About ACE Ventures
ACE Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2012. It is primarily based out of Sao Paulo, Brazil. As of Aug 2024, ACE Ventures has invested in 92 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Brazil based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and Food and Agriculture Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Taxly Overall, ACE Ventures portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 10 acquisitions including key companies like Shopify, Espresso and Conpass. A lot of funds co-invest with ACE Ventures, with names like GR8 Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. ACE Ventures has team of 16 people including 5 partners.Key Metrics
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ACE Ventures' List of Top Investments
ACE Ventures has a portfolio of 92 companies. Their most notable investments are in Motorista PX and Wellbe.Their portfolio spans across Brazil, United States, Canada and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Food and Agriculture Tech and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by ACE Ventures:
1. Shopify
Provider of an all-in-one commerce platform for businesses of all sizes. The platform enables merchants to start, grow, market, and manage their retail operations. It offers tools to build brands, create websites, and customize online stores. The platform also provides solutions for selling products online, in person, and across various channels. It facilitates payment acceptance, marketing, customer management, and business analytics.
Key facts about Shopify
- Founded Year: 2006
- Location: Ottawa (Canada)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $122M
- Employee Count: 28,530 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Georgian, Ringway Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 11, 2013, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Leaf
Online platform offering farm data. It is a food and agriculture data infrastructure company that helps to empower software developers to solve health, economic, and environmental challenges. The product offering of the company includes machine data, field boundaries, and imagery. Offers pricing-based modules.
Key facts about Leaf
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $31.3M
- Employee Count: 42 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Bayer, Cultivian Sandbox and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 11, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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3. Flapper
App-based marketplace for private aviation flights. The platform connects users with private air carriers such as helicopters and jet flights. Users can select the destination and landing address on the map and book the service. Allows seat-sharing, charter bookings, and ancillary services.
Key facts about Flapper
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $8.63M
- Employee Count: 80 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Confrapar, Investidores.VC and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. MediPreco
Provider of online pharmacy platform for individuals and employees. The platform enables the users to search for nearby pharmacy stores and helps them to compare the prices of the drugs with other users and avail offers for their ordered pharmaceutical products.
Key facts about MediPreco
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Brasilia (Brazil)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $1.86M
- Employee Count: 29 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Valutia, Sirius Venture Capital and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 23, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Cuponeria
Cuponeria is a tech company that allows large consumer brands to issue discount coupons, as well as shoppers to use them at brick-and-mortar retail stores, in electronic form. It allows brands to distribute discount coupons without the need to physically print them at newspapers or other press media, thus eliminating the hassle of cutting the coupon and taking it to the store by the shoppers.
Key facts about Cuponeria
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $3.42M
- Employee Count: 49 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Launchpad Accelerator, Tessera and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Aug 08, 2018, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
ACE Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
ACE Ventures has invested in 92 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Taxly and most recent follow-on round was in Deonibus.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
ACE Ventures' Investments by Stage
ACE Ventures has made 9 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $396K.ACE Ventures' Investments by Sector
ACE Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, FinTech, Food and Agriculture Tech and Big Data - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 68 Tech companies, 53 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 44 Software companies and at least 26 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Consumer | 3 |
FinTech | 2 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 2 |
Big Data - Industry Applications | 1 |
Others | 11 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
ACE Ventures' Investments by Geography
ACE Ventures has made most investments in Brazil (9).ACE Ventures' recent investments
ACE Ventures has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by ACE Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 09, 2024 | Brazil | Seed | 5723 | ||
Apr 14, 2023 | Brazil | Seed | 3597 | ||
Sep 16, 2021 | Brazil | Seed | 1006 | [+2] | |
Sep 25, 2019 | Brazil | Seed | 3275 | ||
May 13, 2019 | Brazil | Seed | 4766 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in ACE Ventures' Portfolio
1 of ACE Ventures' portfolio company became public - Shopify. It got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in Mar 2014 at marketcap of $131MHere are ACE Ventures' portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 31, 2014 | - | - | 1082 |
Acquired companies in ACE Ventures' Portfolio
10 companies from ACE Ventures' portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Vault One in May 2025 by JumpCloud for $*****.Here are ACE Ventures' portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 20, 2025 | - | - | 8071 | |
May 15, 2025 | - | - | 4403 | |
Aug 09, 2024 | Apr 12, 2017 | Seed | 1975 | |
May 02, 2024 | - | - | 1252 | |
Nov 18, 2022 | - | - | 9899 |
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Team profile of ACE Ventures
ACE Ventures has a team of 16 members including 5 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 5 Principals located in Brazil. ACE Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in ACE Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Sao Paulo | - | - | |
Partner | Goiania | - | - | |
Partner | Sao Paulo | - | - | |
Partner | Sao Paulo | - | - | |
Partner | Porto Alegre | - | - | |
Venture Partner | Goiania | - | - | |
Principal | Sao Paulo | - | - | |
Principal | Sao Paulo | - | - |
Co-investors of ACE Ventures
Over the past 9 years, 15 investors have co-invested in ACE Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of ACE Ventures: 10 investors entered a company along with ACE Ventures. These include investors like GR8 Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after ACE Ventures: A total of 5 investors have invested in ACE Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Bicycle Capital (1 company), Monashees (1 company) and Caravela Capital (1 company).
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