ACATE Invest
Km4 Bairro Saco Grande, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, 88033-600, Brazil
Overview
The Santa Catarina State Technology Association (ACATE) has been working since 1986 to promote the development of the technology sector in the State of Santa Catarina. Throughout its activities, ACATE has consolidated itself as one of the main interlocutors of Santa Catarina's technology companies with the municipal, state and federal public authorities, as well as other representative entities and institutions in the technological sector, not only in Santa Catarina but in Brazil . ACATE also acts in the articulation between the technology sector in Santa Catarina, teaching and research centers and funding agencies and maintains partnership with several companies and entities to offer more and more benefits and growth tools to its members. Conditions that strengthen the bonds and potentialities that the associativism can propitiate for the technological ventures of Santa Catarina through ACATE and that have as a greater result the strengthening of the technological sector in the State of Santa Catarina.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 2
Sector focus
- Association
- Government
- Information Technology
- Non Profit
Investment portfolio
- Beepay
Participated · Seed · May 2026
Beepay builds autonomous checkout systems that integrate payment and identification into a single flow for physical retail environments. The company has roughly 170 customers and is pursuing both deeper national traction and initial international expansion via an existing client. It plans to use nearly half of the recent R$ 2 million seed round (44%) on technology and product development, including AI capabilities to enable real-time personalization and data-driven in-store experiences. Beepay aims to eliminate queues and reduce operational costs for merchants of varying sizes through solutions like mobile or kiosk product scanning and cashierless flows. Management projects reaching break-even within 18 months and highlighted partnerships with investors and accelerators to provide strategic support for scaling.