Quartz
Rua Funchal, 203, 4º andar - Vila Olímpia, São Paulo, SP, 04551-060, Brazil
Overview
Quartz is a venture capital and growth equity firm investing in founders in Brazil. We partner mainly with consumer and fintech companies.
- Total investments
- 4
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Financial Services
Investment portfolio
- 180° Insurance
Participated · Series A · Feb 2022
180° Seguros is a Sao Paulo, Brazil-based insurtech that distributes digital insurance via a B2B2C model. Founded in 2020 by Mauro Levi D’Ancona, Alex Körner and Franco Lamping, the company provides a solution for companies to sell insurance products digitally using a proprietary methodology and modern technologies. It analyzes each distribution channel to identify opportunities to create embedded insurance products that fit into the customer journey and deliver a customer-centric experience. Since founding, 180° has launched nine new products and services across eight different channels. The company employs a 50-person team and plans to use new funding to grow the team, create joint ventures, and expand strategic partnerships with startups, retailers and companies.
- Shopper
Led · Series B · May 2021
Shopper operates a Subscribe & Save style online supermarket focused on recurring purchases of cleaning, hygiene, food, beverages, pet products and household items, with customers building saved baskets and scheduling monthly deliveries. The company manages procurement, distribution-center operations and last-mile delivery to avoid large inventories and reduce waste. Shopper reports more than 250,000 people registered on its platform and says it doubles revenue roughly every four months; its team grew from about 150 employees early in 2020 to over 500 today. The company cites an NPS of 87 and claims customers save on average 10% versus traditional online supermarkets (about R$1,200 per year for a family spending R$1,000/month). With the new capital, Shopper plans to expand into many more municipalities (currently in 22 cities in São Paulo state, targeting at least 60 by the end of 2021), accelerate hiring (about 500 new openings planned by year-end) and speed deployment of new technologies. The founders, Bruna Vaz (COO) and Fábio Rodas (CEO), started the business in 2015 and were recognized on Forbes Under 30 for the venture.
- Warren Investimentos
Participated · Series C · Apr 2021
Warren operates a fee-based wealth management platform (the "Warren Model") offering a free savings account, direct-access trading, and goal-based managed portfolios with a flat fee and 100% cashback on third‑party fund commissions. The company also runs Warren for Business, a platform for investment professionals that it aims to scale to 400 partners and to represent 60% of total AUM (currently 20%). Future plans funded by the raise include hiring, technological enhancements, potential M&A, expanding both digital and physical presence, and increasing partner adoption. Warren has invested in a full product suite including currency exchange, life insurance, education, financial planning and offshore services, plus an institutional business launched in 2020. Operating metrics disclosed: the firm grew AUM from R$500 million in 2020 to R$5 billion and employs about 400 people across nine offices. Warren is a digital brokerage platform that provides clients investment advice alongside self-service access to investment products and charges a flat fee on assets under management with no commissions. The platform offers more than 400 products, including seven funds managed by Warren, and has reached 130,000 clients with two billion Reais in managed assets. In spite of COVID-19 and Brazil's financial challenges, Warren has doubled its AUM and increased its employee base by 30%. The company plans to hire 80 additional collaborators by the end of the year and to double its partner network from more than 200 to 400 by December. Warren is developing Warren for Business, a white-label platform to offer partners products and services such as insurance, private pension plans and financial planning. Founded in 2017 in Porto Alegre, the company says it will continue investing primarily in technology to expand its offerings and distribution.
Team
Áquila Becker
Chief Compliance Officer
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