Alpha Capital Acquisition Company

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Updated: Jan 22, 2026 ·

Financial History

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Investments Made

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Mar 1, 2025	Voa Health	$3.0M Seed	—	Alaya Capital, FJ Labs, Kalei Ventures, Rivet Ventures, Wayra Hispam
May 1, 2024	Novel Capital	$15.0M Seed	—	Accel, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Launchpad Venture Group, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Ulu Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Sep 1, 2022	Zen Educate	$23.0M Series A	—	Alaya Capital, Brighteye Ventures, Collaborative Seed & Growth Partners, Firework Ventures, FJ Labs, Hoxton Ventures, Kalei Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, LearnStart, Owl Ventures, Reach Capital, Rivet Ventures, TCV, Wayra Hispam, Fabricio Bloisi, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Zac Zeitlin
Jun 1, 2022	Moova	$10.0M Series A	—	Acequia Capital, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, Alaya Capital, AlleyCorp, Ataria Ventures, Bling Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Catapult Capital, Change Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, Dreamers VC, FJ Labs, Kalei Ventures, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Lowercarbon Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Plug & Play Ventures, Rivet Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Silence, Social Capital, Sweet Capital, Tapas Capital, Two Small Fish Ventures, Unruly Capital, Wayra Hispam, World Fund, Adrian Aoun, Ameet Ranadive, Ariel Lambrecht, Azeem Azhar, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, Claire Hughes Johnson, Evan Moore, Fabricio Bloisi, Gokul Rajaram, Guilherme Bonifacio, James Beshara, James Blouzard, Joshua Schachter, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Mantas Mikuckas, Manu Ginobilli, Marcos Galperin, Markus Villig, Martin Henk, Martin Villig, Ott Kaukver, Pete Koomen, Ragnar Sass, Richard Branson, Rohini Pandhi, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Seth Goldman, Steve Chen, Thomas Plantenga, Tobias Lutke, Varsha Rao
May 1, 2022	Xepelin	$110.0M Series B	—	Accel, Alex, Cedar Capital Group, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Manutara Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Hans Tung, Picus Capital, Ribbit Capital, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Diego Fleischmann, Jacqueline Reses, Jamie Sutton, Nico Barawid, Oskar Hjertonsson, Ricardo Weder, Wences Casares
Jan 1, 2022	Wibond	$6.0M Seed	—	Gradient Ventures, Myelin VC, Newtopia VC, Piazza Venture Labs, Pioneer Fund, Race Capital, Sparrows, Eddie Hartman, James Park, Kevin Lin, Ran Makavy
Dec 1, 2021	Olist	$190.0M Series E	—	Accel, Angel Ventures, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, MC Capital, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Powerhouse Capital, Reach Capital, Ribbit Capital, Valor Capital Group, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Oct 1, 2021	Pismo	$110.0M Series B	—	Accel, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, Headline (formerly e.ventures), H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Valutia, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Sep 1, 2021	commercetools	$140.0M Series C	—	2050 Capital, Accel, Addition, Adit Ventures, Angular Ventures, Base Partners, Boldstart Ventures, Casa Verde Capital, Cedar Capital Group, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, General Atlantic, GE Ventures, Tom Hulme, Heavybit, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Inba Shenfeld holdings, Insight Partners, IVP, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mindset Ventures, MYASIAVC PTE LTD, Newtopia VC, Norrsken VC, Northzone, QED Investors, Reimann Investors, Ribbit Capital, TCV, Walerud Ventures, Alex Kayyal, Ameet Patel, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Michael Abramson, Michael Moritz, Rashaun Williams, Tim Ringel, Victor Jacobsson, Wences Casares
Aug 1, 2021	Flink	$57.0M Series B	—	Accel, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Jul 1, 2021	DevRev	$50.0M Seed	—	Accel, AI4ALL, AIX Ventures, BDC Venture Capital, Benchmark, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mayfield, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Akash Garg, Christian Oestlien, Jamie Sutton, Neill Occhiogrosso, Wences Casares
Jul 1, 2021	Buenbit	$11.0M Series A	—	Myelin VC
Jul 1, 2021	Xepelin	$30.0M Series A	—	9Yards Capital, Accel, Alex, Andreessen Horowitz, Bascom Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Cedar Capital Group, Coatue, CRV, Daffy, Double Prime LLP, DST Global, Elevar Equity, Jenny Fielding, Scott Hartley, Fenway Summer, First Round Capital, FJ Labs, Geek Ventures, Gradient Ventures, H.I.G. Capital, Hustle Fund, IGNIA Partners, Incisive Ventures, Indeed.com, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LongJump VC, Manutara Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Tiffany Luck, Newtopia VC, Hans Tung, Notable Capital, Pareto Holdings, Passion Capital, Picus Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Greg Bettinelli, Thirty Five Ventures, Tribe Capital, Unpopular Ventures, Vera Equity, Adam Wiggins, Amit Agarwal, Andre Iguodala, Andrej Henkler, Armando Biondi, Balaji Srinivasan, Bradley Horowitz, Carlos Julio Garcia, Claire Diaz-Ortiz, Courtney Guertin, David Vélez, Diego Fleischmann, Gabriel Braga, Gabriel Jarrosson, Gokul Rajaram, Immad Akhund, Jacqueline Reses, Jamie Sutton, Jeffrey Wald, Joshua Schachter, Nico Barawid, Odell Beckham Jr., Oskar Hjertonsson, Pablo Gonzalez, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Ricardo Weder, Sebastian Stoddart, Shishir Mehrotra, Tom Blomfield, Tony Xu, Wences Casares, William Hockey
May 1, 2021	Nearby	$21.0M Series A	—	01 Advisors, 500 Global, Kevin Hartz, Adverb Ventures, Afore Capital, Ambridge Capital, Canaan Partners, Coatue, DST Global, Electric Capital, Felicis Ventures, FJ Labs, Footwork, Foundation Capital, IDG Ventures, Moonshots Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Obvious Ventures, Penny Jar Capital, Redpoint eventures, Redpoint Ventures, Alexander Rosen, Gil Penchina, Sherpa Ventures, Silverton Partners, SoftBank Investment Advisers, Springdale Ventures, Teamworthy Ventures, TQ Ventures, Saran Chari, Shervin Pishevar, Tim Kendall
Apr 1, 2021	EcoCart	$3.0M Seed	—	Accel, Convective Capital, Data Tech Fund, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Bradley Horowitz, Charlie Songhurst, Liam Casey, Nicolas Berggruen, Stuart Coulson, Wences Casares
Apr 1, 2021	DRIC	$4.0M Seed	—	Alaya Capital, FJ Labs, Kalei Ventures, Rivet Ventures, Wayra Hispam, Fabricio Bloisi
Feb 1, 2021	Flink	$12.0M Series A	—	Accel, Adams Street Partners, Alex, Cedar Capital Group, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Ignition Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mango Capital, Manutara Ventures, Mayfield, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Hans Tung, Picus Capital, Ribbit Capital, Trinity Ventures, Bradley Horowitz, Carlos Julio Garcia, Diego Fleischmann, Jacqueline Reses, Jamie Sutton, Nico Barawid, Ricardo Weder, Wences Casares
Nov 1, 2020	Olist	$58.0M Series D	—	Accel, Angel Ventures, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, MC Capital, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Powerhouse Capital, Reach Capital, Ribbit Capital, Valor Capital Group, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Oct 1, 2020	Nuvemshop	$30.0M Series C	—	Acadian Ventures, Accel, Andreessen Horowitz, Bedrock Capital, Bling Capital, BoxGroup, Cambrian Ventures, Canary Ventures, Connect Ventures, Conversion Capital, Elevar Equity, Emergence Capital, FJ Labs, Globo Ventures, Graph Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, H.I.G. Capital, Highland Capital Partners, IGNIA Partners, Indeed.com, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Kearny Jackson, Khosla Ventures, Latitud, Mindset Ventures, monashees, Newtopia VC, Hans Tung, Ribbit Capital, Sabadell Venture Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Slack Fund, SNR, SV Latam Fund, TY, Ulu Ventures, Valutia, Bradley Horowitz, Eric Nadalin, Garrett Koehn, Gokul Rajaram, Jamie Sutton, Justin Mateen, Marcelo Sampaio, Mauricio Feldman, Paulo Silveira, Rafael Abreu, Sam Altman, Wences Casares
Oct 1, 2019	commercetools	$150.0M Venture Round	—	Accel, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, GE Ventures, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Oct 1, 2019	Moova	$1.0M Seed	—	Acequia Capital, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, Alaya Capital, AlleyCorp, Bling Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Catapult Capital, Change Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, Dreamers VC, FJ Labs, Kalei Ventures, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Lowercarbon Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Rivet Ventures, Scribble Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Social Capital, Sweet Capital, Tapas Capital, Two Small Fish Ventures, Unruly Capital, Wayra Hispam, World Fund, Adrian Aoun, Ameet Ranadive, Azeem Azhar, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, Claire Hughes Johnson, Evan Moore, Fabricio Bloisi, Gokul Rajaram, James Beshara, James Blouzard, Joshua Schachter, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Mantas Mikuckas, Manu Ginobilli, Marcos Galperin, Markus Villig, Martin Henk, Martin Villig, Ott Kaukver, Pete Koomen, Ragnar Sass, Richard Branson, Rohini Pandhi, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Seth Goldman, Steve Chen, Thomas Plantenga, Tobias Lutke, Varsha Rao, Wences Casares
Jul 1, 2019	Syfe	$4.0M Seed	—	Ambridge Capital, Canaan Partners, Coatue, DST Global, FJ Labs, Foundation Capital, IDG Ventures, Index Ventures, Kima Ventures, Partech Ventures, Picus Capital, Portage Ventures, Redpoint eventures, Alexander Rosen, Gil Penchina, Sherpa Ventures, SoftBank Investment Advisers, TQ Ventures, Shervin Pishevar
Feb 1, 2019	Rapyd	$40.0M Series B	—	Accel, Elevar Equity, FJ Labs, H.I.G. Capital, IGNIA Partners, Insight Partners, Kaszek Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Mindset Ventures, Newtopia VC, Ribbit Capital, Bradley Horowitz, Jamie Sutton, Wences Casares
Jan 1, 2019	Senseye	$6.0M Series A	—	Felicis Ventures, FJ Labs, MMC Ventures, Peterson Partners, Sequoia Capital, Georges Harik, Martin Varsavsky
Sep 1, 2018	Moova	$690K Seed	—	Acequia Capital, Aglae Ventures, AirAngels, AlleyCorp, Bling Capital, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, Catapult Capital, Change Ventures, Contrarian Ventures, Dreamers VC, FJ Labs, Khosla Ventures, L Catterton Growth, Lowercarbon Capital, Moxxie Ventures, Otherwise Fund, Pareto Holdings, Scribble Ventures, Serena Ventures, Seven Seven Six, Sherpalo Ventures, Social Capital, Sweet Capital, Tapas Capital, Two Small Fish Ventures, Unruly Capital, World Fund, Adrian Aoun, Ameet Ranadive, Azeem Azhar, Bob Young, Bradley Horowitz, Claire Hughes Johnson, Evan Moore, Gokul Rajaram, James Beshara, James Blouzard, Joshua Schachter, Kevin Lin, Kevin Weil, Mantas Mikuckas, Manu Ginobilli, Marcos Galperin, Markus Villig, Martin Henk, Martin Villig, Ott Kaukver, Pete Koomen, Ragnar Sass, Richard Branson, Rohini Pandhi, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Belsky, Seth Goldman, Steve Chen, Thomas Plantenga, Tobias Lutke, Varsha Rao, Wences Casares

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Leadership Team

Key people at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company.

Leadership Team

Key people at Alpha Capital Acquisition Company.

Deep Dive

High-Level Overview

Alpha Capital Acquisition Company was a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) focused on identifying and merging with technology businesses primarily in Latin America. Its mission centered on leveraging capital markets to facilitate the growth of innovative tech companies in this region by effecting mergers, share exchanges, or acquisitions. The firm’s investment philosophy emphasized targeting high-potential Latin American technology firms to provide them with access to public markets and strategic support. Although Alpha Capital itself did not operate a product or service, it played a critical role in the startup ecosystem by enabling Latin American tech companies to scale through public listings and capital infusion. Its most notable impact was the merger with Semantix, a leading Latin American deep tech data platform, which marked a significant milestone in bringing Latin American tech innovation to Nasdaq[1][2][3].

Origin Story

Founded in 2020 and based in New York City, Alpha Capital Acquisition Company was established as a blank check company with the specific goal of combining with a Latin American technology firm. The key partners included Alec Oxenford (CEO and Chairman) and Rafael Steinhauser (President and Director), with co-sponsors such as Innova Capital, FJ Labs, and Dr. Irwin Jacobs. The company raised $230 million in its initial public offering on Nasdaq in February 2021. The idea emerged from the recognition of Latin America’s growing technology sector and the opportunity to bring these companies to public markets via a SPAC structure. The pivotal moment was the approval and completion of the merger with Semantix in August 2022, which transitioned Alpha Capital from a SPAC shell to an operating public company under the new name Semantix, Inc.[2][3][8].

Core Differentiators

Focused Geographic and Sector Strategy: Alpha Capital uniquely targeted Latin American technology companies, a niche less crowded among SPACs, allowing it to capitalize on regional growth trends.
Experienced Leadership and Network: The involvement of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors like Alec Oxenford and Irwin Jacobs provided strong strategic guidance and access to a broad network.
Capital and Market Access: By raising substantial IPO proceeds ($230 million), Alpha Capital offered significant financial resources and a Nasdaq listing platform to its target companies.
Strategic Support Beyond Capital: The firm pursued a hands-on approach, providing strategic support to portfolio companies to accelerate growth and market penetration[2][4].

Role in the Broader Tech Landscape

Alpha Capital Acquisition Company rode the wave of SPAC popularity during the early 2020s, leveraging this vehicle to unlock capital for emerging Latin American tech firms. The timing was critical as Latin America’s tech ecosystem was rapidly expanding, driven by increasing digital adoption and innovation in sectors like data analytics, fintech, and deep tech. By focusing on this underserved market, Alpha Capital helped bridge the gap between Latin American startups and global capital markets, thus influencing the broader ecosystem by validating the region’s tech potential and encouraging further investment. The merger with Semantix exemplified this trend, positioning a Latin American deep tech company on Nasdaq and signaling growing international interest in the region’s technology sector[2][3][7].

Quick Take & Future Outlook

Following the successful merger and rebranding as Semantix, the firm’s future lies in scaling the combined entity’s operations and capitalizing on the growing demand for data-driven technology solutions in Latin America and beyond. Trends such as increased digital transformation, AI adoption, and data platform integration will shape Semantix’s trajectory. Alpha Capital’s legacy as a SPAC focused on Latin American tech has set a precedent for similar vehicles targeting emerging markets. Its influence may evolve by inspiring more cross-border capital flows and public market access for regional tech innovators, further integrating Latin America into the global technology landscape[2][7]. The firm’s story underscores the strategic value of SPACs in accelerating growth for high-potential startups in emerging regions.

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High-Level Overview

Origin Story

Core Differentiators

Focused Geographic and Sector Strategy: Alpha Capital uniquely targeted Latin American technology companies, a niche less crowded among SPACs, allowing it to capitalize on regional growth trends.
Experienced Leadership and Network: The involvement of seasoned entrepreneurs and investors like Alec Oxenford and Irwin Jacobs provided strong strategic guidance and access to a broad network.
Capital and Market Access: By raising substantial IPO proceeds ($230 million), Alpha Capital offered significant financial resources and a Nasdaq listing platform to its target companies.
Strategic Support Beyond Capital: The firm pursued a hands-on approach, providing strategic support to portfolio companies to accelerate growth and market penetration[2][4].