big_bets
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Series B · 5 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Big Bets focuses on partnering with entrepreneurs at the earliest stages of software-intensive startups, believing that the first decisions and toughest early days set the tone for a company's future. Rather than acting as traditional investors, the firm positions itself as a hands-on partner that thinks through the business alongside founders, helps make key decisions, opens doors to accelerate development, and gets involved when needed. Its stated aim is to support the entrepreneurs who are building the largest technology companies of the next generation.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directories
Founder mafia
3 people who came through big_bets went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 31 of 37 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×16SaaS ×14Fintech ×8Marketing Tech ×6Enterprise Software ×5InsurTech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3Developer Tools ×3
HQs:Brazil×18United States×6Argentina×1Germany×1France×1Croatia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×83 founders×24+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with education data
Insper Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisa ×5FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas ×3Instituto Tecnológico de Aeronáutica - ITA ×3Latitud ×3FIAP ×2Harvard Business School ×2USP - Universidade de São Paulo ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 31 founders with career history
A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research ×2Ada Capital ×2Starcity ×2Stone ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
4 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 31 with degree data)
Investments · 37 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 34 dated
Aravita offers an AI-based platform specialized in fresh produce (FLV) management, providing daily inventory correction, demand forecasting, and order optimization to reduce waste and stockouts.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechRetail TechSão Paulo, BR
Aline Azevedo(Founder)in
Co-investors17SigmaAlexia VenturesNazcaNorte VenturesQualcomm VenturesQualcomm
Avenia provides cross-border money movement infrastructure connecting Latin America to global markets, offering a single API and web platform to send, receive, convert, and embed payments using local rails like PIX and SPEI.
Crypto & Web3FintechSaaS
Caio El Yanes(Founder)inLeandro Noel(Founder)in
Co-investorsQuona CapitalFluent VenturesHeadlinePalm Drive Capital
Axenya offers an integrated corporate health benefits platform for companies, combining brokerage, digital backoffice, advanced analytics with AI, and clinical navigation in a single operation.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthInsurTech
Co-investorsAlexia VenturesNXTPCanaryZentynel
Brendi is a Brazilian platform that gives restaurants their own delivery channel, combining a digital menu, AI-powered WhatsApp ordering and customer service, a proprietary CRM, a loyalty program with cashback, and campaign management in one system.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechSaaS
Daniel Frageri(Founder)in
Co-investorsNorte VenturesPropel Venture Partners
Centz is a fintech app that rounds up everyday credit card purchases to the nearest real and automatically invests the rounded amounts in fixed-income securities linked to Brazilian government bonds.
FintechSão Paulo, BR
Conta Simples is a financial platform for businesses that centralizes corporate payment management, including corporate card issuance, fund transfers, and bill payments, while providing real-time expense tracking and cost center organization.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Rodrigo Tognini(Founder)inRicardo Gottschalk(Founder)inFernando Santos(Founder)in
Co-investorsABSeed VenturesBVCCapria VenturesDOMO.VCQuartzValor Capital Group+3 more
Core AI provides an end-to-end credit platform that enables SaaS companies and other businesses to launch embedded credit products through a simple API integration.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Fernando Martins(Co-founder & CEO)inEnrico Damiani(Co-founder & CTO)Enrico Francesco D(Founder)
DinMo provides a composable customer data platform (CDP) that helps marketing teams collect, segment, and activate customer data across their marketing journey.
Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSParis, FR
Oussama Ghanmi(CEO)in
Co-investors468 Capital
FestaLab is a Brazilian online platform for creating and sharing digital event invitations, letting users edit invitation templates, share via WhatsApp, manage RSVPs, and add gift lists.
ConsumerE-commerceSaaS
Co-investorsNorte VenturesTheVentureCityAtlanticoCanary
Fly Media operates Fly Studio, a platform that generates characters, voice, scripts, and video content and distributes it across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentPortland, US
Victor Trindade(Founder)Joseph A. Orr(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Luke Sontag(Executive Officer)Paul Wagner(Director)
Co-investorsAlter GlobalNorte VenturesVerve Capital
HeroUI is a modern UI library for web and mobile applications that provides pre-built components and design systems to help developers build user interfaces quickly and consistently.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBuenos Aires, AR
Junior Garcia(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Hubla is a payment and commerce platform that provides checkout solutions, upsell tools, membership areas, and sales recovery features for digital businesses.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSales TechSão Paulo, BR
Arthur Alvarenga(Founder)inBreno Oliveira(Founder)inBernardo Reis(Founder)inRaphael Capelão(Founder)in
Co-investorsKaszek VenturesY CombinatorFJ Labs
Huna provides an AI-powered platform to healthcare institutions for early cancer detection and patient management.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical Devices
Daniella Castro, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsNew Ventures CapitalNiu Ventures
Hyperfy is a no-code platform that enables users to build and deploy custom AI products powered by models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude, with pre-built agents for sales, content creation, analysis, and business operations.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomySaaS
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.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSGeorge Town, BR
Marcelo Martins(Founder)inMarcelo Costa Vasconcellos Martins Junior(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsAlter GlobalNorte VenturesValor Capital GroupActyus
Jota is an AI assistant that manages payments, receivables, and finances for small business owners and freelancers via WhatsApp and a mobile app.
AI & Machine LearningFintech
Co-investorsAlter GlobalHaun VenturesHOF CapitalNorte VenturesMAYA Capital Ventures
Justos is a digital auto insurance provider in Brazil that offers customizable coverage and rewards good driving behavior with discounts and cash-back incentives on gas, maintenance, and rideshare services.
InsurTech
Co-investorsEndeavor CatalystGranite AsiaHippo InsuranceRibbit CapitalScale-Up VenturesSoftBank Group
Lemon offers distributed solar energy to businesses and consumers in Brazil through partnerships with solar plants, enabling users to reduce electricity costs without installing their own panels or infrastructure changes.
B2B MarketplacesCleantechEnergySão Paulo, BR
Luciano Pereira(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDRW Venture CapitalEndeavor Catalyst
Menten AI develops generative AI software to design cyclic peptide therapeutics for drug targets beyond the reach of conventional small molecules and biologics.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Tamas Gorbe(Founder)inHans Melo(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorKhosla VenturesUncork CapitalAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundSocial Impact Capital
A platform that connects digital and physical retail environments through integrated media solutions, enabling retailers and brands to run campaigns across online, offline, and in-store channels.
AdTechMarketing TechRetail TechSão Paulo, BR
Rafael Amorim(Founder)inGabriel Monteiro(Founder)in
Co-investorsNorte VenturesVerve CapitalLatitud Ventures
NuMind provides a platform for building custom natural language processing models with applications in tasks like resume-to-job matching; the platform uses large language models to accelerate development workflows for data scientists, engineers, and analysts.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US
Etienne Bernard(Founder)inSamuel Bernard(Founder)in
Co-investorsFlybridge Capital PartnersY Combinator
Passionfroot is an AI-powered creator marketing platform whose agent "Zest" helps B2B marketing and growth teams find creators matched to their ICP, generate campaign briefs and outreach, process compliant payments, and track performance across platforms.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechBerlin, DE
Jens Joseph Mannanal(Founder)in
Co-investorsSupernode GlobalCreandumInsight Partners
Platform accelerating drug discovery for untreatable diseases.
BiotechDedham, US
Samantha Dale Strasser(Director)Jon (Yu) Hu(Founder)inYu Hu(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardOmri Amirav-Drory(Director)in
Co-investorsSilverton PartnersMana VenturesNFXVSC Ventures
Xoilac Live (Xôi Lạc TV) is a Vietnamese free live football streaming platform offering Full HD broadcasts with Vietnamese commentary for competitions such as the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Champions League and V-League.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSports Tech
Trần Đức Thiện(CEO)
Segura provides AI-powered infrastructure that connects insurance brokers with insurers, helping brokers manage sales and operations more efficiently.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzKaszek Ventures
Segura provides an AI infrastructure platform that connects insurance carriers with brokers, automating and optimizing the sales and distribution process for insurance products.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaSSão Paulo, BR
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzPIPELINE CAPITAL PARTNERSRiverwood Capital
Studdy is an AI-powered tutoring platform that provides personalized 1:1 lessons via an interactive whiteboard for students learning academic subjects.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSan Francisco, US
Michael Lam(Founder)inAlex Lanzoni(Founder)in
Co-investorsK20 FundMPG FundNeer Venture PartnersTRAC (Third Round Analytics Capital)Very Serious VenturesY Combinator
Ume provides a platform for businesses to create, operate and scale their own financial products, including digital credit cards, transactional credit for large purchases, and personal loans.
FintechRetail TechSaaS
Theo R.(Founder)inBerthier Ribeiro(Founder)in
Co-investorsCanaryClocktower VenturesNFXNorte VenturesValor Capital GroupCredit Saison+2 more
Unico builds identity verification technology, with a focus on digital onboarding.
Co-investorsSoftbank Latin America FundAnicut CapitalUC IMPOWER
Wasp is a full-stack web framework that reduces boilerplate code and provides built-in structure for web application development.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareZagreb, HR
Matija Šošić(Founder)inMartin Sosic(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalBrighter CapitalMetis VenturesY Combinator468 CapitalAcequia Capital (AceCap)+3 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Passionfroot · infotechlead.com · Aug 21, 2026
Lemon · fox11online.com · Aug 16, 2026
Unico · vccircle.com · Aug 13, 2026
Ume · gentyrecruitment.io · Aug 13, 2026
Brendi · latamrepublic.com · Jul 20, 2026
Jota · latamrepublic.com · Jul 14, 2026
Wasp · beehive.govt.nz · Jun 16, 2026
Segura · finsmes.com · May 18, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has big_bets made?
- big_bets has 36 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does big_bets invest at?
- big_bets invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is big_bets's typical check size?
- big_bets typically writes checks of $300K – $2M.
- What sectors does big_bets focus on?
- big_bets focuses on Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming, Healthtech, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Does big_bets lead rounds?
- Yes, big_bets leads investment rounds.
- Who does big_bets co-invest with?
- big_bets most often shares deals with Norte Ventures, Y Combinator, Alter Global, among 42 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 8
Canary is a Brazilian venture capital fund founded and led by repeat tech founders that uses a systematic 40+ criteria framework to evaluate startups, positioning itself as the early-stage entry point for top global funds wanting access to Latin American deals. The firm runs JetPack, a program that provides $50k, office space, and operational support to first-time founders living abroad who want to start companies targeting inefficient Brazilian sectors like real estate, healthcare, and financial services.
Kaszek is an investment firm run by tech entrepreneurs that partners with founders across Latin America, providing capital along with hands-on expertise in strategy, operations, team-building, growth, technology, and fundraising.
Quona Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in fintech companies expanding financial access in emerging markets across Latin America, India, Southeast Asia, and EMEA.
Atlantico is a venture capital firm that backs founders building companies in Latin America and beyond, and publishes annual reports on the region's digital transformation.
QED Investors is a venture capital firm focused on financial services, founded by former Capital One executives to back founders bringing transparency and fairness to fintech.
Caravela Capital is a Brazil-based investment firm whose portfolio includes Brazilian and Latin American technology startups in areas such as fintech, proptech, and health, alongside co-investors like Canary, Monashees, Quona Capital, and Valor Capital. Its site primarily lists portfolio companies, founders, and co-investors rather than detailing its investment strategy.
Yellow Ventures is a seed-stage investment firm run by entrepreneurs who have built and been backed by investors themselves, focusing on supporting founders who use technology to transform industries.
Firms observed investing alongside big_bets, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with big_bets's recorded portfolio.
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