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 Social Media

Viddy

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Viddy enables e-commerce brands to increase conversion rates and engagement by adding shoppable, interactive video experiences to their websites. The most engaging experiences today are increasingly filled with short-form videos, swiping, and scrolling (think TikTok, Instagram Stories, etc.).Viddy brings those same familiar video experiences to e-commerce websites with much higher purchase intent.

Metrópole 4

Venture Round in 2022
Metropole 4 is an advertising services company that connects brands to digital influencers with different profiles. The company has a technological tool capable of identifying protagonists for campaigns and actions, and connects you, your product, company, or service to these influencers, who “talk” daily with a captive audience eager to reproduce the same tastes and the same pattern of life displayed in digital media. It was founded in 2018 and is located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Fanbase

Venture Round in 2022
Fanbase is a fan management platform that centralizes and activates fan data to enhance relationships between organizations and their supporters. Founded in 2018 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, the company serves a diverse clientele, including sports clubs, leagues, athletes, artists, and event organizers. By aggregating fan data from various sources into a unique identifier, Fanbase enables the creation of tailored digital campaigns, thereby helping clients to optimize their engagement and maximize business opportunities. Through its innovative approach to data management, Fanbase aims to strengthen the connections between organizations and their fans.

Ekyte

Seed Round in 2022
eKyte offers an innovative digital marketing management platform designed to assist marketing departments and agencies in planning, launching, and optimizing their marketing strategies. The platform caters to users of all experience levels, providing tools that facilitate the creation of campaign plans and the conversion of these plans into actionable tasks. eKyte enhances collaboration within teams, manages production processes, and offers ready-made templates and workflows. By utilizing advanced calculations and artificial intelligence, the platform generates intelligent indicators that guide users in making informed decisions to improve their marketing outcomes. Ultimately, eKyte aims to streamline digital marketing efforts and support businesses in achieving growth through effective online and offline networking strategies.

TagMango

Seed Round in 2021
TagMango Private Limited is a Kolkata-based company that operates a platform designed to facilitate marketing and advertising through influencer partnerships. Established in 2019, TagMango enables influencers to transform their followers into brand marketers by offering customizable courses and personalized experiences. The platform features a diverse range of celebrities and influencers who can be engaged for creating video messages and conducting workshops, allowing brands to execute cost-effective online campaigns. Through this innovative approach, TagMango supports both influencers and brands in enhancing their digital marketing efforts and reaching wider audiences.

Smart School

Seed Round in 2021
Smart School is an educational platform that connects parents, students, and schools through communication and technology. The platform has features that adapt to schools of all sizes and makes the school day more efficient. It also provides a digital school communication platform that is practical, easy, and functional. Smart School was founded in 2014 and is based in Brazil.

Smart School

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Smart School is an educational platform that connects parents, students, and schools through communication and technology. The platform has features that adapt to schools of all sizes and makes the school day more efficient. It also provides a digital school communication platform that is practical, easy, and functional. Smart School was founded in 2014 and is based in Brazil.

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.

Trii

Seed Round in 2021
Trii is a company prepared to accompany the rapid advancement of communication, connecting companies, consumers, and ideas. Their pillars are design, strategy, and technology. Their portfolio of services covers design, web implementation, consulting, and digital marketing. The company uses innovation and technology to meet customer business needs.

ClearMix

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Operator of a video marketing platform intended to provide video content for clients remotely. The company's platform provides a remote recording studio backed by a network of professional video editors, so customers can create incredible content from anywhere at any time, enabling clients to share their ideas with the world.

DR.CASH

Seed Round in 2021
CPA Network

Cely

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Provider of digital marketing services intended to create social media influencer campaigns for brands globally. The company specializes in talent representation, social media marketing, management, and content production, enabling brands to generate greater ROI and revenues.

Memo

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We’re a creative agency that specialises in running press & social media campaigns and making original digital content.

Memo

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a media marketplace created for PR professionals to buy media insights from publishers. The company collects useful data using impressions and proxy metrics, in subjects like campaign summary, competitive analysis, content strategy, and crisis management and presents it in the report format, enabling digital publishers to draw useful insights for their business growth.

Jet Media Network

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Jet Media Network operates a media platform focused on creating customized digital destinations for high-profile athletes and celebrities. The company emphasizes data-driven strategies to develop next-generation media networks that empower communities. By providing tailored mobile experiences, Jet Media Network facilitates direct connections between athletes, celebrities, and their fans, fostering engagement and interaction.

DR.CASH

Seed Round in 2021
CPA Network

Hank

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of a virtual connection platform designed to create connections and a community for retired adults. The company's platform is made up of active older adults looking to meet people, learn new things, and pursue old passions, enabling older people to meet new individuals with similar interests, host events, and get together.

Myplace

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of a social networking platform intended to help communities share houses. The company's platform features the ability to let users list their properties and share them with people they trust, enabling users to host and stay with friends.

Kumu

Series B in 2021
KumuMedia Technologies, Inc. develops a mobile application for Filipino communities. Its application provides livestream shows, group chats, and a fun way to make money. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Sacramento, California.

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.

Super.com

Series B in 2021
We believe the commerce should be as simple as chatting with a friend. We have built an engine that drives commerce over messaging. As our first implementation of this engine - we have chosen hotels. SnapTravel empowers customers to find and book hotel rooms over a conversational interface (SMS, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Alexa...). We use NLP and ML technology backed by humans to recommend hotels and deliver a delightful experience. We have driven over $100MM+ in sales exclusively over messaging. We have raised $20MM+ USD from tier-1 investors including iNovia, Telstra Ventures, Peter Kern (Chairman of the Board at Expedia) and NBA Superstar Steph Curry.

Pix Mídia

Venture Round in 2021
Pix Mídia is a digital signage software and solutions provider intended for television distribution. Its software, ImidiaTV, is widely applied in Corporate TV networks, Digital Menu Boards, Digital Showcases, and in the MDOOH market. The company has a mission to connect people and companies through Corporate TV. Pix Mídia was founded in 2013 and is based in Esteio in Brazil.

Pico

Venture Round in 2021
Pico is a company that designs and develops audience relationship management software solutions tailored for online businesses. Established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, it provides pre-made templates equipped with high-converting Facebook and Google sign-in buttons. Pico's platform caters to various sectors, including newsletters, e-commerce, subscriptions, memberships, and donations. Its services are particularly beneficial for small and midsize businesses that aim to foster close-knit communities around content and identity, such as local newsrooms, trade publications, and non-profit organizations.

MessageParty

Venture Round in 2021
MessageParty is a new kind of mobile blogging service. Users can create and consume content from mobile browsers, a native iphone app, or the web.

Infra

Venture Round in 2021
Infra is a communication and advertising agency.

Curtn

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a mobile dating application designed to enhance face-to-face human interaction. The company's application offers a safe environment letting people express themselves unapologetically, enabling users to discover and meet new people through digital dating.

Salut

Seed Round in 2020
Salut Interactive, Inc. is an online platform based in San Francisco, California, that facilitates virtual fitness experiences. Launched in 2020, the platform enables fitness trainers to schedule, stream, and monetize live video workouts while providing users the opportunity to participate in these sessions. Participants can connect with trainers and fellow users, fostering a sense of community and motivation. By offering a space for live interactions, Salut helps individuals maintain their fitness routines from home, making health and wellness more accessible.

Public

Series C in 2020
Public is a social investing network that enables individuals to buy public stocks with any investment amount while fostering community engagement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the platform incorporates social features that allow users to connect with friends, follow trading professionals, and share their trading experiences on a social feed. This approach aims to make the stock market more accessible and interactive, promoting a collaborative investing environment. Public's innovative application offers free trading on stocks and funds, enhancing user experience and encouraging participation in financial markets.

Hello Fan

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Hello Fan is a Brazilian company founded in 2019, specializing in personalized video content. The platform enables users to obtain customized videos from various public figures, including celebrities from music, sports, and entertainment. Users can request video shoutouts that can be shared on social media or used to surprise friends and family. By providing this service on a subscription basis, Hello Fan facilitates a unique digital connection between public figures and their fans, offering a memorable way to celebrate special occasions or express appreciation.

GgTV

Venture Round in 2020
GgTV is a video-first social app for gamers aiming to empower gaming content creators. The app allows users to watch, capture, share, edit, and explore short gaming clips, enabling them to share gameplay highlights, funny moments, and tutorials, within seconds.

Cely

Seed Round in 2020
Provider of digital marketing services intended to create social media influencer campaigns for brands globally. The company specializes in talent representation, social media marketing, management, and content production, enabling brands to generate greater ROI and revenues.

Commsor

Seed Round in 2020
Developer of a community platform designed to grow better, engage, and make money for community-led organizations and teams. The company's platform provides software, education, and resources that help to manage community businesses and help companies build trusted partnerships with unique audience segments, enabling community leaders to access tools for managing online communities.

Fourthwall

Venture Round in 2020
Operator of a monetization platform for creators intended to help them build businesses around their audiences. The company's platform helps creators launch fully-branded websites where fans can support them through e-commerce, donations and memberships while providing full ownership and control of their website and brand, enabling creators to expand their business domain to the outside market in order to earn profits.

SmartMEI

Debt Financing in 2020
SmartMEI Serviços de Tecnologia Ltda operates an online platform in Sao Paulo, Brazil, that offers automated tax and compliance services tailored for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro-entrepreneurs. Founded by two graduates from Stanford's MBA program, SmartMEI aims to empower entrepreneurs by simplifying their back-office operations. The platform helps users manage their legal and fiscal obligations, including banking, invoicing, payment processing, and cash management. By eliminating bureaucratic hurdles, SmartMEI supports businesses in over 3,500 cities across Brazil, providing a comprehensive solution that ensures compliance while allowing entrepreneurs to focus on their core activities.

TagMango

Seed Round in 2020
TagMango Private Limited is a Kolkata-based company that operates a platform designed to facilitate marketing and advertising through influencer partnerships. Established in 2019, TagMango enables influencers to transform their followers into brand marketers by offering customizable courses and personalized experiences. The platform features a diverse range of celebrities and influencers who can be engaged for creating video messages and conducting workshops, allowing brands to execute cost-effective online campaigns. Through this innovative approach, TagMango supports both influencers and brands in enhancing their digital marketing efforts and reaching wider audiences.

Trell

Seed Round in 2020
Trell Experiences Private Limited, established in 2016 and based in Mumbai, India, operates a mobile video blogging application designed for wanderers, foodies, and travelers. The platform serves as a community-based resource for discovering lifestyles through user-generated videos in various Indian languages. It allows users to create visual collections of their experiences, facilitating the sharing and discussion of favorite places and activities. By connecting people globally, Trell enables users to explore new destinations and learn about local experiences, enhancing their travel and lifestyle choices.

Unsplash

Seed Round in 2019
Unsplash, Inc. is a photography community platform founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada. It offers a collection of high-resolution photographs that are freely available for various uses, supported by a community of users who share their images under the Unsplash License. The platform allows users to upload their photos, which are then curated by a team of photo editors to ensure quality. Unsplash aims to create an open creative ecosystem, providing individuals and businesses with access to copyright-free images that can be utilized for purposes such as album art, advertisements, and product design.

SocialWave

Seed Round in 2019
SocialWave helps event producers find the biggest fans of a festival, event, show or nightclub. SocialWave provides tools for fans to publicize the event and win tickets and other benefits in return.

OASIS

Seed Round in 2019
Oasis is a synthetic reality social app focused on meeting new people and making new friends. The company's mission is to allow people to feel psychologically safe enough to be who they really are so that they can be emotionally present with each other.

Smash.gg

Series A in 2019
The Company provides software to improve the Smash experience for streamers, players, tournament attendees, and spectators (collectively, “General Users”) and for registered users who are tournament organizers (“Tournament Organizers”). The Company provides a platform for enabling connections between General Users and Tournament Organizers and for the collection of payments with respect to the sale of tickets, registrations, merchandise, and services for, and the solicitation of donations with respect to, events registered on the Site from General Users.

mLabs

Seed Round in 2019
mLabs is a comprehensive SaaS platform designed for managing social media marketing and relationships. The platform enables users to schedule posts, respond to comments, and monitor content feeds, streamlining the management of multiple social networks. It offers smart recommendations tailored to users' content history, allowing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to enhance their online presence effectively. mLabs also includes features for generating customized performance reports, tracking competition metrics, and facilitating direct interactions with followers. By providing a range of functionalities at an affordable price, mLabs caters to the needs of various companies, although it is currently available only in Portuguese.

Standout

Seed Round in 2019
Standout is the new tool media online for e-commerces, manufacturers, agencies and professional marketing.

Passei Direto

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Passei Direto S.A. is an academic social network based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2012. The platform serves over 15 million students across more than 2,500 universities, facilitating connections among university students. It allows users to follow specific courses, share study materials, and engage in collaborative learning through peer interactions. With over 3 million pieces of shared content, Passei Direto enhances the academic experience by providing resources such as solved exercises, study plans, and video summaries tailored to popular textbooks. Additionally, the platform offers a Premium Plan that grants access to exclusive content created by specialists, further supporting students in their academic pursuits.

BuzzLead

Pre Seed Round in 2018
BuzzLead, founded in 2014 and headquartered in Goiânia, Brazil, specializes in referral marketing by providing a SaaS-based platform that helps companies create, measure, and manage customer-referral programs. The platform facilitates word-of-mouth marketing through various channels, including email and messaging platforms, allowing businesses to generate customer incentives and track their success in real time. By leveraging social networks, BuzzLead enables users to develop effective referral strategies tailored to their products or services. The platform also integrates with key marketing and customer relationship management tools, empowering companies to enhance their sales through customer referrals.

SocialWave

Venture Round in 2018
SocialWave helps event producers find the biggest fans of a festival, event, show or nightclub. SocialWave provides tools for fans to publicize the event and win tickets and other benefits in return.

Circle

Venture Round in 2018
Circle is a community platform that brings together the creators' discussions, memberships, and content. The company was founded by Sid Yadav, Rudy Santino, and Andrew Guttormsen.

ComOferta

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Developer of a promotion-sharing application designed to offer an online channel for the dissemination of offers. The company's platform allows retailers to advertise their offers to consumers who can still share these offers on their social networks, with basic information about the product, price and establishment, enabling users to buy and share deals with their network.

SocialWave

Pre Seed Round in 2018
SocialWave helps event producers find the biggest fans of a festival, event, show or nightclub. SocialWave provides tools for fans to publicize the event and win tickets and other benefits in return.

Unsplash

Series A in 2018
Unsplash, Inc. is a photography community platform founded in 2013 and based in Montreal, Canada. It offers a collection of high-resolution photographs that are freely available for various uses, supported by a community of users who share their images under the Unsplash License. The platform allows users to upload their photos, which are then curated by a team of photo editors to ensure quality. Unsplash aims to create an open creative ecosystem, providing individuals and businesses with access to copyright-free images that can be utilized for purposes such as album art, advertisements, and product design.

Keep.i

Seed Round in 2018
Keep.i Media, founded in 2017 and based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, provides a digital media intelligence platform that automates media reporting. The platform consolidates campaign results in real time, enhancing team productivity and significantly reducing the time spent on reporting tasks, potentially saving users up to 40 hours per week.

Mithril

Venture Round in 2017
Mithril is a decentralized social network ecosystem that leverages blockchain technology to reward content creators for their contributions. Founded in 2017 and based in Taipei, Taiwan, Mithril integrates its ERC-20 social media token, MITH, into both new and existing social media platforms. The MITH token serves as a utility within the Mithril ecosystem, allowing users to spend it on various services, including dating applications, premium content channels, and live-streaming platforms. Additionally, Mithril features Lit, a platform that facilitates social mining, and Mithril Vault, a digital asset management tool for Mithril tokens. The Mithril Merchant Network aims to enable retail acceptance of MITH as a payment method, initially targeting retailers in Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong. With a focus on meeting the needs of the younger generation of social media users and early crypto adopters, Mithril seeks to create a valuable ecosystem that benefits both users and partner merchants.

Standout

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Standout is the new tool media online for e-commerces, manufacturers, agencies and professional marketing.

Medal

Venture Round in 2017
Medal is the easiest way to Create, Watch, Share, and Analyze gaming highlights.

Buffer

Venture Round in 2017
Buffer, Inc. is a social media management company that provides a comprehensive tool designed to assist marketers and agencies in planning, scheduling, and analyzing their social media campaigns. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, Buffer allows users to schedule posts across various platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. The tool also supports multimedia engagement and facilitates collaboration among team members, enabling them to share insights and create content efficiently. In addition to its core scheduling features, Buffer offers Pablo, a tool for designing engaging images tailored for social media. By focusing on user-friendly solutions, Buffer helps businesses and non-profits enhance their online presence and drive meaningful engagement with their audiences.

MobLee

Seed Round in 2017
mobLee brings the digital marketing benefits to the offline world through a beautiful white-label mobile app to engage attendees at events. The mobLee is a mobile platform for leading events in Latin America. The company has already helped over 500 events fill the gap between the physical and digital worlds through applications.

RankScience

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

Digital Influencers

Angel Round in 2017
Digital Influencers operates as a platform that connects businesses with social media influencers for marketing purposes, and is headquartered in Brazil. Founded in 2015, the company specializes in facilitating partnerships between brands and influencers, allowing for real-time monitoring of influencer activities and providing valuable metrics to assess campaign impact. Digital Influencers primarily caters to micro and small businesses seeking affordable marketing strategies, as well as medium and large companies looking for effective ways to reach audiences across Brazil. By offering a well-resourced platform, the company enables clients to promote their products and services effectively while enhancing brand visibility through targeted influencer collaborations.

Poppin

Seed Round in 2017
Poppin is a mobile dating platform that enhances the dating experience by connecting users through shared social and music events. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, the application integrates with users' social media profiles, allowing them to discover who attends the same events. This unique approach encourages users to meet new people without the pressure of traditional dating, as they can easily see mutual interests and confirm attendance at events. By facilitating a smooth transition from online interactions to in-person meetings, Poppin aims to increase the likelihood of successful connections compared to conventional dating apps.

Mish Guru

Seed Round in 2016
Mish Guru Limited is a marketing technology company based in Auckland, New Zealand, that specializes in providing online tools for brands, agencies, and artists to post, track, and engage with audiences on Snapchat and Instagram Stories. Established in 2014, Mish Guru offers a comprehensive suite of services that enables clients to scale their content creation efficiently while leveraging real-time engagement strategies. The platform allows marketers to rebroadcast user-generated content during campaigns or live events, enhancing audience interaction. By moving content consumption from mobile to desktop, Mish Guru equips marketers with essential analytics to demonstrate campaign effectiveness, delve into content insights, and refine future marketing strategies. The company has collaborated with notable brands such as Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, and Spotify, helping them navigate the fast-paced and demanding landscape of ephemeral storytelling.

SocialWave

Venture Round in 2016
SocialWave helps event producers find the biggest fans of a festival, event, show or nightclub. SocialWave provides tools for fans to publicize the event and win tickets and other benefits in return.

Blogo

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Blogo is a company that develops a blog publishing application designed for content creators. Founded in 2014 and based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the application allows users to manage multiple blogs from a single dashboard. It offers features such as scheduling and organizing posts, editing images, and previewing content while writing. Additionally, Blogo enables users to manage comments and interact with commenters efficiently. The application is compatible with Mac, iPhone, and iPad devices and supports offline writing and synchronization with platforms like Evernote. It is available for download on the App Store, catering to the needs of bloggers and content creators looking for streamlined publishing solutions.

GrowthHackers

Pre Seed Round in 2016
GrowthHackers is a networked platform where marketing teams align efforts, benchmark results & access resources to achieve growth objectives.

AIO

Venture Round in 2016
AIO enables users to target content by user groups, create categories and playlists, moderate upload content, and manage published videos.

Poppin

Venture Round in 2016
Poppin is a mobile dating platform that enhances the dating experience by connecting users through shared social and music events. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, the application integrates with users' social media profiles, allowing them to discover who attends the same events. This unique approach encourages users to meet new people without the pressure of traditional dating, as they can easily see mutual interests and confirm attendance at events. By facilitating a smooth transition from online interactions to in-person meetings, Poppin aims to increase the likelihood of successful connections compared to conventional dating apps.

Passei Direto

Series B in 2016
Passei Direto S.A. is an academic social network based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, founded in 2012. The platform serves over 15 million students across more than 2,500 universities, facilitating connections among university students. It allows users to follow specific courses, share study materials, and engage in collaborative learning through peer interactions. With over 3 million pieces of shared content, Passei Direto enhances the academic experience by providing resources such as solved exercises, study plans, and video summaries tailored to popular textbooks. Additionally, the platform offers a Premium Plan that grants access to exclusive content created by specialists, further supporting students in their academic pursuits.

Contentools

Angel Round in 2015
Contentools is a content marketing software company that assists businesses in enhancing their website traffic, generating leads, and converting clients. Founded on February 7, 2014, by Elton Miranda and Emilia Chagas, the company is headquartered in Florianopolis, Brazil. Its platform allows users to create and manage their workflows efficiently, integrating strategy development, content creation, and analytics tracking. Contentools also fosters a community of marketing professionals, encouraging collaboration and the exchange of ideas to drive effective growth strategies. The software is designed to support learning-driven teams in prioritizing and analyzing data to achieve scalable and sustainable business growth.

Love Mondays

Venture Round in 2013
Love Mondays Ltda. operates an online platform in Brazil that facilitates company reviews and job-related information. Founded in 2013 and based in São Paulo, the platform enables job seekers to access anonymous insights from current and former employees regarding various aspects of employment, such as work/life balance, career advancement opportunities, and workplace culture. Additionally, it provides businesses with a space to share information about available positions, training programs, and employee benefits. As of September 2016, Love Mondays has been a subsidiary of Glassdoor, Inc., further enhancing its resources and reach in the job market.
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