Valor Capital Group

Valor Capital Group is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York. It focuses on cross-border investment opportunities between the United States and Brazil, operating across Growth Equity and Venture Capital strategies. The firm backs seed to growth-stage companies in sectors such as B2B, commercial services, B2C, consumer non-durables, e-commerce, fintech, and technology, including TMT. It is registered as a Registered Investment Adviser.

Bruno Batavia

Principal and Director of Emerging Tech

Gustavo Berger

Investment Analyst

Pedro Bustamante

Investment Analyst

João Camara

Investment Senior Analyst

Antoine Colaço

Managing Partner

Matheus Cordeiro

Investment Analyst

Carlos Costa

Vice President

Gabriel Rosenthal Gil

Venture Partner

Sam Heck

Managing Director

Carolina Hibner

Investment Senior Analyst

Carol Lacombe

Vice President

Maria Carolina Lacombe

Principal and Director of Community

Beatriz Madeira

Senior Associate

Nicolas Marin

Senior Analyst

Karina Martinez

Investment Associate

Felipe Mendes

Associate

Michael Nicklas

Managing Partner

Paulo Passoni

Managing Partner

Bernardo Penteado

Senior Analyst

Pedro Pereira

Investment Senior Analyst

Nicole Salim

Investment Analyst

Fabiana Scionti

Investment Associate

Scott Sobel

Managing Partner

Clifford Sobel

Managing Partner

Phillip Trauer

Principal

Past deals in Credits and Lending

Kanastra

Series A in 2025
Kanastra is a tech-driven backoffice for alternative investments, supporting private credit and private equity facilities. It develops an asset management platform designed to reduce friction in the securitization market, offering banking services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, distribution, passive management, and mirroring, along with real-time analytics and structured data to enable investors and originators to invest with greater freedom and efficiency.

Kanastra

Series A in 2024
Kanastra is a tech-driven backoffice for alternative investments, supporting private credit and private equity facilities. It develops an asset management platform designed to reduce friction in the securitization market, offering banking services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, distribution, passive management, and mirroring, along with real-time analytics and structured data to enable investors and originators to invest with greater freedom and efficiency.

Vixtra

Seed Round in 2024
Vixtra is a payment method and credit provider focused on supporting Latin American importers in their transactions with international suppliers. The company has developed a payment gateway platform that simplifies international transactions by offering instant payment and bank account verification. Vixtra enables businesses to conduct bulk outbound payments efficiently, utilizing various payment methods including credit and debit cards. This comprehensive approach facilitates smoother and more reliable financial interactions between importers and their multinational suppliers.

Vixtra

Venture Round in 2023
Vixtra is a payment method and credit provider focused on supporting Latin American importers in their transactions with international suppliers. The company has developed a payment gateway platform that simplifies international transactions by offering instant payment and bank account verification. Vixtra enables businesses to conduct bulk outbound payments efficiently, utilizing various payment methods including credit and debit cards. This comprehensive approach facilitates smoother and more reliable financial interactions between importers and their multinational suppliers.

Kanastra

Seed Round in 2023
Kanastra is a tech-driven backoffice for alternative investments, supporting private credit and private equity facilities. It develops an asset management platform designed to reduce friction in the securitization market, offering banking services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, distribution, passive management, and mirroring, along with real-time analytics and structured data to enable investors and originators to invest with greater freedom and efficiency.

Kanastra

Seed Round in 2022
Kanastra is a tech-driven backoffice for alternative investments, supporting private credit and private equity facilities. It develops an asset management platform designed to reduce friction in the securitization market, offering banking services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, distribution, passive management, and mirroring, along with real-time analytics and structured data to enable investors and originators to invest with greater freedom and efficiency.

Vixtra

Seed Round in 2022
Vixtra is a payment method and credit provider focused on supporting Latin American importers in their transactions with international suppliers. The company has developed a payment gateway platform that simplifies international transactions by offering instant payment and bank account verification. Vixtra enables businesses to conduct bulk outbound payments efficiently, utilizing various payment methods including credit and debit cards. This comprehensive approach facilitates smoother and more reliable financial interactions between importers and their multinational suppliers.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Venture Round in 2022
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial services company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in enhancing the utilization of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015 by Marcelo Maziero and Fernando Fontes, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency in the use of receivables as collateral for lenders. The company aims to transform the credit market by improving the security and effectiveness of credit transactions, facilitating accelerated and sustainable growth in credit offerings for businesses of all sizes.

Kanastra

Seed Round in 2022
Kanastra is a tech-driven backoffice for alternative investments, supporting private credit and private equity facilities. It develops an asset management platform designed to reduce friction in the securitization market, offering banking services, debt issuance, bookkeeping, distribution, passive management, and mirroring, along with real-time analytics and structured data to enable investors and originators to invest with greater freedom and efficiency.

Domain Money

Venture Round in 2022
Domain Money offers an integrated platform for investing in stocks and cryptocurrencies, earning interest on assets, securing loans against them, and spending with a crypto rewards credit card.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Venture Round in 2020
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial services company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in enhancing the utilization of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015 by Marcelo Maziero and Fernando Fontes, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency in the use of receivables as collateral for lenders. The company aims to transform the credit market by improving the security and effectiveness of credit transactions, facilitating accelerated and sustainable growth in credit offerings for businesses of all sizes.

Mines

Series B in 2019
Mines.io, Inc. is a financial analytics company that operates a platform focused on mobile data. Its flagship product, Mteka, is an in-memory analytics solution capable of processing vast amounts of mobile carrier data rapidly, allowing for the creation and deployment of predictive models in real time. The company's services are designed to assist mobile operators in monetizing their data while enabling financial institutions to expand their customer reach. Among its offerings are a credit scoring service that evaluates consumer credit risk based on mobile behavior, a fraud detection system that identifies suspicious activities in real time, and behavior modeling tools that enhance customer identity verification. Additionally, the company employs risk analysis and machine learning techniques to help insurance providers tailor premiums based on consumer risk profiles. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Mines.io aims to leverage mobile data to improve financial services and consumer access to credit.

CERC Central de Recebíveis

Series A in 2019
CERC Central de Recebíveis S.A. is a financial services company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in enhancing the utilization of receivables in credit operations. Founded in 2015 by Marcelo Maziero and Fernando Fontes, CERC has developed an intelligent platform designed to provide security and efficiency in the use of receivables as collateral for lenders. The company aims to transform the credit market by improving the security and effectiveness of credit transactions, facilitating accelerated and sustainable growth in credit offerings for businesses of all sizes.
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