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Capim, an emerging company that provides Brazilians, has now purchased, as it later raised (BNPL) dental services, $ 26.7 million in financing from the A series A, says Techcrunch exclusively.
Founded in July 2021 by Marcelo Lutz and Roberto Pesilei, who is in the position of Sao Paulo -based Sao Paulo Cable It describes itself as a header SAAS specialized in the dental sector. It claims that its operating system helps dentists to number and manage their clinics, and increase revenues.
One of the things that CAPIM is doing, for example, is to help patients reserve the appointments digitally in connected clinics. On the BNPL interface, the company says this offer is less expensive than an alternative like a credit card.
“Contrary to the common practice in Brazil represented in payment in installments with credit cards – which requires an end to the credit card and the ability to pay within a limited number of installments – usually up to 6 or 12 – our solution provides greater flexibility, and allow payments from up to up to 36 installments, ”Pesley told Techcrunch. It claims that the interest rates that Capim receives are 50 % lower than that of traditional banks.
Now with the latest capital pump, Capim plans to expand its financial offers through the POS (the sale point) that will provide clinics much lower than the merchant discount rates (MDR) with integration with the SAAS Financial Management Unit. Merher debit price (MDR) is a fee that is imposed on the company that deals with deduction and credit cards. The station will allow clinics to accept credit cards and discount cards Pixel (Real -time payment system in Brazil).
The capital will also go to develop what the company describes as new condominium tools to make clinical processes more efficient. The start starting also plans to accelerate the market to expand its network of clinics and patients.
The Capim’s Series A tour was raised in slices. Valor Capital and Qed Investors participated in the financing leadership, which included the participation of the current investors OneVC, Canary and NXTP, as well as new investors Endeavor, Saison and Actyus, a fund led by Creditas Sergio Furio. It refused to start the disclosure of her evaluation. In total, it raised about $ 29 million, including a seed tour of $ 2.5 million when it was first launched in July 2021.
Lutz and Pesilei met while working on the Master of Business Administration in INRID, where they won the Insead Venture competition in December 2020.
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To date, the startup says it has helped more than 60,000 bachelor access to dental procedures.
While the company refused to unveil difficult revenue numbers, Lutz said it had multiplied its revenues three times in 2024, with the addition of more than 4000 clinics to its customer base. It currently serves 6000 dental clinics and is expected to reach more than 10,000 by the end of the year. Participating founders say Capim was not yet profitable, but he “violated” at the end of last year.
Capim earns funds in two ways: through the SAAS subscriptions, which provide clinics with digital tools to manage their operations as well as financial products, which they say help clinics to increase the patient’s access, and therefore, which leads to increased revenues.
Nowadays, Capim has 130 employees, up from 115 years.
Carlos Costa of Valor Capital said his company was attracted to invest in Kabim because young people are dealing with the clear challenges faced by professionals in managing their clinics, financing and paying for treatments. “
Mike Baker of QED Investors said his company has been following Capim from its early days.
“After watching the speed that the company erupted with the economies of the strong unit, we were fully convinced to fit the early product market and we saw this early traction only is the beginning.”