MAYA Capital is an early-stage fund that supports bold leaders who are catalyzing change in Latin America.
We partner with early-stage teams who are catalyzing the digital revolution in the region by leading their first venture round and supporting them with a hands-on approach as they scale.
We are rational optimists who identify talent early on, reach conviction quickly, and then combine hacker thinking with hard work to help our partners reach their bold goals. As a non-obvious VC, we leverage our diverse backgrounds and game-changing network to support our founders as they reach beyond the obvious.
Alice is a technology company reinventing the health insurance industry in Brazil by offering B2B health insurance combined with proprietary primary care, delivered digitally and in-person. Primary care teams, namely Health Squads, look after members and coordinate their care within a network of high-quality providers who are seamlessly integrated through Alice digital health platform, creating a virtual verticalized health system that delivers better health outcomes at lower costs.
A platform that allows any real estate broker to digitalize their operations, have access to a larger client base and track their performance data. Alude automates the buying / leasing process (background checks, document collection, insurance purchase & online signing) for the brokers and monetizes by selling mortgage and insurance to their customers.
Arado is a platform for SMB farmers, providing supply chain and business solutions to increase their revenue by leveraging innovative technology. The company connects fresh food producers directly with food service and retail, through a suite of tech solutions that drive end to end operations and fulfill their business needs.
Assis acts as a virtual assistant for solopreneurs, helping them to succeed by offering differentiated experiences for their clients. Assis assists in the entire sales process as the main ally of entrepreneurs, from the first click to the money deposited in the account. The startup helps the entire customer flow through the bot integrated with ChatGPT and the app. This includes initial contact, reminding them of tasks, checking for questions, sending quotes, checking availability, and making payments.
Azos is a technology company democratizing life insurance in Brazil and transforming the industry through better products and an outstanding experience. Their technology allows them to reduce inefficiencies that slow down traditional carriers, to seamlessly adopt a multi-channel distribution model and to better assess risk through advanced analytics.
Belvo is the Open Banking API platform for Latin America that enables any company to access and interpret their end-users' financial and bank information, through an easy-to-integrate API connection.
Cross Commerce is changing international sellers challenging processes when it comes to sell through the multiple marketplaces in Brazil. In a one stop shop solution we provide catalog integration, logistics solutions, marketing and local experts to merchants better perform in Americanas, Meli, Via, Magalu, Amazon and others.
Diferente is a Brazilian food tech born with a social impact mission – providing healthy eating to all while fighting food waste in LATAM. Rescuing organic food seen as "imperfect" by the traditional market, the startup offers organic food baskets with a regular subscription, up to 40% cheaper, and free delivery.
Divibank is a data-driven financing platform where businesses have access to capital to finance their digital marketing campaigns via revenue-based loans. They are changing the way business owners finance their growth expenditures by providing affordable, quick, and unbiased financing to startups and SMEs in Latin America.
EmCasa is a technology company that is redefining the way people buy and sell Real Estate in Brazil. They deliver a superior customer experience by leveraging product & data analytics and by building a platform that increases the sales team’s efficiency by up to 12x vs. traditional brokers. They currently operate in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
Finkargo created Latin America’s first supply chain platform for micro, small and medium enterprises empowering them with centralized control, shipment tracking, analytics, and embedded financing for all of their international commerce operations. With its solution, Finkargo will enable international trade for Latam’s 27.5 million SMEs.
Fudo is a web-based restaurant software that simplifies the end-to-end management of food service operations, allowing sales and expenses registration, room configuration, inventory control, detailed analytics and reporting, among other tools that are specifically designed for the food service industry.
A recruitment technology company in Brazil that offers an indispensable online platform for companies looking for efficiency and accuracy when hiring talent. They help companies of different sizes leverage their recruitment and selection results by implementing innovative solutions and technologies, such as people analytics, machine learning, online testing and incredible usability.
Inventa is a B2B marketplace that connects brands with independent retailers, transforming how new products are discovered and bought with flexible payment terms.
Challenging the inertia of the market to allow people to get around as efficiently and cheaply as possible. Kovi uses state-of-the-art technologies to provide access to more straightforward, cost-effective and secure solutions to drivers changing mobility in Latin America.
An online apartment rental solution for university students. Starting with Campinas, São Carlos and Ribeirão Preto, they offer an efficient renting processes that eliminates unnecessary bureaucracy and can have the students in their new homes in up to 4 hours.
Merama seeks to become the largest e-commerce product business in Latin America. The company invests in private label brands and operates them so that they have an exponential growth, especially through digital marketing, multi-platform strategy, working capital, technology automation and international expansion.
A Virtual Retail Chain. We provide a reliable brand and digital solutions to improve revenues and reduce cost of small grocery stores, making life easier for shopkeepers and their customers.
Modak is a US-focused family app that combines the power of modern fintech and gamification to empower kids and teens to reach their full potential. We offer debit cards, savings, chores, allowance, QR codes, and financial learning to help families teach financial foundations for their kids in a secure, safe, and controlled way. Modak is trusted by tens of thousands of families across the US (and doubling in size every few months!). Modak is one of the most well-funded early stage fintechs in the US with $19 Million in funding from Notable Capital (previously GGV Capital), MAYA Capital, Nazca, Monashees, One VC, and 25 other leading VCs and angels. Modak is founded by Madhu Yalamarthi (Stanford MBA and MS; Arjay Miller Scholar) and built with love by 70+ engineers, designers, product managers, finance, compliance, and support specialists.
An online groceries app providing convenience, reliability, and affordability
Nilo is the virtual care delivery platform for healthcare players in LatAm. We help our clients create integrated virtual care journeys through software and care offerings. Our software’s relationship management, care delivery, and data analytics modules equip healthcare teams with the tools and insights they need to provide engaging, patient-centric, and effective virtual care. Our care teams – primary, specialized, and emergency – afford our clients to scale their virtual care capabilities quickly and flexibly.
NotCo is a Food Tech company that uses artificial intelligence to create delicious, sustainable and accessible foods, all from plants. It is combining AI with food-science to craft cutting-edge plant-based foods that deliver unprecedented experiences: NotMayo, Not Milk, Not Ice Cream and Not Meat that all taste like the real thing (and even better).
Nuvocargo is a technology-enabled freight forwarder focused on the $300B+ Intra-Americas trade lanes, starting with US - LatAm (first US - Mexico, then Colombia/Brazil and rest of LatAm). Traditional freight forwarders, which organize shipments to get goods from the manufacturer or producer to a market or customer, are very manual and non-transparent. Nuvocargo has created a platform wherein their clients can live track their shipments and get them through customs more efficiently.
Oico is rethinking home improvement retail, by building a much better experience for professionals to purchase building and maintenance materials. We digitize the buying process and speed up delivery by leveraging a marketplace of distributed local stores.
SafeSpace is a SaaS application to prevent, report and solve workplace misconduct. A solution that empowers employees to safely report issues they have witnessed or experienced, while giving companies the necessary tools to identify and solve patterns of misconduct internally to create a safe, inclusive and healthy workplace culture.
A digital commodity exchange based on technology that simplifies the trading, execution, and settlement of agricultural commodities in Brazil. Even though agribusiness is the country’s largest industry, trading, negotiation processes and dynamics are still archaic. Tarken will change this by developing a marketplace solution that connects all stakeholders: Growers, Resellers, Cooperatives, Distributors, Agriculture companies (consumer industry), Trading companies (exporters), etc.
Tenchi Security has developed a SaaS offering that performs continuous, comprehensive and actionable assessment of 3rd party security in the age of privacy and cloud. Based on a premise of cooperation to reduce corporate ecosystem risks, it simplifies and brings automation and scalability to 3rd party risk management with a cloud-centric approach.
Theia is the LatAm’s first mother-centric health service that leverages technology to equip each mom with a complete health team for both remote and in-person consultations, as well as hyper-personalized and trustworthy content from preconception to early childhood.
treble.ai allows companies the ability to understand and support their users whenever they need it, through the channels they use the most. The platform supports the ability to get feedback from users using WhatsApp or SMS using automated conversations that when needed, are routed to a customer support agent that solves the issues through that same channel.
Truora provides fast, innovative, and safe solution in background checks and identity theft detection. Its platform supports over 10,000 checks per hour. Through technical and analytical skills, they have a unique response capacity, ensuring that users receive the best service. Truora 's clients include national and international retailers, banks, and marketplaces; providing custom made solutions to their human resources, risk and digital teams.
School of the future, focused on digital professions, where students only pay when they get a job.
Unbox is an online sales solution designed to help brand-focused SMEs to increase sales. Using Unbox everyone is able to create a ready-to-sell online store in less than five minutes with native payment, shipping, and marketing tools. All data collected from customer behavior and analytics is used to find patterns, create insights and automatically optimize the stores to improve conversion.
Vaas is changing the way companies in Latin America access and manage credit to accelerate their growth by building an infrastructure that also connects lenders and trustees in one place, making debt management frictionless and efficient.
Vendah is a social commerce with the mission of democratize the e-commerce in LATAM while transforming the lives of millions of people who need to generate income. With a community leader centric model, Vendah is bringing good opportunities and selected products to lower classes and small cities.
Z1 is a digital banking app made for teenagers and young adults. By using the Z1 app and a prepaid card linked to their account, teenagers can begin their road to financial independence by learning to manage and spend their money through gamified financial education features.
Zenpli is the identity department that customers buy as an API. They make it easy for enterprises and startups in LatAm to manage KYC and fraud complexity through a single-API, no matter the use case.
Zubale is a marketplace that connects independent contractors with brands and retailers to complete jobs like picking orders, stocking shelves and delivering e-commerce orders.