Led · Equity · Dec 2019

SalaryFits is an HRtech platform that integrates payroll data with financial institutions to provide a new risk‑assessment tool for lenders. Founded in 2015 by Renato Araujo and headquartered in London, the company serves markets across Latin America, Europe, and Asia and entered India three years ago. It recently raised $5 million from Brazilian VC fund Confrapar and earlier secured $1.3 million in seed capital across two rounds from Portugal 2020 and Level39. SalaryFits says it will use the funds to expand operations in India and to scale its financial‑wellbeing solutions. The startup has partnered with fintech Wishfin to enable Wishfin to launch innovative lending products using SalaryFits' technology by next year. It also signed a strategic partnership with an unnamed HRtech player to bring its technology to over one million employees. SalaryFits provides a platform that allows financial institutions to integrate their systems with payroll information from public and private entities, creating a new risk assessment tool and enabling installment deductions directly from salaries. The platform is supported by commercial and technical teams that integrate payroll systems and offer a low-cost channel for financial institutions to reach potential clients without expensive individual sales efforts. The company said it will use newly raised funds to continue expanding operations. SalaryFits was founded by Renato Araujo and lists team members across multiple countries. The team includes Delber Lage (UK), Eduardo Maroso (Portugal), Guilherme Mota and Alvaro Amorim (India), and Moacir Giansante (Italy). The company has offices in Portugal, the UK and Italy.

Led · Equity · Nov 2019

Fielo offers a Salesforce-native Loyalty and Incentives Cloud that automates the design and management of customer, partner, and employee incentive programs. Its point-and-click tools let companies define earning rules and reward types—points, badges, discounts, or cash—and deploy programs in hours or days without spreadsheets or costly agencies. The company positions its platform as a modern replacement for manual or agency-built programs and says more than 90% of organizations are unhappy with existing programs. Fielo announced a new Employee Incentives addition to its product suite and said it is expanding operations in Brazil and the U.S. Financially, the company has received over $7MN US in new funding from Lorinvest and Confrapar. Since its founding in 2012, Fielo has worked with customers including Country Road Group, Syngenta, Schneider Electric, Pantero, and Terpel and has been named a top 20 Salesforce ISV partner.

Led · Equity · Feb 2018

Ingresse is a Brazilian social ticketing company that helps people access concerts, events, and performances across Brazil. Its app allows anyone to organize an event through its ticketing system and lets users see which events their friends will be attending. The platform aims to help users find the right event and get in. LAVCA reports the company recently raised US$6.2M (R$20M), funds the company says will allow pursuit of acquisitions of competitors. This investment constitutes Ingresse’s fourth financing round since it passed through the 500 Startups accelerator in 2012. In February 2018 Ingresse completed a merger with ticketing platform Total Access.