At Visible, we oftentimes compare a venture fundraise to a traditional B2B sales and marketing funnel.
- At the top of the funnel, you are finding potential investors via cold outreach and warm introductions.
- In the middle of the funnel, you are nurturing potential investors with meetings, pitch decks, updates, and other communications.
- At the bottom of the funnel, you are working through due diligence and hopefully closing new investors.
Related Resource: The Understandable Guide to Startup Funding Stages
Just as a sales and marketing funnel starts by finding the right leads, the same is true for a fundraise. Founders raising venture capital should start by identifying the right investors for their businesses. If you’re a founder located in Brazil and are looking for venture capitalists in your area, check out our list below:
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1. Bossanova Investimentos
As put by their team, “Bossanova is the most active VC in Latin America ; We invest in startups at the pre-seed stage; B2B or B2B2C companies with scalable and digital business models that are operating and making money.”
Location
Bossanova is headquartered in São Paulo and invests in companies across Latin America.
Company Stage
Bossanova is focused on pre-seed and seed stage companies. They invest between R$100k and R$1.5M. They look for companies with at least monthly income of R$20k
Preferred industries
Bossanova is focused on B2B or B2B2C companies.
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Portfolio Highlights
Some of Bossanova’s most popular investments include:
- FanBase
- GrowthHackers
- Nimbly
2. Redpoint Ventures
As put by their team, “Redpoint eventures is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo.
Our mission is to support Brazilian digital market entrepreneurs on their journey to create fast-growing companies. Together with its partners, prominent U.S.-based firms Redpoint Ventures and e.ventures, Redpoint eventures brings funding, Silicon Valley access and global best practices to promising startups. In addition to serving the companies in its portfolio, the fund’s team contributes to the development of the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in Brazil.”
Location
Redpoint eventures is headquartered in São Paulo and invests in companies across Brazil.
Company Stage
Redpoint eventures does not publicly state what stage companies they invest in.
Preferred industries
Redpoint eventures does not publicly state what their focused industries are.
Portfolio Highlights
Some of Redpoint eventures most popular investments include:
- Gympass
- Pipefy
- Bossabox
3. Canary
As put by the team at Canary, “We are an operator fund: our partners are technology and investment entrepreneurs that have first-hand experience – and battle scars – from building and scaling products, teams, and organizations. Our approach is simple and supportive of founders.”
Location
Canary has office locations across Latin America and invests in companies across Latin America.
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Company Stage
As put by their team, “We’ve invested in rounds as small as USD 250K and as large as USD 15M+. We prefer and typically lead the first round, investing the largest amount of capital and defining the legal terms.”
Preferred industries
Canary is industry and business model agnostic.
Portfolio Highlights
Some of Canary’s most popular investments include:
- Alice
- Buser
- Trybe
4. Monashees
As put by their team, “monashees is the pioneer venture capital firm in Latin America. It partners with outstanding founders who are revolutionizing large markets. The firm serves entrepreneurs starting with their very first movements, supporting their growth through its expansion funds.
With a human-values-first approach, monashees helps founders challenge the status quo and improve people’s lives through technology.”
Location
Monashees is headquartered in Brazil and invests in companies across Latin America.
Company Stage
Monashees does not publicly state what stage they focus on and what check size they write.
Preferred industries
Monashees is focused on investing in companies operating in large markets.
Portfolio Highlights
Some of Monashees most popular investments include:
- Clara
- Jokr
- Loggi
5. Quona Capital
As put by their team, “Quona Capital is a global venture firm focused on inclusive fintech. We invest in startups expanding access to financial services for consumers and growing businesses across India and Southeast Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Middle East. We focus on markets that are massively underserved by the legacy finance infrastructure, where we see the biggest opportunity for transformation into more equitable financial systems.”
Location
Quona invests in companies across the globe and have offices across the globe.
Company Stage
Quona is stage agnostic.
Preferred industries
Quona is focused on fintech companies across the globe.
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Portfolio Highlights
Some of Quona’s most popular investments include:
- Yoco
- Pillow
- Monkey
6. Valor Capital
As put by their team, “Valor was founded in 2011 as the pioneer cross-border venture capital firm bridging the US, Brazilian and international tech communities. We invest in early stage tech companies in Brazil and international companies looking to expand into Brazil and the region. We are stage and sector agnostic. We are full lifecycle investors. We invest in business models that are only possible through the use of technology and, most importantly, we partner with companies that we believe are best positioned to leverage our relationship-capital and cross-border playbook.”
Location
Valor Capital has office locations in New York City and Brazil.
Company Stage
Valor Capital does not publicly share the stage of the companies they focus on.
Preferred industries
Valor Capital is industry agnostic but has a focus on crypto companies.
Related Resource: 10 VC Firms Investing in Web3 Companies
Portfolio Highlights
Some of Valor Capital’s most popular investments include:
- Bitso
- BlockFi
- Coinbase
7. Astellas Venture Management
As put by the team at Astella, “We support missionary founders building the future by leveraging the possibilities around consumer internet, software-as-a-service, and marketplaces
We see ourselves as mentors. Our team brings a diverse, complementary and cohesive background around key growth disciplines
We understand founders have two main paths to exponential growth: sheer brute force or intelligence. We believe that the right mix of knowledge and capital provides the best route for fast and efficient growth.”
Location
Astella Investimentos is headquartered in Brazil and invests in companies in Brazil.
Company Stage
Astella Investimentos is focused on early-stage companies.
Preferred industries
Astella Investimentos is focused on consumer internet, SaaS, and marketplace companies.
Portfolio Highlights
Some of Astella’s most popular investments include:
- Birdie
- BossaBox
- Zygo
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