Pitanga Fund

Pitanga Fund is an investor in deep-tech startups that it believes can grow quickly. It works with early-stage companies and helps founders build their businesses. It prefers Latin American companies but sets no limit on sector or country.

Products and services

• Capital: funding to develop and bring new technologies to market.
• Board participation: the team sits on the board of each company it backs.
• Selective portfolio: it plans to back only a limited number of companies, chosen through a strict selection process.

Customers and markets

The fund looks for businesses built on new scientific discoveries or technologies. Targets should address large markets and be able to take a meaningful share of them fast. Firms with a significant presence in Latin America are preferred.

Key facts

• Vehicles: Pitanga Invest, formed in 2014 with Brazilian entrepreneurs and now fully deployed; Pitanga Redux, launched in 2020 and open to new projects
• Sector focus: deep tech, with no sector limit
• Region: Latin America preferred