Fabrica Ventures Fund I

Fabrica Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Palo Alto, United States

Countries of investment

United States

Investment stages

Series C
Growth

Industries

Cloud
Software
Big Data
Artificial Intelligence
Fintech
Cybersecurity
Hardware
Robotics
IoT
Healthtech
Logistics
Education

About
Fabrica Ventures is a Palo Alto-based late-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 that invests in B2B US-based companies. The firm targets Cloud, Software, Big Data, AI, Fintech, Cybersecurity, Hardware, Robotics, IoT, Healthtech, Logistics, and Education sectors. Portfolio companies include Airbnb, Coursera, Carta, and Menlo Security, with 23 unicorns among its holdings.

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Max check size: $10M
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Investment Thesis

Fabrica Ventures focuses on curated access to late-stage US tech startups, favoring pure tech companies over tech-enabled businesses. The thesis is that late-stage VC provides a more favorable risk-return trade-off with faster liquidity than traditional venture investing.

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Manager's Experience

Fabrica Ventures is led by co-founding Partner Álvaro César Filpo, who holds a PhD in Managerial Economics from RPI-NY, an MSc in Production Engineering from UFRJ, and a BSc in Electronics Engineering from IME-RJ. Álvaro was previously a BCG senior advisor in the TMT practice, and co-founded K2 Achievements (a management consulting firm delivering 350+ projects across 85 companies). He is joined by a co-founding partner who brings operator experience at Lorenzetti, Belliz (top-10 Brazilian cosmetics), Bombril, UAB Motors, and Atrium Telecom (sold to Telefonica).