The Nubank business famous for the roxinho card and financial services 100% online, it is successful among customers dissatisfied with the bureaucracy and fees of traditional banks. With no annual fee, your card can be managed by smartphone.
Fintech has already opened more than 1.5 million digital accounts and raised US$527.6 million in investments. By mid-2019, it will have another 200 opportunities in finance and engineering.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 1.111
Hotmart is a platform for digital producers to create, distribute and sell content over the internet. Created by entrepreneurs João Pedro Resende and Mateus Bicalho, the startup brings together around 90,000 producers, who use the platform to reach course consumers, e-books It is podcasts on topics such as gastronomy, finance and entrepreneurship.
Thirst: Belo Horizonte
Global number of employees in 2018: 315
In a country where rates can exceed 400% a year, Creditas lends money at low interest thanks to a digital secured credit model. By offering a property or a paid off car as ballast, its clients get initial rates of 1.15% and 1.49% respectively.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 468
Guia Bolso is the most downloaded financial control app in Brazil. The startup allows you to check the balances of multiple accounts, organize expenses into categories and take out loans with company partners. Recently, the business launched an update to serve low-income users and plans to grant one billion reais in credit by 2019. The team moved the office into a coworking space in hip “Potato Valley.”
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees: 192
Docket proposes to alleviate one of the biggest pains of Brazilian businessmen: bureaucracy. By means of machine learning, the startup reduces the time and money spent on searching, managing and analyzing legal documents.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 95
Founded in 2013, Stone grew during the explosion of the payment terminal market in Brazil. The startup claims to have more than 200 thousand active customers in more than 300 cities in the country. Stone said it intends to go public on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). But you'll need to clean up the house for that.
With rapid growth in recent years, the company is described by employees and former employees as "a real mess". In November last year, the business laid off 50 technology employees.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 1.954
André Penha and Gabriel Braga created a technology company that is shaking up the rental sector in Brazil: QuintoAndar. The startup screens people looking for apartments, acts as a guarantor for those with a solid credit history, and cuts out the middlemen. She even acts as a property manager to help fix things like broken faucets.
All this saves tenants time and money in a country plagued by bureaucracy and hidden costs. According to LinkedIn, the startup has the goal of expanding the offer of real estate to more neighborhoods and cities and intends to double the size of the team in 2019.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 350
Federico Vega created CargoX when he realized a worrying picture: the share of vehicles running without load reaches 43%, in a country where almost 80% of the transport services used are by road.
The startup connects self-driving truck drivers to companies that need to transport cargo, working as a kind of Uber for goods.
According to LinkedIn, the business plans to hire 350 people by July 2019.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 250
Loggi offers a fast delivery service in capitals known for heavy traffic, such as São Paulo. In addition to taking documents to companies, it also transports products to e-commerces and from food to restaurants. The startup faces heavy competition, such as Rappi. According to LinkedIn, the startup wants to reach 13 more cities and, consequently, increase the number of members. By July 2019, it should open around 250 job openings.
Thirst: São Paulo
Global number of employees in 2018: 380
