Layoff
Aug 2024Founder Bernardo de Pádua posted that Quero Educação was undergoing a restructuring with many layoffs across departments and seniority levels; HR was helping affected employees with outplacement.
SourceQuero is an online marketplace for college programs in Brazil. It…
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Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Brazilian edtech and education marketplace that helps students compare, choose, enroll in, and pay for discounted courses while giving institutions lead-generation, payment, and analytics tools. In 2025 it began rebranding under Qeevo and broadening into a larger aspiration-tech ecosystem.
Primary product
Quero Bolsa
Founded
2012
Headquarters
São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil (Avenida São João, 1701, Jardim Esplanada)
Team size
150-200
Industry
Education
Sub-industry
EdTech / education marketplace
Offices
São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Business model
B2C marketplace
B2B lead generation
payments / tuition management
analytics / institutional software
Funding
Stage
Series A
Total raised
$10.4M
Latest round
Series A · Oct 2018
Latest amount
$8.5M
Oct 2018 · Iporanga Ventures
Aug 2017 · 500 Global
Oct 2016
Aug 2016
Aug 2016 · Y Combinator
Aug 2016
Jun 2016
Jan 2015
People & investors
Leadership
Chairman / Founder
Work & culture
Official careers content emphasizes a student-first, execution-focused, high-growth culture with autonomy, agility, collaboration, ownership, and a bias toward doing the basics well.
Benefits
Student ID card
English course
Allevo access
Partner discounts
Monthly rewards / prizes
Product & market
Pricing
Marketplace / lead-generation model for institutions; students typically pay a pre-enrollment fee or subscription tied to the selected scholarship or offer, and institutions provide the discount structure.
Differentiators
- —Large Brazilian education marketplace footprint
- —Discounts of up to 80-85%
- —No income proof or credit analysis for student signup
- —Online enrollment and digital payment flows
- —Institution tools for acquisition, retention, and analytics
- —Broad ecosystem beyond scholarships (payments, analytics, employability)
Technology
React
Angular
TypeScript
Ruby
PHP
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Redis
RabbitMQ
Docker
Databricks
Looker
Google Analytics
HubSpot
Salesforce
Amplitude
WordPress
Webflow
Jira
Postman
Customers
students
families / parents
higher-education institutions
K-12 private schools
technical / language / short-course providers
Competitors
Educa Mais Brasil
Pravaler
Melhor Escola
Buddy4Study
Unicaf
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
under $1M
Estimated monthly visits
6.6K
Signals & risks
Latest news
Qeevo Group LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Official post positioning the company around ongoing education-market shifts and Qeevo’s broader ecosystem.
Exame · Oct 2025
Explains the Trampo Garantido initiative, the broader aspiration-tech positioning, and the company’s growth and product-expansion plans.
Quero Bolsa / official blog · Oct 2025
Official announcement of the Qeevo formation, describing Quero Bolsa, Allevo, and the new ecosystem structure.
Estadão / E-Investidor · Oct 2025
Covers the same reorganization, names the new leadership trio, and reports projected 2025 revenue of R$120 million.
Globo / Pipeline Valor · Sep 2025
Reports the corporate reorganization, share buybacks, founder/old-executive exit, and the move toward the Qeevo rebrand and broader product strategy.
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