Crescera Capital
Private equityRio de Janeiro · Growth · 5 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Crescera Capital invests in Brazilian companies with high growth potential, focusing on sectors where it has proven industry expertise: education, consumer, retail, services, healthcare, logistics, innovation and technology. The firm combines its sector knowledge with capital to build companies into regional or national leaders, positioning itself as a 'Partner of Choice' for leading Brazilian entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses. It emphasizes hands-on governance, strategic input and growth capital, while adhering to global governance standards and ESG principles. Through both its private equity and venture capital strategies, Crescera aims to deliver differentiated long-term returns for sophisticated investors in a sustainable and ethical manner.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 5 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 49 of 84 portfolio companiesSaaS ×13AI & Machine Learning ×11Healthtech ×9Consumer ×8EdTech ×8Enterprise Software ×5Fintech ×5Digital Health ×4
HQs:Brazil×46
Investments · 84 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12023 · 12 dated
SOMOS Educação provides educational solutions and services for schools, focused on student enrollment, re-enrollment, retention, and school planning.
EdTech
Afya operates an education and medical-practice ecosystem in Brazil, offering undergraduate medical degrees, continuing medical education, residency and specialist exam prep, and digital tools for physicians.
Digital HealthEdTechHealthtech
Altave provides monitoring and safety solutions aimed at critical operations in sectors such as oil and gas, mining, energy, logistics, ports, and heavy industry, with a focus on HSE (Health, Safety and Environment).
Enterprise SoftwareHardwareIoT
Alun is a Brazilian education group offering programs in technology, business, and artificial intelligence, spanning a tech-focused college, a digital products and business school, an executive development platform, and corporate training.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechFuture of Work
Co-investorsParkwalk AdvisorsVulpes Investment Management
Amor aos Pedaços is a Brazilian bakery chain founded in 1982 that sells artisanal cakes sold by the slice, along with tortes and other desserts.
ConsumerFoodTechRetail TechSão Paulo, BR
Ivani Calarezi(Founder & Industrial Managing Partner)
Auvo is a field service management platform for companies with external/field teams, connecting field crews, clients, services, equipment and finances in one system with real-time technician tracking, scheduling, digital work orders and automated reports.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Avantia is a Brazilian technology integrator that designs and delivers electronic security, IT infrastructure, and building automation systems, including intelligent video monitoring, access control, alarms, data centers, and professional audiovisual setups.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityIoT
Bling is a Brazilian ERP platform for small and medium businesses that unifies inventory control, sales across online stores, marketplaces and physical shops, invoicing (nota fiscal), shipping logistics, and financial management.
BomConsórcio is a Brazilian marketplace for buying and selling active and cancelled consortium (consórcio) quotas, connecting consortium holders with buyers and offering loans backed by consortium quotas as collateral.
FintechMarketplaces
BrasilOzonio develops customized ozone-based technology systems for water and process treatment, handling diagnosis, implementation, monitoring, and maintenance.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHardware
Clínica Experts is an all-in-one clinic management software for healthcare professionals, offering integrated modules for scheduling, patient records, document signing, and finances, plus an AI assistant called Anna that automates operational tasks.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaS
Compass3D applies 3D digital dentistry techniques—combining digital models, CT scans, and 3D photographs—to support orthodontic diagnosis and treatment planning for dental clinics.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Confiance Medical is a Brazilian manufacturer of video surgery (minimally invasive) equipment, developing its own hardware and software for hospitals, clinics, distributors, and surgeons.
HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSão Paulo, BR
Convenia provides a cloud-based HR management platform that centralizes employee information and automates people-management tasks such as onboarding, reporting, and vacation requests.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Datarisk (rebranded as WeCogno) builds data and artificial intelligence solutions to help organizations turn data into decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & Infrastructure
Enesa is a Brazilian engineering company that provides engineering solutions and construction services, focused on reliability, safety, quality, and technology while emphasizing environmental responsibility.
Construction Tech
XOSO333 is an online gambling and betting platform offering lottery, live casino games, sports betting, card games, fish shooting, cockfighting, and slots to bettors, primarily in the Vietnamese market.
Gaming
Estapar operates the largest parking network in Brazil, with over 550,000 spaces across around 840 locations in 21 states and the Federal District, and provides urban mobility services to drivers.
ConsumerMobility & TransportationSaaS
Forno de Minas produces frozen and ready-to-eat food products such as cheese bread (pão de queijo), pastries, pasta, lasagna, and waffles for everyday consumption.
ConsumerFoodTech
Fumajet builds Motofog, a multifunctional vehicle-mounted spraying and fogging system with a monitoring platform for controlling winged pests and disease vectors such as dengue mosquitoes, in both urban and agricultural areas.
AgTechHardwareHealthtech
Grupo Salus is a Brazilian holding company operating a network of clinics across the health, beauty, and wellness segments, offering medical, dental, and aesthetic prevention, exams, and treatments.
ConsumerHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Grupo Zelo provides funeral plans, 24-hour funeral assistance, cemeteries, funeral homes, burial vaults, and family benefits across various regions of Brazil.
ConsumerInsurTech
Hive is a software development company that designs and builds custom applications, systems, and web platforms based on client prototypes and specifications.
Developer ToolsSaaS
iTransport is an integrated platform for managing corporate transport of people, equipment, and cargo, combining geoprocessing, GPS navigation, tracking, telemetry, and access control.
Logistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaS
In Forma Software provides information technology for integrated asset management, focused on reliability engineering, integrated processes, and regulatory compliance.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Rede IOA is a Brazilian dental education network offering specialization, refinement, and immersion courses for dentists and oral health professionals across areas such as endodontics, orthodontics, implantology, prosthodontics, and orofacial harmonization.
EdTechHealthtech
Laticínios São Vicente S/A is a Brazilian dairy company that produces cheese products, including cubed coalho cheese marketed for air fryer use, and buys raw milk from cattle farmers.
ConsumerFoodTech
Leads2b is a Brazilian sales platform that combines prospecting, marketing, sales, and customer support with AI to support B2B go-to-market strategies.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSales TechCuritiba, BR
Leonardo De Bona(Founder)
Co-investorsABSeed Ventures
Letrus is an AI-powered educational platform that combines artificial intelligence with pedagogy to develop reading and writing skills in Brazilian middle and high school students.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechBrazil, BR
Co-investorsOwl Ventures
Nanox develops antimicrobial technology that is incorporated into industrial materials such as plastics, coatings, textiles, MDF and packaging to inhibit the growth of bacteria, fungi and viruses without altering material performance.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Nava provides multicloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data services to help large enterprises run and scale critical operations, with an added focus on AI-driven and creative digital product development.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurity
Oncase builds custom analytics products through co-creation with client teams, delivering insights aimed at improving customer journeys, increasing average ticket size and satisfaction, and reducing churn.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
PagCerto is a payments platform in Brazil's financial services sector that processes transactions and provides revenue predictability and reporting from sale to settlement.
FintechSaaS
Passei Direto is an online education platform offering study materials and more than 390 short courses across various academic disciplines, aimed at students preparing for the job market.
EdTech
Co-investorsValor Capital Group
Plural Care is a Brazilian home care company providing in-home medical assistance to patients across all Brazilian states, working as a service partner to health insurers and operators.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Proffer offers AI-based pricing and market-intelligence software that monitors competitor prices, promotions, and market movements to help pharmacies, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and distributors set prices and protect margins.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Robbin provides embedded B2B financing that lets industrial companies originate sales and finance their distribution networks off-balance-sheet, with reseller payments in installments while the manufacturer is paid upfront and without default risk.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesFintech
Leonardo Moura, CFA(Founder)inHenrique Meyer, CFAin
Co-investorsCaravela CapitalNorte VenturesAtlanticoCanary
The site is a Portuguese-language content blog (Analog HQ) publishing practical articles, guides, and news about marketing, sales, CRM, SEO, and AI for marketing and sales professionals.
Marketing TechMedia & Entertainment
Siteware develops Stratws One, a corporate management software that centralizes strategy execution, KPI tracking, action plans, individual goals and variable compensation, performance management, project portfolios, and meeting management.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
SolarZ is a software platform for solar energy installers (integradoras) that combines a sales CRM, automated proposal generation with ROI and payback calculations, real-time solar plant monitoring, and AI-based customer service agents integrated with WhatsApp.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsDOMO.VC
Tembici operates bike-sharing systems (branded Bike Itaú, BA Ecobici, and others) offering standard and electric bikes unlocked via a mobile app for urban mobility.
CleantechImpact & Social GoodMobility & Transportation
Tomás Martins(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue like an Orange Sustainable CapitalValor Capital GroupIFCInternational Finance CorporationItaúRedpoint eventures
Terrazoo is an online pet store selling products such as pet food and related supplies for dogs, cats, and other animals, with a subscriber offers program.
ConsumerE-commerce
Unblock provides banking and payments infrastructure for moving money globally, offering on/off-ramps, virtual accounts, and multi-chain stablecoin wallets.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechSão Paulo, BR
Fabio Thiele(Founder)inLucca Freire(Founder)inPedro Henrique Braz Campo(Founder)in
Co-investorsAlliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance)WintermutePRELUDEReverieSignature VenturesTriaxis Capital
Producer and exporter of specialty poultry, positioning itself as a supplier of gourmet protein products with certified quality and a range of over 200 products.
AgTechFoodTech
Vitru Educação is a Brazilian digital education company that offers distance-learning (EAD) and in-person courses through its higher-education institutions, serving over 900,000 students across Brazil.
EdTech
Vittude operates an online therapy platform that connects people with verified psychologists for remote counseling sessions.
Digital HealthMarketplacesMental Health
ViX Paula Hermanny is a swimwear and beachwear brand selling women's designer swimsuits and resort apparel directly to consumers online, operating a loyalty and rewards program for shoppers.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Wide develops corporate education and training programs using formats such as microlearning, interactive e-books, videos, and podcasts, alongside consulting, courses, and learning paths.
EdTechHR TechSaaS
Yller is a Brazilian company in the digital dentistry field that produces resin materials for dental prosthetics, including provisional restorations made in digital workflows.
HealthtechMedical DevicesNew Materials
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
77SolAffero LabAnimabLiveChipusClieverColmeiaDIO Inteligência OdontológicaDotLegendDS MarketingEasy CréditoEduqoEZ CommerceGibbHCO LogísticaHortifrutiHospital CareInfomarketInvestimentos InteligentesJoy StreetKondutoNelogicaOba HortifrutiOnPointPinMYyPetPreponaRS CRMSemantixSleepUpSpumeVentrixVísentVita ParticipaçõesWide Digital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesGrupo Zelo · grupozelo.com · Oct 28, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Crescera Capital made?
- Crescera Capital has 84 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Crescera Capital invest at?
- Crescera Capital invests at the Growth stage.
- What sectors does Crescera Capital focus on?
- Crescera Capital focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Retail Tech.
- Where is Crescera Capital located?
- Crescera Capital is headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, BR.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamCrescera | Fernando Silva e as cabras das montanhas da Crescera Capital
NeoFeed Brasil · Fernando Silva
Café com Investidor #65 - Daniel Borghi, co-CEO da Crescera Capital
NeoFeed Brasil · Daniel Borghi
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