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Top 50 Artificial intelligence Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2025

Last updated: May 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Artificial intelligence startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Artificial intelligence companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Artificial intelligence Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2025

Investor	Artificial intelligence Portugal investments
Portugal Ventures	20
Armilar Venture Partners	12
Shilling	7
Caixa Capital	5
TheVentureCity	5
LC Ventures	4
Faber	4
TheVentureCity	4
Brpx	4
Bynd Venture Capital	4
GED Ventures Portugal	3
HCapital Partners	3
Vesalius Biocapital Partners	3
Notion Capital	3
Ryan Petersen	2
Pitchdrive	2
EDP Ventures	2
CapitalT	2
Maersk Growth	2
Curiosity VC	2
WISENEXT	2
Crane Venture Partners	2
200M	2
Iberis Capital	2
Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM)	2
Lakestar	2
Forestay Capital	1
Rock International Group	1
Pedro Aguiar	1
Metro	1
Kamay Ventures	1
Delta Blockchain Fund	1
CTT	1
Kevin Rose	1
Prudence	1
Lince Capital	1
Prudence Holdings	1
Conexo Ventures	1
Vânia Fernandes	1
EIT Urban Mobility	1
Dispatch Ventures	1
Wefunder	1
SHIFT Invest	1
Fernando Reani	1
Rising Ventures	1
Herrick Partners	1
EDP Ventures	1
University of Beira Interior	1
Seedrs	1
Future Energy Ventures	1

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Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Portugal, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
PluggableAI — Pluggable is the leading Meaningful Mobile Engagement solution where, through disruptive AI models and non-intrusive smartphone sensors, we maximize mobile app engagement.
Corium Biotech — Corium Biotech is an R&D company dedicated to the bioproduction of exotic leather destined to answer the current leather market needs for performant materials that respect both the environment and animal wellbeing.

Armilar Venture Partners is Portugal's leading venture capitalist. An independent VC with a 20-year-old history, a high-performance track record and an international footprint, Armilar is a deep-tech investor in ICT, HealthTech and CleanTech.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rows — Combine the power of a spreadsheet with built-in integrations from your business apps. Automate workflows and build tools that make work simpler.
Veeton — Veeton is the creator of an artificial intelligence-powered platform for automated fashion imaging. The company's platform provides fashion firms with an alternative to photo sessions by generating a limitless range of high-quality on-model images using only packshot photos, instantaneously and at a fraction of the cost, allowing clients tocreate e-commerce shoots in a few clicks.
Cintoo — Cintoo is essential for BIM to bridge the gap between your physical and virtual worlds.

Shilling is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders from the start.Shilling invests in a wide range of verticals and seeks out the biggest opportunities across all B2B and consumer categories. Leveraging the concept of Founder LPs, Shilling brings much more than capital and offers through its Shilling Platform, directaccess to successful founders and executives of leading companies. This platform supports entrepreneurs in validating and developing their ventures, which then accelerate their growth into global markets.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Portugal, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cafler — Your car's personal assistant. Ask for a Cafler now, we move your car for you!
Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.
specter automation — Construction is the second least digitized sector in the world with 96% of all data being unused. Although detailed planning data is created upfront, a lack of suitable digital tools prevents its transfer to the construction site. SPECTER’s web-based construction management software uniquely incorporates the core components of constructionplanning, reducing the organizational burden on construction management and helping to meet project timelines and budgets.

Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Portugal, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.

TheVentureCity is a global early stage venture fund, investing in product-centric startups across the US, Europe and Latam. We believe in founders who expect more from their VC. Our data-driven nature allows us to see beyond borders, knowing talent has no zip code. Which is why we have international hubs in Miami, Madrid, San Francisco and SaoPaulo. We create a steady current of resources, offering a combination of bespoke data insights and guidance from experienced operators. With product-led growth at our core.With more than $160M under management, we invest from pre-seed/seed with a ticket size from $100-300k to Series A with $1-4M.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Spike Technologies — November 30, 2022 - Spike technology, REST API end-points, and Cloud architecture are designed with data privacy and security at heart. We process billions of
Tiny Health — Tiny Health is the first at-home gut health test for moms and babies 0-3 years. Detect any gut imbalances early on and prevent chronic conditions.
Sidekick — Expertly-managed portfolios for the modern investor

We’re an early stage European venture capital firm partnering with globally minded founders.We’re supportive, founder focused, and aim to work together with you as a close and collaborative team of independent thinkers. Along with the support of our entire network, each member of our team brings their own personal experience to the table. Thefirst ticket is up to 200K€ and the total investment in a given startup can be up to 1M€.We decide investments quickly, allowing the founders to get back focusing on growing the business. Our team and network of international mentors help young startups to scale quickly and to prepare for the next rounds.Our partners have been investing in tech-based startups since 2000 and have a portfolio of more than 100 companies in the USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
Portugal, China, Poland

Portfolio highlights

360hyper — The groceries marketplace where you can find everthing you need. Buy online groceries as fast as in 4 hours with personalized picking.
Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
Brands&Ninjas — SaaS to control the performance of physical marketing campaigns on retail.

Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in outstanding entrepreneurs who innovate at the intersection of science and technology to drive digital transformation and climate action. The firm combines a specialist focus on deep tech early-stage startups with dedicated funds, investment teams and expert advisors to actively help foundersbuild global companies powered by AI/data or climate/ocean technologies. Faber’s unique approach in Southern Europe is led by an entrepreneurial management partnership and backed by notable thesis-driven institutions and private investors. Investing since 2013, the firm has been an early investor in hard tech companies such as Unbabel, SWORD Health, Codacy, iLoF or YData

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Portugal, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Meight — Run your cargo on budget and on time with a few simple clicks, from your laptop. Forget phone calls, driver headaches, hardware and tech nightmares, forever.
PHOTON IP — PHOTON IP is a deeptech startup based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The company develops cutting edge technologies for advanced photonics applications.
KOA Biotech — Detecta enfermedades a tiempo y maximiza tus resultados.

Our ticket size ranges from $100-500k for Pre-seed/Seed and $1-4M for Series A companies. We're in search of promising-founders with product-driven mindsets who have a passion for building. Those who've fallen in love with data. For we believe in fit---both product and with the team here. Got a great idea? Come to TheVentureCity and give it the expertise to help it grow.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Devengo — Light-speed transfers. Our Instant Payments API enables seamless integration to automate payouts to your customers in Europe and the UK.
Plexigrid — We provide tailored solutions for electricity systems by using data analysis and optimization technology.
BrandLovrs — BrandLovrs provides a one-of-a-kind model for gamifying influencer marketing campaigns Brands may use the BrandLovrs platform to collaborate with a large number of producers for scalable and gamified influencer marketing.

A prominent European venture capital in Retail Technologies, Digital Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Technologies

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Portugal, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Chord — Chord is a commerce data platform purpose-built for modern brands. Chord enables brands to unify, synthesize, and orchestrate their data to drive radical decisions and revenue.
Didimo — Didimo creates realistic high-fidelity digital humans. Simple, fast, accurate user-generated avatars to integrate into your app, game or site.
Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.

Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Portugal, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dealcar — DEALCAR is a company that digitalizes the used car market through a SaaS platform, enabling fully digital transactions. This platform creates a network effect benefiting dealers, partners, and customers. • Dealers: Increase revenue by selling extra products and boost sales by reducing turnover time. • Partners: Distribute products at the pointof sale without marketing expenses, lowering operational costs. • Consumers: Purchase a used car easily in just three steps, enjoying a smooth, trusted process similar to renting but with the benefits of owning a car.
Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.
QUIXOTIC — QUIXOTIC 360 is a one-of-its-kind, SaaS solution for energy retailers and renewable energy communities. It includes automations, regulatory frameworks, triggers and alerts, industry-specific integrations, etc. We automate business processes and integrate platforms to streamline our customers operations.

GED Ventures Portugal is an Investment firm.

Investment focus

Hospital, Consulting, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
PluggableAI — Pluggable is the leading Meaningful Mobile Engagement solution where, through disruptive AI models and non-intrusive smartphone sensors, we maximize mobile app engagement.
Indie Campers — Indie Campers offers adventurers the opportunity to start their journey in one location and end it in any of our other depots, while delivering an outstanding customer service for a unique and unforgettable experience.

We are an independent private equity firm, investing in a broad spectrum of companies through dedicated funds.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Portugal, Spain, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Libattion — Sustainable, modular, grid-scale battery energy storage solutions with CO2-certificate. For industrial and commercial applications.
Routal — SmartMonkey provides learning AI software solutions for logistics services and field operations. SmartMonkey software learns from a company’s operational and logistics digital history, utilizing existing technology and knowledge as well as IoT methodologies to ensure accuracy in data poor environments.
Eneida — Operational Analytics LV Apps, software and smart sensor for LV Network Monitoring, Control, and Visibility

Vesalius Biocapital Partners invests in companies active in human health through venture capital funds raised since 2007. They have contributed to developing 20 companies since inception.With more than € 150 million under management in two funds. Vesalius Biocapital Partners plays the role of lead investor in the large majority of its financingrounds.Their companies are based in Europe allowing easy interaction with management.They invest in all stages of development and do not shy away from relatively early-stage projects with a sound proprietary technology and corresponding IP, unique team skills and a clear competitive edge based on solid data.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series B, Series A, Series C
Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

CatalYm — Catalym develops antibodies against a placental factor which is overexpressed by various tumour types.
Caresyntax — Caresyntax is the only enterprise-scale surgical data solution you need to make surgery smarter, safer, and more profitable.
Inflammatix — Inflammatix develops rapid point of care diagnostic tests by reading the immune system, and resolves major clinical health challenges.

Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Seed, Series B
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Naboo — Give your teams the freedom to meet where they want, when they need
Isembard — Isembard has experience from the military, government, large enterprises, and a successfully exited technology business.
Cloud Capital — CloudCapital manages cloud costs and invests in tech companies using AI and ML.

Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. He holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia University.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, India, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Nuvo — Onboard customers through configurable, high-converting branded experiences that accelerate credit approvals, unlock revenue, and reduce fraud.Nuvo replaces manual credit forms with AI-powered application flows, real-time business and principal identity verification, and embedded credit insights—enabling confident decisions that protect and growyour business. Designed for complex trade partnerships, Nuvo is the B2B commerce platform trusted and preferred by 40,000 businesses.
Teleport — Teleport is ridesharing reimagined as a protocol. By distributing ownership and governance of the network, riders get cars cheaper and faster, drivers earn more, and entrepreneurs can innovate on top.
Little Umbrella — Future is Fun with Social & AI Games. At Little Umbrella, we create AI-powered games that deliver immersive experiences, bringing families, friends, and communities closer together. Proudly serving a growing community of over 30 million players

Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Axe — Axe is a software firm that develops procurement software for businesses.
Warren — Enabling wealth, Boosting welfare
Cassandra — Cassandra gives you ongoing suggestions to optimize Marketing Investments across all the campaigns you have, suggests where and how much to spend on each campaign while automates your marketing workflows.

EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Energy
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
United States, Portugal, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Captura — Captura is harnessing the power of the ocean to heal the climate through Direct Ocean Capture technology.
Splight — Splight is an Artificial Intelligence Company, that creates Artificial Energy, the greenest energy ever made. Artificial Energy is energy that would have not been generated but for the application of digital solutions to existing power infrastructure. Running over a proprietary, powerful and transparent digital platform, Artificial Energyproduction leverages the unutilized capacity of the grid to generate energy combining big data capture and processing with state-of-the-art technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing. We create expanded pools of benefits for our clients by increasing revenues, reducing operating and maintenance costs, eliminating or delaying capital expenditures, lowering the cost of capital, and ultimately increasing profitability while directly contributing to the full decarbonization of the energy industry.
Mixergy — At Mixergy, we develop smart hot water solutions that reduce carbon, save money and future-proof the home.

CapitalT is a venture capital fund investing in tech companies in climate tech, future of work, education, and web3/the new social. They help exceptional teams develop groundbreaking ideas to grow better, scale faster, and change across their industries.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
The Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

RYE — RYE is a members-only, low-cost green energy supplier built for businesses with no time to deal with energy suppliers. Always accurate energy or it's free
AirForestry — AirForestry thins forests in a completely new way, namely from the air. #Re-inventing Forestry
Chapter — Chapter provides purpose-built AI solutions that streamline workflows and increase efficiency for renewable energy enterprises.

Integrated logistics company and global leader in container shipping.

Investment focus

Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, United Kingdom, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Altris — Altris is a leading developer of sodium-ion batteries, offering superior performance and sustainability. Our innovative energy storage solutions are made from abundant and renewable materials, revolutionizing the way we power the world. Discover our cutting-edge technology today.
MODIFI — Explore digital trade finance and B2B payment solutions that empower your business to grow globally.
C1 Green Chemicals — C1 develops climate friendly chemical production processes via computer simulation. Our first product is green methanol. Circular carbon chemistry reducing CO2.

Investing in the next generation B2B software companies in the Benelux, Nordics & Baltics

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
The Netherlands, Finland, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Moonlit.ai — Discover Moonlit, the largest European legal database powered by AI, providing seamless access to legal documents, case law, and insights across EU member states.
Onesurance — Maak gebruik van de kracht van onze geavanceerde AI Decision Engine om de winstgevendheid van uw verzekeringsbedrijf aanzienlijk te verhogen.
Telescope — A practical tool for managing sustainability risk in real estate

WiseNext is a venture and smart capital investment company. We focus on helping young entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that have an impact on our society, providing capital, knowledge and networking.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Portugal, United States

Portfolio highlights

pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
Volup — Volup is a premium food delivery app that partners exclusively with top-tier chefs and restaurants.
Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.

Crane is a London based VC firm investing and building seed and early stage intelligent enterprise and deep technology businesses across Europe. Our strategy is to support founders in building and executing their go-to-market strategy.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Cyberhaven — DLP works for 1% of companies; fortunately there is Cyberhaven for the other 99%. Cyberhaven makes data protection simple, accurate, and comprehensive. With it's Data Detection and Response (DDR) platform, Cyberhaven automatically discovers and classifies data, provides continuous risk detection, delivers accurate blocking and incidentresponse, and improves user behavior.
Gable — Bridge the communication gap between data producers and data consumers
Pyannote AI — Pyannote AI develops speaker diarization technology that accurately identifies and segments speakers in audio recordings. This technology enables users to analyze conversations by providing detailed insights into who speaks when, facilitating effective communication in various contexts such as meetings and interviews. Pyannote AI offers tools thatintegrate seamlessly with existing workflows, allowing sales teams to enhance their understanding of customer interactions. The company focuses on empowering organizations to leverage conversational data for improved decision-making and strategy development. With its commitment to innovation, Pyannote AI continues to refine its solutions to meet the evolving needs of its clients.

200M is a Portuguese public fund of 200 million euros designed to co-invest with the best VCs from around the world in startups which are growing their business out of Portugal.

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Portugal, Brazil, France

Portfolio highlights

Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
Coverflex — Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage every part of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance and exclusive discounts —while empowering people to spend on what suits them best.
Sound Particles — A CGI-like software for Sound Design, capable of using particle systems to generate thousands of sounds in a virtual 3D world

Iberis is an investment manager that operates a value-oriented investment management.

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, B2B
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

D-Orbit — End-to-end services for the New Space industry, including platform engineering, launch and deployment, and decommissioning.
Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
Tryp.com — Find the best travel deals with artificial intelligence. Our algorithm connects flights, trains, and buses for perfect trips with matching hotels.

Sonae IM is the corporate venturing arm of Sonae (retail and telco group), which is focused on investing in tech-based companies. The company invests in a broad range of companies related to Sonae's core, joining funding with a strategic profile.With a flexible investment style and approach, Sonae IM leverages on its technology expertise,brand capital, and access to a global network. The company supports companies to achieve success with an internal pool of experts, which supports portfolio management.Sonae has been developing different corporate venturing initiatives for long, namely revenue assurance leader WeDo (2001) and Mainroad spin-off (2003) and subsequent successful exit (2014). Moreover, after deciding that Cyber security was an interesting area, it invested in Spanish cyber security company s21sec (2014). Another critical space for retailers, location analytics, led to the investment in Movvo (2014).Since the official launch of Sonae IM in late 2015, the company invested in InovRetail (demand forecasting for retailers), StyleSage (fashion tech predictive analytics) and Sysvalue (cyber security add on for s21sec). Additionally, Sonae IM got involved in the acquisition of Novo Banco's stakes in 3 funds managed by ES Ventures and launched Bright Pixel (company builder studio). Sonae IM was officially founded in 2015, but corporate venturing initiatives within Sonae are in Sonae's DNA for longer and led to what Sonae IM is today. The company is based in Porto, Portugal.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
Series A, Series B, Series C
United States, Spain, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Harmonya — The all-in-one AI-powered product data enrichment, categorization, and insights platform for CPGs and retailers
Trustero — Trustero provides solutions and services that enable demonstrable, sustainable trustworthiness for emerging enterprises. The Trustero Compliance as a Service (CaaS) offers, establishes, and manages regulatory compliance by undertaking vulnerability assessments, security risk analyses, and other measures to ensure all business processes and systemsremain in full compliance. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other modern technologies means their clients have the visibility needed to gain actionable insights into their compliance across the extended enterprise.
Tamnoon — Tamnoon develops a state-of-the-art cloud security platform to empower security teams and manage cloud risks effectively. By harnessing the power of AI combined with human expertise, the company empowers security teams and equips organizations of all sizes with exceptional cloud protection capabilities.

Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. Early investments included Skype, Spotify, Facebook, and Airbnb. Since raising the first fund in 2013, Lakestar manages an aggregated volume of over EUR 1bn across three early-stage funds, and more recently a growth fund. The company has expandedand broadened its portfolio and holds investments in the likes of Opendoor, Oscar, GetYourGuide, Glovo, Sender, Eigen, Five, Revolut, and Hometogo to name a few. Lakestar has a presence in Berlin, Zurich, and London.Lakestar helps companies to identify new markets and expand into them rapidly, with a focus on the US and Europe. The team advises and supports portfolio companies in business development, recruitment, technology, and marketing. The investments range from early-stage companies to those in their growth stage.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Swan — Use Swan's APIs to embed white-labeled banking features like accounts, cards, and IBANs into your workflows and UX.
Reneo — Discover Reneo, Germany's leading platform for asset transformation and decarbonization in residential real estate. Unleashing ecological and economic potential through cutting-edge proprietary software.
Fuse Games — Based in Istanbul, Fuse Games’ vision is to build mobile games that are loved by wide and diverse player groups. Founded by a team that has strong gaming, growth and execution background, Fuse Games’ initial focus is on developing a MOBA game that includes strong meta elements and innovative ways to create a sense of ownership.

Forestay Capital is dedicated to investing in the tech sector and reflects Waypoint’s focus on innovative, forward-looking industries in which it can leverage its entrepreneurial heritage and long-track record in helping businesses to realize their ambitions for growth. It is passionate about technologies that transform conventional models withsoftware and data to make an impact on business, practices, and people. It invests in revenue-generating technology companies in Europe, Israel, and in the US, and favors software and data-driven businesses that challenge established models.Forestay Capital was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Geneve, Switzerland.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Logistics
Series B, Series C, Series A
Switzerland, United States, Canada

Portfolio highlights

Convelio — Convelio is a global logistics startup specialized in bulky, fragile and high-value items.
Manta — Get a holistic view of your data pipelines to boost your data governance, achieve DataOps, and migrate to the cloud without a hassle.
Wasabi Technologies — Wasabi provides simple, predictable and affordable hot cloud storage for businesses all over the world. It enables organizations to store and instantly access an unlimited amount of data at 1/5th the price of the competition with no complex tiers or unpredictable egress fees. Trusted by tens of thousands of customers worldwide, Wasabi has beenrecognized as one of technology’s fastest-growing and most visionary companies. Created by Carbonite co-founders and cloud storage pioneers David Friend and Jeff Flowers, Wasabi has secured nearly $275 million in funding to date and is a privately held company based in Boston.

Rock International Group is a venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

Energy, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Series A
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Jungle AI — Jungle uses artificial intelligence to predict component failure, and poor performance in an advanced asset management software.

Pedro Aguiar is an individual investor

Investment focus

Marketing Automation, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Full Venue — Sports and Events organizations generate a huge amount of data, but how can we use it to give a personalized experience to convert more sales?Our solution: Full Venue is an AI platform that can predict the exact likelihood of a fan to make purchases, like tickets to events, merchandise and other products at an accuracy of up to 95%. Full Venueallows organizations to segment their audience and target marketing spend on those most likely to convert.

METRO GROUP is a Germany-based holding company and international retailing company. It operates numerous outlets in various countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Company operates a portfolio of sales brands, which offers a range of services for private and commercial customers. The portfolio comprises Metro Cash & Carry brand, which isactive in the self-service wholesale industry, Real hypermarkets brand, which operates the Real stores across Europe offering both food and non-food products; Media Markt brand, which is active on the European market in the consumer electronics retailing industry; Saturn brand, which operates consumer electronics stores and Galeria Kaufhof brand, under which the Company operates department stores in Germany and Belgium. The Company is also engaged in the real estate operations (Metro Properties), logistics (Metro Logistics), Information Technology (Metro Systems) and advertising services.

Investment focus

Hospitality, Restaurants, Retail
Series A, Seed, Series C
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
orderbird — The iPad POS system orderbird POS is a complete POS solution that is ideal for bars, restaurants and clubs. The cash register system can be individualized according to your needs. It will send the waiter's orders directly & wireless to the kitchen and bar. The iPad POS system will provide detailed reports per day, month, waiter and shift.The system operates via WiFi with pre-configured printers that are available in the orderbird store. orderbird POS is the perfect combination of low costs and high performance.orderbird was founded in 2011 by Jakob Schreyer, Bastian Schmidtke, Patrick Brienen and Artur Hasselbach with the goal of establishing a more affordable and intuitive POS system that fits the real needs of the modern catering industry. The fast-growing company is currently home to more than 100 employees at its Berlin location. Over 5,000 customers — restaurants, cafés, bars, clubs, ice cream shops and beer gardens — in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland are already using the orderbird POS system.
Retail Media Group — Retail Media Group GmbH (RMG) is a cross-industry marketing platform for retail data. RMG monetizes retail and customer insights from leading retailers such as Media Markt, Saturn, real, Thalia and Metro. Based on these data, RMG enables advertisers to address their respective target audiences individually and without scatter losses. With a digitalreach from more than 60 million IDs, it is a leading partner in the European trade sector. RMG is the Center of Competence when it comes to the effective handling of customer insights in retail marketing compliant with data protection regulations. Furthermore, the company strives to advance the digital transformation of the trade industry.

Kamay Ventures is the first corporate venture capital fund open to multiple corporations.

Investment focus

FinTech, Lending, Restaurants
Pre-Seed, Seed
Mexico, Colombia

Portfolio highlights

Kilimo — Kilimo is a Big Data solution for water management in agriculture.. It features climate monitoring by using satellite and site data to provides prescription for each crop and increase water use efficiency. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina.
Altscore — AltScore offers Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) tools for MSMB lending that provide cutting-edge underwriting, client experience, and smart collections.
Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.

Delta Blockchain Fund is an early-stage venture capital fund lighting the path of blockchain innovation by supporting developers and visionaries building the world of decentralization.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Switzerland, Singapore

Portfolio highlights

Miden — Miden grants applications the power to scale with public and private transactions.
BLIFE Protocol — BLIFE Protocol's objective is to promote growth and development of Web3 on Bitcoin.
Schuman Financial — Schuman Financial develops technologies, infrastructure, and products that bring financial services on-chain.

CTT is principally engaged in the provision of courier services.

Investment focus

Virtual Assistant, Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

NeuralShift — NeuralShift is an early-stage AI startup that assists lawyers by incorporating AI into daily processes.NeuralShift solution, Affine, is intended to assist lawyers in finding and cross-referencing the most essential material for everyday work.

Kevin Rose is the Co-Founder and CEO of PROOF. He previously worked at HODINKEE as a Board Of Directors. Kevin Rose attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas.

Investment focus

Mobile, Internet, iOS
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

ClayStack — Multichain liquid staking platform that allows users to stake their assets, mint staking derivatives, and participate in DeFi.
Magic Spoon — Magic Spoon cereal is high-protein, low-sugar, keto-friendly, and gluten-free. Available in Cocoa, Frosted, Fruity, Blueberry, Peanut Butter, and Cinnamon.
Universe XYZ — Universe XYZ is an NFT platform that provides blockchain technology and cryptocurrency solutions for creating and distributing tokens.

We invest in technology companies leading the global transformation of the built world.

Investment focus

Real Estate, SaaS, Events
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Canada, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Evernest — Evernest has developed a technology platform for real estate agents to make the entire process of residential real estate transactions more efficient. With the help of its full-service brokerage platform, smart marketing services and digitized support processes, Evernest offers a transparent and personalized experience for agents as well asproperty buyers and sellers. Founded in late 2019, currently more than 100 people are working for Evernest in Hamburg and Berlin, Germany.
VendorPM — Connecting Trusted Vendors to Property Managers. Easily request quotes from your preferred vendors and thousands more reviewed by fellow property managers.
Clearstory.build — Construction's leading Change Order Communication Platform. We help Subs, GCs, and Owners communicate T&M Tags and Change Order Requests in real-time.

Lince Capital is an independent venture capital company. Lince Capital was born from the experience of a family group with over 30 years of experience in managing investment funds in various business areas, including real estate, infrastructure, agriculture, and telecommunications.Lince Capital is distinguished by its personalized and excellentsupport, close and direct relationship with each of its investors and business partners, and the dedication of an experienced and dynamic team.

Investment focus

Information Technology, E-Commerce, SaaS
Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
Bling Energy — Bling Energy is a startup that focuses on providing more efficient and sustainable energy solutions, mostly through solar panels.

We invest in technology companies leading the global transformation of the real estate sector.

Investment focus

Real Estate, SaaS, Software
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Canada, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Hemlane — Hemlane is a property management solution that helps you manage your rental properties. We automate the day-to-day - from rent collection to 24/7 repair coordination.
VendorPM — Connecting Trusted Vendors to Property Managers. Easily request quotes from your preferred vendors and thousands more reviewed by fellow property managers.
Properly — Properly is your hassle-free partner to buy and sell homes in Canada.

We invest in exceptional individuals with the passion for solving hard challenges and bringing disruptive innovation to high growth markets.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Spain, Portugal, Ecuador

Portfolio highlights

CO2offset — CO2offset is an advanced SaaS solution that measures the carbon preserved in forests for its nurturing and development.
DeepNeuronic — DeepNeuronic is a tech startup that specializes in building machine learning-based products to resolve and automate daily problems.
Enthec Solutions — Enthec Solutions offers products on security monitoring, DevSecOps, and cloud.

Vânia Fernandes

Investment focus

Consulting, Machine Learning, Professional Services
Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

DeepNeuronic — DeepNeuronic is a tech startup that specializes in building machine learning-based products to resolve and automate daily problems.

EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer.

Investment focus

Software, Transportation, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Spain, Sweden, France

Portfolio highlights

Smart Point — We are entering the age of convenience and immediacy. A Smart Point automates the reception of any product you shop online, and any service available in your city, from pharmaceuticals, to flowers and dry cleaning. All delivered in 1 hour and available to pick up at your convenience.
Parabol — As Parabol, we use our innovative power for smart mobility systems and traffic safety all over the world.
Fastlane — Discover seamless logistics control with our cutting-edge transport management software. Streamline operations, optimize routes, and enhance efficiency effortlessly. Try our solution for comprehensive control today!

Dispatch Ventures invests in founders building early-stage technology companies. Over the years, Dispatch has nurtured dozens of startups- helping them find corporate clients, skilled employees, gain media coverage, and raise millions in venture capital.

Investment focus

Software, Internet, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
Canada, United States, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Leav — Sign up for a free trial of the most intuitive mobile self-checkout platform designed for today's retailers.
Meight — Run your cargo on budget and on time with a few simple clicks, from your laptop. Forget phone calls, driver headaches, hardware and tech nightmares, forever.
Frenter — Helping equipment rental businesses manage their day-to-day operations so they can focus on growing their business in-person and online. Request a Demo today

Wefunder is a crowd investing platform that offers capital raising services. The company's online platform offers investment services to startups through its investors' userbase and disruptive companies can receive amount as small as hundred dollars, enabling companies to grow and develop their businesses.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United States, Kenya, France

Portfolio highlights

HelloWoofy.com / SelfTact.com — HelloWoofy.com is a smart marketing platform for small business owners, or “underdogs”, to use patented generative AI (11,115,356) to create, schedule and post marketing content to multiple mediums or channels at once. Over 10,000 members strong, $1.1M in sales and backed by notable VC funds, Equity Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and angel investors.Achieved a $23: ~$1000 CAC to LTV/Cart/Investment ratio and sales to capital raised ratio of $1:$1.6 . SelfTact.com, incubated an application designed to ease the lead gathering process at events using selfies. With a virtual “rolodex” of contacts, a user can scroll through, email, text and see where they met to close prospects in one click. SelfTact is used as a lead magnet for HelloWoofy.com. iOS and Android Apps.EmojiData.ai, incubated an API for SaaS platforms to embed patented generative AI (11,115,356) technology. The API focuses on generating content with the perfect emojis, hashtags and text based on various forms of input. 80M calls over 4 years of usage. Part of HelloWoofy.com.
Moneco — Ouvrir un compte en EURO en France, avoir une carte VISA internationale, effectuer des virements partout en Europe.
Reflect — Reflect is a networked note-taking tool. Keep track of your notes, books, and meetings.

SHIFT Invest is a Dutch venture capital fund that invests in early stage environmental impact startups

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Manufacturing, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany

Portfolio highlights

TEEPTRAK — Optimise your industrial efficiency with TeepTrak. Improve your production and exceed your objectives today!
OneThird — Blockchain, Food Loss, Food Waste, Food Tech, Supply Chain, Big Data, Ag Tech, Digitization, AI, Shelf Life Prediction, Quality Assessment, Fresh Produce, Dynamic Routing, UN SDG 12.3, Spectroscopy, Mobile App, and NIR Spectroscopy
Time-Travelling Milkman — Time-Travelling Milkman produce a plant-based cream from sunflower seeds, as an ingredient for dairy alternatives.

Fernando Reani is a Managing Director at Under Armour Australia & New Zealand

Investment focus

Marketing Automation, Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence
Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Full Venue — Attract top-tier customers on a smaller budget,increase retention, and push every order's value higher with our Al solution.

Rising Ventures is a Business Angel fund, which specializes in early stage investment on technology based projects, where the internet is its main distribution channel. Preferential (but not exclusive) areas of investment are: Sports, Social, Media, Ecommerce, SAAS for companies.

Investment focus

SaaS, Software, Analytics
Pre-Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Climber RMS — Climber is a Revenue Management Software (RMS) for small hotel chains. We provide intelligent pricing for the hospitality industry, helping hotels maximize revenue with an automatic and self-learning software that detects opportunities and takes immediate actions. Climber taps into a hotel’s existing reservation system and puts its machinelearning to work by not only considering the historical data of the hotel but also the market demand (air traffic, local events, weather forecast, online reputation).We have an exceptional team of 14 strong individuals (9 nationalities) with complimentary skills from Data Science, Engineers, Sales to Marketing. Everyone is operating in-person from our offices in Lisbon. A complimentary mix of hustling, Revenue Management expertise and Data Science/Mathematicians.There is a growing demand for accommodation globally and that's particularly obvious in most city hotels who are often fully booked. Managing the existing inventory and maximizing the profit is a key challenge of small hotel chains today since technology has had limited impact. From the software stack perspective a hotel typically should use three types of software (PMS + Channel Manager + RMS) and we understood that for hotels that have the need to optimize their revenue it's impossible without data driven software. We understood as well that there is a big gap in the hotel space since small hotel chains don't have access to accessible Revenue Management Systems. Due to the lack of financial capacity and know-how on how to use the current complex and expensive Revenue management systems on the market, small hotel chains end up doing daily analysis on spreadsheets that are both time-consuming and information-poor resulting in making decisions that leave hotels running below their full revenue potential. Climber tackle the needs of small hotel chains by providing an accessible solution that is easy to use, fast to integrate and automated, replacing the manual labor on daily analysis and reporting that before was costing the hotels a massive amount of time.

Herrick Partners is a company that specializes in investment management services.

Investment focus

Software, Electronics, Virtual Reality
Series A
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

YDreams — Unimos tecnologia sensorial, narrativas integradas e design transformador para permitir que os sonhos mais ousados possam acontecer.

EDP Ventures is a venture capital investment firm.

Investment focus

SaaS, Energy, Internet
Series A
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Piclo — Piclo develop software to make our electricity grids smart, flexible and sustainable.
Power to Hydrogen — Power to Hydrogen (P2H2) is simplifying hydrogen. Our technology enables a brighter energy future by solving the technical and economic challenges that come with producing hydrogen. Our AEM-based, electrolysis technology produces high pressure, high efficiency hydrogen from renewable energy with lower cost materials thancompeting electrolyzers. This technology can reduce the total cost of hydrogen to enable clean transportation, store energy efficiently, and decarbonize industrial processes. In addition to low-cost, high-pressure hydrogen production, the technology can produce high-pressure oxygen and be used reversibly to produce electricity. Both services can create additional revenue streams to make the total cost of hydrogen $1/kg.
Electrified Thermal Solutions — Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc. is developing the Joule Hive: a new energy storage technology that converts surplus zero-carbon electricity into heat.

The University of Beira Interior's mission is to "promote the highest level of qualification, production, transmission, review and dissemination of knowledge, culture, science and technology, through study, teaching and research.

Investment focus

Consulting, Machine Learning, Professional Services
Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

DeepNeuronic — DeepNeuronic is a tech startup that specializes in building machine learning-based products to resolve and automate daily problems.

Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLYLowCarb is a home for healthy, Keto and Low Carb friendly foods. Perfect for diabetic-friendly diets. Elevate your health journey with us!

Future Energy Ventures is a unique venture capital fund that brings together corporate partners and world-class start-ups to shape the future energy landscape. Future Energy Ventures invests in digital and digitally enabled technologies and business models that have the potential to redefine the future energy landscape.From its operational hubsin Germany, Israel and Silicon Valley, Future Energy Ventures looks for both investments and scaling opportunities for its portfolio globally and new investment opportunities.Future Energy Ventures is the venture capital investment and collaboration platform of E.ON, one of Europe’s largest operators of energy networks and energy-related infrastructure.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

KUGU — KUGU - The platform for digital building management. We digitalize processes for property managers, energy companies and housing companies.
Reev — Reev provides a transparent and automated charging platform for the management and control of charging infrastructure for electric cars.
Hololight — Unleash the potential of XR! Holo-Light is your immersive technology expert for scaling XR use cases, enhancing XR apps, and streamlining engineering workflows.

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