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Join the world’s leading investors at Web Summit Rio
At Web Summit Rio, we connect investors with high-growth business founders, LPs and VCs through one-to-one meetings, roundtable discussions, and high-quality onstage content. Join them in Rio de Janeiro.
Please note: Applications for investors accreditation are subject to our investors accreditation policy.
Hernan Kazah
Co-founder & Managing Partner
Kaszek
Meet the investment funds that joined us in 2024
500 Global
Venture capital & private equity
Andreessen Horowitz
Venture capital & private equity
Antler
Venture capital & private equity
Astella Investments
Venture capital & private equity
Banco do Brasil
Venture capital & private equity
Bossa Nova Investimentos
Venture capital & private equity
BR Angels
Venture capital & private equity
Canary
Venture capital & private equity
DOMO VC
Venture capital & private equity
Global Startups
Venture capital & private equityThese investors have attended our events
Vinod Khosla
FounderKhosla Ventures
Ray Dalio
Founder, Co-Chief Investment Officer & Co-ChairmanBridgewater Associates
Cathie Wood
CEO & Chief Investment OfficerARK Invest
Annie Lamont
Co-Founder and Managing PartnerOak HC/FT
Jenny Lee
Managing PartnerGGV Capital
Neil Shen
Founding Managing PartnerSequoia Capital
Bill Bryant
General PartnerDFJ
Fred Wilson
Co-founderUnion Square Ventures
Harry Man
Founding PartnerMatrix Partners China
Satish Dharmaraj
Managing DirectorRedpoint Ventures
Dana Settle
Founding PartnerGreycroft
Ann Bordetsky
PartnerNEA
Bedy Yang
Managing Partner500 Global
Neil Rimer
Founder & PartnerIndex Ventures
Peter Thiel
ChairmanFounders FundWhy attend Web Summit Rio as an investor?
Investor meetings
Our team will build a Web Summit agenda uniquely tailored to you, arranging meetings for you with founders and fellow investors from across the globe.
LP networking
More than 100 LPs committed to the venture asset class attend Web Summit. Our team connects you with solo LPs – as well as with leading institutions – via pre-arranged meetings.
Venture content
Keep your finger on the pulse of the emergent trends and technologies that are being watched closely by the world’s leading venture capitalists.
US$36bi
Total investment in Latin American startups between 2019 and 2023
45
Latin America unicorns created to date, 24 of which are Brazilian
US$21.9bi
Investments in Brazilian startups between 2019 and 2023
13,000+
Startups in Brazil, representing 62.9 percent of the total number of startups in Latin America
15
Brazil’s global ranking for VC investment in recent years
years8.5
Average time for startups in Latin America to reach unicorn status
“[In a global market] we want to find great companies, no matter where they come from.”
– Rashmi Gopinath, General Partner, B Capital Group
“The best event I’ve experienced.”
– Tony Florence, General Partner, NEA
“The world is so much bigger than ever.”
– Mattias Ljungman, Founder & CEO, Moonfire Ventures
“We don’t just invest in companies; instead, we invest in the people behind them.”
– Dennis Smith, Founder & Managing Partner, Evolution Equity Partners