bankers and investment advisors, FRANQ promotes transparency and choice in the financial market, enabling clients to select products that best meet their needs.

Conta Simples

Series B in 2024
Conta Simples is a digital banking platform designed to streamline financial transactions for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. It combines a checking account, expense management tools, and corporate cards into a single, user-friendly interface. The platform enables businesses to manage transfers, withdrawals, and payments efficiently while providing features that enhance financial control, visibility, and autonomy. By facilitating organized and secure financial operations through both mobile and desktop access, Conta Simples aims to simplify the banking experience for entrepreneurs and finance teams.

Sami

Series B in 2023
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

Agrolend

Series B in 2022
Agrolend is a digital bank dedicated to providing credit solutions specifically for the agribusiness sector in Brazil. The company aims to support small and medium rural producers by offering a lending platform that facilitates the purchase of essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, crop protection, and crop nutrition. By leveraging technology and innovative credit analysis methods, Agrolend enables farmers to access loans without the need for physical guarantees, such as farms or grain. This approach allows small and medium-sized farmers to secure sustainable credit necessary for enhancing their production capabilities and encourages investment in equipment and technology, ultimately leading to improved productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector.

FRANQ

Venture Round in 2022
FRANQ is a Brazilian fintech company that operates a financial platform connecting individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises with a diverse range of financial products and services. The platform aggregates offerings from 50 financial institutions and distributes them through a network of 7,000 independent brokers, known as Personal Bankers. This multi-sided marketplace allows banking professionals to serve as one-stop shops for their clients, providing access to over 100 financial products at no cost to consumers. By ensuring the independence of these self-employed bankers and investment advisors, FRANQ promotes transparency and choice in the financial market, enabling clients to select products that best meet their needs.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Venture Round in 2022
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in enhancing the use of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency for lenders utilizing receivables as collateral. The company aims to transform the credit market by facilitating accelerated and sustainable credit growth for businesses of various sizes. By focusing on improving the infrastructure surrounding credit transactions, CERC seeks to increase the overall reliability of receivable-based lending.

BHub

Series A in 2022
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

Agrolend

Series A in 2022
Agrolend is a digital bank dedicated to providing credit solutions specifically for the agribusiness sector in Brazil. The company aims to support small and medium rural producers by offering a lending platform that facilitates the purchase of essential agricultural inputs such as seeds, crop protection, and crop nutrition. By leveraging technology and innovative credit analysis methods, Agrolend enables farmers to access loans without the need for physical guarantees, such as farms or grain. This approach allows small and medium-sized farmers to secure sustainable credit necessary for enhancing their production capabilities and encourages investment in equipment and technology, ultimately leading to improved productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector.

Conta Simples

Series A in 2021
Conta Simples is a digital banking platform designed to streamline financial transactions for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. It combines a checking account, expense management tools, and corporate cards into a single, user-friendly interface. The platform enables businesses to manage transfers, withdrawals, and payments efficiently while providing features that enhance financial control, visibility, and autonomy. By facilitating organized and secure financial operations through both mobile and desktop access, Conta Simples aims to simplify the banking experience for entrepreneurs and finance teams.

Olist

Series E in 2021
Olist is a Brazilian company headquartered in Curitiba that operates an online e-commerce platform designed to facilitate sales for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It acts as a commerce enabler by connecting entrepreneurs to major online marketplaces, allowing them to advertise and sell their products seamlessly. Olist's offerings include Olist Store, which helps merchants sell on various marketplaces, and Olist Shops, a mobile-first e-commerce solution integrated with social media and accessible in 180 countries. Additionally, Olist provides logistics services through Olist Pax, a cloud-based network that supports fulfillment in Brazil, and financial services through Olist Credit and Olist Pay, assisting SMBs with their capital needs. As a leading commerce enabler, Olist is expanding its reach beyond Brazil to serve the global market.

Sami

Convertible Note in 2021
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

BHub

Series A in 2021
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

BHub

Pre Seed Round in 2021
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

FRANQ

Series A in 2021
FRANQ is a Brazilian fintech company that operates a financial platform connecting individuals and small to medium-sized enterprises with a diverse range of financial products and services. The platform aggregates offerings from 50 financial institutions and distributes them through a network of 7,000 independent brokers, known as Personal Bankers. This multi-sided marketplace allows banking professionals to serve as one-stop shops for their clients, providing access to over 100 financial products at no cost to consumers. By ensuring the independence of these self-employed bankers and investment advisors, FRANQ promotes transparency and choice in the financial market, enabling clients to select products that best meet their needs.

Olist

Series D in 2020
Olist is a Brazilian company headquartered in Curitiba that operates an online e-commerce platform designed to facilitate sales for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It acts as a commerce enabler by connecting entrepreneurs to major online marketplaces, allowing them to advertise and sell their products seamlessly. Olist's offerings include Olist Store, which helps merchants sell on various marketplaces, and Olist Shops, a mobile-first e-commerce solution integrated with social media and accessible in 180 countries. Additionally, Olist provides logistics services through Olist Pax, a cloud-based network that supports fulfillment in Brazil, and financial services through Olist Credit and Olist Pay, assisting SMBs with their capital needs. As a leading commerce enabler, Olist is expanding its reach beyond Brazil to serve the global market.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Venture Round in 2020
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in enhancing the use of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency for lenders utilizing receivables as collateral. The company aims to transform the credit market by facilitating accelerated and sustainable credit growth for businesses of various sizes. By focusing on improving the infrastructure surrounding credit transactions, CERC seeks to increase the overall reliability of receivable-based lending.

Sami

Series A in 2020
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

Olist

Series C in 2019
Olist is a Brazilian company headquartered in Curitiba that operates an online e-commerce platform designed to facilitate sales for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It acts as a commerce enabler by connecting entrepreneurs to major online marketplaces, allowing them to advertise and sell their products seamlessly. Olist's offerings include Olist Store, which helps merchants sell on various marketplaces, and Olist Shops, a mobile-first e-commerce solution integrated with social media and accessible in 180 countries. Additionally, Olist provides logistics services through Olist Pax, a cloud-based network that supports fulfillment in Brazil, and financial services through Olist Credit and Olist Pay, assisting SMBs with their capital needs. As a leading commerce enabler, Olist is expanding its reach beyond Brazil to serve the global market.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Series A in 2019
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in enhancing the use of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency for lenders utilizing receivables as collateral. The company aims to transform the credit market by facilitating accelerated and sustainable credit growth for businesses of various sizes. By focusing on improving the infrastructure surrounding credit transactions, CERC seeks to increase the overall reliability of receivable-based lending.

Olist

Series B in 2018
Olist is a Brazilian company headquartered in Curitiba that operates an online e-commerce platform designed to facilitate sales for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It acts as a commerce enabler by connecting entrepreneurs to major online marketplaces, allowing them to advertise and sell their products seamlessly. Olist's offerings include Olist Store, which helps merchants sell on various marketplaces, and Olist Shops, a mobile-first e-commerce solution integrated with social media and accessible in 180 countries. Additionally, Olist provides logistics services through Olist Pax, a cloud-based network that supports fulfillment in Brazil, and financial services through Olist Credit and Olist Pay, assisting SMBs with their capital needs. As a leading commerce enabler, Olist is expanding its reach beyond Brazil to serve the global market.

Nibo

Series A in 2017
Nibo is a Brazilian company founded in 2012 by Gabriel Gaspar, Sabrina Gallier, and Sergio Postarek, specializing in online financial management software tailored for small and medium enterprises. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Nibo aims to simplify the accounting process for businesses by enhancing efficiency in financial management. Its software facilitates cash flow tracking, organizes accounts payables and receivables, and automates collections, allowing companies and accountants to effectively manage their finances and assess the overall health of their operations.

Olist

Convertible Note in 2017
Olist is a Brazilian company headquartered in Curitiba that operates an online e-commerce platform designed to facilitate sales for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). It acts as a commerce enabler by connecting entrepreneurs to major online marketplaces, allowing them to advertise and sell their products seamlessly. Olist's offerings include Olist Store, which helps merchants sell on various marketplaces, and Olist Shops, a mobile-first e-commerce solution integrated with social media and accessible in 180 countries. Additionally, Olist provides logistics services through Olist Pax, a cloud-based network that supports fulfillment in Brazil, and financial services through Olist Credit and Olist Pay, assisting SMBs with their capital needs. As a leading commerce enabler, Olist is expanding its reach beyond Brazil to serve the global market.

Mandaê

Series A in 2016
Mandaê is a Brazilian logistics company that leverages technology to enhance the delivery industry, offering an innovative and streamlined service for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By providing a digital platform, Mandaê manages the entire parcel supply chain, including pickups, cross-docking, and last-mile transport, without owning physical assets. This model allows SMBs to utilize private transporters, significantly reducing their shipping costs by up to 35% compared to traditional postal services. Mandaê’s mission is to "Connect Stories" through logistics, ensuring a high-quality and efficient shipping experience. The company has received substantial investment from prominent Latin American investors and has gained recognition through various awards, including the ABComm Innovation in E-commerce Logistics Award and the São Paulo “Smart Cities” category of the 1776 Challenge Cup.

Nibo

Series A in 2014
Nibo is a Brazilian company founded in 2012 by Gabriel Gaspar, Sabrina Gallier, and Sergio Postarek, specializing in online financial management software tailored for small and medium enterprises. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Nibo aims to simplify the accounting process for businesses by enhancing efficiency in financial management. Its software facilitates cash flow tracking, organizes accounts payables and receivables, and automates collections, allowing companies and accountants to effectively manage their finances and assess the overall health of their operations.

Scup

Series A in 2014
Scup Ltda. operates a social media productivity platform that assists companies in monitoring their brands across various social media channels, including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The platform allows businesses to identify influential voices discussing their brand, engage with consumers, and post content on their social networks. Additionally, Scup provides reporting and analytics tools to measure the effectiveness of social media efforts, offering tailored packages for small businesses, brands, and agencies focused on market research. Founded in 2008 and based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Scup also has operations in the United States. The company was acquired by Sprinklr Inc. in 2015, enhancing its capabilities in social media monitoring and customer engagement.

Nibo

Series A in 2014
Nibo is a Brazilian company founded in 2012 by Gabriel Gaspar, Sabrina Gallier, and Sergio Postarek, specializing in online financial management software tailored for small and medium enterprises. Headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Nibo aims to simplify the accounting process for businesses by enhancing efficiency in financial management. Its software facilitates cash flow tracking, organizes accounts payables and receivables, and automates collections, allowing companies and accountants to effectively manage their finances and assess the overall health of their operations.
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