Velvet Venture Partners
Velvet Venture Partners is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in São Paulo, Brazil investing in AI / ML, Other, Fintech. The firm typically writes $400K–$3.0M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $400K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 11 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- AI / ML, Other, Fintech, Consumer, Developer Tools
- HQ
- São Paulo, Brazil
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-17
Seed, Series A
$400K – $3.0M
11+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Investing in infrastructure software for regulated industries in Brazil and broader Latin America.
How Velvet Venture Partners invests
Velvet Venture Partners is a vc firm based in São Paulo, Brazil. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Other, Fintech, Consumer, Developer Tools. It does not invest in Consumer Products.
Velvet Venture Partners typically writes checks of $400K–$3.0M per investment.
Velvet Venture Partners has backed 11 companies in our records, including DataOverlay, BankSecureTech, Scopely.
Partners & Team
João Marques
General Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (11)
Other
DataOverlay
BankSecureTech
Scopely
Mobile gaming company developing free-to-play titles like Monopoly GO!
eToro
Social trading and multi-asset brokerage platform for stocks, crypto, and CFDs
Liquid Death
Canned water and beverage brand marketed as punk rock hydration
LeoLabs
Space situational awareness provider using radar data for satellite tracking
Autograph
NFT marketplace and platform for sports and entertainment collectibles
Strigo
Cloud-based dev environment platform for software development teams
SuperRare
NFT marketplace and curation platform for digital art
Elementus
Blockchain data analytics and investigation platform for crypto compliance
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Other, Fintech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $400K – $3.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as João Marques, General Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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