After announcing a contribution of R$ 640 million from General Atlantic for investment in acquisitions, Starian, a vertical software company that was born as a spinoff of , announced its second and, with it, a new business front that is already born with 3 thousand recurring customers.
The company announced the purchase of Contato Seguro, a corporate reporting channel company (whistlbblowing software) with 17 years of history, growth of around 35% per year in the last three years and a net revenue of R$65 million in 2025.
With Starian, it now has a vertical dedicated to governance and compliance solutions that is already quite robust.
The new vertical, Governance and Compliance, already has 3 thousand recurring customers, which operates with a subscription-based SaaS model. It also brings together its own technology, multi-channel service (website, app and 0800 number), advanced generative AI resources for analyzing reports, as well as complementary services such as support from psychologists-auditors, lawyers, real-time management reports and unique integrations on the market.
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“The company’s consolidated leadership, combined with market growth driven by new legal requirements, supported our decision”, says Ionan Fernandes, CEO of Starian.
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The front will be led by Contato Seguro, alongside the Construction Industry (Sienge Ecosystem), Legal Intelligence (Projuris Ecosystem) and Operational Efficiency (Fácil Checklist and Runrun.it) units.
For Diego Galvão, CEO of Contato Seguro, the acquisition establishes a strategic milestone for the business. “This movement strengthens our solution and expands our delivery capacity”, says Galvão.
Synergies
The operation considered synergies with Starian’s portfolio. According to Alex Anton, CSO at Starian, the new acquisition arrives at the company with 18% of its customer base in common with the other solutions in the portfolio.
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“Starian maintains an active expansion strategy through M&As, with continuous assessments of targets that complement its verticals. We have defined governance, structured processes and financial capacity to continue investing in assets that generate scale and synergy between and within verticals”, he states
Despite having a relatively new name, Starian emerged from Softplan, a company with over 35 years in the private sector. The company should end 2025 with R$520 million in net operating revenue and 22 thousand customers.
