Avante.com.vc

Avante is empowering the massive, underserved, sector, of micro-entrepreneurs across South America, by providing them an advanced suite of FinTech services. Its disruptive combination of Credit, Payments and Digital Banking makes it the largest MFI in Brazil, spearheading impact by technology and Innovation. As +50 million micro-businesses continue to be underserved by the financial industry, Avante is focusing on providing micro-finance to businesses operating in "the base of the pyramid". The company's grand mission is to humanize financial services to audiences suffering from Financial Exclusion. With over R$70 million in concession, Avante is impacting the lives of tens of thousands of individuals and their families suffering from financial exclusion, rapidly gearing with new technologies and disrupting Brazil's financial landscape. Its disruptive combination of Credit, Payments and Digital Banking, offer a ground-breaking approach to class E/D businesses, certifying the company as a B Corporation and 2015 B Corp Best for the World honoree. The company is one of the fastest growing Brazilian financial organizations, encompassing 30 people in São Paulo's HQ, and over 130 agents in Brazil's north-east regions. The company is currently deploying a full-fledged R&D center in the bustling high-tech center of Tel-Aviv, Israel.