Nima Kaz

Crisis/Opportunity Entrepreneur: Find, Fund & Launch the [NEW] Future

📍 Brazil, Brazil🔄 Updated September 2026💼 3 investments📅 15 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Observer
Dec 2016
We are an early stage Venture Capital specialist in supporting exceptional entrepreneurs to develop businesses that transform Brazil. In ten years we have carried out more than 100 acceleration programs, connected more than a thousand companies with startups, evaluated more than 25 thousand startups, accelerated more than 450 startups, invested in 130 startups, were elected 3 times as the best accelerator in Latin America and had 25 exits, having the best track record in the world!
Co-Founder, Board Member
Mar 2012
PeaceLabs helps corporations to know where, when and how much to invest in a social project. We are a passionate team interest in making sure every resources going towards philanthropy has the best positive impact in our communities. As a Software-as-a-service company, we make sure our clients can digitize theis social projects and monitor their results and impact in the short and long run. Today we work with corporations such as Institute Robert Bosch, Fanshawe College, Legacy Impact and Copel Telecom.
Member of the Board
2011
We help provide greater benefits to taxpayers by advocating for policies and programs to ensure governments consider community enterprise before outsourcing public sector opportunities to the private sector. Think Highway 407. Taxpayers built the highway and created the business. A previous government sold the opportunity for $3.1 Billion* Today this opportunity is worth $20 Billion* So the taxpayer lost out on $17 Billion in appreciation. Additionally, the business earns $150 Million* in profits for private and absentee shareholders. We assert that there is an alternative to privatization of public services. However there are hurdles. We advocate for a Community Enterprise Act to overcome the hurdles and build the capacity to deliver public services on a not for-profit basis. We propose building capacity for Community Enterprise in the following areas: • School Busing • Farming and Local Food processing and distribution • Energy generation and distribution (Electricity, Natural Gas, Bio-Diesel and Oil refinement) • Liquor and Beer sales and distribution • Toll Highways and Highway maintenance • Resource Extraction and Processing (Mining, Forestry, Aggregate, Water etc.) • Mining in the Ring of Fire • Waste Management and Energy from Waste • Invasive Species Eradication • Wireless communication licensing & Data Warehousing • Attainable Housing and Community Building (vibrant downtowns, youth retention, and job creation) • Untapped Retail Markets, Real Estate Development, Insurance • The production and sale of legalized cannabis and more
Experience · 11 entries
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2018
Co-Founder, Board Advisor
Feb 2018
WWW.SOCIALFOUNDER.NET O Social Founder surgiu de um consórcio formado inicialmente pelo Instituto Legado, Jupter e Founder Institute Brazil, com o objetivo de desenvolver Empreendedores e Startups Sociais, de modo a apoiar a criação e lançamento de empresas de impacto e seus negócios sociais. ​Esse consórcio está aberto à participação de outros atores interessados em apoiar o ecossistema de empreendedorismo social. O que somos: O Social Founder é um hub que conecta, de um lado, Empreendedores, Startups de Negócio Sociais, e, do outro, programas de desenvolvimento e aceleração, Investidores Sociais e empresas de todos os segmentos interessadas em participar do ecossistema. Nosso propósito: Apoiar Empreendedores Sociais a desenvolverem suas empresas e organizações, desde a ideia, passando por validações e modelo de negócio, criando estratégias, produtos e serviços auto-sustentáveis e com possibilidade de escala, buscando o crescimento de forma concreta e a real viabilidade do impacto positivo na sociedade. O que fazemos: O Social Founder facilita a participação de Empreendedores Sociais nos Programas de Aceleração oferecidos pelo mercado, através do oferecimento de patrocínios financiados por Investidores Sociais da nossa rede.
early stage
2016
Board Observer
Dec 2016
We are an early stage Venture Capital specialist in supporting exceptional entrepreneurs to develop businesses that transform Brazil. In ten years we have carried out more than 100 acceleration programs, connected more than a thousand companies with startups, evaluated more than 25 thousand startups, accelerated more than 450 startups, invested in 130 startups, were elected 3 times as the best accelerator in Latin America and had 25 exits, having the best track record in the world!
2015
Co-Founder & CEO
Nov 2015
JUPTER is an ecosystem platform to help Find, Fund & Launch the companies & networks of tomorrow. The ecosystem platform is optimized around systematic origination of technology leveraging open innovation & science-based development for startups & their early collaborators. We are looking for the bold and brave adventurers, for the courageous and crazy, the outliers and the makers of the future. #Jovian #OpenScienceOrigination #InDWeTrust (Data, Diversity, Decentralization)
2014
Executive Director, Brazil
Nov 2014
The Founder Institute is the World’s Largest AI-Native Company Builder, where ambitious professionals, solo founders, and first-time entrepreneurs go to turn ideas into funded, AI-powered startups. Since 2009, our structured methodology, global mentor network, and platform have helped over 8,900 founders across 100+ countries raise more than $2BN in funding. Whether you’re an employee ready to make the leap, a solo founder with a big idea, or a first-time entrepreneur looking for direction, we provide the AI toolkit, structured sprints, expert feedback, and investor network to take you from Zero to Founder, faster and cheaper than ever before. And when you’re ready, our venture fund Founder Capital and global investor network are there to write your first check.
Cofounder, Board Advisor
2014
We are Code For Brazil & our focus areas are #OpenData & #CivicTech National affiliate of CodeForAmerica.org & CodeForAll.org creating an innovative frontier for the creation & launch of civic technology startups created by protagonist citizens. Civic Innovators take part in civic hackathons & hackdays/nights as well as incubation & acceleration programs that aim to build the next wave of companies that will bring new solutions to make Brazil an even greater nation with higher global competitiveness for its communities. #OpenData #CivicTech #OpenGov
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2011–2016 · 3 investments
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