SP Ventures

Investment decisions are led by the four named partners — Francisco Jardim, Ariadne Caballero, Alexandre Stephan, and Felipe Guth — who jointly manage the firm and have worked together for more than a decade. The broader investment team of 12 professionals contributes sector-specific expertise across agribusiness operations, venture capital, and private equity. The firm structures itself as a consolidated partnership rather than a single-key-man vehicle.

The firm sources primarily through its partners’ deep Latin American agribusiness networks, built over a combined 50 years in the sector. Its position as one of the few dedicated agrifood and climate-tech venture investors in the region gives it early visibility into university spinouts, corporate R&D pipelines, and founder referrals across Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. The team’s operational backgrounds inside large agricultural enterprises provide access to deal flow that generalist funds rarely see.

SP Ventures invests across the early-stage spectrum — from seed and start-up rounds through growth-stage financings. Its portfolio includes companies at varying maturity levels, from pre-revenue biological-inputs developers to scaled farm-finance platforms. The firm does not publicly designate a strict stage-boundary rule, but its deal flow concentrates where technology risk and market adoption curves intersect inside Latin America’s agricultural economy.