GO FURTHER, FASTER WITH ANTLER IN BRAZIL
We’re a global VC that supports Brazilian founders on their entrepreneurial journey from day zero to greatness.
Sao Paulo
Find your co-founder
Meet 60+ people with the same purpose as you: build the next big Brazilian startup.
Validate your business idea
Participate in masterclasses, workshops, and coaching sessions to transform your idea into reality.
Bulk your professional network
Get access to renowned venture capitalists and founders from the Brazilian ecosystem.
Pitch your startup to us
Best-performing teams get a chance to present their business to our Investment Committee and potentially receive our pre-seed investment.
HOW ANTLER WORKS
Our residency is designed to support founders in the earliest stage of their entrepreneurial journey.
The Residency
The Antler Residency is an in-person environment where exceptional founders work alongside peers, experienced operators and investors to turn ambitious ideas into venture-scale companies. Instead of following a one-size-fits-all curriculum, founders move through tailored paths based on the maturity of the company - from ideation to validation and traction - receiving the right support at each stage.
The Residency is also the core of Antler's investment process. By working closely with founders over time, we build conviction through execution rather than pitch meetings alone. This allows us to understand not only the business, but also how founders think, learn and execute.
Throughout the journey, founders become part of a highly curated community and gain access to practical events, experienced operators, investors, and the broader Antler ecosystem. When a company is ready, Antler invests and continues supporting its growth as a long-term partner.
Our Investment
Our standard deal: up to R$ 2,000,000
Most founders receive our standard investment package. Here's how it works:
R$ 1MM initial commitment: R$ 500K for 8% share + R$ 500K on an uncapped convertible (with MFN).
Plus, access to up to R$ 1MM in matched co-investment during your first year.
Post-Investment
We work closely with Antler portfolio companies after the initial investment. We welcome portfolio founders to continue to work from our office space and leverage our community while we provide structured fundraising support and access to our global platform.
Thais Sterenberg
CEO
Elephan.ai
João Bruno Palermo
CEO
ZNIT
Daniel Peixoto
Co-founder & CEO
Straloo
My experience at Antler was excellent: I met my co-founder there, accessed valuable content and relevant people, and gained the momentum needed to quickly bring our thesis to life. In just ten weeks, we went from zero to a company with a product, customers, support, and capital to start in a structured way.
Antler's residency was a game-changer experience for me. The access to a rich network of founders, venture capitalists, and experts, combined with their hands-on support, accelerated my learning curve and helped validate and refine my startup concept. Their ability to anticipate challenges and provide strategic guidance during the early stage was key in setting us on the path to success.
Entrepreneurship has always been a big dream. But we don’t always have everything aligned to embark on this journey. Antler's residency not only introduced me to like-minded individuals who shared my ambition to create something impactful, but the 10-week deadline also pushed me to refine my goals. Ultimately, I was able to secure investment for my venture thanks to a strong pitch and the support of a co-founder I met during the residency.
We’re making progress inevitable in the Brazilian early-stage
Fuelled by a passion that goes beyond traditional investing, we exist to increase our founders’ speed and maximize their success rate in solving important problems.
300+
Founders supported
110+
Teams supported
30+
Portfolio companies
FREQUENTLY —ASKED QUESTIONS
Antler is a global venture capital platform known for creating its own pipeline of investments. In order to back exceptional founders at the beginning of their journeys, Antler designed and launched its residency, where driven and resilient entrepreneurs can create their own startups with our day-zero support. The most promising startups that originated in the program can receive a pre-seed investment from Antler to scale their new businesses.
Antler’s residency is a 10-week entirely in-person immersion, where 60+ potential founders spend a lot of time together. It is a unique innovation environment with people that share the same objective of becoming a startup founder. This group of entrepreneurs will dive into our global methodology for business creation and validation, increase their professional network, and potentially receive a pre-seed investment during this period.
Most importantly, Antler is looking for talented, driven, and resilient people. Antler wants to back those that are willing to go the extra mile to create businesses capable of bringing progress and innovation to society. We are looking for individuals that are 100% certain of the decision of becoming a startup founder, even if they don’t have an idea for a business.
Each residency has a different profile picture of founders. However, Antler’s scouting team has an active effort of selecting a balanced set of exceptional professionals. Our main goal is to have all types of founders, including business operators, industry specialists, PhDs, and technology experts.
In Antler, selected founders don’t have to pay anything for applying and securing a slot in our residency. As the residency is entirely in-person, founders need to be in Sao Paulo for at least 10 weeks, if they want to participate in it. We are not responsible for affording accommodations, transportation, and other expenses for any of the selected founders. However, in specific cases, which are analyzed by the Antler team, we can concede grants covering some costs.
In our residency, after you formed a founding team and validated your business idea, you will have the chance to present your startup to our Investment Committee. If your business is approved by our Investment Committee, you will secure a pre-seed investment from Antler.
Our pre-seed investment is standardized for each residency. Therefore, every residency has its own size of check. The calculation of the valuation for every startup that originated in our program is based on macroeconomic conditions.
Apply now for Antler’s residency
Create the next big startup in Brazil with our day-zero support.
Meet our team
Marcelo was the founder and CEO of the credit fintech Lendico (www.lendico.com.br). He led the company through a full cycle of entrepreneurship: model creation, team building, product design, launch, scale up and a successful exit to Lonestar, when the company had +R$1billion in credit originations and 100+ employees. He has just returned from Stanford’s flagship senior executive program (SEP)
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20+ years experience in tech investing, business building and digital transformation projects. Operating Partner for Redpoint eventures, Intel Capital LATAM director for over a decade and Innovation Director of public traded companies. Recognised digital advisor and board member.
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More than 15 years experience in the Financial and Payments Industry and 6 years experience with startups, leading open innovation projects in business space. Career developed in Sales, Business Development, Product and Analytics area.
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Rafael was previously Head of Investors Relations and M&A of companies listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange. Also worked as equities sales for banks in Brazil such as Merrill Lynch, Santander and Citibank and holds an MBA from Darden Business School. Father of Laura and Daniel.
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Highly accomplished, Result Driven, Hard worker, Ownership, Quick Learner, and ability to assume different responsibilities; Accounting and Financial Management with more than 15 years of progressive professional experiences: Banking, Big 4 Companies (M&A and audit), Venture capital, with a strong accounting background; Strong international experience, leading foreign teams and clients.
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Ester previously worked at a startup accelerator abroad and also at a Brazilian Venture Capital fund that invests only in international businesses. She graduated in Business Administration at the University of São Paulo (USP) and has also worked at Citibank and KPMG.
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