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Explore AlphaJuri, WIR and CRIA. Real problems, companies built around them, and the work behind each one.

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Website preview — AlphaJuri
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Customer problem
Lawyers can have court-awarded fees to receive long before the payment arrives. AlphaJuri’s current public workflow focuses on anticipating payment of those RPV claims.
Avante’s role
Product and engineering for the judicial-credit platform, as part of Avante’s venture portfolio.
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The website walks through case identification, claim eligibility review, a digital proposal and electronic assignment. The customer can inspect that journey before starting a request.
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Website preview — WIR Innovation
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Customer problem
Insurance teams receive fragmented quote requests and spend time organizing submissions and checking whether risks fit the insurer’s appetite.
Avante’s role
Product and engineering for insurance pricing and risk workflows within WIR, an Avante venture.
See the work
WIR presents Smart Sales for distribution and Underwriter Intelligence for quoting. Its public product pages show how submissions, prioritization and risk policies connect to existing systems.
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Customer problem
A company can have a real product and still lose the sale: buyers do not understand what it does, the website does not explain it, and the right people never hear about it.
Avante’s role
Product and engineering for CRIA, an Avante venture. CRIA’s public work includes AlphaJuri’s visual identity, WIR’s website direction and Avante’s editorial content.
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The website presents three connected services: positioning and identity, websites and content, and go-to-market and lead generation. Its work pages show the brand board behind each project.
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BrazilVenture builder roots
3Selected Avante ventures
InnovaTeam’s prior investment experience
USD 500M+Under management in Amanda Pinheiro’s prior roles at Innova and Unbox
Prior investment · Innova
10×

Sigga Technologies

Industrial software for Brazilian companies. Sigga belongs to the team’s prior investment experience at Innova, before Avante. That work in investment and governance informs how we build today.

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Selected Avante ventures

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InsurTech

WIR

AI for insurance distribution, underwriting and claims, connected to the systems insurers already use.

wirinnovation.ai
LegalTech

AlphaJuri

Anticipation of precatórios, RPVs and court-awarded legal fees for creditors and lawyers in Brazil.

alphajuri.com
Brand & Go-to-market

CRIA

Brand strategy, content and go-to-market execution for companies that need the right buyers to understand and find them.

criabrazil.com

Operating network

01
AI engineering

FutureProofing Brazil

Engineering partner in Avante’s operating network. Connects companies with experienced AI engineers through Futureproofing.dev.

Discovery

01
Real estate auctions

BR Auction Intel

Builds in real estate auctions: scraping, enriching, and scoring properties, where the dataset compounds as coverage grows.

Companies co-founded by partners

01
Fintech

Bamboo DCM

AI-native technology platform and financial company based in Brazil that specializes in originating, structuring, and distributing private credit. Co-founded by Felipe Moraes.

Backed by: Scale Up by Endeavor

Partners’ US company-building experience

03
AI · Mahway

Softmax

by Mahway

AI foundational model that understands and aligns with human behaviour, preferences, biology, and ethics. Built by Jess Mah + Andrea Barrica inside Mahway; flagship of the US Building track.

Backed by: Andreessen Horowitz
BioTech

Astonishing Labs

Turns breakthrough science into high-upside biotech ventures via a holding company model. US-side venture in the Mahway operating family.

Backed by: X Prize
FinTech

Alpha Lit

Fintech platform that originates, bundles, and sells equity in litigation finance portfolios, opening access to a $16B+ asset class.

Backed by: Bright Ventures · FJ Labs · Slow Ventures

Prior investments at Innova

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Technology holding
Exit 2021

Movile / iFood

Brazil's largest food-delivery unicorn. Tech holding comprising iFood, Wavy, and Playkids. Innova first invested in Movile in 2014; participated in several rounds and secondary investments. Exit 2021 at 80% market share, 55M users/month.

Maintenance software
MOI 10×

Sigga Technologies

#1 enterprise asset management (EAM) field service solution in Brazil and one of the largest EAM companies globally. Mobile-native, SAP-integrated; sold into mining, paper, energy.

Retail technology
MOI 4×

Accera

Platform for retailers and manufacturers, providing end-to-end advanced analytics and execution management.

Companies founded before Avante

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Finance

inDinero

Profitable company with 200+ clients in the USA, connecting finance teams with offshoring accounting solutions. Founded by Jess Mah pre-Avante; reference operator track record for the venture builder.

Backed by: Y Combinator · SaaS Capital · MRTNZ · Acequia Capital

The venture builder’s operating model is built around 3-4 ventures per year. The selections above describe different relationships: Avante ventures, engineering partners, independently built companies and prior investments. Partner experience is attributed to the person and firm involved.

Questions worth building around.

Discovery starts with a market, a workflow and a question. These areas describe the work we investigate before defining a new company.

Research theme

Judicial assets

Where does the payment process break down?

  • How claims are identified and reviewed
  • What lawyers need to assess a proposal
  • Where data can improve the workflow

Research theme

Insurance operations

Which decisions need better information?

  • How quote requests reach the right team
  • What underwriters need to evaluate risk
  • How new tools connect to existing systems

Research theme

Real estate data

What makes an auction opportunity legible?

  • Collecting fragmented property information
  • Connecting listings with supporting records
  • Making comparison and due diligence easier

Research themes describe areas of inquiry. Company formation and launch dates are announced only when confirmed.

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