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Best Banking Tech Companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil

The 94 best Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Nubank.

94companies tracked
$4.6Bdisclosed funding
5unicorns
29have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BANKING TECH × SAO PAULO

Our analysis of 50 Banking Tech companies

$7.7b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2016median founding year
9.5Mcombined LinkedIn audience
90%of audience held by top 3
9companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityRecent signals
1Nubank 🦄
Provider of digital banking services, including credit cards and accounts
$2.3B60 mo ago8,049Edward Wible
Co-Founder & Software Engineer
DatoCMSCart FunctionalitySentry+31Top 10k1 internship · 1 expansion · 1 award
2Neon 🦄
Provider of an online bank for consumers
74Customers top 12%Funding top 13%Market top 25%Moat top 26%
All 9 signals ▾
Customerstop 12%
Fundingtop 13%
Markettop 25%
Moattop 26%
Techtop 31%
Producttop 36%
Talentbottom 49%
Growthbottom 41%
Globalbottom 38%
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.64★ across 1,342,636 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +11% in 6 mo
Funding: Raised $908M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 74/100
$908M11 mo ago2,320Pedro Conrade
Co-Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+24Top 100k2 job openings
3QI Tech 🦄
Provider of open banking API solutions
76Funding top 18%News top 19%Growth top 25%Tech top 26%
All 11 signals ▾
Fundingtop 18%
Newstop 19%
Growthtop 25%
Techtop 26%
Moattop 28%
Talenttop 28%
Producttop 34%
Markettop 44%
Innovationtop 49%
Patentstop 50%
Globalbottom 36%
Funding: Raised $311M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr)
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 29 tracked, 6 types) · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 76/100
$311M10 mo ago122Marcelo Buosi
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityNode.jsEnvoy+29Top 1M1 job opening · 1 partnership
4Dock 🦄
Developer of open banking API solutions
$280M49 mo ago1,400Diogo Frenkel
Co-Founder
Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+39Top 1M2 expansions
5Cora
Digital bank for businesses
$153M57 mo ago561Igor Senra
Founder
Cart FunctionalitySentryApple iCloud Mail+26Top 500k—
6Open Co
Loan life cycle management software for financial institutions
$115M28 mo ago244Sandro Reiss
Founder & CEO
Node.jsSalesforceSvelte+10Top 50M2 job openings · 1 internship
7Pismo
Cloud-based banking solutions
$109M56 mo ago473Juliana Binatti Motta
Founder and CPO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+17Top 5M1 award
8C6bank 🦄
Internet first bank
$99M59 mo ago3,989—Amazon WebstoreCart FunctionalityNode.js+26Top 50k2 job openings
9Conta Simples
Digital bank for businesses
$68M29 mo ago218Ricardo Gottschalk
Co-Founder & Vice President
WordPress Block EditorwpBakeryElementor+37Top 500k—
10Belvo
Developer of open banking API solutions
69Innovation top 20%Tech top 24%Growth top 28%Funding top 30%
All 10 signals ▾
Innovationtop 20%
Techtop 24%
Growthtop 28%
Fundingtop 30%
Moattop 31%
Talenttop 38%
Producttop 43%
Globalbottom 45%
Marketbottom 27%
Newsbottom 24%
Innovation: 8 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain
Tech: 51 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 69/100
$59M14 mo ago4Uri Tintore
Co-Founder & Co-CEO
WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+24Top 1M2 job openings
11Stark Bank
Open banking APIs for banks and financial institutions
$58M50 mo ago73Rafael Stark
Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+36Top 5M—
12SWAP
Open banking APIs
$28M55 mo ago60Douglas S
Founder & CEO
WebflowSvelteAmazon Web Services+22Top 1M—
13Z1
Digital financial platform offering rechargeable card
$24M38 mo ago146Thiago Achatz
Co-Founder
WebflowAmazon Web ServicesTikTok Pixel+13Top 10M—
14Trademaster
Provider of AI-enabled trade financing solutions for businesses
$18M46 mo ago137Francisco Eduardo Bueno Salome Pereira
Founder & Board Member
Cart FunctionalityWordPressMySQL+39Top 10M—
15Quanto
Open banking API solutions
$15M69 mo ago154————
16Segura
Provider of insurance broker tools, connecting brokers to insurers with sales support
45Talent top 28%Tech top 41%Funding top 43%Global bottom 48%
All 5 signals ▾
Talenttop 28%
Techtop 41%
Fundingtop 43%
Globalbottom 48%
Marketbottom 37%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 32 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$8M1 mo ago—Lucca Almeida
Co-Founder & CTO
WebflowApple iCloud MailGSAP+19Top 5M1 job opening
17Credituz
Provider of a credit management platform for the real estate sector
$5M13 mo ago—Pedro Braz
Co-Founder
———
18Trace Finance
Online platform providing international bnking services for startups
16Talent top 38%Funding top 46%Tech bottom 36%Global bottom 36%
All 5 signals ▾
Talenttop 38%
Fundingtop 46%
Techbottom 36%
Globalbottom 36%
Marketbottom 24%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $4.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr)
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100
$4M0 mo ago23Raphael Light
Co-Founder
WebflowMailjetGoogle Workspace+8Top 50M—
19Noodle
Digital bank for creators
$4M20 mo ago5Igor Bonatto
Founder
Webflowcore-jsjQuery+14Top 50M—
20Jeitto
Digital bank for individuals and businesses
67Tech top 26%News top 33%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%
All 7 signals ▾
Techtop 26%
Newstop 33%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Markettop 42%
Fundingtop 48%
Globalbottom 36%
Tech: 54 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 3 types) · +200% YoY
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 67/100
$3M7 mo ago148Carlos Barros
Co-Founder & Partner
WebflowTypekitGoogle Font API+23Top 100k—
21Avra
AI based credit management and risk analysis solutions for enterprises
$2M23 mo ago—Viviane Meister
Co-Founder & CEO
——2 job openings
22EDANBANK
Internet-first bank through partnered bank offering banking services to consumers and businesses
$2M46 mo ago—Eduardo Silva
Founder & CEO
———
23Lina
Open banking API solution for businesses
$2M29 mo ago—Alan Mareines
Chief Executive Officer
WordPressMySQLPHP+33Top 10M—
24Zipia
Customer relationship management and lead generation solution for the insurance industry
$1M49 mo ago—Pedro Yue
CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+16Top 5M—
25iClubs
Provider of loyalty management platform to banks and fintech
$915K56 mo ago22————
26PO27
Provider of automated vehicle lien registration services
$607K59 mo ago24Livia Assan
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+8Top 50M—
27Yolo Bank
Internet first bank through partnership for students
$530K21 mo ago—Mauro Macedo
Founder
———
28DinDin
Digital bank
$181K96 mo ago—Stéphanie Fleury
Founder
———

Top 12 Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo

#1
Neon 🦄
Series E · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2016 · 2320 employees
$908Mraised
▾

Provider of an online bank for consumers. Its services include deposit accounts, money transfers, bill payments, NFC-enabled debit cards for online/offline purchases, and cash withdrawals. It offers an app-based platform that is available on iOS and Android stores.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 74how this company ranks against its industry peers
Customers
top 12%
Funding
top 13%
Market
top 25%
Moat
top 26%
Tech
top 31%
Product
top 36%
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.64★ across 1,342,636 ratings (1 apps) · Review volume +11% in 6 mo · Marquee-customer mentions: top 17% of tracked companies
Funding: Raised $908M across 8 rounds · 8 rounds over 10 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series E (Jul 2025)
Market: 2,320 employees (top 3% of FinTech) · Top-100,000 web property · Unicorn (valued $1.6B)
Audience (LinkedIn): 998k LinkedIn followers — 10.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: RH, Departamento Pessoal
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series E$25M
  • Aug 2024Series E$38M
  • Dec 2023Series E$64M
  • Jul 2022Series D$80M
Founders & team
Pedro ConradeCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
General Atlantic, Vulcan Capital, PayPal, Endeavor, BBVA, Monashees
Tech stack
AdoptAmazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAngularApple Icloud MailCart Functionality
#2
QI Tech 🦄
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 122 employees
$311.3Mraised
▾

Provider of open banking API solutions. It offers a solution that enables businesses to build financial products using APIs. It features debt management solutions, credit analysis, escrow accounts for secured payments, statement issuance, and more.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 18%
News
top 19%
Growth
top 25%
Tech
top 26%
Moat
top 28%
Talent
top 28%
Funding: Raised $311M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 5 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series B (Jul 2025)
News: 6 BI events in 12 mo (of 29 tracked, 6 types) · 5 high-value events (IPO/M&A/funding/contracts) in 12 mo · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise, M&A
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · 1 acquisition/expansion move in 24 mo · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 125k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2025Series B$63M
  • Apr 2024Series B$50M
  • Oct 2023Series B$199.3M
  • Oct 2022Series A$12M
Founders & team
Marcelo BuosiCo-FounderMarcelo BentivoglioCo-FounderPedro DowellFounder
Investors
Across Capital, General Atlantic, GIC
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAosCart FunctionalityCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#3
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2020 · 23 employees
$4.3Mraised
▾

It provides a platform for startups and private companies to open international bank accounts to seamlessly receive and make cross-border payments from Latam. The company is focused on reducing the transaction cost and time for international transactions made by startups and businesses in the region.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 46%
Tech
bottom 36%
Global
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 24%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $4.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series A (2026)
Tech: 11 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2022Seed$4.3M
Founders & team
Raphael LightCo-FounderBernardo BritesCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
HOF Capital, Circle, THE CHAINSMOKERS, Stellar, 2TM, BlockFi
Tech stack
CloudflareGoogle Font ApiGoogle Hosted LibrariesGoogle WorkspaceHstsHttp/3
#4
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2023
$8Mraised
▾

Provider of insurance broker tools, connecting brokers to insurers with sales support. It offers a platform that connects insurance brokers with various insurance providers. The platform provides tools to facilitate sales, including a CRM for sales management, marketing content, and a lead generation system. It also offers an AI assistant for product information and sales argument structuring, along with reports on client delinquency.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 28%
Tech
top 41%
Funding
top 43%
Global
bottom 48%
Market
bottom 37%
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Tech: 32 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Vercel · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Funding: Raised $8.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Apr 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2026Seed$8M
Founders & team
Lucca AlmeidaCo-Founder & CTOPedro NobregaCo-Founder & CPOLuis NogueiraCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Kaszek, big_bets, Almeida Braga family of Icatu
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCloudflare Browser InsightsCore-JsFacebook Pixel
#5
Series A · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 4 employees
$59.3Mraised
▾

Developer of open banking API solutions. It offers an aggregation API that enables access to multiple financial institutions providing account information, business and personal financial product details, standardized transactional data for diversified accounts, account holder information, and a snapshot of account balance and balance evolution analysis.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 69how this company ranks against its industry peers
Innovation
top 20%
Tech
top 24%
Growth
top 28%
Funding
top 30%
Moat
top 31%
Talent
top 38%
Innovation: 8 product lines · Deep-tech classification: Blockchain
Tech: 51 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3 · Observability: Datadog, Sentry
Growth: Web rank 5,000,000 → 1,000,000 YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 36k LinkedIn followers
Hiring (LinkedIn): 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Data/Scraping Engineer, Software Engineer - Applied AI
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series A$15M
  • Aug 2022Series A—
  • Dec 2021Series A—
  • Jun 2021Series A$43M
Founders & team
Uri TintoreCo-Founder & Co-CEOPablo VigueraCo-Founder & Co-Ceo
Investors
Visa, Founders Fund, Kaszek, Y Combinator, Future Positive Capital, FJ Labs
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#6
Series A · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2014 · 148 employees
$2.9Mraised
▾

Digital bank for individuals and businesses. It provides credit, payment, and other financial services to underserved consumers. It offers a digital wallet for purchases and payments through a credit limit made available in the application in addition to the prepayment function. Users can pay for e-commerce purchases, utilities, mobile top-up, transport, gift cards and online entertainment services. The application is available on the Android platform.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 67how this company ranks against its industry peers
Tech
top 26%
News
top 33%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Market
top 42%
Funding
top 48%
Tech: 54 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Ses, Amazon Web Services · Devops: Envoy, Nginx
News: 3 BI events in 12 mo (of 6 tracked, 3 types) · +200% YoY · Top themes: Leadership, IPO
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 30k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2025Conventional Debt$6.8M
  • Aug 2022Series A$2.9M
  • Jan 2019Seed—
Founders & team
Carlos BarrosCo-Founder & Partner
Investors
Accion, Rise Ventures, Saison International, Synthase Impact Ventures, Airborne
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAppnexusCdnjsClipboard.JsCloudflare
#7
Nubank 🦄
Public · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2013 · 8049 employees
$2.3Braised
▾

Provider of digital banking services, including credit cards and accounts. It offers various financial solutions through its application. These solutions include tools for managing money and protecting finances. The company focuses on providing accessible and straightforward banking experiences.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 6M LinkedIn followers — 63.1% of this cohort's audience · 505 engagements/post (9.3× cohort median)
Activity: 1 awards · 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2021Series G$750M
  • Jan 2021Series G$400M
  • Aug 2020Series F$300M
  • Jul 2019Series F$400M
Founders & team
Edward WibleCo-Founder & Software EngineerDavid VelezFounder & CEOCristina JunqueiraCo-Founder
Investors
Founders Fund, Sequoia Capital, Kaszek, Berkshire Hathaway, Sands Capital, Verde Asset Management
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailAws Certificate ManagerCart Functionality
#8
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2023
$5Mraised
▾

Provider of a credit management platform for the real estate sector. This platform facilitates the offering of tailored financing options to clients of real estate companies. It integrates customer relationship management, sales processes, and credit management into a single system. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence for credit analysis and risk assessment, and offers secure digital contract creation and management. It connects real estate businesses with various financial partners to provide diverse credit solutions. The platform prioritizes data security through advanced encryption and access controls.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 407 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • May 2025Angel$5M
Founders & team
Pedro BrazCo-Founder
#9
Series D · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2021 · 244 employees
$115Mraised
▾

Loan life cycle management software for financial institutions. Its products include Gerua, an online platform for consumer & business loans; Rebel, an AI-enabled tool for analyzing the customer's financial history; and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 71k LinkedIn followers
Hiring: 2 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +2 · hiring: Analista de Inside Sales Junior, Analista de Atendimento Junior
Activity: 1 partnerships announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2024Conventional Debt$2.6M
  • Dec 2021Series D$115M
  • Apr 2021Conventional Debt$270M
Founders & team
Sandro ReissFounder & CEO
Investors
Goldman Sachs, SoftBank Latin America Fund, IFC, Raiz Investimentos, LTS, Neowise
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerGoogle CloudGoogle Cloud StorageGoogle Workspace
#10
Series B · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2018 · 218 employees
$68.2Mraised
▾

Digital bank for businesses. It offers multiple services including checking accounts, money transfers, bill payments, NFC-enabled corporate cards for online/offline purchases, and more. It also offers an app-based platform to manage payroll and payments. The application is available on iOS and Android devices.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 64k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2024Series B$41.5M
  • Dec 2021Series A$24M
  • Dec 2020Seed$2.5M
  • Aug 2020Seed$150K
Founders & team
Ricardo Gottschalk Co-Founder & Vice PresidentRodrigo TogniniCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
JAM Fund, Valor Capital Group, Base10 Partners, Quartz, Y Combinator, big_bets
Tech stack
Alpine.JsAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAmplitude
#11
Dock 🦄
Acquired · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 1997 · 1400 employees
$280Mraised
▾

Developer of open banking API solutions. It provides users with banking-as-a-platform via open APIs. It also provides a white-label mobile banking platform along with white-label debit cards. It also enables banks to provide services to customers such as P2P money transfers, cash withdrawals, bill payments, and more via mobile platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 176k LinkedIn followers
Activity: 2 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • May 2022Series D$110M
  • Dec 2020Series D$20M
  • Oct 2020Series D$150M
  • Oct 2018Series C—
Founders & team
Diogo FrenkelCo-FounderAntonio SoaresCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Temasek, Advent International, Visa, Riverwood Capital, Viking Global Investors, Capital Group
Tech stack
AdoptAmazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAngular
#12
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2017 · 5 employees
$4.3Mraised
▾

Digital bank for creators. Its services include savings accounts, virtual and physical payment cards for online/offline purchases, bill payments, money transfers, and more. It features currency exchange, PIX transfers, credits, and more. The application is available on Android and iOS platforms.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Seed$900K
  • May 2023Seed$3.4M
Founders & team
Igor BonattoFounder
Investors
Honey Island Capital, SRM Ventures, QED Investors, Bee K Ventures
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFacebook PixelGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api

Funding & investor landscape

$4.6Btotal disclosed funding
28companies funded
73disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Kaszek6 rounds
Spectra Investments5 rounds
FJ Labs4 rounds
Y Combinator4 rounds
DOMO3 rounds
IFC3 rounds
Maya Capital3 rounds
QED Investors3 rounds
Ribbit Capital3 rounds
Tiger Global Management3 rounds

Notable founders

Pedro Conrade
Co-Founder & CEO · Neon
Marcelo Buosi
Co-Founder · QI Tech
Marcelo Bentivoglio
Co-Founder · QI Tech
Raphael Light
Co-Founder · Trace Finance
Bernardo Brites
Co-Founder & CEO · Trace Finance
Lucca Almeida
Co-Founder & CTO · Segura
Pedro Nobrega
Co-Founder & CPO · Segura
Uri Tintore
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Belvo
Pablo Viguera
Co-Founder & Co-Ceo · Belvo
Carlos Barros
Co-Founder & Partner · Jeitto
Edward Wible
Co-Founder & Software Engineer · Nubank
David Velez
Founder & CEO · Nubank
Prism market signals · Brazil · country-scoped Prism corpus, 1,576,026 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Banking Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Brazil

How research on Fintech is moving in Brazil

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 33 Brazil-affiliated papers.

top research entities
  • Fundação Getulio Vargas5
  • Universidade de Ribeirão Preto4
  • Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais4
  • Central Bank of Brazil3
  • Universidade de São Paulo2
leading researchers
Luiz Antônio Jóia · Davi Ferreira Veronese · Luiz Felipe Meier · Adalto Acir Althaus · Hanene Ezzine · Omayma Dammak · Ines Abdelkefi · Aida Smaoui
◆ Advancements14 · 42%
▲ 0%→55% share
0 median citations93% since 2021mostly empirical
Financial inclusion research is rising steadily, contributing 4 papers across both advancements and concerns segments.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services6
  • Financial inclusion4
  • Blueprint2
  • Sentiment analysis2
  • Commission2
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→5
Landmark Unlocking the Potential of Fintechs for Financial Inclusion: A Delphi-Based Approach · 62 cites
▼ Concerns13 · 39%
▲ 0%→36% share
0 median citations92% since 2021mostly empirical
Financial services concerns intensified from 0% to 36% field-share, with 9 brand-new problem-focused papers flagged.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services10
  • Financial inclusion4
  • Payment3
  • Competition (biology)3
  • Loan3
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→9
Landmark Facilitators and Barriers faced by Mobile Payment Fintechs in the Brazilian Context · 24 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Brazil

Where fintech is researched across Brazil

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Rio de Janeiro5 · +0.06
Opportunity · Financial services

Common questions

How many Banking Tech companies are there in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Radar tracks 94 indexable Banking Tech companies headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
The Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have raised a combined $4.6B in disclosed equity funding across 28 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
Nubank is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with $2.3B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil are funded?
28 of the 94 Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Banking Tech unicorns are there in Sao Paulo, Brazil?
5 Banking Tech companies in Sao Paulo, Brazil on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Sao Paulo, Brazil Banking Tech companies?
The most active investors in Sao Paulo, Brazil Banking Tech companies on this list include Kaszek, Spectra Investments, FJ Labs, Y Combinator, DOMO.
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