EdTech VCs in South America: 10 Venture Capital Firms That Back Education Startups
Old lists of "VCs for edtech in South America" mix three groups: Latin American funds that really back education companies, global edtech funds that rarely invest in the region, and names that no longer exist. We kept only firms whose own website shows they are active, invest in South or Latin America, and name education as a focus or list edtech companies in their own portfolio. Every fact below comes from the firm's own website or press release, checked in November 2026. Angel networks are in our separate edtech angel investors in South America guide, and edtech VCs in the US and Europe in our edtech VC firms list.
Quick answer: the regional funds with the clearest edtech record are Kaszek (pre-seed to Series B, three active edtechs: Camino, Crack The Code and Digital House), monashees (Coderhouse), Valor Capital Group (Alicerce, Descomplica) and MAYA Capital (Trybe). For a first or seed round in Brazil, look at DOMO.VC (AgendaEdu, DIO, Jovens Gênios), Alexia Ventures and Vox Capital. Selling to public schools? The Fundo GovTech co-managed by Cedro Capital led a R$11.8 million seed round in the edtech Jovens Gênios in March 2026. Owl Ventures is the global edtech specialist with the most South American companies on its portfolio page.
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EdTech VCs in South America Compared
Sources: each firm's own website, portfolio page or press release, checked 9 November 2026. "Not published" means the firm does not state it. None of these firms publishes a standard ticket size.
The 10 EdTech VCs in South America for 2027
First the large Latin American funds with edtech in their portfolio, then the seed and early-stage firms, then two impact investors, and last the global edtech specialist that invests in the region.
1. Kaszek
Kaszek describes itself as tech entrepreneurs partnering with founders in Latin America. Its FAQ names education among its sectors, next to financial services, healthcare, ecommerce, marketplaces and software, and says it mostly invests in companies that target Latin America as their main initial market. Its early-stage funds make initial investments from pre-seed and seed through Series A and Series B; separate opportunity funds invest from Series C to pre-IPO. It reports 306 entrepreneurs, 132 ventures and nine funds. Its companies page lists three edtech companies as active: Camino (Brazil), Crack The Code (Peru) and Digital House (Argentina).
2. monashees
monashees was founded in 2005, calls itself "the largest Brazilian VC" and "The Global Latam VC", and backs technology-driven founders building companies "from the region to the world". Its homepage shows programmes for pre-seed and seed AI-native founders run with Endeavor Catalyst and with Google's AI fund. Its portfolio tags two companies as EdTech: Coderhouse (Buenos Aires), a live online platform for technical training and career services across Latin America, where its initial investment was at Series A, and Cambly, an online language-learning platform where it invested at seed.
3. Valor Capital Group
Valor Capital Group calls itself the pioneer cross-border venture fund bridging the US, Latin American and global technology markets; founders pitch through the "Get Started" button on its homepage. It does not publish a stage or ticket range. Its companies list includes three education companies: Alicerce (São Paulo), an after-school programme for 6 to 17 year-olds in low-income regions; Descomplica (Rio de Janeiro), a digital education company with exam prep and online degrees; and Aprende Institute, a vocational-skills platform for Spanish speakers in the US and Latin America.
4. MAYA Capital
MAYA Capital calls itself "Transformative SEED STAGE CAPITAL" and says it invests in founders' first institutional round, then works hands-on on hiring, go-to-market and fundraising. Its portfolio filters cover Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Chile and Argentina, with EdTech as one sector. Its portfolio page lists Trybe, "the tech school for the future of digital professionals", and Vetto, a platform that connects Brazilian and Latin American researchers and specialists with global AI projects.
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5. Alexia Ventures
Alexia Ventures is an early-stage investor in Latin American founders and says that since 2010 it has been the first check into capital-efficient "Intelligent Software" and applied AI platforms from the region. Two portfolio companies on its homepage are in education: Herospark, a business-in-a-box platform for educators of non-certified courses, and BeConfident, which it calls an "AI-native EdTech" for professional learning. Its news page records a R$17 million investment in HeroSpark (August 2021) and the launch of its second fund for Latin American startups (March 2025).
6. DOMO.VC
DOMO.VC is a Brazilian early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology startups across Latin America. Its partners were among the early investors in Descomplica and Quero Educação, and it also manages an angel fund (FIP Anjo, online since 2019, with 50+ investments and BNDES as anchor investor). Its portfolio has an Edtech filter: AgendaEdu (Fortaleza, school-to-family app, invested 2017), Digital Innovation One (DIO; Araraquara, software courses and bootcamps, 2021), Even3 (Recife, 2020) and Jovens Gênios, whose 2026 seed round DOMO.VC joined.
7. Fundo GovTech (Cedro Capital and KPTL)
Cedro Capital is an independent asset manager in Brasília. In a press release of 10 March 2026 it said the Fundo GovTech, which it co-manages with KPTL, led a R$11.8 million seed round in Jovens Gênios, a Rio de Janeiro edtech that personalises learning in basic education with AI and gamification. DOMO.VC, Criabiz Ventures and Rosey Ventures (the corporate venture arm of Grupo Marista) joined the round. Jovens Gênios reaches almost 2 million students in more than 5,000 schools, and 90% of those schools are public, which is what the fund looks for: startups that make the public sector work better. For founders who sell to state or municipal school networks, this is one of the few funds built for that buyer.
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Impact Investors That Back Education
These two firms invest for social and environmental impact. Education is one of their named areas, and each lists education companies in its portfolio.
8. Vox Capital
Vox Capital is a Brazilian impact investment platform. Its venture capital arm invests in seed and early-stage technology companies and names health and education among its priority areas; its flagship funds specialise in Series A and B, while sector funds run with corporate partners invest at seed. Its portfolio has an Education segment that includes Cubos Academy, a tech-skills school whose AI tutor Emy was adopted by MUST University in the US, according to Vox's own news feed.
9. Positive Ventures
Positive Ventures is an impact-driven investment company with roots in São Paulo and a presence in San Francisco. It says it invests early and is sector-agnostic, backing founders who build technology for hard social and environmental problems. Its portfolio includes two Brazilian companies close to education: Yuna (storytelling for children) and Worc (workforce and employability). It posted its Impact Report 2025 on 30 June 2026.
The Global EdTech Specialist With South American Deals
10. Owl Ventures
Owl Ventures calls itself "a global leader investing in AI-driven learning" and reports $2.2 billion+ in committed capital across seven funds (as of October 15, 2025). It is US-based, but its portfolio page has a South America filter with five companies: Letrus (São Paulo, literacy and writing), Coala (Rio de Janeiro, telehealth for schools), Galena (São Paulo, careers for young talent), UBITS (Colombia, skilling for employees) and HoyTrabajas (Bogotá, hiring for operational jobs). That makes it the global edtech fund with the clearest South American record.
More Investors to Check Before You Pitch
- Salkantay Ventures is an early-stage fund for Spanish-speaking Latin America (pre-seed to Series A, $26 million under management, 23 startups) with a "Human Improvement" thesis that names edtech. Its portfolio includes Ubits, Talently, Cometa, uDocz, Aprende Institute and Slang. The newest dated post on its blog is from January 2023, so ask whether it is still writing new cheques.
- MOV Investimentos is a Brazilian impact manager founded in 2012. Its education portfolio includes MOVVA, which uses AI and behavioural science to reduce dropout in higher education; another education company, Por a mais b, ceased operations in April 2024.
- IDB Lab, the innovation lab of the IDB Group, offers equity, loans and grants in Latin America and the Caribbean and also invests in VC funds (for example Cometa IV). It is a development investor, not a classic VC.
- Potencia Ventures (education and future-of-work investments in Latin America) and UTEC Ventures (Peru) are covered in our edtech angel investors guide linked above.
Firms That Left This List and Why
The 2025 version of this article listed 20 names. Four stay (Kaszek, monashees, DOMO.VC and Owl Ventures); six are new. The rest changed:
- Generalists with no edtech on their own pages: Canary, Base Partners, FJ Labs and Alaya Capital invest across many sectors; compare them in our early-stage VC firms list. General Atlantic is a growth-equity investor, not an early-stage VC.
- Outside South America: DILA Capital is based in Mexico and its site names no edtech. Reach Capital, Brighteye Ventures, NewSchools Venture Fund, GSV Ventures and Emerge (formerly Emerge Education) are US or European edtech investors, covered in our edtech VC firms list.
- Not found or not active online: Niu Ventures' site did not respond, Winnipeg Capital could not be found, and Igah Ventures' domains show a parked page or a sale offer.
- Not a VC: CORFO is the Chilean government's development agency; its seed programmes are grants, covered in our grants for early-stage startups in South America guide.
- Not linked: Bossa Invest (formerly Bossanova), a generalist pre-seed investor; we found spam links injected into its pages in November 2026.
- Removed claims: the unsourced fund sizes and stake percentages in the old list, and every link to third-party list sites.
Funding a South American EdTech in 5 Steps
- Start with grants and programmes. Public seed grants in your country, edtech accelerators and our edtech startup grants list. AI-heavy products can also try the AI accelerators in South America.
- Raise from angels. Several Brazilian and Chilean angel networks list edtech companies; general networks are in our angel investors in South America guide.
- Pick a pre-seed or seed VC. DOMO.VC, MAYA Capital (first institutional round), Alexia Ventures, Vox Capital's seed funds and Kaszek's early-stage funds.
- Plan the Series A. Kaszek and monashees invest at Series A, Valor Capital Group backs cross-border companies, and Vox Capital's flagship funds specialise in Series A and B.
- Bring in a global edtech specialist. Owl Ventures already backs five South American companies; other global funds are in our edtech VC firms list.
Which EdTech VC Should You Choose?
- K-12 product sold to public schools: Fundo GovTech (Cedro Capital and KPTL), DOMO.VC and Vox Capital; Owl Ventures backs Letrus and Coala.
- Tech skills, bootcamps and careers: monashees (Coderhouse), Kaszek (Digital House, Crack The Code), MAYA Capital (Trybe), DOMO.VC (DIO) and Owl (Galena, UBITS).
- AI-first learning product: Alexia Ventures (applied AI, BeConfident), MAYA Capital (Vetto) and monashees' AI-native programmes.
- Spanish-speaking market: Kaszek (Argentina, Peru), Salkantay (ask first) and Owl Ventures (Colombia).
- Impact first: Vox Capital, Positive Ventures and MOV Investimentos.
- US expansion later: Valor Capital Group, which invests across the US and Latin America.
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How EdTech Founders in South America Prepare to Raise
Edtech investors in the region ask two questions: do learners improve, and who pays (a school network, an employer or a family)? Know your market first: our edtech countries in South America and best countries for edtech startups guides compare the region's markets, and AI startup cities in South America shows where the talent is. City guides help you find peers and co-investors: Buenos Aires, Lima, Montevideo and Brasília. Science-heavy learning products can add deep tech grants in South America, and founders planning a US launch can compare edtech grants in North America. Meet investors at edtech startup events and fundraising events, then build a fundraising pitch deck that tells a story, prepare for term sheet negotiation and avoid the classic pre-seed fundraising mistakes. If your product uses AI, also pitch the firms in our VCs for AI startups list. Women founders can add our grants for female entrepreneurs guide and the female founder funding statistics. Picking a tutoring tool for your own team? See our EduLearn Tutor alternatives.
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FAQ About EdTech VCs in South America
Which VCs invest in edtech startups in South America?
Kaszek, monashees, Valor Capital Group, MAYA Capital, Alexia Ventures, DOMO.VC, the Fundo GovTech co-managed by Cedro Capital, Vox Capital and Positive Ventures all list education companies on their own sites. Owl Ventures, a global edtech fund, lists five South American companies.
Which South American VCs invest at pre-seed or seed in edtech?
Kaszek's early-stage funds start at pre-seed, monashees runs pre-seed and seed programmes for AI-native founders, MAYA Capital leads founders' first institutional round, and DOMO.VC, Alexia Ventures and Vox Capital invest at seed or early stage.
How much do these VCs invest?
None of them publishes a standard ticket size. One recent data point: the Fundo GovTech led a R$11.8 million seed round in the edtech Jovens Gênios in March 2026, together with DOMO.VC, Criabiz Ventures and Rosey Ventures.
Does Kaszek invest in edtech?
Yes. Kaszek names education among its sectors and its companies page lists Camino (Brazil), Crack The Code (Peru) and Digital House (Argentina) as active edtech companies. Its early-stage funds invest from pre-seed to Series B.
Which investors back edtech that sells to public schools?
The Fundo GovTech, co-managed by Cedro Capital and KPTL, backs startups that serve the public sector; 90% of the schools Jovens Gênios serves are public. DOMO.VC and Vox Capital also hold education companies, and Owl Ventures backs Letrus and Coala in Brazil.
Are there edtech-only VC funds in South America?
We found no South American VC fund that invests only in edtech. The regional firms here invest across sectors and name education as one of them; the edtech-only funds are global, such as Owl Ventures.
What is the difference between this list and the edtech angel investors list?
This list covers venture capital firms that invest from a fund. Our edtech angel investors in South America guide covers angel networks such as Gávea Angels and GVAngels, where individual members invest smaller amounts at an earlier stage.
What happened to Canary and Bossa Invest from the old list?
Canary is still active, but its own portfolio page shows no edtech companies, so it moved to the generalists note. Bossa Invest is not linked because we found spam links injected into its pages in November 2026.
Is CORFO a venture capital firm?
No. CORFO is the Chilean government's development agency; its startup programmes are grants and co-financing, covered in our grants for early-stage startups in South America guide.
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About the Author
Violetta Bonenkamp, also known as MeanCEO, is an experienced startup founder with an impressive educational background including an MBA and four other higher education degrees. She has over 20 years of work experience across multiple countries, including 5 years as a solopreneur and serial entrepreneur. Throughout her startup experience she has applied for multiple startup grants at the EU level, in the Netherlands and Malta, and her startups received quite a few of those. She’s been living, studying and working in many countries around the globe and her extensive multicultural experience has influenced her immensely.
