TozziniFreire Advogados fields a ‘well-trained’, ’accessible‘ and ’attentive’ venture capital team, which has a strong track record in investments and fundraising, advising investors and emerging growth companies on early and late-stage funding rounds. The team, which ‘boasts a differentiated position given its international profile’ and core focus on technology and innovation, is also well placed to assist in the structuring and formation of funds, and implementation of corporate venture capital programmes. João Busin, Juliana Soares Zaidan Maluf, Beatriz Seixas and Fernando Silveira Carvalho are no longer at the firm.
Testimonials
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'The firm boast a differentiated position given its international profile, completely integrated with the best market practices in general. They value efficiency, personalised service, diversity and sophistication to act in highly complex cases.’
'The firm quickly understands the client's needs and works in favour of the business, seeking, in an agile way, alternatives for deals to materialise, mitigating risks with an entrepreneurial eye.'
'All very responsive, accessible. Always very attentive and confident in what they say.'
'TozziniFreire Advogados' team is uniquely qualified to advise asset managers and their investees. The team has a longstanding transactional experience, both in domestic and internationally.'
Key clients
- ClickSign
- Bitci Tecnologia
- Bell Rock Gestora de Recursos
- Naia Capital
- Nomad
- Opea Capital
- Softbank
- Cargill
- ADM
- Amaggi
- Louis Dreyfus Company
- Performa Investimentos
- Sea Capital
- Nanovetores
- Car10
- MSW Capital
- EB Capital
- JB3 Investimentos
- X8 Investimentos
- GEF Capital Partners
- Vitamina
- Lightrock
- Urobrasil
- Yaya Capital
- GlobalYeast JV CO Brasil
- Fitbank
- Kinea Investimentos
- Creditas
- Vox Capital
- Magnamed
- Fors Capital
- Next Tecnologia e Serviços Digitais
Work highlights
- Advised on a Series A-2 investment round led by ADM, Amaggi, Cargill and Louis Dreyfus Company in Grão Direto, a Brazilian company that operates an electronic marketplace for trading grains.
- Acted as counsel to Sea Capital on the Series B Investment round in the amount of $45m in the Brazilian Fintech Stark Bank.
- Acted as Brazilian counsel to Softbank on the Series A Investment round for the amount of $25m in Trela, a Brazilian collective shopping start-up.