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About

AUREA FINVEST CLIMATE is a venture capital firm part of Aurea Finvest, created in 2022 to support the development of technologies that will improve the Real Estate industry’s climate resilience and contribute to reduce its carbon footprint.

Solid Reputation

Solid Reputation

  • Distinguished partners with 30+ years of experience and leadership in the financial services and the Real Estate market


  • Dedicated team with background in Investing, Venture Capital, Real Estate, Finance, Technology and Data Science


  • Experts and strategic partners to strengthen pipeline and support portfolio companies
Track record

Track Record

  • Extensive track record as “company builders” in the financial and Real Estate sectors

  • 20+ current portfolio companies | 10+ exits


  • Real Estate, Finance and Tech specialists with a proven track record of Venture Capital investing


Strategy

Strategy

  • Target opportunities that address core Real Estate Climate problems


  • To portfolio companies, we are strategically positioned in the Brazilian market to support expansion and promote soft landing


  • To investors, we are also strategically positioned to identify and invest in best-in-class Climate and Property technologies globally


Current funds

AUM & Current Funds

  • The funds managed by FINVEST add up to over US$350M

Diferentials

Pipeline

We have unrivaled access to a global network of Climate and PropTechs companies coming from founding teams, accelerators, associations, syndicates, academia, partners and advisors’ network of contacts, referrals from other investors, and large industry.

Partnerships

FINVEST partnership with MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE) to investigate the effectiveness of cutting-edge decarb technologies, policies, and business models around the world.

Network

We believe we can provide outsized support as entrepreneurs go to market. 


With greater influence and leverage in the space, we will provide door-opening introductions to potential customers, so that our entrepreneurs can acquire large customers early on.

Scaling in LATAM

We are uniquely positioned to connect portfolio companies to the Brazilian Real Estate market, supporting expansion and promoting a soft landing into a big but rather challenging region to navigate.

Experience

As company-builders and innovators with a proven track record, we have encountered many of the challenges and questions that entrepreneurs in this space will face. 


Our network of partners and advisors provides best-in-class expertise for both investing decisions, and also for supporting the entrepreneurs we back.

Team

We are a dedicated group of Real Estate, Finance, Climate and Technology professionals with a proven national and international track record that understands the challenges that industry faces.

Luis Claudio

Luis Claudio Garcia de Souza

Chairman

Marcio Garcia

Marcio Garcia de Souza

Co-Chairman

Diogo Castro e Silva

Diogo Castro e Silva

General Partner & Investor Relations

Marcelo Hannud

Marcelo Hannud

Real Estate Advisor

Leandro Carvalho

Leandro Carvalho

Senior Advisor & Board Member

Arnie

Arnie Sriskandarajah

Advisor for Europe

Winston Fritsch

Winston Fritsch

Climate Advisor

Caio Barbosa

Caio Barbosa

Business Associate

Felipe Hannud

Felipe Hannud

Business Associate

Investment Thesis

We believe that innovation in the Real Estate industry is growing and that most promising opportunities will come from its intersection with climate change.


The Real Estate sector, as well as being the world’s largest and most polluting asset class, affects people’s lives like nothing else. 


As climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies, we believe Real Estate can be a force for good and continue its innovation path with positive impact in the Real Estate industry.

  • Global emissions reached their highest level ever in 2022

    Global emissions reached their highest level ever in 2022


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  • The Real Estate Industry generates +40% of global GHG emissions


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  • Increasing regulatory pressure


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  • Climate change’s long-term impact on the Real Estate Industry


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  • Physical and transition risks arising from climate change


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  • Real Estate industry is huge but under-digitized


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Carboncap Fund

Carboncap Fund invests in technologies that will improve climate resilience and carbon reduction, improving the lives of billions around the world and contributing to avoid a climate disaster.

  • DECARBONIZATION SOLUTIONS

  • CIRCULAR AND SHARED ECONOMY

  • CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

DECARBONIZATION SOLUTIONS

Carbon emissions offset and retrofit solutions focused on energy efficiency, building management systems, electrification, low-carbon development and construction

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Software solution to commercial Real Estate market that optimizes the performance of the building’s physical assets

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Patented process that integrates electrolysis and CO2 conversion technology to recycle carbon emissions into renewable natural gas

CIRCULAR AND SHARED ECONOMY

Circularity practices in Real Estate, including circularity of building materials and shared spaces accelerated by cultural changes such as remote/hybrid work

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SaaS marketplace for hybrid working, replacing the office lease with a software subscription

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Technologies that assess, measure and mitigate climate related risks in a Real Estate portfolio, including carbon risk management and exposure metrics

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Smart proactive plumbing IoT installation/monitoring, and marketplace for contractors

Institutional Partnerships

Israel Trade & Investment Brazil

Israel Trade Investment office to Brazil is a part of the Foreign Trade Administration of the Ministry of Economy and Industry of Israel that counts with a net of more than 40 offices around the world.


The office’s main goal is to connect opportunities and foster business and investment between Israeli and Brazilian companies across several industries.


In 2022, the Trade & Investment office supported Aurea Finvest Climate delegation to Israel. Since then, there is an ongoing support from the Office to the CarbonCap Fund’s activities.

Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada

Since 1973, the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce works to promote and support trade, investment, cultural and technological exchange relations between Brazil and Canada.


In 2023, the Chamber of Commerce supported Aurea Finvest Climate delegation to Montreal and Toronto. Since then, there is an ongoing support from the Chamber to the CarbonCap Fund’s activities.

Center for Real Estate

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, has a distinguished record of achievement and global impact.


Grounded in the MIT tradition of rigorous field-based research, the MIT Center for Real Estate (CRE), has over thirty-five years of experience in (1) pioneering research to investigate real estate from initial concept to market reality; (2) providing thought leadership to empower organizations around the globe to capitalize on today’s dynamic markets, transformative technologies and sustainability goals; and (3) training generations of professionals to impact the real estate sector through applied research, workshops, coursework, and events.


MIT FINVEST

Real Estate and Climate

Innovation Fund

MIT FINVEST Real Estate and Climate Innovation Research Fund aims to find technological and policy change solutions, within the real estate industry, to cope with the effects of climate change.


Currently, the program is focused on “
Real Estate Decarbonization Strategies”, investigating the effectiveness of cutting-edge decarbonizing technologies, policies, and business models around the world that have been recently adopted or are in test or pilot phases. The goal is to develop a comprehensive analytical framework that describes the financial value and economics of decarbonizing the built environment and exploring how this could be applied to the Brazilian context.


This structure will integrate engineering methods with real estate finance modelling to capture the full array of costs and benefits for building owners and operators that adopt decarbonizing technologies. It will also consider uncertainties around local regulation, market conditions and technology development to provide investment recommendations that are resilient to a wide variety of future scenarios.


Contact

contact@aureafinvestclimate.com


+55 (11) 5039-7025


Av. Santo Amaro, 48, 3º andar

São Paulo, SP, Brasil, CEP 04506-000

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