FirmScope

Sao Paulo directory · 38 firms

Asset management firms in Sao Paulo

Most Brazilian savings sit with the banks - which is exactly what makes the independents worth mapping. Sao Paulo's independent gestoras run the strategies the bank platforms distribute: equities, credit, multimercado and real assets, managed by teams that mostly spun out of banks and each other. FirmScope tracks 38 of them - founder-led managers verified by hand as active, Sao Paulo-based and independent of the banking groups, with strategy recorded the way the firm itself describes it.

Scroll for the list. The full directory adds working website and LinkedIn links, named contacts where firms publish them, and filters by strategy - the fastest route to a credible target list in Brazilian asset management.

14
Generalist
7
Real Estate
6
Private Credit
6
Multi-Asset

Look up a firm

25 of the 38 firms on the list

FirmFocusTeam size
ALG.IN- Algarve InvestimentosQuant / Systematic11-50
Aventis AssetReal Estate11-50
Carmel CapitalPrivate Credit11-50
Eternia InvestimentosMulti-Asset11-50
Everest Asset ManagementGeneralist11-50
EXXPON Desenvolvimento ImobiliárioReal Estate11-50
Levante AssetGeneralist11-50
LITUS ASSETPrivate Credit11-50
Mantiq InvestimentosLong Only11-50
Pima CapitalMulti-Asset11-50
Rafter InvestimentosGeneralist11-50
SkanderMulti-Asset11-50
Una Capital Ltda.Long Only11-50
Vector InvestimentosGeneralist11-50
220 CapitalGeneralist2-10
3J CapitalGeneralist2-10
Argo CapitalHedge Fund2-10
Arm CapitalPrivate Credit2-10
BDR AMPrivate Credit2-10
Black River Family OfficeMulti-Asset2-10
Casa Brasileira – Investimentos ImobiliáriosReal Estate2-10
Connex CapitalGeneralist2-10
F3 Rock AssetReal Estate2-10
FigTree CapitalPrivate Credit2-10
Fronteira Asset ManagementGeneralist2-10

Ordered by team size, then name. Websites, LinkedIn pages, search and filters are in the full directory.

The other 13 firms

See the whole list, with working links and contacts

Every firm, verified website and LinkedIn links, named contacts where published, filters, private notes and an outreach tracker. Free account first, no card needed.

Create a free accountSee pricing

What counts as a boutique here

Independent asset managers with real Sao Paulo operations: specialist gestoras in equities, credit, multimercado and real assets, whose ownership sits with the founders rather than a banking group.

The bank-owned giants of Brazilian asset management are excluded on purpose - their graduate schemes are well documented. This list covers the firms that hire one person at a time, quietly.

Full detail on sourcing and verification is on the methodology page.

Common questions

How many boutique asset managers are in Sao Paulo?

FirmScope currently tracks 38 in Sao Paulo. Brazilian asset management is heavily bank-dominated, so the verified independent pool is more select than the city's size suggests - and the list updates as it consolidates.

Why are the famous Brazilian fund names missing?

Where a famous gestora is genuinely independent it belongs here; where it is owned by a bank or a listed platform it is excluded, because this directory maps independents. A manager that belongs to a bank recruits like a bank.

Do Sao Paulo asset managers hire juniors without Portuguese?

Rarely - Portuguese is the working language of Brazilian markets. International strategies are the exception; state your languages honestly and target accordingly.

More Sao Paulo directories

Investment BankingConsultingVenture CapitalPrivate EquityCorporate Law

Every city FirmScope covers, live and upcoming, is on the coverage page.