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Canary

VC
São Paulo, BrazilWebsite

Canary is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil investing in Fintech, AI / ML, SaaS. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 7 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$375M

Portfolio

7+ companies

Team

13 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2023Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Canary focuses on early-stage startups across LATAM in tech-heavy verticals, particularly B2B SaaS and FinTech.

How Canary invests

Canary is a vc firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Fintech, AI / ML, SaaS, Healthcare, Other. It does not invest in hardware.

Canary typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $375M in assets under management.

Investing since at least 2023, Canary has backed 7 companies in our records, including UME, Revena, Comp. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2023.

Meet the Team

MP

Mate Pencz

General Partner

SaaS
LATAM
FinTech
IG

Izabel Gallera

Partner

ML

Marcos Leite

Co-Founder

FH

Florian Hagenbuch

Co-Founder

FP

Filipe Portugal

Partner

MD

Mariana Dias

Partner

AF

André Florence

Partner

GC

Gerry Colyer

Partner

SR

Sebastián Ruales

Partner

MT

Marcos Toledo

Partner

LC

Lili Carlos

Chief Operating Officer

MA

Marcelo Abritta

Partner

JG

Jose Gedeon

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
AI / ML
SaaS
Healthcare
Other
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

hardware

Portfolio Companies (7)

2023

UM

UME

Finance·Series B

Expands their credit and payments platform

RE

Revena

Healthcare·Seed

A startup que injeta ai no contas a receber dos hospitais

Other

CO

Comp

HRtech·Series A

AI-powered HRtech platform for global operations.

CL

CloudWalk

FinTech
CA

Capim

healthcare fintech·Series A

Provides embedded financial products for private clinics and healthcare providers to improve efficiency and patient access.

AL

Alice

healthtech·Series C

Offers primary care-driven health insurance to redefine healthcare access.

AG

Agenda Edu

SaaS
How to pitch Canary
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Fintech, AI / ML, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mate Pencz, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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