Bossa Invest

Bossa Nova Investimentos e Administração S.A. is a venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in pre-seed, seed, startup, and early-stage investments. Founded in 2010, Bossa Nova is recognized as Brazil's first micro venture capital firm and has become the most active investor in the pre-seed stage within the country. The firm focuses on technology sectors, particularly software, service development, mobile applications, SaaS, and B2B solutions, and has expanded its investment activities to include companies in the United States. Bossa Nova typically makes minority investments, with funding ranging from R$0.1 million to R$0.8 million per project. Additionally, the firm manages the Bossa Nova Sports Tech Fund, which targets investments in consumer and business products, information technology, wellness, and gaming sectors, with preferred investment amounts between R$0.1 million and R$0.3 million across multiple companies.

Flavio Garcia

Investor

Marcus Marques

Investor

Ricardo Miranda

Investor

Thiago Gomes Hilário de Oliveira

Partner

Guilherme Pepe

Investment Analyst

Past deals in Search Engine

99Hunters

Seed Round in 2022
99Hunters is a recruitment and selection marketplace that utilizes artificial intelligence to connect job seekers with companies. The platform facilitates the recruitment process by matching candidates to job vacancies based on their profiles, streamlining the hiring process for employers. Additionally, 99Hunters allows professionals to refer potential candidates, rewarding them for successful placements. This approach not only helps recruiters find the right talent efficiently but also enhances the overall job search experience for individuals seeking employment opportunities.

Easyjur

Venture Round in 2022
Easyjur develops an artificial intelligence-based legal technology tool aimed at democratizing access to justice. The platform captures and monitors lawsuits across all courts, converting extensive data into structured formats. It enables attorneys to track their cases efficiently by monitoring processes associated with their names and registration numbers. Additionally, Easyjur allows lawyers to receive notifications regarding any changes in case status, thereby enhancing their ability to manage legal activities effectively. This innovative approach simplifies legal case management and improves accessibility to justice for both legal professionals and their clients.

OpenSea

Series C in 2022
OpenSea operates as a peer-to-peer marketplace specializing in crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). As the largest platform of its kind, OpenSea enables users to buy and sell a wide range of digital assets, including gaming items and virtual goods, all backed by blockchain technology. The marketplace employs smart contracts to facilitate secure transactions, enhancing user trust and safety. OpenSea plays a significant role in the burgeoning Web3 economy, supporting the growth of decentralized applications and digital assets. It also features an investment arm, OpenSea Ventures, which focuses on fostering innovation among new founders in the blockchain space.

Pallet

Seed Round in 2021
Cardea brings curation to job searches, so users can see the jobs that count. Cardea brings Spotify-style playlists to job search. Users can choose their favourite curated playlists and filter out the noise to focus on what matters. Job posts on Cardea are summarised so that users can get the information they need to decide whether to apply. Find out what a role involves, what the requirements are, key information about the company, and the benefits, in just a glance.

HubLocal

Seed Round in 2021
Hublocal is a digital marketing platform based in Fortaleza, Brazil, that helps businesses enhance their online presence and attract customers through optimized listings on various search engines and mapping services, including Google Maps, Facebook Places, and Apple Maps. Founded in 2015, the company offers a suite of services that includes real-time management of business information, performance measurement, reputation control, and local search engine optimization. By integrating its platform with multiple online directories, Hublocal empowers businesses of all sizes to keep their information current and improve their visibility, ultimately driving customer engagement and foot traffic to physical locations.

Jasper

Venture Round in 2021
Jasper (formerly Inoventive) started with one goal: to connect businesses with top engineering talent. To fulfill this goal, Jasper evolved from a job marketplace to an on-demand engineering recruiting service and finally to an AI-powered recruiter bot. In its final version, Jasper was using Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing techniques to disrupt the recruiting industry. Jasper ceased operation in March 2017.

Weekday

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of network platform for software engineers intended to find the top talented individuals for recruitment. The company has built a highly curated list of engineering candidates and offers access to a network of thousands of software engineers, enabling businesses to get the best engineers for their company.

Zeeng

Seed Round in 2021
Zeeng offers a platform focused on Marketing and Communication aimed at helping decision-making of segment managers. The Company is based in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

RankMyApp

Seed Round in 2021
RankMyApp is a company that specializes in app store optimization, providing a tool that enhances the visibility and organic downloads of applications in app stores. Founded in 2015 by Leandro Scalise, the company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Its sophisticated algorithm helps users optimize various aspects of their applications, including titles, descriptions, icons, screenshots, categories, keywords, and competitor analysis. By focusing on strategic keywords, RankMyApp enables clients to improve their app rankings and attract new users while retaining existing ones.

Lexset

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lexset.ai LLC specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based visual search tools for the interior design and furniture industries. Its flagship product, LexSet Visual Search, allows customers and designers to input images, identify objects within those images, and receive product recommendations to achieve desired aesthetics. Additionally, Lexset offers LexSet NextGen Tools, which include a mobile cross-platform software development kit that supports real-time object recognition and 3D tracking, as well as a data engine that generates training sets using 3D visualization and simulation technologies. This suite of tools is designed to enhance the capabilities of furniture and home supply retailers, helping them leverage augmented reality and artificial intelligence to boost sales. Founded in 2017 and based in Brooklyn, New York, Lexset aims to provide innovative solutions that streamline the design process and improve product discovery.

Easyjur

Venture Round in 2021
Easyjur develops an artificial intelligence-based legal technology tool aimed at democratizing access to justice. The platform captures and monitors lawsuits across all courts, converting extensive data into structured formats. It enables attorneys to track their cases efficiently by monitoring processes associated with their names and registration numbers. Additionally, Easyjur allows lawyers to receive notifications regarding any changes in case status, thereby enhancing their ability to manage legal activities effectively. This innovative approach simplifies legal case management and improves accessibility to justice for both legal professionals and their clients.

Entelo

Venture Round in 2021
Entelo applies intelligence to big data to help modern recruiters find, qualify, and acquire talent. Today over 600 customers of all sizes and industries trust Entelo to provide their talent acquisition teams with higher candidate engagement, actionable insights, and increased productivity. To learn how leading companies such as Capital One, Cisco, Facebook, GE, Genentech, Netflix, Northrop Grumman, and Target are building their organizations using Entelo, visit www.entelo.com.

Captei

Venture Round in 2021
Real estate capture and fundraising platform with smart search for ads and owners, CRM for real estate capture and agency. In addition, we offer a range of data-driven and growth-oriented tools for realtors and brokers such as referral system, real estate capture management and more!

Pallet

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cardea brings curation to job searches, so users can see the jobs that count. Cardea brings Spotify-style playlists to job search. Users can choose their favourite curated playlists and filter out the noise to focus on what matters. Job posts on Cardea are summarised so that users can get the information they need to decide whether to apply. Find out what a role involves, what the requirements are, key information about the company, and the benefits, in just a glance.

Kavak

Series B in 2020
KAVAK is the online platform that offers an exceptional experience of buying and selling used cars in Mexico, with the best prices on the market and without leaving home.

RankMyApp

Seed Round in 2020
RankMyApp is a company that specializes in app store optimization, providing a tool that enhances the visibility and organic downloads of applications in app stores. Founded in 2015 by Leandro Scalise, the company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Its sophisticated algorithm helps users optimize various aspects of their applications, including titles, descriptions, icons, screenshots, categories, keywords, and competitor analysis. By focusing on strategic keywords, RankMyApp enables clients to improve their app rankings and attract new users while retaining existing ones.

Golden

Venture Round in 2020
Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler. It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top of changes, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.

RankMyApp

Seed Round in 2019
RankMyApp is a company that specializes in app store optimization, providing a tool that enhances the visibility and organic downloads of applications in app stores. Founded in 2015 by Leandro Scalise, the company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Its sophisticated algorithm helps users optimize various aspects of their applications, including titles, descriptions, icons, screenshots, categories, keywords, and competitor analysis. By focusing on strategic keywords, RankMyApp enables clients to improve their app rankings and attract new users while retaining existing ones.

GeekHunter

Seed Round in 2019
GeekHunter is an online platform developed to capture, test and select the best IT professionals on the market and present them dynamically to technology companies, reversing the traditional recruitment process. We pre-select candidates through our selection algorithm, which are then evaluated by automated testing of programming logic and video interview. Only the top 5% are featured in online hiring rounds involving GeekHunter's partners and customers. Today GeekHunter has a portfolio of more than 250 customers! Some examples are Ambev, CI & T, Dafiti, Bank Facil, Chaordic, Mercado Livre, GuiaBolso, among others.

GeekHunter

Seed Round in 2019
GeekHunter is an online platform developed to capture, test and select the best IT professionals on the market and present them dynamically to technology companies, reversing the traditional recruitment process. We pre-select candidates through our selection algorithm, which are then evaluated by automated testing of programming logic and video interview. Only the top 5% are featured in online hiring rounds involving GeekHunter's partners and customers. Today GeekHunter has a portfolio of more than 250 customers! Some examples are Ambev, CI & T, Dafiti, Bank Facil, Chaordic, Mercado Livre, GuiaBolso, among others.

Easyjur

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Easyjur develops an artificial intelligence-based legal technology tool aimed at democratizing access to justice. The platform captures and monitors lawsuits across all courts, converting extensive data into structured formats. It enables attorneys to track their cases efficiently by monitoring processes associated with their names and registration numbers. Additionally, Easyjur allows lawyers to receive notifications regarding any changes in case status, thereby enhancing their ability to manage legal activities effectively. This innovative approach simplifies legal case management and improves accessibility to justice for both legal professionals and their clients.

Zaply

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Zaply is an artificial intelligence platform that enhances grocery shopping by providing a search engine specifically for online supermarket products in Brazil. It enables users to discover the best prices for their grocery needs with a single click. Additionally, Zaply features a robot that identifies existing promotions in supermarkets, helping consumers save money on their purchases. By streamlining the grocery shopping experience, Zaply aims to make it easier for users to find cost-effective options while navigating the online marketplace.

Zaraz

Seed Round in 2019
Zaraz is a software company founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in optimizing website performance by enhancing the loading process of third-party tools. By integrating a single line of code, Zaraz can make websites approximately 40% faster, resulting in improved conversion rates and better SEO rankings. Its third-party management system is designed to boost web performance metrics across various industries, including e-commerce, publishing, gaming, and B2B. The company offers a robust web infrastructure that allows businesses to seamlessly incorporate a range of third-party services, such as data and analytics tools, marketing technologies, customer relationship management systems, and advertising technologies, without compromising website speed.

RecruitBot

Venture Round in 2019
Operator of an artificial intelligence-based recruitment platform intended to hire ideal candidates according to positions. The company's platform facilitates partnering with public and private data companies to build and maintain a collection of global candidate profiles in the world and reach out to suitable candidates all at once with a customizable drip campaign interface with the use of machine learning, enabling clients to predict which candidates are relevant to each position and save time for hiring managers.

Gofind

Venture Round in 2018
Gofind.Online Portal S/A is a company based in Joinville, Brazil, that has been operational since 2015. It specializes in developing an application that organizes information about stores and products, allowing users to locate nearby retailers and check product availability. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to gather and analyze retail sales data, enabling companies to make informed corporate decisions and support strategic planning with accurate insights. Through its decision intelligence capabilities, Gofind.Online aims to enhance the efficiency of retail operations by providing valuable data to both consumers and businesses.

Golden

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Golden is a developer of a self-constructing knowledge database used to accelerate discovery and education. The company uses and leverages human effort by using machine intelligence to make the process of gathering and communicating knowledge simpler. It combines a powerful search across several entities with fine-grain alerts to stay on top of changes, and semi-automatic research assistance for gaps in knowledge that enable people in organizations to stay current, understand and leverage the latest trends in their industry.

Bunee

Venture Round in 2017
Bunee is a recruitment platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2016. It leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the hiring process for developers across the country. The platform aggregates data on thousands of programmers, allowing companies to filter candidates based on various criteria, including location, skills, experience, and contributions to open-source projects. This intelligent algorithm enables businesses to efficiently identify and select the best talent, making recruitment more effective and less cumbersome.

RankScience

Venture Round in 2017
RankScience is a continuous-optimization platform that improves website SEO through automatic A/B testing and data science.

Gofind

Venture Round in 2016
Gofind.Online Portal S/A is a company based in Joinville, Brazil, that has been operational since 2015. It specializes in developing an application that organizes information about stores and products, allowing users to locate nearby retailers and check product availability. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to gather and analyze retail sales data, enabling companies to make informed corporate decisions and support strategic planning with accurate insights. Through its decision intelligence capabilities, Gofind.Online aims to enhance the efficiency of retail operations by providing valuable data to both consumers and businesses.

RankMyApp

Pre Seed Round in 2016
RankMyApp is a company that specializes in app store optimization, providing a tool that enhances the visibility and organic downloads of applications in app stores. Founded in 2015 by Leandro Scalise, the company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Its sophisticated algorithm helps users optimize various aspects of their applications, including titles, descriptions, icons, screenshots, categories, keywords, and competitor analysis. By focusing on strategic keywords, RankMyApp enables clients to improve their app rankings and attract new users while retaining existing ones.

Bunee

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Bunee is a recruitment platform based in São Paulo, Brazil, founded in 2016. It leverages artificial intelligence to streamline the hiring process for developers across the country. The platform aggregates data on thousands of programmers, allowing companies to filter candidates based on various criteria, including location, skills, experience, and contributions to open-source projects. This intelligent algorithm enables businesses to efficiently identify and select the best talent, making recruitment more effective and less cumbersome.

RankMyApp

Seed Round in 2016
RankMyApp is a company that specializes in app store optimization, providing a tool that enhances the visibility and organic downloads of applications in app stores. Founded in 2015 by Leandro Scalise, the company is headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, with an additional office in San Francisco, California. Its sophisticated algorithm helps users optimize various aspects of their applications, including titles, descriptions, icons, screenshots, categories, keywords, and competitor analysis. By focusing on strategic keywords, RankMyApp enables clients to improve their app rankings and attract new users while retaining existing ones.

Gofind

Seed Round in 2016
Gofind.Online Portal S/A is a company based in Joinville, Brazil, that has been operational since 2015. It specializes in developing an application that organizes information about stores and products, allowing users to locate nearby retailers and check product availability. The platform utilizes artificial intelligence to gather and analyze retail sales data, enabling companies to make informed corporate decisions and support strategic planning with accurate insights. Through its decision intelligence capabilities, Gofind.Online aims to enhance the efficiency of retail operations by providing valuable data to both consumers and businesses.
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