41 investors have funded 11 Artificial Intelligence companies head-officed in Sao Paulo, across 48 rounds (Jun 2017 – Mar 2026). They are ranked by how many Sao Paulo companies in this market they have actually backed.
"In Sao Paulo" describes the companies, not the investor: most of the money in any city comes from somewhere else, and the Where the money comes from section below shows exactly where it came from here.
Ranked by companies backed in this market and city, then by round count. "Led" counts rounds recorded with this investor as lead.
| # | Investor | Based in | Stages here | Companies | Rounds | Led | Latest | Portfolio total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Next47 | Palo Alto, United States | Series CSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 2 | Nov 2024 | 170 |
| 2 | DGF | Sao Paulo, Brazil | SeedSeries ASeries B | 1 | 3 | 1 | Aug 2023 | 41 |
| 3 | Y Combinator | Mountain View, United States | SeedSeries A | 1 | 2 | 1 | May 2022 | 5,648 |
| 4 | General Catalyst | San Francisco, United States | Series BSeries C | 1 | 2 | 1 | Nov 2024 | 855 |
| 5 | Barauna | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Series A | 1 | 2 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 5 |
| 6 | Insight Partners | New York City, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2024 | 762 |
| 7 | FJ Labs | New York City, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 661 |
| 8 | Global Founders Capital | Berlin, Germany | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 563 |
| 9 | Speedinvest | Vienna, Austria | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2023 | 322 |
| 10 | Sapphire Ventures | Austin, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | 1 | Nov 2024 | 189 |
| 11 | Craft Ventures | San Francisco, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 197 |
| 12 | Picus Capital | Munich, Germany | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 159 |
| 13 | Kaszek | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 123 |
| 14 | Village Capital | Washington, DC, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2025 | 209 |
| 15 | Boldstart Ventures | Miami, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Oct 2024 | 89 |
| 16 | Clocktower Technology Ventures | Santa Monica, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2026 | 135 |
| 17 | NGP Capital | Palo Alto, United States | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2024 | 112 |
| 18 | Base10 Partners | San Francisco, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Aug 2025 | 116 |
| 19 | Canary | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 89 |
| 20 | K Fund | Madrid, Spain | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2026 | 82 |
| 21 | Latitud | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 51 |
| 22 | Crescera Capital | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 33 |
| 23 | Criatec 2 | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2017 | 32 |
| 24 | Dalus Capital | Monterrey, Mexico | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 25 |
| 25 | Iporanga Ventures | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Jan 2022 | 18 |
| 26 | Actyus | Madrid, Spain | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2026 | 19 |
| 27 | H20 Capital | Miami, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 12 |
| 28 | Earl Grey Capital | Austin, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 14 |
| 29 | BNDES | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 10 |
| 30 | Blitzscaling Ventures | San Mateo, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2024 | 9 |
| 31 | Upload | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Series C | 1 | 1 | — | Nov 2024 | 8 |
| 32 | Citrino | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Jun 2021 | 6 |
| 33 | The Primatec Fund | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | Sep 2018 | 6 |
| 34 | Triaxis Capital | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2017 | 5 |
| 35 | TOTVS | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Series A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 4 |
| 36 | On The Nose | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 2024 | 1 | |
| 37 | MV Sistemas | Recife, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 2025 | 1 |
| 38 | FAPESP | Sao Paulo, Brazil | Seed | 1 | 1 | — | Mar 2024 | 1 |
| 39 | Stoller | Houston, United States | Seed | 1 | 1 | 1 | May 2021 | 1 |
| 40 | Bradesco Bank | Coral Gables, United States | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Mar 2026 | 1 |
| 41 | idexo | London, United Kingdom | Series A | 1 | 1 | 1 | Feb 2024 | 1 |
Head office of the investors on this page.
Rounds by stage — where in a company's life this money arrives.
Total disclosed size of each round, not one investor's share.
How active this market has been.
Artificial Intelligence companies head-officed in Sao Paulo that took money from these investors.
| Company | Backers | Rounds | Disclosed | Latest round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TRACTIAN tractian.com |
8 | 14 | $830.8M | Series C Nov 2024 |
| Darwin getdarwin.ai |
6 | 6 | $15M | Seed Aug 2025 |
| CrewAI crewai.com |
5 | 5 | $90M | Series A Oct 2024 |
| Blissapp blissapp.ai |
5 | 5 | $44M | Series A Mar 2026 |
| Legiti legiti.com |
4 | 4 | $29.2M | Series A Jan 2022 |
| Konduto konduto.com |
4 | 4 | $10M | Seed Jun 2017 |
| Cromai cromai.com |
4 | 5 | $8.2M | Series A Feb 2024 |
| Sofya sofya.ai |
2 | 2 | — | Seed Sep 2025 |
| Hi! saudehi.com |
1 | 1 | $70.3K | Seed Mar 2024 |
| FullFace Biometric Solutions fullface.com.br |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Sep 2018 |
| Mantis.AI mantis-ai.com |
1 | 1 | — | Seed Feb 2024 |
| Date | Investor | Company | Stage | Round size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2026 | K FundLED | Blissapp | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2026 | Clocktower Ventures | Blissapp | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2026 | Bradesco BankLED | Blissapp | Series A | $11M |
| Mar 2026 | Actyus | Blissapp | Series A | $11M |
| Sep 2025 | MV Sistemas | Sofya | Seed | — |
| Aug 2025 | Base10 PartnersLED | Darwin | Seed | $4.5M |
| Feb 2025 | Village Capital | Sofya | Seed | — |
| Nov 2024 | Sapphire VenturesLED | TRACTIAN | Series C | $122.9M |
| Nov 2024 | Next47 | TRACTIAN | Series C | $122.9M |
| Nov 2024 | General Catalyst | TRACTIAN | Series C | $122.9M |
| Nov 2024 | Upload | TRACTIAN | Series C | $122.9M |
| Nov 2024 | NGP Capital | TRACTIAN | Series C | $122.9M |
| Oct 2024 | Blitzscaling Ventures | CrewAI | Series A | $18M |
| Oct 2024 | Earl Grey Capital | CrewAI | Series A | $18M |
| Oct 2024 | Insight PartnersLED | CrewAI | Series A | $18M |
| Oct 2024 | Boldstart VenturesLED | CrewAI | Series A | $18M |
| Oct 2024 | Craft Ventures | CrewAI | Series A | $18M |
| Mar 2024 | FAPESP | Hi! | Seed | $70.3K |
| Feb 2024 | TOTVS | Cromai | Series A | $2.4M |
| Feb 2024 | Barauna | Cromai | Series A | $2.4M |
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