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Mateus Craveiro

Founder

Founder at Z1

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

FoundedZ1 · YC

About

Mateus Craveiro is CTO and co-founder at Z1, a digital banking platform for teenagers in Latin America. He previously worked as a principal software engineer at Pagar.me, a payments company acquired by StoneCo.

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Mateus Craveiro @mccraveiro

I remember when Bluebird released with Promise.props more than 10 years ago. I refactored a bunch of code to use this trick. So clean. https://t.co/0Q0oQGNeIB

Jul 27, 2026 · ♥ 4

Mateus Craveiro @mccraveiro

You don't need codex micro! Just configured my macbook mic key (f5) to start/stop the codex voice mode. Single key press. So good.

Jul 24, 2026

Mateus Craveiro @mccraveiro

Pronto, já posso voltar a trabalhar 😂 cc @FilipeDeschamps https://t.co/aLoB8F7FSA

Nov 20, 2025 · ♥ 11 · ⇄ 1

Founder at Z1YC W21

Intro paths

YC

Mateus went through Y Combinator (Winter 2021) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

GP

Their group partner at YC was Aaron Epstein, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Z1's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Mateus can intro founders to Z1's investors below.

Z1's investors · 7

3cubed VenturesClocktower VenturesHomebrewKindred VenturesParade VenturesTop Corner CapitalY Combinator

Co-founders at Z1

JPJoao Pedro Thompson
Joao Pedro ThompsonFounder
TAThiago Achatz
Thiago AchatzFounder
SSSophie Secaf
Sophie SecafFounder

Experience

  1. CraniometrixFounding Staff Engineercurrent2025 — present
  2. CraniometrixFounding Senior Software Engineer2025
  3. Z1Co-founder and Chief Architect2024
  4. Z1Co-founder and CTO2020 — 2024São Paulo, Brazil
  5. Pagar.mePrincipal Software Engineer2019 — 2020São Paulo Area, Brazil
  6. Pagar.meProduct Manager2018 — 2019São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  7. Pagar.meTech Leader2017 — 2018São Paulo Area, Brazil
  8. Pagar.meSoftware Engineer2017São Paulo Area, Brazil
  9. ShopBack BrasilSoftware Developer2016São Paulo Area, Brazil
  10. Codeminer42Intern2015Sorocaba Area, Brazil
  11. NulogySoftware Developer2014Toronto, Canada Area

Education

  1. University of TorontoBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science2013 — 2014
  2. UFSCar - AlumniBachelor's degree, Computer Science2011 — 2016

Skills & more

JavaScript27Node.js16SQL13CSS12Git12HTML 58C8jQuery6JSON6HTML6C++5AngularJS4
+12 moreRuby on RailsLinuxNoSQLReactHTML5ReduxPostgreSQLMongoDBWeb DevelopmentWeb ApplicationsUser InterfaceUser Experience

Languages English · Portuguese

  • Academic English — University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies

From Mateus's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Toronto249

Yasmin RazaviInvestor at Spark CapitalImran BashirFounding Partner, Chief Operating Officer at Extreme Venture PartnersKarim GillaniGeneral Partner at Luge CapitalAndrew MiklasGeneral Partner at Y CombinatorMike MontanoInvestor at True VenturesAlex KolicichInvestment Team at 8VC

+ 243 more

Also attended UFSCar - Alumni11

Ticiano VieiraInvestor at FEBE VenturesChristian PensaInvestor at Criabiz VenturesLetícia de Oliveira BarrosAnalyst at DOMO.VCRodolfo WuAngel at FEA AngelsNaiane PontesInvestor at Latitud VenturesMarcelo MitreInvestor at Provence Capital

+ 5 more

Shared employers

Also worked at Z11

Nicolas BermanPartner at Kaszek Ventures

Also worked at Pagar.me2

Henrique LeitePartner at CanaryHenrique DubugrasFounder/CEO at Brex

Also worked at Nulogy3

Dan TeohInvestor at Ripple VenturesDaniel KlassFounder and Managing Partner at Klass CapitalAaron FleishmanPartner at Tola Capital