About

X8 INVESTIMENTOS
 

X8 investimentos is a Brazilian growth capital firm, focused on exceptional entrepreneurs and impact with returns first

Growth Capital Firm

Exceptional Entrepreneurs

Impact

Returns First

about us

X8 INVESTIMENTOS

X8 Investimentos is a growth capital fund manager that drives high growth/impact companies to improve Brazilian social, environment and economic conditions. X8 is the first mover and brings a group of successful and experienced Entrepreneurs as investors and GPs to contribute to the acceleration and transformation of high-growth exceptional Entrepreneurs. In pursuit of this goal, our strategy is to bring to these organizations management and governance, enhancing their visibility, transparency and networking.

Strong Team: Managing Partners Carlos Miranda, Taiza Roso and Daniel Kang have more than 20 years of experience in PEVC. More than 30 years of experience in the market and 70% of the team working together since the fund manager company was founded in 2010. Also, our team represents very well our attributes as Entrepreneur Friendly, Impactful, Engaging, Innovative and Collaborative.

Doing Impact in Brazil: Brazil has a big population, a large economy, a strong industrial, and over 3 million Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which represent 95% of companies. According to Brazil 2020 Opportunity Tree several important elements are favoring innovation, creation and growth of start-ups in Brazil. The country still needs a significant increase of investments in infrastructure, education, healthcare and other sectors, which, combined with good expectations of return, is a good opportunity.

Who we are…

GROWTH CAPITAL FIRM

Focused on:

  • Exceptional Entrepreneurs
  • Brazilian Mid Size Companies
  • High Growth
  • Impact
# of Brazilian company by annual Net Revenues (R$ M)
# of total companies in Brazil: 4,5M

+40% high growth companies

88% +5 years old

+35% growth p.y

investments

investment selection

X8 Investimentos selects the investments through a strict criteria and well-defined filters. The main factors are:

Fast-Growing

emerging Brazilian companies

Purpose

as a core

Economy Sector

as of Circular Economy, Health, Education and Tech

Exceptional Entrepreneurs

Scalable

business

Internationalization

Innovation

Annual revenue

between US$ 5M to US$ 50M

Value Creation

HIGH GROWTH AND IMPACT BUSINESSES

This is how X8 Investimentos works: looking for high-growth, scalable businesses that promote impact.

X8 Investimentos’ approach to creating value in organizations includes active participation in management through the implementation of the following actions:

INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT

in the company’s main strategic decisions

ACTIVE PARTICIPATION

through the Board of Directors, Advisory Board, Venture Partners, in addition to the involvement of our investors

NETWORK

with the expansion of the business and entrepreneur’s network of contacts

IMPACT

bringing international methodologies for tracking, monitoring and measuring impact

Get In Touch

Av. das Nações Unidas, 12399 | Conj. 137 B
Cidade Monções, São Paulo - SP
CEP: 04578-000
Tel: (11) 2339-2663
empreendedores@x8invest.ventures