Best Fashion Tech Companies in Brazil
The 133 best Fashion Tech companies in Brazil in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Dafiti.
Fashion Tech in Brazil is moving faster than the funding numbers suggest, and those numbers are already worth your attention. Our directory tracks 133 companies with $328M in total disclosed funding, though that figure is dominated by Dafiti's $275M raise, which means the rest of the field is scrappier and more interesting than the headline suggests. Globally, the market sat at $24.7B in 2021 and the trajectory since has been upward, driven by digital-first retail behavior and a Gen Z cohort that shops, returns, and re-engages at a pace that rewards tech-native brands. Median install growth across fashion and retail apparel apps is running at roughly +17% YoY, which tells you mobile is where the real acquisition battle is happening right now.
So what does the Brazilian picture actually look like beneath Dafiti? Cariuma sits at $16M, Zerezes at $4M, and then the field drops sharply, with names like Loopify and uMode still in seed territory. I'd watch that mid-tier closely, because AI-driven production tools and personalization plays are compressing the time it takes a scrappy operator to reach scale. As shown in 2024 research, digital integration across fashion supply chains is reshaping where competitive advantages actually form. Backers like Kaszek and FJ Labs are already circling the space.
Our analysis of 219 Fashion Tech companies
$16.5b in tracked funding; 94% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.
Ranked: Best Fashion Tech companies in Brazil
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Employees | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aLove Child Internet-first brand of multi-category fashion products for men & women | — | — | Deadpooled | Anthony Nathan Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 2 | Arm Fitness Internet first brand offering multi-category sportswear apparel for women | — | — | Unfunded | Pedro Casagrande Owner | — | Cart FunctionalityMagazordReact+20 | — |
| 3 | Ave Maria Internet first brand of casual and formal apparel wear for women | — | — | Unfunded | Zepa Lima Founder | — | VndaRubyNode.js+26 | — |
| 4 | B.Circle Online retailer of new and used apparel, shoes, and accessories | — | — | Unfunded | Katia Hortega Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 5 | BALLESTRIN Private label brand of jewellery | — | — | Unfunded | Christian Ballestrin Founder | — | — | — |
| 6 | BAW CLOTHING Internet first brand offering multi-category fashion products for women and men | — | — | Acquired | Bruno Karra Co-Founder | 51 | Cart FunctionalityVTEXDito+30 | — |
| 7 | Bellatotti Internet first brand selling fashionable footwear | — | — | Unfunded | Luis Miguel Costa Founder | — | Cart FunctionalityEnvoyNew Relic+10 | — |
| 8 | Bio Pix Provider of an AR and AI-based virtual try-on platform for the fashion industry | — | — | Unfunded | Edgard Jr CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Fashion Tech companies in Brazil
#1
Public · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2011 · 2928 employees$275Mraised▾
Dafiti is an online retailer of multi-category fashion products. The product catalog includes apparel, footwear, accessories, and others. It caters to men, women, and kids. The company also sells home improvement and beauty products. Brands associate includes Calvin Klein, Champion, Gucci, etc
- Jan 2014Series D$20.8M
- Sep 2013Series D$70M
- Dec 2012Series C$65M
- Aug 2012Series B$45M
#2
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2023$759.4Kraised▾
Provider of recommerce solutions for e-commerc brands. It uses technology to manage used and refurbished products. Features includes personalization, return management, sales management, logistics management, and more.
- Jun 2024Seed$759.4K
#3
Series A · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2018 · 66 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Internet-first brand offering multi-category footwear. It offers multi-category footwear like sneakers, canvas, and many more for both men and women.
- Oct 2022Series A$16.5M
#4
Series A · Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro · founded 2012 · 82 employees$3.8Mraised▾
Internet first brand of eye wears and sunglasses
- Oct 2022Series A$3.8M
#5
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2019 · 38 employees$546.3Kraised▾
AI and cloud based sales performance management software. The features of the platform include analyzing and ranking customers through segmentations, automatic selling of the product to the customer, analysis of sales history, and creation of automated product recommendation catalogs for customers, prospects, leads, and more.
- May 2023Seed$546.3K
#6
Seed · Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais · founded 2021 · 34 employees$403.6Kraised▾
Internet-first brand offering fashion apparel for men. The product catalog includes t-shirts, socks, pants, innerwear, and socks. The company claims the products are made of cotton and elastane for flexibility.
- May 2023Seed$403.6K
#7
Public · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2009 · 145 employees$11.6Mraised▾
Online retailer of fashion apparel, accessories, home goods, and electronics. It provides a platform for buying and selling various items. The offerings include clothing, shoes, bags, and jewelry. Also available are home decor items, electronics, and sporting goods. The platform facilitates transactions between individuals.
- Feb 2016Series A$5M
- Dec 2014Series A$6.7M
- 2014Seed—
#8
Series A · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2012 · 754 employees$7Mraised▾
AMARO is a vertically integrated online fast fashion brand and technology company, based in São Paulo. Founded in 2012, the company leverages a complex design and operations infrastructure to monthly launch the latest trends at disruptive prices. Through premium brand story telling and on-demand manufacturing, AMARO is changing the way Brazilians consume fashion.
- Jun 2019Series A$7M
- Nov 2015Series A—
- 2015Series A—
- 2014Seed—
#9
Seed · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2018$2.2Mraised▾
Houpa is an online marketplace offering multi-category fashion apparel. The product catalog includes apparel, jackets, tops, tees, shirts, pants, etc. It offers products for both men and women. The application is available on IOS and android platform.
- May 2020Seed$2.2M
#10
Acqui-Hired · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2012 · 11 employees$4Mraised▾
Lema, which stands for "life motto 21", is an Latin American online retailer that offers designer prescription frames with anti-reflective organic lenses for a standard price($120). Dubbed Warby Parker of Brazil, the company also has a “buy one, donate one” model similar to the former. Founders having Silicon Valley and luxury brands backgrounds. In 2015, the company merged with eÓtica, a Brazilian online retailer of eyewear.
- Oct 2013Seed$2.4M
- Dec 2012Seed$1.6M
#11
Seed · Sao Paulo, Brazil · founded 2014 · 300 employees$1.4Mraised▾
Repassa is an online marketplace for second-hand fashion products. The products catalog includes fashion apparel, footwear, bags, scarves, headwears, and more for men, women, and kids. Users get a commission on inviting friends for selling the products.
- Sep 2020Seed$1.4M
- Dec 2018Seed—
#12
Seed · Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo · founded 2015 · 40 employees$391Kraised▾
Provider of SaaS-based e-commerce suite solutions for businesses. The platform offers solutions like catalog management, order management, payment & shipping management, ERP system integration, and more. The platform also provides an app-based store for brands.
- Mar 2022Seed$391K
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