Iporanga Ventures

Iporanga Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund, investing since 2011, focused on the future of finance across Latin America. It partners with seed-stage companies in fintech, embedded finance and blockchain, and describes its role as acting alongside founding teams as an equity investor providing connections and accumulated expertise. The fund's origins trace to 2009 as a macro fund asset management business, later expanding into algorithmic trading before moving into venture investing. Its site lists investments including Quero Educação in the education sector and Loggi in last-mile logistics, and notes that in 2018 Leonardo Teixeira joined to build out its venture capital platform, having previously made close to twenty angel investments in technology companies such as Olist and Back4App.