Rodrigo Tognini
About Rodrigo Tognini
Rodrigo Tognini is co-founder and CEO of Conta Simples, a São Paulo company that offers expense management, corporate cards and business accounts for small and medium-sized businesses. His LinkedIn profile says he started the company with Fernando Santos and Ricardo Gottschalk, and lists December 2018 as the start date. Conta Simples was in Y Combinator's Summer 2020 batch.
He has a business administration degree from Insper. While there he helped run the Insper Entrepreneurs League. Before Conta Simples, one profile lists consulting work at Integration Consulting and a sales role at Stone.
A conference bio for South Summit Brazil says Conta Simples serves more than 40,000 companies and has raised more than R$350 million from investors including Base10, Valor Capital, Jam Fund and Y Combinator. Web Summit Rio's bio says he was on Forbes' Under 30 list in 2024.
Crunchbase lists two personal investments for Tognini: a pre-seed round in Viddy and a seed round in Kanastra. Crunchbase hides the dates and amounts for these deals.
CB Insights records the Viddy round as a $0.2M seed round dated 10 July 2023. Tognini took part alongside Bossa Invest, DOMO.VC, Urca Angels and other angels. He is also named as an angel in Fina's 2026 seed round.
On the Lounge deals desk, Tognini's AI-related round is Fina's $1M seed, announced in August 2026. Fina is a Venezuelan fintech for small businesses. It says it plans to launch new financial products and AI-driven tools over the next six months.
The sources describe Fina as a fintech with AI features planned, not as an AI-native company. No other AI investments by Tognini turned up in public sources.
His disclosed deals are early-stage fintech and software companies in Latin America. They are pre-seed Viddy, seed Kanastra and seed Fina, in Brazil and Venezuela. Tognini has not publicly stated a check size or a thesis, and none is given here.
- Fina: Venezuelan fintech platform for small and medium-sized businesses covering inventory, sales and financial management. Tognini joined its $1M seed round in August 2026, co-led by SquareOne Capital and Tomorrow Capital.
- Viddy: Pre-seed/seed round of about $0.2M reported in July 2023, with DOMO.VC, Bossa Invest and Urca Angels.
- Kanastra: Seed round listed on Crunchbase with Tognini as an investor. Date not public.
- crunchbase.com/person/rodrigo-tognini
- linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-tognini
- br.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-tognini/en
- southsummit.io/e/brazil/en/speaker/ad963016-520e-f111-8332-6045bd954af
- rio.websummit.com/attendees/rio25/1bbb7566-4e00-4e47-a046-085811936667
- theorg.com/org/conta-simples/org-chart/rodrigo-tognini
- cbinsights.com/investor/guilherme-hilsdorf
- crunchbase.com/funding_round/kanastra-seed--1feb9e56
Investing activity
Rodrigo Tognini appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $1M. The most recent is Fina (Seed, $1M, Aug 2026).
Rodrigo Tognini most often invests alongside Tomorrow Capital, SquareOne, Gabriel Monroy and Neer Venture Partners, and the companies they back on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Rodrigo Tognini
Who is Rodrigo Tognini?
He is co-founder and CEO of Conta Simples, a Brazilian expense management and corporate card company, and an angel investor in early-stage Latin American companies.
What AI companies has Rodrigo Tognini invested in?
The AI-related round on Lounge's deals desk is Fina's $1M seed (August 2026). Fina is a fintech that plans to add AI-driven tools. No other AI-specific investments are public.
What stage does Rodrigo Tognini invest in?
His known angel deals are pre-seed and seed rounds: Viddy (pre-seed/seed), Kanastra (seed) and Fina (seed).
How much does Rodrigo Tognini invest per check?
His check size is not public. Crunchbase hides the amounts for his deals, and he has not stated a typical check size.
What sectors does Rodrigo Tognini back?
His disclosed deals are in fintech and small business software, and the companies are in Brazil and Venezuela. He has not publicly described a wider thesis.
How can founders contact Rodrigo Tognini?
His public profile is on LinkedIn, where he lists himself as CEO and co-founder of Conta Simples. A personal site or X account did not turn up.
Is Rodrigo Tognini an angel investor?
Yes. Rodrigo Tognini invests personally as an angel.
What stage does Rodrigo Tognini invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Rodrigo Tognini has invested at Seed, with a median round of $1M.
Who does Rodrigo Tognini co-invest with?
Rodrigo Tognini's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Tomorrow Capital (1 deal), SquareOne (1 deal), Gabriel Monroy (1 deal), Neer Venture Partners (1 deal) and Platanus (1 deal).
How can founders reach Rodrigo Tognini?
Founders on Lounge can see Rodrigo Tognini's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with them under Warm Paths, and add Rodrigo Tognini to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.