Top Venture Capital Firms in São Paulo

Between them, the 27 best-ranked of these 28 venture capital firms cover SaaS (5), partners (5), series a (4) and private equity (4). They also list work in New York City, San Francisco, Hong Kong and London. 27 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   Farallon Capital Management

   Also in Tokyo and London

   Farallon Capital Management, L.L.C. is an investment partnership that describes its goal as strong risk-adjusted returns.

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   Why #1: In business 36+ years, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   General Atlantic

   Growth Stage · Also in Abu Dhabi and Mumbai

   General Atlantic is a global investment firm that says it pioneered growth equity investing.

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   Why #2: Founded 1980 · Placed below first here: a listing leads at most 5 rankings, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   GP Investments

   Private Equity · Also in Burnaby and Lima

   GP Investments is an investment firm founded in 1993 as a pioneering private equity manager in Brazil.

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   Why #3: Founded 1993, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   DGF Investimentos

   Artificial Intelligence · SaaS

   DGF Investimentos is a venture capital firm in São Paulo, Brazil, that invests in early-stage business software companies. It was founded in 2001 and has raised eight funds.

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   Why #4: Founded 2001, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   Riverwood Capital

   Partnership · Also in Miami and Silicon Valley

   Growth investor backing technology and tech-enabled businesses, with minority or control deals in North America and Latin America

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   Why #5: Founded 2008, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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   Astella Investimentos

   Series A · SaaS · Series · Also in Melbourne and New York City

   Astella Investimentos is a venture capital firm that has invested in Brazilian founders at an early stage since 2010.

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   Why #6: Founded 2010, as stated on its own website, read 29 Sept 2026

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   NXTP Labs

   Series A · SaaS · Partners · Also in Mexico City

   NXTP Labs, now branded NXTP, is an early-stage venture fund focused on business technology in Latin America and beyond.

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   Why #7: Founded 2011, as stated on its own website, read 5 Oct 2026

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8. Also listed, not yet ranked. We hold nothing checkable on these yet that ranks them here: no client review, vetting, award, expert review, or fact stated on their own website (and on a place ranking, where they are based). They follow in order of their TrustList Score. How TrustList ranks · Get vetted, free
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   AB

   A.B.Seed Ventures

   Series A · SaaS

   A.B.Seed Ventures, also written ABSeed, is an investment house that puts money into seed-stage companies selling business software as a service.

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    Base Partners

    Partners · Security · Video · Also in Geneva

    Base Partners invests in private technology companies around the world and works to help them succeed in Latin America, with Brazil as the first market.

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    BofA Securities

    Security · Video · Driving · Also in Dublin and Montreal

    BofA Securities is the corporate and investment banking side of Bank of America. It serves companies of different sizes and institutional investors.

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    Cartesian Capital Group

    Private Equity · Also in Shanghai and New York City

    Cartesian Capital Group describes itself as a global private equity firm. Its stated aim is to help companies grow across international markets.

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    CI

    Crescera Investimentos

    Private Equity · Venture Capital

    Crescera Investimentos, which appears on its website as Crescera Capital, is an investment firm. Its site is written in a language other than English.

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    Distrito.Me

    Partners

    Enterprise AI consultancy helping large corporations plan, learn and build artificial intelligence solutions from strategy to production

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    DNA Capital

    Early Stage · Driving · Also in San Francisco

    DNA Capital is an investment firm that works only in healthcare and healthtech.

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    Evercore Partners

    Also in Washington, Dc and Dubai

    Evercore Partners is an advisory firm that helps companies and their boards with major financial transactions.

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    GC

    Greenhill Capital Partners

    Also in Washington, Dc and Stockholm

    Greenhill Capital Partners is presented on its own materials as a global investment bank.

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    GRIDS Capital

    GRIDS Capital is a venture capital firm in São Paulo, Brazil, that invests in deep tech: ventures where science meets technology.

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    Gunderson Dettmer

    Private Equity · Venture Capital · Growth Stage · Also in California and Austin

    Gunderson Dettmer is a law firm that acts for start-ups, emerging companies and the venture capital and growth equity funds that back them.

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    Headline Asia

    Series A · Seed Stage · Also in Berlin and Tokyo

    Headline is a venture capital firm with teams across the United States, Europe, Asia and Brazil, including an office in Tokyo.

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    On record: Boutique

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    Iporanga Ventures

    Seed Stage

    Iporanga Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund, investing since 2011, focused on the future of finance across Latin America.

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    LUMA Capital Partners

    Partners · Internet · Property

    LUMA Capital Partners is an investment bank that concentrates on the digital media and marketing sectors.

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    Qualcomm Ventures

    Growth Stage · Also in Bangalore and Beijing

    Qualcomm Ventures is the venture capital arm of Qualcomm. It puts money into technology companies at the early and growth stages, particularly ones that build on Qualcomm's own…

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    Redpoint eVentures

    Redpoint eVentures is a venture capital firm that combines local knowledge in Latin America with insight from American technology hubs.

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    Rio Ventures

    Internet · Medical · Also in Washington and Europe

    RIO Ventures Holdings is a BVI private venture fund set up by two businessmen with corporate backgrounds, who say they partner actively with entrepreneurs pursuing ambitious goals.

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