Participated · Series B · Jan 2024

Conta Simples provides expense management technology and corporate cards, with streamlined expense control and customized monitoring for business customers. The company reported 30,000 active users and has issued 500,000 physical and digital corporate credit cards, processing R$18 billion (roughly $3 billion) in payment volume. Conta Simples said 2023 was its best year, with revenue growing almost 3x year-over-year and the business reaching breakeven. It also obtained a license from the Brazilian Central Bank to operate as a Direct Credit Society, enabling expanded credit, digital accounts and payments capabilities. In 2022 the company acquired online-ads startup Hackr Ads, which allowed ad customers to use Conta’s services. Conta Simples plans to use the new funding to hire about 100 roles in 2024, build more features and products, and move upstream to serve larger and mid-level customers, including developing buy-now-pay-later and other offerings over the next three to five years.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2023

Nocnoc provides a platform where international sellers upload product catalogs and begin selling across 16 Latin American marketplaces, with a potential reach of nearly 500 million consumers. The company manages listings, marketing campaigns, customer communication, delivery logistics, cancellations and returns for merchants. It typically pays sellers every 15 days in local currency, shortening payment timelines versus the 40–50 day wait sellers often face. Nocnoc has introduced over 180,000 exclusive products from more than 1,200 international sellers and in the past 12 months grew gross merchandise volume 3x while adding seven marketplaces and expanding in Mexico, Colombia and Chile. The company is headquartered in Uruguay and maintains offices in Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, China and Spain. Planned product and operational investments include additional fulfillment centers and an "Advanced Payments" product to accelerate seller payouts to an average of three to five days, with cancellations and returns covered. nocnoc provides a single seller center that lets global sellers upload items in US dollars or RMB while the company handles listings, pricing (shipping, taxes, commissions), customer communications, and last-mile delivery across Latin America. The platform publishes items in nocnoc-owned megastores and manages product listings across multiple local marketplaces, including integrations with MercadoLibre, ViaVarejo, Americanas and Walmart. Since launch the company has integrated with 17 marketplaces, giving sellers access to roughly 300 million digital buyers in the region. nocnoc was founded in 2018 by Ilan Bajarlia, Joaquin Colella, and Diego Szilagyi, who previously worked together at dLocal. The company says it lowers cross-border friction—customs, shipping, payments, store reputation, exposure algorithms and local support—that has kept global sellers out of Latin America. It will use the newly raised funds to continue improving its proprietary technology to help global sellers reach and sell to more customers.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2022

Franq provides a digital platform that lets experienced banking professionals act independently as "personal bankers," offering customers products from more than 50 partner banks and fintechs. The platform aggregates over 150 financial products including mortgage financing, loans, consórcios, insurance and real-estate-backed credit, and allows professionals to compare offers and recommend solutions. More than 10,000 bancários and investment advisors have used the platform; the minimum requirement to join is five years' experience in the banking sector and the average age of registered professionals is 42. Franq is among the country's main originators of mortgage financing and consórcios and reported R$2.4 billion in operations originated in 2025, with a projection close to R$4 billion for the current year and year-over-year growth near 80%. The company was founded in 2019, is headquartered in Florianópolis and has about 200 employees across technology, professional support and specialized operations. Management says the business has reached operational break-even and plans to expand use of AI to automate operational processes while investing in training hubs to deepen professional engagement.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2022

Unstoppable Domains operates a blockchain naming system and identity platform that lets users create usernames for crypto and build decentralized digital identities. It mints each domain as an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain and offers TLDs such as .crypto, .coin, .bitcoin, .x, .888, .nft and .dao. Since launching the platform in 2019 the company has helped register over 2.5 million domains and has generated more than $80 million in sales. Domains are sold for as little as $5 and the platform integrates with over 300 applications, including OpenSea, Coinbase Wallet, Rainbow, Chainlink, Brave and ETHMail. More than 150 dApps support its Login with Unstoppable single sign-on for Ethereum and Polygon, addressing wallet-address usability issues. CEO Matthew Gould said the company aims to onboard billions of people onto Web3 through NFT domains that unlock user-owned, private, and portable identities. Unstoppable Domains builds domain names on blockchains and sells its own extensions directly to consumers. The company recently launched its first extension, .zil, with pre-orders open and a public auction beginning June 20th. Blockchain domains replace crypto addresses with human‑readable names and enable uncensorable websites by storing domains in users’ wallets and content on IPFS or other decentralized storage. Unstoppable Domains removed renewal fees for blockchain domain purchases and sells domains at unstoppabledomains.com. The company announced a $4 million Series A led by Draper Associates and previously raised a $730,000 seed in December 2018 from Boost VC; it has also received grants from the Ethereum Foundation and the Zilliqa Foundation. The firm plans to use the funds to expand its product team, build integrations with more wallets and exchanges, and hire sales and marketing talent.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2022

Shakepay is a Montreal-based technology company that enables customers to easily buy and earn bitcoin through financial applications. The company offers products including the Shakepay Visa prepaid card, launched in December 2021 to 180,000 early-access customers and giving bitcoin cashback rewards settled to users' Shakepay bitcoin balances. Shakepay says it surpassed $6 billion in total volume in 2021, grew 381% that year to more than 900,000 customers, and expanded its team from 20 to 75 employees. The company’s stated mission is to make it easy for Canadians to build wealth with bitcoin and to accelerate widespread adoption. Shakepay plans to use new capital to scale the business and launch additional products that increase Canadian access and exposure to the digital economy. Prior to this round the company had raised roughly $1M CAD to date.