Antera Asset Management
Antera is an asset management company, founded in 2005, that makes seed capital investments in Brazilian technology-based startups. We manage 2 investment funds and have U$ 40 MI in assets under management.
We are present in 10 Brazilian states and have already invested in 53 companies. To do this, we’ve analyzed more than 1000 business proposals, in order to filter the best opportunities.
We have a valuable network of relationships since the thesis of our Fund #2 is to invest in startups born in incubators and technology parks throughout Brazil. Today we have the 23 most important incubators and parks in our partner network.
We have the main government actors in Brazil as shareholders in our funds. Among our LPs there are: The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES); The Studies and Projects Financier (FINEP); The Development Bank of the State of Espírito Santo (BANDES); The Development Bank of the State of Minas Gerais (BDMG); The Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG); and The Bank of the Northeast of Brazil (BNB).
At the moment we have 16 invested startups that we would like to bring closer to the Chinese market.
Features
Where we act
Investment in innovative technology-based companies
Business acceleration
Scale-up processes
Development, expansion and internationalization of companies
Open innovation and
corporate venture
Co-investment, Valuation and Divestment
Portfolio Companies
HVEX is a technology company whose purpose is to bring automation and data management to all companies in the electricity sector. It does this through its products, which combine hardware and software and with the development of R&D Aneel, understanding the demands of energy transmitters, generators and traders.
Sector: ENERGY
Website: https://hvex.com.br/
MOGAI develops software and hardware products to control production and logistics processes in the extraction, processing and agribusiness industries.
Sector: INDUSTRY
Website: https://mogai.com.br/
SEM PROCESSO is a Lawtech (technology-based company operating in the legal market) with the transformative purpose of "connecting lawyers to reduce conflicts in the world". Sem Processo has an online negotiation platform, exclusive and free for lawyers. Negotiations are conducted directly by the parties via chat, covering the entire negotiation chain.
Sector: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Website: https://www.semprocesso.com.br/
AUTAZA specializes in solutions for quality inspection in Industry 4.0, using proprietary technologies involving computer vision and artificial intelligence. The company develops customized software and equipment according to the quality criteria of different industries. The system eliminates subjectivity in identifying and classifying defects, reducing costs and guaranteeing the quality of the end product.
Sector: INDUSTRY
Website: https://autaza.com/pt/
CRM EDUCACIONAL specializes in the education market and offers the leading CRM software for attracting and maintaining students in school in Brazil. Through its proprietary software, it provides clients with methodologies and technologies that help more than 200 institutions digitize the journey of their leads, candidates and students.
Sector: EDUCATION
Website: https://crmeducacional.com/
2iM offers the healthcare market solutions in the area of Business Analytics. It focuses on providing Medical Intelligence, generating critical data for strategic decision-making for the hospital sector and for public, private and corporate healthcare.
Sector: HEALTH
Website: https://2im.com.br/
OLHO DO DONO develops livestock application technology that uses 3D cameras to estimate the weight of cattle without using scales. This makes the weighing process easier and provides greater animal welfare.
Sector: AGRICULTURE
Website: https://olhododono.agr.br/
TARGET SOLUTIONS is an Information and Communication Technology company focused on providing products, services, support and software solutions for planning and managing telecommunications and IT networks.
Sector: MEDIA
Website: https://www.targetso.com/
GAMA ENSINO has a proprietary adaptive teaching technology that identifies all the knowledge gaps that a student has and then creates a learning path to raise their potential to the maximum. Its algorithm shows exactly what each student needs to learn, including proficiency testing, adaptive learning, and study direction.
Sector: EDUCATION
Website: https://gamaensino.com
DATABOT provides software for the analysis, diagnosis and optimization of automated manufacturing processes using Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing and Machine Learning (Artificial Intelligence). The company develops solutions for Industry 4.0, supporting decision-making and increasing the productivity, quality and reliability of industrial processes.
Sector: INDUSTRY
Website: https://databot.digital/
FULLFACE offers a proprietary facial biometrics technology solution, performing face recognition in real time and enabling integrated processes in web, mobile and physical environments through a unified biometric platform.
Sector: INDUSTRY
Website: https://www.fullface.com.br
GOEPIK is an augmented reality platform that integrates industrial units, uniting the real and virtual worlds. It makes it possible to solve common problems on production lines, reduce costs and increase productivity. It optimizes, automates and digitizes all factory production processes and procedures with intelligence and security.
Sector: INDUSTRY
Website: https://www.goepik.com.br/
ROCK HEAD GAMES is a company that develops intellectual property to be exploited in different media (games, animated series, films, digital magazines, etc.) and through brand licensing (toys, theme parks, clothing, among others). Starlit Adventures is a product (game) that has been expanding into new games and transmedia, including an animated series for TV, comics and toys.
Sector: MEDIA
Website: https://rockheadgames.com/
TECSUS develops technology for resource management, helping to reduce waste of water, energy, gas and time.
Sector: WATER AND ENERGY
Website: https://tecsus.com.br/
MAGNAMED [FUND #1] is a Brazilian company specializing in Medical Devices, both for ICUs (Intensive Care Units) and for patient transport/rescue. The company has developed a complete family of high quality lung ventilators, adapted and certified in almost all countries, versatile (catering for newborns, children and adults) and innovative.
Sector: HEALTH
Website: https://www.inovacoesmagnamed.com.br/home-en
TMED [FUND #1] works with Bedside Care Monitoring. Its modular solution allows recording, integration, transmission, remote monitoring, management and storage of data from the various instruments and events related to the hospital bed and/or the patient accommodated there. Furthermore, it enables the generation of management information and reports to support the quality, productivity and cost management process of nursing services. Sector: HEALTH. Website>
Sector: HEALTH
Website: https://www.tmed.com.br/
Limited Partners
Antera Asset Management
The Studies and Projects Financier (FINEP)
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES)
The Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG)
The Development Bank of the State of Minas Gerais (BDMG)
The Development Bank of the State of Espírito Santo (BANDES)
The Bank of the Northeast of Brazil (BNB)
Fundraising
Right now we are raising new funds: AnteraTech Brasil and AnteraTech Amazonia. Each of them is US$20MI size and has initial checks of US$1MI for around 15 startups each. We are currently looking for investors from all over the world interested in investing in some of the best Brazilian technology-based startups
Contacts
+55 21 97699-7169
+55 21 99806-8657
Robert E. Binder
Sérgio Yates
Adress: Rua General Garzon, 22. Sala 509. Rio de Janeiro. RJ. Brasil. ZIP CODE: 22470-010