Grupo RÃO
Multi-Brand, Multi-Cuisine and Multi-Platform
One of Brazil’s largest food-delivery companies, with leading brands such as Sushi Rão, Pizza do Rão, Rão Burger and others.
Our Purpose.
We partner with exceptional founders to build profitable and enduring franchise networks.
GDS Scale Capital is a franchise growth equity platform combining capital, governance and operating expertise to accelerate proven franchise networks.
Long-term partnerships.
A bigger future.
A bigger future.
GDS
Scale CapitalFranchise Growth Equity
Scale CapitalFranchise Growth Equity
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Investment thesis
Validated networks, defensible unit economics and significant runway for growth.
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Portfolio approach
Hands-on partnership to accelerate growth, governance and strategic execution.
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Franchising expertise
Decades of operating, board and franchise expansion experience in Brazil and abroad.
Our Partners →Building great companies for the next stage.
Disciplined capital · operating expertise · lasting impact
The window between validation and scale
We invest after concept risk and before the scale premium.
0–20
Demand validation and unit economics.
20–99
Proven model and an organization ready to institutionalize scale.
100–300
Accelerated growth and brand strengthening.
300+
Institutional asset and mature structure.
Portfolio
Real brands. Real operations.
We partner with businesses that have already proven their value proposition and need to expand organizational capacity, governance and scale.
L’Entrecôte de Paris
The World’s Best Steak Frites, with a Secret Sauce
The world’s largest single-dish restaurant chain, with a presence in São Paulo, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, Lisbon, Belo Horizonte, Ribeirão Preto, Campinas and many more.
How We Create Value
Patient capital. Governance discipline. Operating execution.
The franchisor that manages 30 units is not the same organization capable of governing 300. Our role is to help build that next company.
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Governance
Board governance, budgeting, KPIs, decision rights and execution discipline.
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Expansion
Territories, lead generation, franchisee selection, conversion and openings.
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Operations
Playbooks, field operations, training, audits and performance.
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Data & AI
BI, CRM, benchmarks, productivity and applied intelligence.
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Franchisee economics
Profitability, payback, satisfaction and quality of the network relationship.
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Capital
Growth capital and preparation for the next stages.
For founders
You built a good brand. It may be time to build a great company.
We speak with founders of proven networks seeking capital, professionalization, governance, expansion or a strategic partner for the next stage.
“A good partnership does not replace the entrepreneur. It expands the entrepreneur’s ability to build a larger company.”