After 10 years of building digital products at Pixelmatters, it's time for something new. I’m excited to introduce Pixelmatters Ventures — a new investment model that offers Founders a different way to access capital, talent, knowledge, and community.
This is a natural evolution of what Pixelmatters has always been about: creating world-class digital products that make a difference. Where we team up with founders to design and build exceptional products, this time with — literally — skin in the game.
Venture capital as we know it is broken.
How many Founders enjoy dealing with investors or fundraising?
The pressure. The non-realistic goals. Having your business taken away from you.
To be entitled to become an investor, having gone through the process of building a company shouldn’t be optional. It should be mandatory.
Fortunately, things are changing. More and more Founders are becoming Investors and new investing models are arising.
My name is André and I'm the founder of a digital product studio called Pixelmatters
Initially, my goal was to create a product of my own, but guess what... I failed to fundraise.
While I was wasting time with VCs, Pixelmatters kept on gaining momentum.
10 years have flown by in the meantime.
As I reflect on what kept me going all these years, I have no doubts it was the special energy of always being in touch with other Founders.
The risk-takers. The creatives. The builders. The hustlers.
For those shaping the world of tomorrow, I can’t wait to see what we will build together.
— André Oliveira, Founder of Pixelmatters and Pixelmatters Ventures
A different way of investing
Pixelmatters Ventures is investing in great founders by building together.
We partner with founders by investing our decade of expertise designing and building top-notch digital products. We’ll have skin in the game, aligning our success directly with founders’ long-term growth. This is what sets us apart:
- By founders, for founders. We’re not professional VCs and believe in “earning the right to give advice”.
- Hands-on partnership. We invest by actually working together. We go on a journey — together.
- Founder-friendly. No bullshit allowed. Honest feedback both ways. Clear and transparent terms.
- More than tech. Since we’ve been in your shoes before, we offer advice on Ops, Culture, and others.
Let’s build the future together 🚀
We’re ready to team up with founders who want to build great products but don’t want to raise traditional VC funding. And if you'd like to join the ride as an investor, there’s space for you too.
Let’s make something great together.
