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Itau Ventures

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent Itau Unibanco Holding S.A.HQ Sao Paulo, BrazilFounded 2025

Itau Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Itau Unibanco Holding S.A. (banking). It was founded in 2025 and is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil. It invests from Series A to Series B in payments, credit, insurance.

Commitment by parentS3
BRL 500M
Companies backedS2
8+

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Series A to Series B
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeries A to Series B
SectorsPayments, Credit, Insurance, Capital markets, Digital assets, Financial market infrastructure
GeographyBrazilian and Latin American startups ; site: global outlook
OfficesSao Paulo, Brazil

Sources: S4 NeoFeed (Portuguese): Itau brings its CVC in-house with BRL 500M committed (2025-06-16); S1 Itau Ventures page (live, thesis; team and portfolio load by script); S3 Itau Unibanco IR release: launches Itau Ventures (June 2025).

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Investment stage: Series A to Series B

Investment stage: Series A to Series BBar showing Itau Ventures invests from series a to series b. Sector chips: payments, credit, insurance, capital markets, digital assets, financial market infrastructure. Geography: Brazilian and Latin American startups ; site: global outlook.Investment stage: Series A to Series BItau VenturesSTAGEPre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BSeries C+GrowthLate stageSECTORSPaymentsCreditInsuranceCapital marketsDigital assetsFinancial market infrastructureGEOGRAPHYBrazilian and Latin American startups ; site: global outlookCorporateVentureCapital.comSources: S4, S1, S3, listed on the profile
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeries A to Series B
SectorsPayments, Credit, Insurance, Capital markets, Digital assets, Financial market infrastructure
GeographyBrazilian and Latin American startups ; site: global outlook
OfficesSao Paulo, Brazil

Sources: S4 NeoFeed (Portuguese): Itau brings its CVC in-house with BRL 500M committed (2025-06-16); S1 Itau Ventures page (live, thesis; team and portfolio load by script); S3 Itau Unibanco IR release: launches Itau Ventures (June 2025).

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Investments closed by company type
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The firm has not published a portfolio breakdown.

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Investments closed by company type

Investments closed by company typeItau Ventures has not published a portfolio breakdown.Investments closed by company typeItau VenturesThe firm has not published a portfolio breakdown.CorporateVentureCapital.com

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Scale and capital allocated
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeBRL 500MCommitment by parentStated by the firm or its parentS3
Companies backed8+companiesStated by the firmS2
Companies on the firm's portfolio page11companiesCounted from the firm's own listS2

Sources: S3 Itau Unibanco IR release: launches Itau Ventures (June 2025); S2 Itau Ventures page, Wayback copy 2026-05-11 (portfolio of 8, team of 3 with LinkedIn links).

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Scale and capital allocated

Scale and capital allocatedItau Ventures headline size BRL 500M, basis: Commitment by parent. Dot strip of 2 published counts: Companies backed 8+; Companies on the firm's portfolio page 11.Scale and capital allocatedItau VenturesBRL 500MCOMMITMENT BY PARENTCOUNTS THE FIRM AND ITS PAGES PUBLISH110100Companies backed8+ companiesCompanies on the firm's portfolio page11 companiesStated by the firmCounted from a list or another sourceCorporateVentureCapital.comSources: S3, S2, listed on the profile
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MeasureValueUnitKindSource
Headline sizeBRL 500MCommitment by parentStated by the firm or its parentS3
Companies backed8+companiesStated by the firmS2
Companies on the firm's portfolio page11companiesCounted from the firm's own listS2

Firms and databases count companies, rounds and investments differently.

Sources: S3 Itau Unibanco IR release: launches Itau Ventures (June 2025); S2 Itau Ventures page, Wayback copy 2026-05-11 (portfolio of 8, team of 3 with LinkedIn links).

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Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Offices
  • Sao Paulo, Brazil

Investment regionsS4S1S3

  • Brazilian and Latin American startups ; site: global outlook

LeadersS2S3

Itau Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyItau Unibanco Holding S.A.Single sourceS3
Parent industryBankingSingle sourceS3
Founded2025Single sourceS3
HeadquartersSao Paulo, BrazilSingle sourceS2
StatusActiveSingle sourceS15
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS3
Headline sizeBRL 500M (Commitment by parent)Single sourceS3
Companies backed8+Single sourceS2
People on the team page3Single sourceS2
StagesSeries A, Series BSingle sourceS4

Recent rounds

DateCompanyRoundAmountLed by the firmSource
2026-09-22SimileSeries B extensionNot statedS15
2026-04-22MinterSeries ANot statedS14
2026-01-21NagroSeries BBRL 50MS13
2023-09-12NagroSeries ANot statedS12
2022-03-11SaksSeedBRL 26MS11
2022-02-03DigibeeSeries AUSD 25MS10
2022-01-12LiqiSeries ABRL 27.5MS9
2021-11-23MolaSeries ABRL 12MS8
2021-09-13PaketaSeries ABRL 27MS7
2021-02-04Monkey ExchangeSeries AUSD 6MS6

For founders

ItemWhat the firm saysSource
StagesSeries A, Series BS4
Check size, Series AFrom BRL 20MS3
Leads roundsYes. "Itau lidera rodada de investimento em startup"S14
Beyond capitalAccess to Latin America's largest financial ecosystem, connection to experts and sector leaders, operational supportS1

Investments by year

YearNewFollow-onTotalSource
202144S16
202233S16
20231S12
202511S16
20263S15

Fund vehicles

VehicleSizeYearNoteSource
Kinea Ventures fundBRL 150MBRL 150M at creation, per existing profile citing Bloomberg LineaS5
Itau Ventures (proprietary CVC fund)BRL 500M2025Initially committed amount at internalisation, June 2025S3

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 11 companies: 11 active.S2

The firm also states 8+ companies backed. The page list and the stated total measure different things.S2

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the Itau Ventures portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company name across the firms' own lists.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
Wayra1Digibee

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Itau Ventures list

11 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S2 Read the firm's list.

  • Digibee
  • Kanastra
  • Liqi
  • Minter
  • Mola
  • Monkey Exchange
  • Nagro
  • Paketa
  • Saks
  • Simile
  • Tenchi Security

History

  1. First cheque, Monkey Exchange (February), from Kinea Ventures.S6
  2. Liqi, Digibee and Saks rounds.S10
  3. Itau Unibanco internalises Kinea Ventures as Itau Ventures with BRL 500M committed (June).S3
  4. Nagro Series B (January), Minter Series A lead (April), Simile extension (September).S15

Where sources disagree

  • Launch year: June 2025 internalisation as Itau Ventures (IR release) (S3) vs Kinea Ventures created 2019 (Bloomberg Linea per existing profile) (S5) vs Kinea Ventures fund launched 2020 (NeoFeed per existing profile) (S4). Entity name date versus predecessor fund date.S3S5S4
  • Headline size: BRL 500M committed, forecast to allocate BRL 250M in two years (IR release 2025-06) (S3) vs BRL 500M = past investments plus a further BRL 250M bank commitment over two years (NeoFeed 2025-06-16) (S4) vs BRL 220M invested and about BRL 280M available (Bloomberg Linea per existing profile) (S5). Same BRL 500M total, different splits.S3S4S5

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Sources

  1. S1Itau Ventures page (live, thesis; team and portfolio load by script)Firm
  2. S2Itau Ventures page, Wayback copy 2026-05-11 (portfolio of 8, team of 3 with LinkedIn links)Firm
  3. S3Itau Unibanco IR release: launches Itau Ventures (June 2025)Parent company
  4. S4NeoFeed (Portuguese): Itau brings its CVC in-house with BRL 500M committed (2025-06-16)Press
  5. S5Bloomberg Linea (Portuguese): Itau incorporates Kinea Ventures, fund BRL 500M (2025-06-16)Press
  6. S6Finsiders Brasil: Monkey Exchange USD 6M Series A (2021-02-04)Press
  7. S7Finsiders Brasil: Paketa BRL 27M Series A, second cheque (2021-09-13)Press
  8. S8TI Inside: Mola BRL 12M Series A (2021-11-23)Press
  9. S9Valor Economico: Liqi BRL 27.5M Series A (2022-01-12)Press
  10. S10GPCA newsroom: Kinea Ventures and G2D lead USD 25M Series A for Digibee (2022-02-03)Press
  11. S11Startupi: Saks (private pension) receives BRL 26M seed (2022-03-11)Press
  12. S12NeoFeed: Nagro attracts Kinea Ventures and Revolution, Series A (2023-09-12)Press
  13. S13Startupi: Nagro Series B led by Rabobank and Itau Ventures (2026-01-21)Press
  14. S14Reuters via UOL: Itau leads Minter investment round (2026-04-22)Press
  15. S15Startups.com.br: Itau enters Simile Series B extension (2026-09-22)Press
  16. S16Existing fact-checked profile (internal): profiles/itau-ventures.md, deal table dated 2026-09-30Press

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