# Top 50 Climate Startup Investors in Portugal in June 2026 ## Portugal Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 23 - 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: 10 - 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. ## HCapital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 7 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Power Grid, Information Technology We are an independent private equity firm, investing in a broad spectrum of companies through dedicated funds. ## Armilar Venture Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 5 - 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. ## MSM - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Information Technology, Software, B2B MSM is a 45M€ early-stage impact VC fund. We invest in brave founders solving the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges. ## REDangels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal - Relevant deals: 3 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Mobile, Internet of Things, Internet They believe the unbelievable and trust the untrustable. ## Innovation Nest - Type: VC Fund - Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce Innovation Nest invest in early stage B2B SaaS startups from Europe and help them grow from local to global using our network of contacts and strong in-house competencies. It strongly believes that the path to growth leads through Silicon Valley and strongly encourage our portfolio startups to set up presence there. The company supports high-techcompanies to grow faster and scale their business globally. ## EDP Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Energy, Information Technology EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space ## Join Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing JOIN Capital is an early stage VC focused on Seed and Series A investments in Industry 4.0 and enterprise tech. Our portfolio companies are front and center at factories, delivering smart machinery and robotics for high-volume manufacturing. They’re behind the scenes with powerful algorithms for managing global production systems. They rethink andrewire essential processes, with the goal of maximizing human capabilities. We invest in technologies related to core business functions: operations, manufacturing, data analytics, supply chain and software development. We seek innovative solutions to real customer problems that have achieved product-market fit. Technologies we invest in include: machine learning, robotics, cloud computing, IoT, smart sensors. ## Notion Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud. ## 200M - Type: VC Fund - Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Retail 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. ## Indico Capital Partners - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed - Focus: Information Technology, E-Commerce, B2B Indico Capital Partners is the leading independent Venture Capital firm in Portugal investing in global technology companies. Indico focuses on software as a service, artificial intelligence, internet of things, fintech, cybersecurity and digital companies, targeting investments at Seed to Series A level. Founded in 2017, the team at Indico werepreviously behind the majority of the Portuguese global tech success stories, as investors and entrepreneurs.Headed by the two most senior former Caixa Capital VC Team members, supported by a successful and experienced entrepreneur and a strong group of advisors, top entrepreneurs, they raised our first fund (authorized by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission - CMVM) from a cornerstone institutional investor (EIF) and international family/multi-family offices from Europe, US, and Australia. In addition to Silicon Valley, London, and Berlin, cities like Lisbon have emerging startup ecosystems. Portugal went through a difficult macro environment years ago which led to a growth in the entrepreneurship culture and investment. We have excellent tech graduates and a global mindset.Highly innovative companies like luxury eCommerce platform Farfetch, YC graduate machine learning translation platform Unbabel or the leading student accommodation marketplace Uniplaces have a strong Portuguese DNA and went to raise international rounds in the UK and the US - we want to back the next success stories of the ecosystem. ## Lince Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Venture - Series Unknown - Focus: E-Commerce, Information Technology, Retail 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. ## Black and Blue Investimentos - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oliveira De Frades, Viseu, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Solar, Power Grid Black and Blue Investimentos is an investment firm. ## Olisipo Way - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 2 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed - Focus: Software, FinTech, Marketplace Olisipo Way is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on IT investments. It invests in technology companies with very diverse and complementary skills. The initial portfolio of Olisipo Way comes from the innovation created within the Olisipo through the continuous stimulation of innovation among employees and the incubation of new businessventures.The firm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Lisboa. ## Pascal Levy-Garboua - Type: Angel - Location: San Francisco, California, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Marketplace Pascal Levy-Garboua is an angel investor, founder, and operator. He is currently VP. Business Development at Checkr, where he joined as their first executive and Employee #9.Previously, he was CEO/Cofounder at SixDoors, Cofounder at VirtuOz (acquired by Nuance Communications) and VP Product at IQ Engines (Acquired by Yahoo). He started hiscareer at eBay in France.Pascal invested in 85+ Companies including Checkr, Wag, Womply, Origin, RealtyShares, and Caviar (Acquired by Square). ## Carlos Oliveira - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sensor, Software, Wind Energy Carlos Oliveira ## 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. ## Critical Software - Type: VC Fund - Location: Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: FinTech, CleanTech, Crowdfunding We work across some of the most demanding industries, providing software and system services for safety, mission and business-critical applications. Our technical expertise and quality standards are not the only things that make us different. At our heart lies a culture and a deeply embedded set of values that define and guide us in every step wetake. ## Verdane - Type: VC Fund - Location: Oslo, Oslo, Norway - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe. ## Golden Egg Check Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Machine Learning Het venture capital fonds van Golden Egg Check investeert samen met de beste angels en VCs in snelgroeiende techbedrijven. ## Wayra - Type: VC Fund - Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense. ## Cornerstone VC - Type: VC Fund - Location: London, England, United Kingdom - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence Cornerstone VC operates as a venture capital firm. ## Techstars Autonomous Technology - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: CleanTech, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology ## 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. ## FORWARD.one - Type: VC Fund - Location: Amstelveen, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Semiconductor, Information Technology We are a leading non-profit establishing new relationships between agriculture and nature. Protecting the natural world and treasured wildlife. ## L-Bank - Type: VC Fund - Location: Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing The L-Bank is committed to ensuring a high-performing economy, a high quality of life and a secure future. For individuals who want to gainfully employ their strengths or need support to develop them. For businesses that create jobs through their commitment and for communities seeking to improve the quality of their inhabitants' lives. Inshort: for Baden-Württemberg. ## Bynd Venture Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, SaaS, Health Care Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm ## Mota-Engil - Type: VC Fund - Location: Campanhã, Porto, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Power Grid Present within the corporate panorama for 65 years, the Mota-Engil Group is leader in Portugal in the construction, public works. ## 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. ## Hiero - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Compliance, Marketplace Hiero is a holding company that has developed, invested in, and contributed to dozens of early-stage ventures. ## Investeco Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Food and Beverage, Organic Food, Manufacturing InvestEco invests in innovative companies in the Food & Agriculture Sector. Learn More about our process, people, and companies. ## August One - Type: VC Fund - Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Software, Analytics, Artificial Intelligence August One is a private investment firm and a Monetary Authority of Singapore registered Venture Capital firm. Through its family office platform and investment funds, August One focuses on enabling exceptional people to make a significant impact on the way they live and work. The company is committed to preserving the legacies, serve theaspirations and out-serve the ambitions of families, investors, founders, and partners. Through its Investment Funds and Venture Building program, August One helps its portfolio companies grow their core businesses, launch new initiatives, enter new markets and build and use technologies to drive long term growth and impact.August One was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Singapore. ## G7 Renewable Energies - Type: VC Fund - Location: Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources Leaders in renewable energy development in Sub-Saharan Africa. ## Betwixt Ventures - Type: VC Fund - Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Drones, Energy, Mobile Betwixt Ventures focuses on bringing together startups with Venture Capital Investors.By raising a pledge fund exclusively targeting investments on early stage startups with high potential, Betwixt Ventures proposes to add value through the following main activities:• Origination, screening, negotiation of deal terms, and monitoring of vettedstartups• Startup follow up, mentoring, consulting and value creation• Attraction of venture capital funds and placement of further investment rounds• Attraction of exit opportunities and facilitation of exit processStarting its capital raise in October 2015, the pledge fund will exclusively target investments on early stage startups typically based out of Portugal. At a second stage, it intends to invest also in Spanish and Italian startups. While no particular industry will be ruled out from the investment scope, the pledge fund will tend to focus on the broad technology and energy sectors. As a pre-requisite, it will either invest in startups previously vetted by other Business Angels, or co-invest in them with other seed or venture capital funds as partners. The focus of the pledge fund will be to invest in the gap between seed and series A rounds. Upon the investment at this stage, Betwixt Ventures will seek to attract further institutional investment rounds, internationally.On top of the pledge fund management, Betwixt Ventures will also offer both financial and general advisory services to startups. The former include either the attraction of venture capital funds for placement of further investment rounds, or the attraction of strategic buyers for potential M&A transactions, mainly in the US market. The later encompass 360 degrees consulting to startups, from marketing & sales, to business development and management. ## Acumen - Type: VC Fund - Location: New York, New York, United States - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Agriculture, Health Care, Financial Services Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people. ## Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Series A - Focus: Renewable Energy, Energy, Solar Schneider Electric is an investment fund dedicated to early and growth stage ventures in the energy access segment. ## Joaquim Sérvulo Rodrigues - Type: Angel - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B - Focus: Energy, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy Joaquim Sérvulo Rodrigues has a BSc and an MSc in Electrotechnical Engineering from IST (Portugal), and an MBA from INSEAD (France). From 1983 to 1995 he was Assistant Professor at IST and Research Project Leader of INESC. From 1997 to 2000 he was the General Manager of the Direct Channels Department of BES. From 2004 to 2006, he was CEO ofCrediflash SA, the card business unit of the BES Group, and General Manager of the BES Consumer Credits Department. From the very beginning, back in 2000, Joaquim has put his vast experience at the service of many of our global portfolio companies, both from a technical standpoint – drawing on his electrical engineering background and work as a teacher at IST (Lisbon) and as a researcher at INESC (a reference Portuguese research institute) – and from a management standpoint – putting to use his seasoned business skills and sense, built on his curriculum at INSEAD and his long experience developing businesses in the Banco Espírito Santo Group. A reference in the Venture Capital community, as CEO of Espírito Santo Ventures, Joaquim challenges the strategy and oversees the globality of our entire portfolio while remaining personally involved in many of the companies we invest in, and his door is always open to advise the team on all of them. ## Bhavik Bajaj - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel - Focus: Information Technology, Software, FinTech Bhavik Bajaj ## Egis - Type: VC Fund - Location: Saint-quentin, Rhone-Alpes, France - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series A - Focus: Energy, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources Egis is an international engineering, assembly and project management group. In engineering and consulting, he works in the fields of transport, city, building, industry, water, environment and energy. ## Beta Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology We support innovative tech ventures to unlock its potential by providing smart funding and hands-on advisory. ## Oxy Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Private Equity, Series A - Focus: Software, VoIP, Wireless Oxy is the company the first Private Equity in Portugal to create a co-investment program at the company level. ## COREangels - Type: VC Fund - Location: Ílhavo, Aveiro, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel - Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology Where startups can get much more than money, and Investors can professionally invest as angels. ## Vasco de Mello - Type: Angel - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Energy, Energy Efficiency Vasco de Mello is Chairman and CEO of BRISA – AUTO-ESTRADAS DE PORTUGAL, S.A. A manager by training, with a bachelor’s degree from the American College of Switzerland (1978), and the attendance of the “Training Program” at Citicorp, in New York, and Banco Crefisul de Investimentos, in S. Paulo, Brazil (1978-1979), Vasco de Mello has held numerousexecutive positions in companies of the José de Mello Group (1980-1991) and was Chairman of Banco Mello and Companhia de Seguros Império (1992-2000). ## 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. ## MCA CVC funds - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Solar, Power Grid MCA CVC Funds is an investment firm. ## Novabase Capital - Type: VC Fund - Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed - Focus: Software, Information Technology, Analytics Novabase Capital, Sociedade de Capital de Risco, SA is a venture capital firm owned entirely by Novabase SGPS, SA. Its main purpose is to find and support Portuguese ICT business projects – in early development or expanding – with high potential. Novabase Capital has an unique, specific expertise and a long track record in the development oftechnology-based SMEs throughout Portugal. ## Marc de Jong - Type: Angel - Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: Sensor, Software, Wind Energy Marc de Jong has had an extremely successful career with Phillips where he was previously a member of the Royal Philips Group Management Committee. He was CEO of various divisions within Philips and CEO of the automotive and identification businesses of NXP Semiconductors before beginning his own management consultancy. Marc de Jong holds aMasters in Physics and Mathematics from the Free University of Amsterdam, further qualifications in Economics and two MBA’s, one from the University of Rochester in the United States and another from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam. ## Korys - Type: VC Fund - Location: Halle, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Series B, Series A - Focus: Biotechnology, Renewable Energy, Information Technology Korys is the name chosen by the Colruyt family for their investment structure. The name Korys is derived from the Latin word for hazelnut tree – Corylus - which is at the origin of the Colruyt name.Their multi-disciplinary approach enables us to create a well-balanced, diversified portfolio of listed stocks and bonds, private equity funds, anddirect participations in small and medium-sized companies. Through their investments, they aim to make a positive impact on people and the planet, while generating attractive returns. A “three P” approach (People, Planet, Profit) forms the cornerstone of their investment strategy. They invest for the long term, as they realize that it takes time to achieve the sustainable impact they are aiming for. They focus their investments in sectors in which they have built substantial expertise as a team: Cleantech, consumer goods & retail and life sciences. ## AngelsWay - Type: VC Fund - Relevant deals: 1 - Stages: Seed - Focus: EdTech, Social Impact, Human Resources Discover the power of community-driven investing with Angels Way - a Portugal-based organization dedicated to fostering the growth and success of early-stage startups. By providing funding, resources, and support, we empower technology-driven companies to make a real difference in the world. Join us in our mission to drive innovation and change through the next generation of startups in Portugal.