Based in the heart of Rio, Antera Asset Management SA is a venture capital firm focused on supporting Brazil's most innovative young companies. Founded in 2005 to fill the gap in seed financing in the emerging Brazilian venture capital industry, we are dedicated to identifying, funding, and developing companies with great technology and growth potential, in both domestic and international markets. We manage Latin America's largest seed-stage fund, Criatec I, with 36 investments across energy and cleantech; biotech and life sciences; agribusiness, and information technology sectors. We pride ourselves on not only identifying and seeding globally competitive innovation created here in Brazil, but in leveraging our domestic and global networks to generate the strategic partnerships to accelerate growth--and deliver elite returns for our investors.