Cohort 1

Async insurance pricing + risk scoring API. Top-tier global insurer pilot in motion (under NDA); reference architecture for InsurTech sales across LATAM.

AI-native judicial asset platform for the Brazilian precatorios + claims market. Copilot-to-fund flywheel; built from scratch inside Cohort 1.

Senior AI engineers embedded inside legacy Brazilian companies — shipping AI into the core business. Already working with several companies.

Discovery

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

Partner Co-founded

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

US Building Track Record

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.

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

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

Investing Track Record

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.

#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.

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

US Alumni

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 studio.