Top 25 Food and Beverage VC Funds & Investors in Portugal (May 2026)

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• FRVR — FRVR brings captivating games to billions of players instantly.
• 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.
• Oceano Fresco — Oceano Fresco develops and produces bivalves varieties with superior performance for shellfish farmers at a competitive cost, respecting environmental sustainability and ensuring consumer safety.They use a multi-disciplinary approach including expertise in molecular biology, genetics, animal physiology, computational biology and intellectualproperty to select value adding traits to shellfish farmers and contribute to the sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture industry.They work with hatcheries, nurseries and research centers in order to test and validate their solutions and ensure that they suit the specific needs of each customer, in each technical and environmental context.

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• AddVolt — AddVolt is a technology based company that tackles markets where there is a high potential for diesel costs reduction through the generation of solar and kinetic energy, while other secondary savings are generated (e.g. maintenance).
• Hephaesnus — Hephaesnus is an industrial technology startup dedicated to the development of products and technologies for forest firefighting.
• Floating Particle — Floating Particle is a technology and innovation company that drives an innovative solution for waste management and clean energy. Floating Particle specializes in IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning to provide cutting-edge technology to the customers.

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• HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
• Noxus — At Spot, we're crafting the operating system for tomorrow's workforce, harnessing AI to streamline influencer marketing. Our platform empowers agencies, businesses, and content creators to collaborate effectively and reach audiences with ease.
• Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.

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• Kitch — Centralize all your delivery apps or create your own delivery channel for your restaurant with Kitch. Join for free!
• Omocom — Omocom offers safe, simple and secure insurance for all kind of renting, sharing and re-using, digitally, automated and integrated into the sales flow of the platform
• Valuebeat — Grow your culture. Backed by data. Platypus is the HR and recruitment tool that measures cultural drivers of people across the organization to help you qualify decisions on hiring and managing your culture.

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• Bighub — The All-in-One Platform for european marketplace growth. Integration, Catalog SEO, Pricing, Financing, Logistics, Helpdesk, and Resale.
• 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.
• Maven Pet — Maven is a SaaS pet tech startup that provides a personal vet to track the pet’s safety and health 24/7.It focuses on using technology to improve the quality of life for pets, as well as offering pet owners peace of mind and a way to keep track of their pet's safety, health, and well-being on a continual basis through their own personalveterinarian.It was started by the founders of Findster Technologies in 2021 and is based in Porto, Portugal.

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• Lympid — We believe that anyone should have access to the amazing opportunities found on the blockchain, from DeFi protocols (aave, compound, yearn…) to Crypto Indexes, there's so much to discover! At Lympid you will be able to do it all easily in the same app, and directly through EUR.
• hAPI — hAPI offers financial solutions through APIs to collect financing information and documentation.
• OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.

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• Zen8 — Explore Connected Swim Training at zwim.com. Smart Swim Trainer + data + immersive game = real swim power. Train at home, get faster in the water. Join the waitlist now.
• pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
• OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.

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• HypeLabs — HypeLabs is the company that created the Hype SDK, an interoperable mesh networking software that improves connectivity on all kinds of devices, from mobile to desktop to IoT, allowing them to connect even when there is no internet. The software works by intelligently connecting devices in local mesh networks using existing connectivitytechnologies, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa and others. This network enables content to securely hop between devices, until it reaches a destination or an Internet exit point, improving range and deliverability.Founded in 2016, the company is located in San Francisco (USA), Porto (Portugal), London (UK) and Krakow (Poland). AngelPad #10 (Spring '16) alumni & Deutsche Telekom WARP alumni.
• Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
• Sensefinity — Sensefinity The Blockchain IoT Transformation Company Building the Internet of Cargo Where Assets autonomously connect to processes

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• EatTasty — Fresh food delivery service in Lisbon. Easy to choose and order. Free delivery. Discover our delicious lunches and dinners!
• Brij — With one-touch, BRIJ allows consumers to gain product info, care instructions and discounts while you gain a deeper understanding of your consumer. Apps, paper manuals and hassles not required.
• Tidal Cyber — Tidal Cyber helps enterprise organizations to define, measure, and improve their defenses to address the adversary behaviors that are most important to them. It also helps to assess, organize, and optimize defenses with a deep understanding of the threats.

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• Imageryst — Imageryst automatically extracts satellite imagery insights to enhance global strategic and operational decisions.
• Plain Tiger — Elevate your hotel and spa with Plain Tiger's B2B marketplace. Source sustainably from our curated portfolio of consumables suppliers, featuring leading products for spas, hotel rooms, and operations. Connect with verified sustainable suppliers, fueling an eco-conscious shift in hospitality.
• Triple — The best payment data enrichment solution. Our API includes fraud detection, transaction enrichment, categorization, subscriptions, and carbon footprint.

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• METYCLE — The B2B marketplace for global scrap metal trading. We give the world access to scrap metal.
• Pathway — The first post-transformer frontier model that solved continual learning.
• Connecty AI — Connecty AI is a contextual intelligence platform for vast data. It leverages Gen AI for an integrated solution for enterprise-specific context building, data prep and trusted insights, saving 100s of hours for data teams.

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• 99math — 99math is e-sports in school math! Global online tournaments for kids. They get excited and start achieving in math.
• Peech — text to speech
• Cooper Pet Care — Just Russel honden- en kattenvoeding op maat. Op basis van ras, leeftijd, gezondheid en gewicht. Makkelijker voor jou, beter voor je huisdier!

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• Cleanwatts — We simplify, amplify and accelerate energy decarbonization for companies and communities around the world. Our clients call upon us to improve their energy efficiency performance and to increase their access to affordable clean energy. Join Cleanwatts today.
• 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.

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• Semi Zabala — Welcome to Semi Zabala, a pioneering semiconductor company dedicated to innovation and excellence. Our mission is to push boundaries and enhance technology, embodying our slogan: beyond the power. Explore our advanced solutions designed for a smarter, more connected future.
• Italcer Group — Italcer Group is a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor ceramic products.
• Scottish Power — At ScottishPower are amongst the top 6 power companies in the UK. As an energy provider to over 5 million households and businesses across the UK, their role is to bring you YourEnergy – and that means keeping your home nice and cosy, being there when you need us and bringing you competitive tariffs and products.

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• Growlink — Growlink offers advanced software and hardware solutions to streamline your grow operations. Automate climate, irrigation, and nutrient delivery while gaining valuable insights to boost yields, reduce waste, and ensure consistent quality. Discover how our tools can transform your cultivation process.
• Prelude — Purpose-built to help cannabis dispensaries improve sales, profitability and cash flow by optimizing purchasing and inventory management
• Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.

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• Protix — Discover how Protix is revolutionizing the food system by converting organic waste into nutritious insect-based ingredients for a sustainable future.
• XpertSea — XpertSea is a Canadian technology company that's transforming how the global aquaculture industry farms seafood to help feed the world. Combining smart aquaculture equipment with a farm management platform, our collaborative solution uncovers actionable insights driven by artificial intelligence. These insights enable farmers and industryexperts to optimize feed efficiency, reduce environmental waste, take preventive actions against diseases and use data to bring transparency and knowledge to the entire supply chain. With customers in over 50 countries, we’re using Canadian ingenuity to make aquaculture profitable and sustainable.
• Proteon Pharmaceuticals — Proteon Pharmaceuticals serves livestock and aquaculture farms that aim for high-quality and sustainable protein production.

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• 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.

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• Raus — Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.
• Blockbrain — AI-Driven Business Excellence
• Milano Vice — Milano Vice is building a new virtual food brand by working with professional kitchens to prepare and deliver delicious pizzas to home.

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• BetterPic — Forget expensive, complicated photoshoots. Get your professional headshots on the go, with 8 selfies/casual photos in less than an hour. High-quality customer service, top data privacy, and a clear money-back guarantee policy.
• Nilo — Nilo is a collaborative 3D platform that works across desktop, mobile, Discord, and Telegram. It combines generative AI with world-building tools, allowing users to generate assets, characters, animations, and code from natural language or drawings. The result: a radically simplified creation experience that lowers the barrier to entry andaccelerates how quickly new ideas can be built, tested, and shared.It’s creation at the speed of culture: whether spinning up a game inspired by today’s viral sound, turning a group chat joke into a playable world or crafting a custom hangout, Nilo transforms imagination into interaction — instantly and collaboratively.Nilo’s key features include:Text-to-3D generation: Create characters, environments, and code from prompts or images. Browser-Based: Nilo runs entirely in your browser - no installs, no downloads, no friction. Voice-enabled coding: A built-in AI-powered code editor that supports spoken commands and natural language for playful, social programming. Real-time multiplayer: Co-create and play with friends instantly.Nilo was founded in April 2024, bringing together veterans from Fortnite, Twitch, YouTube, Snapchat, Microsoft, Adobe, Blizzard, VRChat, Rec Room, and major VFX projects such as Avatar and Star Wars.
• 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.

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• 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.

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• Udemy — Udemy's mission is to create new possibilities for people and organizations everywhere by connecting them to the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a changing world. The Udemy marketplace platform, with thousands of up-to-date courses in dozens of languages, provides the tools learners, instructors, and enterprises need to achievetheir goals and reach their full potential. Millions of people learn on Udemy from real-world experts in topics ranging from programming and data science to leadership and team building. For companies, Udemy Business offers an employee training and development platform with subscription access to thousands of courses, learning analytics, and the ability to host and distribute their own content.
• Bairro Direct — Bairro developed a mobile application that allows fast delivery of supermarket products, food, and essential goods in the heart of the Portuguese capital, available between 10 am to 12 pm, ensuring that the user experience is always of high quality, regardless of the type of product desired or delivery time.
• Xway (FRIPPERWAY) — Сервис для продажи товаров на крупных маркетплейсах

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• 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.

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• Sylvera — Sylvera Carbon offset ratings make offset quality and risks transparent. We make offsets auditable for offset sellers, intermediaries, buyers and investors.
• Outverse — A community platform that's easier to use, better organised and designed for real interaction.
• Dust — Dust is a platform for creating sophisticated processes based on large language models and semantic search.

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• Swipoo — Transferencia de vehículos y cambio de nombre automatizado.
• HOLO — Holo Health is a startup revolutionizing personalized health by blending advanced laboratory testing, real-time tracking from wearable devices, and artificial intelligence to deliver highly customized health insights and actionable plans.
• Modular DS — Modular DS helps agencies and freelancers manage WordPress maintenance with updates, backups, monitoring, security, and more from one dashboard.

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• Nim — Generate videos with state-of-the-art models, templates, and inspiration feed. Text-to-image, image-to-video, restyle, lip sync, upscale, and more
• RedTrack.io — RedTrack.io offers real-time access to your media buying KPIs/data: ad tracking, impressions, clicks, conversions across multiple channels & 30 data points.
• HuLoop Automation, Inc. — HuLoop Automation offers an AI-powered, no-code, unified automation platform that helps clients drive transformation, and achieve revenue growth, cost savings, and productivity gains by automating mundane, repetitive activities.