Why I invested in Canary
Some VCs make you wait, dance, recalibrate, and resubmit. Canary doesn’t.
Why I work with them
Decide fast, are frontal about why. First call to first answer is days, not months. If they’re in, you know. If they’re out, you know that too — with the actual reason, not the LP-friendly version. That clarity is rare and worth a multiple on its own when you’re running on a finite cash runway.
Best-in-class on fundraising. They’ve taken more LatAm companies through their next round than almost anyone else. If your strength is building product and the next round terrifies you, this is the fund that complements you. They’ll prep the deck, the narrative, the warm intros, and they’ll do it without making you feel like you owe them a favor.
The Brazil door, opened. I’ve watched founders try to crack BR for years from the outside. Canary is the network that gets you the first 20 customers, the first key hire, and the first credible local press hit, fast. If you’re a non-BR founder building for the region, this is the launchpad I’d want on the cap table.
The bet
For founder-builders who’d rather be coding than pitching, the partner you want is one that’s clear, frontal, and exceptional at the part of the job you find painful. Canary is that partner.