Led · Equity · Jul 2024

CTA Smart builds intelligent fleet-fueling systems delivered as a SaaS platform, offering remote installation and real-time cloud-based fuel management. The platform is designed to reduce waste and deviations, lower operational costs, and improve productivity, profitability and competitiveness for fleets across industries. CTA Smart's international brand, Link2Pump, serves customers in seven countries and has grown over 100% annually for two years. The technology is active in more than 40 U.S. states and the company manages over 2.5 billion liters of diesel annually. Founded in 2012 and led by CEO Bruno Lopes, CTA Smart plans to use the US$3M funding to expand into the American market and pursue further global growth.

Led · Equity · Mar 2024

Bluecyber is an MGA focused on cyber insurance, selling monthly digital protection subscriptions that cover data-breach claims, regulatory fines, legal fees, and digital identity theft while bundling services like antivirus, help desk support, vulnerability monitoring, risk management, and incident response. The company distributes B2B products digitally through non-traditional channels such as internet providers, software and hardware manufacturers, and insurance brokers. Bluecyber completed the acquisition of Ismac.io and integrated its Managed Detection and Response (MDR) platform to continuously monitor insured portfolios and reduce claim frequency and severity. Management aims to expand operations across Latin America and target 10,000 subscribers by the end of 2024. Bluecyber highlights a large underserved Latin American market with an estimated gross written premium (GWP) of USD 17.3 billion. Seguros Sura is the policy issuer, providing underwriting capacity and regulatory compliance.

Led · Equity · Sep 2021

Pulses provides a customizable SaaS platform that measures organizational climate, engagement and team performance continuously via weekly surveys sent by email, app, SMS or Slack. The product combines data science, psychology and AI to deliver real-time indicators and actionable recommendations for leaders on engagement, feedback, recognition, career and well-being. With the new capital, Pulses plans to scale sales and marketing, expand its people-management solution portfolio, and improve product architecture and technologies. The company intends to evolve algorithm-driven features (including content recommendations for leaders and voluntary-turnover prediction), launch new performance-management modules and grow partnership channels with HR consultancies. Pulses reports rapid growth—tripling annually on key indicators—and currently serves about 600 clients (including Stone, iFood, Energisa, Dasa, Grupo Pão de Açúcar, Via Varejo, C&A and Lojas Americanas) with more than 550,000 employees registered on the platform. The company was founded in 2016 in Itajaí by five partners and aims to impact 5 million collaborators in the next three years.