Valor Capital Group

Valor Capital Group, established in 2011 and headquartered in New York, is an investment firm specializing in cross-border financial and investment opportunities. It operates two primary investment strategies: Growth Equity and Venture Capital. The firm invests in seed-stage, early-stage, later-stage, and growth-stage companies across various sectors, including B2B, B2C, e-commerce, fintech, and technology, in both the United States and Brazil. Valor Capital Group is a Registered Investment Adviser (RIA).

Bruno Batavia

Principal and Director of Emerging Tech

Gustavo Berger

Investment Analyst

Pedro Bustamante

Investment Analyst

João Camara

Investment Senior Analyst

Matheus Cordeiro

Investment Analyst

Carlos Costa

Partner

Gabriel Gil

Investment Senior Associate

Carolina Hibner

Investment Senior Analyst

Maria Carolina Lacombe

Principal and Director of Community

Carol Lacombe

Principal and Director of Community

Nicolas Marin

Senior Analyst

Karina Martinez

Investment Associate

Mario Mello

Venture Partner

Felipe Mendes

Vice President and Director of Finance, Brazil

Bernardo Penteado

Senior Analyst

Pedro Pereira

Investment Senior Analyst

Nicole Salim

Investment Analyst

Fabiana Scionti

Investment Associate

Clifford Sobel

Managing Partner

Scott Sobel

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Phillip Trauer

Principal

Past deals in Business Development

Sami

Series B in 2024
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

BHub

Series A in 2024
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

Conta Simples

Series B in 2024
Conta Simples is a digital banking platform designed to streamline financial transactions for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. It combines a checking account, expense management tools, and corporate cards into a single, user-friendly interface. The platform enables businesses to manage transfers, withdrawals, and payments efficiently while providing features that enhance financial control, visibility, and autonomy. By facilitating organized and secure financial operations through both mobile and desktop access, Conta Simples aims to simplify the banking experience for entrepreneurs and finance teams.

Sami

Series B in 2023
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Venture Round in 2022
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in enhancing the use of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency for lenders utilizing receivables as collateral. The company aims to transform the credit market by facilitating accelerated and sustainable credit growth for businesses of various sizes. By focusing on improving the infrastructure surrounding credit transactions, CERC seeks to increase the overall reliability of receivable-based lending.

BHub

Series A in 2022
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

Conta Simples

Series A in 2021
Conta Simples is a digital banking platform designed to streamline financial transactions for small and medium-sized businesses in Latin America. It combines a checking account, expense management tools, and corporate cards into a single, user-friendly interface. The platform enables businesses to manage transfers, withdrawals, and payments efficiently while providing features that enhance financial control, visibility, and autonomy. By facilitating organized and secure financial operations through both mobile and desktop access, Conta Simples aims to simplify the banking experience for entrepreneurs and finance teams.

BHub

Series A in 2021
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

Sami

Convertible Note in 2021
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

Aprende Institute

Series A in 2021
Aprende Institute is an online education platform that provides vocational skills training programs aimed at helping students acquire essential skills for launching their own businesses or pursuing new careers in high-demand fields. The platform features a diverse array of online training courses and diploma programs designed to equip learners with practical knowledge and competencies. By focusing on skills that enable individuals to generate additional income through self-owned businesses, Aprende Institute supports students in their professional development and economic empowerment.

BHub

Pre Seed Round in 2021
BHub is a leading financial back-office solution provider for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Latin America. The company offers an AI-based platform that allows entrepreneurs to fully outsource their finance and administrative tasks. BHub's platform automates workflows related to accounts payable and receivable, accounting, taxes, and payroll, significantly reducing the time, costs, and labor involved in these functions. By providing a range of subscription packages that encompass various services, including legal and human resources, BHub enables startups and SMEs to streamline their operations and focus on core business activities.

Betterfly

Series B in 2021
Betterfly is a purpose-driven wellbeing and insurance platform founded in 2018 and based in Santiago, Chile. The company aims to enhance the health and wellbeing of organizations and their employees while fostering positive community impact. Betterfly's innovative platform rewards individuals for adopting healthy habits by providing life insurance coverage that increases daily. Additionally, every healthy activity is converted into a charitable donation, enabling businesses to integrate corporate wellness and social responsibility into their employee benefits programs. This unique approach not only promotes individual health but also encourages corporate engagement in community support.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Venture Round in 2020
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in enhancing the use of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency for lenders utilizing receivables as collateral. The company aims to transform the credit market by facilitating accelerated and sustainable credit growth for businesses of various sizes. By focusing on improving the infrastructure surrounding credit transactions, CERC seeks to increase the overall reliability of receivable-based lending.

Sami

Series A in 2020
Sami is a health plan operator based in São Paulo, Brazil, established in 2018 by Dr. Vitor Asseituno and Luiz Guilherme Berardo. The company aims to simplify healthcare for its patients, making it more efficient and accessible while reducing costs associated with medical care. Sami offers comprehensive health plans that include unlimited app-based or in-person consultations, a dedicated health team, and access to a network of hospitals and wellness services. This approach enables individuals and businesses to receive personalized and preventive healthcare, aligning with Sami's mission to transform the Brazilian health system into a more straightforward and reliable experience for all.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Series A in 2019
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial technology company based in São Paulo, Brazil, that specializes in enhancing the use of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency for lenders utilizing receivables as collateral. The company aims to transform the credit market by facilitating accelerated and sustainable credit growth for businesses of various sizes. By focusing on improving the infrastructure surrounding credit transactions, CERC seeks to increase the overall reliability of receivable-based lending.

Infracommerce

Series D in 2017
Infracommerce is a full-service e-commerce and is established in 2012 with the objective of providing technology and management solutions for retail and industry. Based in Brazil, Infracommerce brings together the expertise of professionals with over twenty years experience, more than 4500 employees divided into three business units. The company's mission is to provide services and systems that enable the retailer a greater efficiency and scale while selling online. Infracommerce excels because of the constant search for technological innovation, improvement of services, and a model that optimizes the actions of customers generating greater sales performance and ecosystem efficiency.

Guiabolso

Series B in 2015
Guiabolso is a Brazilian fintech company founded in 2014 by Thiago Alvarez and Benjamin Gleason, aimed at transforming the financial landscape through innovative technology and Open Banking solutions. With a user base of 6 million, Guiabolso offers an application that consolidates financial management, automates budgeting, and provides a curated marketplace for financial products. The platform enhances users' financial well-being by facilitating informed choices through unique segmenting and scoring capabilities. Additionally, Guiabolso stands out as the only company in Brazil with a fully operational end-to-end Open Banking solution tailored for B2B clients, offering advanced analytics and personal financial management features. By leveraging open data access, Guiabolso seeks to improve the financial lives of consumers and provide valuable insights to its corporate partners.

Infracommerce

Series B in 2014
Infracommerce is a full-service e-commerce and is established in 2012 with the objective of providing technology and management solutions for retail and industry. Based in Brazil, Infracommerce brings together the expertise of professionals with over twenty years experience, more than 4500 employees divided into three business units. The company's mission is to provide services and systems that enable the retailer a greater efficiency and scale while selling online. Infracommerce excels because of the constant search for technological innovation, improvement of services, and a model that optimizes the actions of customers generating greater sales performance and ecosystem efficiency.

Guiabolso

Series A in 2014
Guiabolso is a Brazilian fintech company founded in 2014 by Thiago Alvarez and Benjamin Gleason, aimed at transforming the financial landscape through innovative technology and Open Banking solutions. With a user base of 6 million, Guiabolso offers an application that consolidates financial management, automates budgeting, and provides a curated marketplace for financial products. The platform enhances users' financial well-being by facilitating informed choices through unique segmenting and scoring capabilities. Additionally, Guiabolso stands out as the only company in Brazil with a fully operational end-to-end Open Banking solution tailored for B2B clients, offering advanced analytics and personal financial management features. By leveraging open data access, Guiabolso seeks to improve the financial lives of consumers and provide valuable insights to its corporate partners.

Guiabolso

Seed Round in 2013
Guiabolso is a Brazilian fintech company founded in 2014 by Thiago Alvarez and Benjamin Gleason, aimed at transforming the financial landscape through innovative technology and Open Banking solutions. With a user base of 6 million, Guiabolso offers an application that consolidates financial management, automates budgeting, and provides a curated marketplace for financial products. The platform enhances users' financial well-being by facilitating informed choices through unique segmenting and scoring capabilities. Additionally, Guiabolso stands out as the only company in Brazil with a fully operational end-to-end Open Banking solution tailored for B2B clients, offering advanced analytics and personal financial management features. By leveraging open data access, Guiabolso seeks to improve the financial lives of consumers and provide valuable insights to its corporate partners.
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