Our story
Picnic started in 2021, founded by João Ferreira and Pedro Brandão under the name IndexPool, which soon became DeFiBasket. The idea was simple: make DeFi accessible to anyone who wanted to operate diversified baskets of on-chain assets without needing to understand every protocol, every smart contract, every blockchain.
Over time, we realized what we had built went beyond a DeFi tool: it was a simple interface for anyone to operate digital assets with full control over their own wealth.
In 2025, we expanded that vision with the launch of the Picnic card, in partnership with Gnosis Pay, allowing our users to spend digital dollars anywhere in the world and travel in a much simpler, easier, and more economical way.
Who we are
We are a technology company that believes in self-custody as a non-negotiable principle. Your assets always stay in your wallet, under your key, accessible from anywhere, including outside our interface.
We operate with regulated partners in every jurisdiction where we work. Operations that require regulatory licensing are executed by licensed institutions in their respective countries. Picnic is the technology layer that connects all of this in a simple experience.
We believe your account should travel with you. That paying for a coffee in Lisbon, getting paid in dollars by a client in the United States, or storing value in a stable way should be as simple as opening an app, and that's our job.
Our team
João Ferreira
Co-founder and CEO
Rafael Queiroz
Product & Design
André Thiessen
Software developer
Uai
Social Media
Lucas Pimentel
Software developer
Kauan Aragão
Software developer
Lucas Heringer
Head of CX
Isabela Brasil
Legal Counsel
Our products
Spend digital dollars worldwide.
The Picnic card converts your digital dollars into everyday payments, anywhere Visa is accepted. No abusive fees, no bureaucracy. You keep your assets in stablecoin until the moment of purchase: the conversion happens on the spot.
Issued by Monavate UAB in partnership with Gnosis Pay Co. Ltd. and Visa Europe.
From real to digital dollar, and back, in minutes.
Convert reais into stablecoins straight to your wallet, or do the reverse when needed. No intermediate steps: settlement happens directly between you and the regulated partner.
Real-denominated operations processed by our partner Avenia, a PSAV regulated by the Brazilian Central Bank.
Stablecoins with protocol coverage and automatic yield.
Caixinha is where your stablecoins sit as sDAI, a token that automatically accrues yield through Sky-Maker's DSR, with protocol coverage against extreme price fluctuations (depeg). Both the yield and the coverage happen at the protocol level, directly in your wallet.
Coverage operated via Nexus Mutual Vault Cover / OpenCover.
Your assets working in DeFi protocols.
Renda Fácil connects your stablecoins to DeFi protocols, with returns generated directly on-chain. You keep self-custody at all times: assets stay in your wallet, interacting with smart contracts.
Returns depend on the conditions of the chosen protocol and may vary.
Send and receive dollars in the United States.
Through Noah, you move dollars in the U.S. on American banking infrastructure, receiving USD payments or sending to U.S. accounts, all integrated into your Picnic wallet.
Operations processed by Noah Savings, Inc., a Money Services Business registered with FinCEN and licensed as a Money Transmitter in multiple U.S. states.