Brian Requarth

Investment Partner , Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Investment Partner,Angel
Investor Stage
Early stage Venture,Seed

Brian Requarth co-founded Viva Real and was the company's CEO from 2009 to July 2016 when he became Chairman. The company bootstrapped its operation and eventually raised over $74 million USD. Under his management, the team scaled to over 500 team members and acquired suahouse, a leading real estate CRM provider serving home builders and data company Geo Imovel.

He led merger negotiations with ZAP Imóveis (owned by Grupo Globo, Latin America’s largest media company). The deal closed in December 2017. Requarth is Chairman of the combined company, Grupo ZAP.

In March 2020, Grupo ZAP signed a deal to be acquired by OLX Brasil for R$2.9bn. The deal was approved by anti-trust authorities in Brazil and the transaction closed October 30, 2020.

As an angel investor Requarth has invested in 40+ tech startups in Brazil and Latin America and he has recently started Latitud, a new project focused on helping early stage founders build iconic companies in Brazil and Latin America.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
6
Brian Requarth has made 6 investments. Their most recent investment was on Nov 13, 2013, when Giving Assistant raised $1.33M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Mar 10, 2021 Clara Pre-seed $3.50M Credit Cards Detail
Mar 5, 2021 Flourish Fi Series Unknown $1.50M Financial Services Detail
Sep 30, 2020 Alude Seed $3.30M Database Detail
Dec 1, 2019 AoCubo Seed R$1.60M Internet Detail
Nov 10, 2015 Giving Assistant Series Unknown $1.45M E-Commerce Detail
Nov 13, 2013 Giving Assistant Seed $1.33M E-Commerce Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Brian Requarth has 1 current jobs including Advisor at Giving Assistant , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Giving Assistant Advisor Jan 1, 2017 Detail