# Top 30 Biotechnology Startup Investors in Portugal in June 2026

## Portugal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 14
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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

## Caixa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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.

## Bynd Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care

Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm

## Armilar Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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.

## Bionova Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Hospital, Health Care

Bionova Capital, previously known as Hovione Capital, is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, investing in early-stage life science companies. It was founded in 2015 by the shareholders of Hovione, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Portugal, with manufacturing and research operations in USA, Ireland, China and Portugal. BionovaCapital invests in groundbreaking therapeutics, medtech and digital health startups across Europe.

## Critical Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Coimbrã, Leiria, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Computer, Genetics

We invest in game-changing companies with the power to transform the way the world uses technology.

## SOSV
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Princeton, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Software

SOSV is a global, deep tech venture capital firm that operates the HAX and IndieBio startup development programs focused on human and planetary health. SOSV invests $500,000 in startups at their inception as they onboard either HAX or IndieBio for a 4-6 month period designed to accelerate the raise of their next institutional round. SOSV joins thelater rounds of HAX and IndieBio graduates.
HAX, based in a 35,000 sq ft facility in Newark, NJ, is equipped with machine tools, 3D printers, chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering labs, as well as on-staff engineering and design experts. SOSV's IndieBio has locations in NYC and San Francisco, both of which offer extensive services and facilities to founders including on-site BSL-2 labs, well equipped lab benches and hoods, and advanced lab equipment, such as chromatography equipment.

## Beta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

We support innovative tech ventures to unlock its potential by providing smart funding and hands-on advisory.

## InterCapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Human Resources, Biofuel

InterCapital is an investment firm focused on early-stage ventures. InterCapital cooperates with outstanding Entrepreneurs, promoting innovative ideas and business models, leading to positive social and environmental impact.

## InterCapital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biofuel, Biotechnology

InterCapital Group provides management consulting and business advisory services to a wide range of companies, executives management teams and startups. We have the capacity to assist our clients in a variety of ways including business strategy, marketing plans, product development, angel investment or venture capital raises, social mediaconsulting, human resources, operational improvement, developing or strengthening a executive team or advisory board .The InterCapital Group typically works with clients and companies with less than $10 million on annual revenue. Current and past clients consist of companies from many sectors including financial services, consumer web, high-tech, software, mobile, media, communications, retail, hospitality, consumer products, consumer services, social media, nonprofits, insurance and wealth management.

## Ganexa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Ability to open doors on opportunities (potential clients/strategic partners/suppliers/etc). Add market credibility, something missing in many start-ups.Know-how that can save you time, money and unnecessary stress and worry. Ability to complement the existing management team, filling gapsThey understand the difficulties andhardships of starting and building a business. They are motivated to work with you on the building process, and not just wait for the end result

## Nina Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Software

We deploy early stage capital to fuel the growth of need-driven health technology companies.

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

## Boost VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Blockchain, Virtual Reality

Boost VC: The Pre-Seed Fund Making Sci-FI a Reality. Investing in crypto, virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, Ocean Tech, Space Tech, human augmentation, exoskeletons and more.

## ChangePartners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Therapeutics, Biotechnology

ChangePartners is an independent company dedicated to mid-size transactions in the Iberian market.
They develop high value added solutions specific to each particular situation , offering a fair and unbiased opinion. Their independence guarantees no conflicts of interest. Their small size and focus ensures full dedication to each transaction.

## Michael Chang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Big Data

Michael Chang

## Social Impact Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Video, Medical

SIF provides financial support for public charities & acts as a fiscal agent for charities and foundations.

## Iberis Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

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

## Torrey Pines Investment
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Diego, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical

Torrey Pines Investment, founded in 2002, is a specialty life-science investment company located in San Diego.Torrey Pines has a team of investment professionals with extensive experience in entrepreneurship, venture capital and operations. Our firm has created biopharma incubators investing in early development stage assets from internationalpharma and biotech partners in CNS, oncology, and virology areas to bring them to commercial success through pharma partnering and M&A.We are committed to capitalizing on the unique opportunities in biotech and pharma, where we can add value in development or regulatory strategy by utilizing resources of our portfolio CRO companies. We seek to leverage our industry knowledge, network of industry and financial contacts, and internal resources to assist our portfolio management in developing and executing their business strategy. Our bottom line is to help our companies achieve growth, build value and realize wealth.

## Teak Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series D
- Focus: Baby, Biofuel, Children

Teak Capital is a venture capital management firm based in Malaysia. The company believes in empowering entrepreneurs to think big and at the same time mastering the essential building blocks of managing a business from practicing right governance, holistic understanding of company financials, and seeking opportunities for the business.Teak lendsits expertise and advice in corporate matters and add value by giving new perspective to entrepreneurs in developing and strategizing for their business growth.

## Pathena
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series C
- Focus: B2B, Marketing, Advertising

Pathena is an investment firm engaged on boosting the success of information technology and digital biomedical companies.

## Jeremy Hendon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Big Data

Jeremy Hendon

## Green Innovations
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Genetics, Health Care

International, Life Sciences, Biotechnology

## Scott MacMillan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Big Data

Scott MacMillan

## Pedro Lourenço
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Analytics, Insurance

Pedro Lourenço

## Shilling VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, Internet

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.

## OrbiMed
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical

Leading Global Healthcare Platform with Deep Proprietary Resources and Global Industry Coverage.

## Biovance Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Biotechnology, Product Research

Biovance Capital is a new € 51M fund to invest in early-stage biotech companies across Europe developing innovative therapeutics in all disease areas and drug modalities (small and large molecules, vaccines, cell, and gene therapies).

## Fairjourney Biologics
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round
- Focus: Biotechnology

FairJourney Biologics is your end-to-end antibody discovery and biologics partner, offering world-class mammalian display, cell-line development and protein production services to accelerate therapeutic pipelines.

## StartUp Health
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical

Organizing and investing in a global army of entrepreneurs committed to achieving health moonshots