# Grão Direto

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/grao-direto

- Industry: Agribusiness
- Headquarters: Brazil
- Website: www.graodireto.com.br
- Total disclosed funding: $27M
- Latest round: Series B (Mar 10, 2025)
- Investors on record: 17

## About

Established in 2016 by CEO Alexandre Borges and Frederico Vitor Andrade Marques and based in Minas Gerais, Brazil, Grão Direto digitizes the marketing of agricultural commodities and offers an app enabling traders to buy grains and crops. The company serves grain growers and grain buying companies such as Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., and Ouro Safra, among others. In March 2025, Grão Direto raised BRL 90 million in series B funding led by new investor Kaszek Ventures, with participation from other new investors Bradesco Asset Management, CME Ventures, SLC Ventures, and Endeavor Scale-up Ventures. Returning investors Leaps by Bayer, BASF Venture Capital, ADM Ventures, Amagi Group Europa S.L., Cargill Inc., Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., and other unspecified investors also participated in the round. The company offers price information to sellers as well as main market news, weather data, prices of agricultural commodities on the exchanges, regional freight costs, and foreign exchange rates, along with a trading platform with access to various modalities such as sale in the spot market, forward market, or barter along with different freight conditions and payment terms. Additionally, the company’s system and digital contracts also benefit the buyers. Grão Direto’s grain pricing solutions for the physical markets can be customized with various options suitable to a business (logistics, commercial relationships, storage, exports, and domestic markets, among others). Buyers can be connected to the CBOT and the Brazilian foreign exchange rate in real-time. Additionally, the company also provides market intelligence and compliance to the buyers. The company gathers market information on its platform, which can be accessed from any device with an internet connection. The company generates revenue from services such as market intelligence, digital contracts and document management, grain pricing and management tools, and origination insights and integration with social and environmental compliance solutions, as well as fees charged from buyers. The company will use the March 2025 funding to support the further development of its platform and offerings in agribusiness sectors.

## Funding rounds

- Series B, Mar 10, 2025, $16M — BASF Venture Capital, Cargill Inc., Kaszek Ventures, Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., Bradesco Asset Management, CME Ventures, ADM Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, Endeavor Scale-up Ventures, Amagi Group Europa S.L., SLC Ventures
- Series A, Mar 3, 2022, $7.9M — Cargill Inc., Louis Dreyfus Company B.V., Barn Investimentos, Bayer Venture Investments, ADM Ventures, Amagi Group Europa S.L.
- Series A, Feb 9, 2021, $2.6M — Barn Investimentos, Leaps by Bayer, Lanx Capital
- Seed, Apr 5, 2018, $0.7M — Monsanto Growth Ventures, Canary, Openvc

## Investors

- Monsanto Growth Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/monsanto-growth-ventures) — Seed
- Canary (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/canary) — Seed
- Openvc — Seed
- Barn Investimentos (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/barn-investimentos) — Series A
- Leaps by Bayer (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leaps-by-bayer) — Series A, Series B
- Lanx Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lanx-capital) — Series A
- Cargill Inc. — Series A, Series B
- Louis Dreyfus Company B.V. — Series A, Series B
- Bayer Venture Investments — Series A
- ADM Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/adm-ventures) — Series A, Series B
- Amagi Group Europa S.L. — Series A, Series B
- BASF Venture Capital — Series B
- Kaszek Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/kaszek-ventures) — Series B
- Bradesco Asset Management — Series B
- CME Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cme-ventures) — Series B
- Endeavor Scale-up Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/endeavor-scale-up-ventures) — Series B
- SLC Ventures — Series B