Positive Ventures

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VCMatch tracks Positive Ventures as an investor focused on AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, and Data Infrastructure companies, Pre-Seed and Seed rounds, and Brazil, United States, and Global South markets. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.

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Stages

Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B

Focus Areas

AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Data Infrastructure

Geography

Brazil, United States, and Global South

Investment Thesis

Positive Ventures is a pure-play impact VC that backs mission-driven founders using technology to solve major social and environmental problems. They invest early (pre-seed to Series A), are sector-agnostic, and require that “every investment must generate economic, social, and environmental value,” combining financial return expectations with rigorous, evidence-based impact measurement and long-term orientation.

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Investment Focus

Who should take a closer look

Positive Ventures is most relevant for founders raising Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A rounds in AI/ML, Enterprise SaaS, Data Infrastructure, and Climate/Cleantech, especially across Brazil, United States, and Global South.

Focus statement

They "back bold, mission-driven founders, building technology to solve the hardest social and environmental challenges of our time," with a priority on scalable climate, nature, circular economy, hard-to-abate industry solutions, and inclusive health/education/financial access—bridging opportunities between the Global South and North.

Value Add

Pure-play impact focus with dual presence in São Paulo and San Francisco — they explicitly "bridge the Global South and North, unlocking cross-border opportunities for scalable, transformative solutions."
Evidence-first impact diligence — they measure investee impact with IRIS+ and seek external validations (e.g., J-PAL) and partner with institutions like the United Nations, IMP and Sistema B to add a socio-environmental dimension to risk/return analysis.
People-driven sourcing and selection — they emphasize founder quality and use behavioural economics, developmental psychology and design thinking (Stanford D.School) as part of their evaluation toolkit.
Acts as an ESG/impact signal in syndicates — they participate alongside larger VC funds and function as a "chancela ESG" in rounds, helping attract strategic partners and follow-on capital.
Combines venture agility with systemic intent — they position VC as a tool to "ignite transformation," targeting outsized impact per dollar and focusing on measurable, scalable business models (impact.tech).
Governance and community orientation — fund II allocates 50% for follow-ons and explicitly invites founders to invest with smaller tickets to keep them engaged as mentors and part of the community.