Marcos Toledo Leite is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Canary. See sector focus and contact routes.
Marcos Toledo Leite is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Canary, a São Paulo-based venture capital firm established in 2016 to support early-stage startups. Before founding Canary, he served as a partner at M Square Investimentos from 2005 to 2015 and worked as an investor at JP Morgan from 2001 to 2005, specializing in fund allocation. His investment thesis targets pre-seed and seed-stage technology companies across Latin America, with a primary focus on software-as-a-service, financial technology, and artificial intelligence. Canary typically invests between $500,000 and $5.0 million, with a sweet spot of approximately $2.5 million per deal. Notable portfolio companies include the regional technology unicorns Loft and 99, which Toledo has strategically associated with during his venture track record. Canary also distinguishes itself through the JetPack program, which seeks first-time founders living abroad who wish to return to or relocate to Brazil to start companies. Toledo has publicly represented his firm as a featured speaker at the Web Summit Rio conference in 2024, highlighting his active engagement with the Latin American startup ecosyst
This profile is part of the StartupFundraising investor database: focus, portfolio history, disclosed location and contact routes, refreshed as new filings and rounds are ingested. Founders use it to check fit before reaching out and to find investors in São Paulo.
Investors like Marcos Toledo Leite · Full investor directory · Investor access · Company funding database