Darwin Startups

Darwin Startups is a Florianópolis-based accelerator and startup investor founded in 2015 that backs Brazilian early-stage startups after its acceleration program. It targets companies around MVP, pre-revenue and first-paying-customer traction, with typical checks of R$150,000 to R$500,000. The firm emphasizes fintech and financial-market companies and also invests across SaaS, cybersecurity, retail, AI and machine learning, big data, analytics and IoT.