Who founded Iniciador?

Iniciador was founded by Marcelo Martins in 2025.

Who are Iniciador's investors?

Iniciador's investors include Alter Global, big_bets, Norte Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Actyus.

How much funding has Iniciador raised?

Iniciador has disclosed $6M raised across 1 round.

Where is Iniciador headquartered?

Iniciador is headquartered in George Town, BR.

Iniciador

George Town, BR · Founded 2025 · Incorporated in Cayman Islands · 6 known investors

Find your way into Iniciador

111 people in our graph share verified history with the Iniciador team — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Bade Alukounlockedknows Marcelo Martins · together at Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa (overlapped)

knows the team · via Teddy

×9knows the team · via Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa

knows the team · via Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Iniciador provides Open Finance infrastructure in Brazil, offering a full-service platform for account connection, data APIs, and Pix payment initiation along with regulatory maintenance, embedded engineers, and consulting. It serves both regulated and non-regulated financial companies that want to build Open Finance products without handling the underlying technical and regulatory overhead.

Data & Infrastructure Fintech SaaS

Founders & leadership

Iniciador was founded in 2025 by Marcelo Martins.

Marcelo Martins inCEO, Co-founderFounder of Iniciador, an Open Finance infrastructure platform in Brazil. Martins has expertise in digital transformation and fintech, with background in Open Finance and Pix technologies.

Marcelo Costa Vasconcellos Martins JuniorNamed on SEC filing

Investors · 6

Alter GlobalSan Francisco

big_bets$300K – $2M

Norte VenturesSao Paulo-Sp

Valor Capital GroupNew York · $100K – $5M

ActyusreportedMadrid

Also in the syndicate · 1

Valor Capitallead

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$6M disclosed across 1 round · 2025

▶$6MraisedJul 2025 · 12 investors · Other

Rule 506(b)

Officers, directors & promoters on the filing

Marcelo Costa Vasconcellos Martins JuniorExecutive Officer, Director

Offering amount: $6M
Amount sold: $6M
First sale: Jul 2025
Incorporated: Other, Cayman Islands, 2025
Federal exemptions: 06b

Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

In the news

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Iniciador raises $6M to expand Pix modalities - LatamListlatamlist.com · Aug 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Iniciador do?: Iniciador provides Open Finance infrastructure in Brazil, offering a full-service platform for account connection, data APIs, and Pix payment initiation along with regulatory maintenance, embedded engineers, and consulting. It serves both regulated and non-regulated financial companies that want to build Open Finance products without handling the underlying technical and regulatory overhead.
Who founded Iniciador?: Iniciador was founded by Marcelo Martins in 2025.
Who are Iniciador's investors?: Iniciador's investors include Alter Global, big_bets, Norte Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Actyus.
How much funding has Iniciador raised?: Iniciador has disclosed $6M raised across 1 round.
Where is Iniciador headquartered?: Iniciador is headquartered in George Town, BR.