About Quartz
Quartz is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of Sao Paulo, Brazil. As of Nov 2024, Quartz has invested in 17 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in Brazil based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Food and Agriculture Tech to Retail and FinTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Lerian Overall, Quartz portfolio has seen 1 unicorn and 2 acquisitions, namely Facily, Zee.Dog and Spin Pay. A lot of funds co-invest with Quartz, with names like FJ Labs sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Quartz has team of 4 people.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series B & 1 more
Portfolio Unicorns
Portfolio Soonicorns
Quartz's List of Top Investments
Quartz has a portfolio of 17 companies, one of which is a Unicorn. Their most notable investments are in Freto and Mercê do Bairro.Their portfolio spans across Brazil and United States. They have invested in Food and Agriculture Tech, Retail, FinTech and 10 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series B and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Quartz:
1. Warren
Key facts about Warren
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Porto Alegre (Brazil)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $105M
- Employee Count: 313 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: GIC, QED Investors and 14 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Oct 03, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Digital bank for businesses. It offers multiple services including checking accounts, money transfers, bill payments, NFC-enabled corporate cards for online/offline purchases, and more. It also offers an app-based platform to manage payroll and payments. The application is available on iOS and Android devices.
Key facts about Conta Simples
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Sao Paulo (Brazil)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $68.2M
- Employee Count: 458 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Broadhaven Ventures, FJ Labs and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 09, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Shopper
Online retailer of grocery products. Its product offerings include household essentials, personal care products, and non-perishable food products. The users can select the products and place orders to get them delivered on scheduled dates every month. It serves customers across the USA and Brazil. The mobile application is available for Android users.
Key facts about Shopper
4. Facily
App-based group-buying shopping platform for multi-category products. The app enables users to buy as a group across different product categories like fashion, groceries, beauty, home improvement, etc, call their friends & play together, earn referral rewards, and more.
Key facts about Facily
5. 180 Seguros
Platform offering personalized home insurance solutions. It offers multiple insurance products, including a basic coverage that includes protection against risks like fire, lightning, explosion, smoke, and aircraft falling, and more.
Key facts about 180 Seguros
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Brazil
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $52M
- Employee Count: 113 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Dragoneer Investment Group, Monashees and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Oct 23, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Quartz's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Quartz has invested in 17 companies over the last 6 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Lerian and most recent follow-on round was in Conta Simples.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Quartz's Investments by Stage
Quartz has made 3 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.35M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $21.5M and 1 investment in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.38M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 3 |
Series B | 2 |
Series A | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Quartz's Investments by Sector
Quartz has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Consumer, Retail, FinTech, Food and Agriculture Tech and Gig Economy. Notably, it has invested in 14 Tech companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Consumer | 3 |
Retail | 3 |
FinTech | 2 |
Food and Agriculture Tech | 2 |
Gig Economy | 2 |
Others | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Quartz's Investments by Geography
Quartz has made most investments in Brazil (6).Quartz's recent investments
Quartz has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Quartz:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 07, 2024 | Brazil | Seed | 9423 | [+3] | |
Dec 16, 2021 | Brazil | Series A | 8317 | [+4] | |
Dec 13, 2021 | Brazil | Series C | 3662 | [+4] | |
Oct 25, 2021 | Brazil | Series A | 9127 | [+6] | |
Jul 20, 2021 | Brazil | Seed | 8317 |
Unicorns in Quartz's Portfolio
Quartz has 1 unicorn in its portfolio - Facily. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is Facily which became a unicorn in 2021, 4 years before Quartz first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Quartz's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
62 | App-based group-buying shopping platform for multi-category products | 2018 | Sao Paulo Do Potengi | Series D | vpkcpux |
Acquired companies in Quartz's Portfolio
2 companies from Quartz's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Spin Pay in Sep 2021 by Nubank for $*****.Here are Quartz's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 01, 2021 | - | - | 9404 | |
Aug 17, 2021 | - | - | 3064 |
Team profile of Quartz
Quartz has a team of 4 members including 2 Principals located in Brazil. Quartz's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Quartz
Over the past 6 years, 43 investors have co-invested in Quartz's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Quartz: Y Combinator, Canary and 5 others have invested in rounds before Quartz. There is 1 company where Y Combinator has invested before Quartz and 1 company where Canary has invested before Quartz.
- Top Co-investors of Quartz: 26 investors entered a company along with Quartz. These include investors like FJ Labs (2 companies).
- Invested after Quartz: A total of 10 investors have invested in Quartz's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include JAM Fund (1 company), Valor Capital Group (1 company) and Base10 Partners (1 company).
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