Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2025
A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Gaming startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Gaming companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.Top 50 Gaming Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2025
Investor | Gaming Portugal investments |
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Portugal Ventures | 7 |
Indico Capital Partners | 6 |
Shilling | 6 |
Miguel Santo Amaro | 3 |
Caixa Capital | 3 |
Alex Vassiliev | 3 |
Olisipo Way | 2 |
Leonid Dovladbegyan | 2 |
BlueCrow Capital | 2 |
Lince Capital | 2 |
MSM | 2 |
REDangels | 2 |
Dmitry Shklyar | 2 |
Andrey Tsytsenko | 2 |
COREangels | 2 |
Chris Lee | 1 |
Niall Curran | 1 |
Alex Atallah | 1 |
ROK Capital | 1 |
MetaBros | 1 |
Sérgio Oliveira | 1 |
Mechanism Capital | 1 |
Paulo Alexandre Lopes | 1 |
Alexis Bonte | 1 |
APEX Capital | 1 |
Rui Pereira | 1 |
Startup Lab | 1 |
Paul Heydon | 1 |
TKX Capital | 1 |
Double Peak Group | 1 |
Casa Verde Capital | 1 |
Waterdrip Capital | 1 |
LD Capital | 1 |
CaixaBank | 1 |
SkyVision Capital | 1 |
Flyer One Ventures | 1 |
Cleo Sham | 1 |
4SV | 1 |
MarketAcross | 1 |
Roy Bhasin | 1 |
Hyperithm | 1 |
Philipp Moehring | 1 |
BreakawayGrowth Fund | 1 |
Polygon | 1 |
Bynd Venture Capital | 1 |
Iberis Capital | 1 |
Cristina Fonseca | 1 |
Aqua Spark | 1 |
Shanti Bergel | 1 |
Snackclub | 1 |
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
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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.
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.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, E-Commerce, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
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.
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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.
Miguel is a tech entrepreneur (Coverflex, StudentFinance, and Uniplaces) and an early-stage tech investor via Shilling (new early-stage €30M Shilling Founders Fund).Miguel is the co-founder & CEO of Coverflex.com. The way we work is changing, but compensation — salary, bonus, equity, and benefits — has not evolved for decades. The currentrigid, one-size-fits-all approach is outdated and fails to satisfy the needs of the modern workforce. Coverflex is changing that. This all-in-one tech-enabled platform enables all companies — regardless of their size — to design, consolidate and personalise their compensation offers beyond salary. Companies can supercharge their employee benefits while saving both time and money. Coverflex calls this “Compensation as a Service”. Miguel is also the founder of Studentfinance.com (edtech startup promoting Income-Share -Agreements (“ISA”) to help increase educational opportunity and empower people to access high-impact careers) & Uniplaces.com (consumer marketplace to mid-to-long term rentals).Miguel is also a Partner, since 2017, in the most active pre-seed and seed VC in Portugal - Shilling.vc - as well as a lead mentor role in Techstars. Since then, Miguel led angel investments in more than 30 early-stage companies in Europe.Miguel is passionate about startups and entrepreneurship and serves as an advisor to a number of early-stage companies around Europe. Since 2017 he is an EO Portugal Founding Member, a peer-to-peer organisation that supports high-impact entrepreneurs across the world. He is married to Flávia and together they have baby Camila.
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Investment focus
- Communities, Food Delivery, Food and Beverage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Spain, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- EatTasty — Fresh food delivery service in Lisbon. Easy to choose and order. Free delivery. Discover our delicious lunches and dinners!
- Luca — Luca's learning platform provides learning programs for primary and secondary school students. The learning platform offers pre-recorded K12 videos, gamified content and AI powered personalized study paths, covering the entire official academic curriculum and national exams prep. Luca is a VC backed startup with HQ in Madrid & MexicoCity
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.
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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.
Alex Vassiliev is a Founder and CEO at Elixir Fine Foods.
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Investment focus
- Apps, Baby, EdTech
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Buddy.ai — Buddy lets children practice spoken English by talking with a virtual AI-powered cartoon character in a mobile app. With its engaging virtual character, speech technology, and adaptive learning, Buddy is making speaking practice affordable for 500 million children around the globe by automating the mundane part of tutoring work at a fraction ofthe cost. This enables teachers and parents to give kids unlimited speaking practice, essential for mastering English.
- Elixir Fine Foods — Elixir Fine Foods is an innovative startup company bringing the highest quality European products to China, using the power of social commerce.Flagship brand in Elixir's portfolio is Healthy Eva - baby food brand with products in different categories including fruit, vegetable, meat and fish purees, baby biscuits, baby porridges etcdistributed through e-commerce and social commerce in China, including e-commerce platforms like Tmall Global or live-streaming serices such as Taobao Live, Kuaishou etc.
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.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Communities
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
- Checkfirst — Create AI-powered inspection workflows that collect and verify on-site data, effortlessly.
- OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.
Leonid Dovladbegyan is a general director of online hypermarket Vprok.ru.
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Investment focus
- Grocery, Food Delivery, Delivery Service
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Expert investment fund management & advisory since 2010. Specializing in venture capital, private equity, and wealth management
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Seed
- United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Bighub — Bighub is a marketplace integration technology and sales accelerator that synchronizes with over 30 marketplaces in a single ecosystem.
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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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.
MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Biorce — Biorce is an innovating HealthAI startup committed to transforming drug development through the use of artificial intelligence.
- GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
- UpLink — UpLink is a Telecommunications company that empowers the spread of The Collective Network farther, faster, and cheaper.UpLink believes that connectivity is a human right, an enabler of growth, and an equalizer of opportunities. They envision a world where the Internet is more accessible, inclusive, and affordable. Founded by Carlos Lei Santosand Andre Francisco in 2016 and is located in New York, NY.
They believe the unbelievable and trust the untrustable.
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Investment focus
- Internet of Things, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Portugal, Poland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- 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
Dmitry Shklyar is the founder of JobTop. Dmitry Shklyar attended Saint Petersburg State University of Finance and Economics in 2002.
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Investment focus
- Finance, Grocery, Crowdfunding
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- JetLend — JetLend is a crowdfunding platform through which private investors lend to small businesses.
- Geeek club — Learn without realizing. Unique DIY bots and models. Made of PCB.
Andrew Tsytsenko is a CEO/Co-founder – Motify App. He attended Université Paris Dauphine - PSL.
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Investment focus
- Grocery, Software, Food Delivery
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, Russian Federation
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Geeek club — Learn without realizing. Unique DIY bots and models. Made of PCB.
- Skipp — Hire Top Software Developers, UX/UI Designers, Product managers, DevOps, No-code Developers And Other Tech Talents
Where startups can get much more than money, and Investors can professionally invest as angels.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Chris Lee is an investor in Gaming.
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Investment focus
- iOS, Gaming, Android
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Volt Games — Volt Games primarily focuses on crafting mobile games for android and ios.
Niall Curran is the Chairman at COPA90.
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Investment focus
- iOS, Gaming, Android
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Volt Games — Volt Games primarily focuses on crafting mobile games for android and ios.
Alex Atallah is a Co-Founder of OpenSea. Attended Stanford University.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- METAMORPH — Blockchain gaming company
ROK Capital is a multi-strategy hedge fund and accelerator aiming to grow the Korean crypto ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, Gaming
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Japan, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
At MetaBros, we are more than just a marketing agency; we are your trusted partner in navigating the dynamic world of Web3. We specialize in crafting tailor-made marketing campaigns that not only expand your community but also ensure your message resonates with the right audience.
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Investment focus
- Web3, Gaming, Web Apps
- Seed, Funding Round
- Portugal, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- Eesee — Company based in British Virgin Islands.
- GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
- Tren Finance — Tren Finance: a secure DeFi liquidity protocol offering seamless asset swaps, yield opportunities, and cross-chain compatibility through automated smart contracts, redefining liquidity for users and institutions.
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Investment focus
- PaaS, Soccer, Sports
- Series A
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- RealFevr — Collect moments with the most iconic video moments of your favourite football players.
Mechanism Capital is an investment firm that invests in the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on decentralized finance or DeFi.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- DeFi.app — DeFi.app helps to make DeFi trading easier while keeping full ownership of crypto assets. It also helps to manage CEFI and DEFI more effectively.
- MagicBlock — MagicBlock Labs is a gaming and technology firm that creates infrastructure for fully on-chain games.
- Mirai Labs — Mirai Labs is a game development company that offers web3, mobile apps, and blockchain services.
Paulo Alexandre Lopes is the Managing Director at oddsgate. Paulo Alexandre Lopes attended IPAM.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Boating, Gambling
- Pre-Seed
- Brazil, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- ODDSGATE — With an open, API based platform and built in a modular way, allowing for stability, scalability, and flexibility. Our founding team with more than 15 years of experience in out-of-the-box solutions, or products like Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), we are stepping into the Igaming industry with the goal to deliver a cutting edge and competitiveiGaming platform, focused on the regulated markets.
- Espadarte Group — Espadarte is working on a new product that will transform the Brazilian nautical market. It is founded in 2021 and the Yachts yard is based in Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
Alexis is a Venture Partner at Atomico advising on new investments in France, Spain & Portugal and Eastern Europe as well as sourcing and accelerating growth in the games, blockchain and travels vertical. He is passionate about high-impact, purpose-driven companies, and he currently serves on the boards of Bossa Studios and OhBiBi, Atomico’slatest game investment. He splits his time between London, Paris, Bucharest, Stockholm and Madrid.Alexis is co-founder and CEO of games company eRepublik Labs (eRepublik.com, Age of Lords, World at War, War and Peace) a “free-to-play” pioneer that he sold in June of 2017 to Stillfront Group. Alexis remains the company’s CEO, and is also the Group COO for Stillfront, giving him a unique mix of investor as well as operational expertise. Prior to Erepublik Labs, Alexis was part of the first wave of internet start ups and was with lastminute.com for six years right up to its $1.1B trade sale to Sabre in 2005.Alexis has numerous angel investments, mainly in Europe, and has been active in supporting the development of the European digital ecosystem through events and associations.Alexis is fluent in French, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian and understands basic Romanian if pushed. A long time ago he was a national sailing champion in Portugal, but now he prefers to stay dry and play chess with one of his three children.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Apps
- Seed, Series A, Angel
- Finland, Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- AudioMob — Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio
- Flowdesk — The new standard for market-making and crypto-financial technology. Market-making as a Service, brokerage, custody of cryptocurrencies.
- StageZero Technologies — StageZero inserts in-app ‘MicroTasks’ into mobile games; bite-sized activities that users can complete in exchange for rewards and perks, including coins and extra lives.
APEX Capital is an equity investment fund.
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Investment focus
- PaaS, Soccer, Sports
- Series A
- China, Portugal
Rui Pereira is a co-founder and Vice President at OutSystems. Currently runs Professional Services, Technical Support and the IT groups.
Before starting OutSystems, Pereira was a partner at WeDo Consulting, worked in various positions at Oracle in the US and Europe and Unilever. Has studied Computer Science, Business Management and Marketing.
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Investment focus
- iOS, Gaming, Android
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Volt Games — Volt Games primarily focuses on crafting mobile games for android and ios.
Startup Lab Russia is a pre-seed/early seed venture capital fund.
Startup Lab Russia invests in projects in the early stages and helps them grow, build a network of contacts, scale sales channels, optimize the business model and internal processes with leading experts, and then enter international markets.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Food Delivery, Software
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Angel
- Russian Federation, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Bairro — Produtos em minutos
- Agently.com — Automate your real estate marketing to win more listings and close more deals.
- Boomerangme — Digital loyalty cards for your business - give bonuses to regular customers, send personal offers by free push-notifications. App for iOS / Android.
30 years as a founder, operator, investor, and advisor. Previously Paul was a Co-Founder and General Partner at LVP. Paul has invested in Supercell (majority acquired by Tencent), Unity (NYSE:U), Matchmade, Radiant Entertainment (acquired by Riot Games), Boomlagoon (acquired by Wargaming), Peak (acquired by Hachette Livre), AppOnboard, FRVR,Starform, Gameclub, Coherence, Lucid Sight, Doppio Games, Capture, Flick, EvenPrime, Tellie & Litho and others. Previously, he was an investment banker at Avista Partners, Commerzbank Securities & ING Barings. He has both a HBA & MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at University of Western Ontario in Canada.
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Investment focus
- Software, Gaming, Mobile Apps
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Finland
Portfolio highlights
- Tellie — Create a free website/link-in-bio to market your art, release new music, increase your followers, sell merchandise, and share your portfolio/resume/EPK. Token Gate all.
- Coherence — Unlock your multiplayer possibilities
- Glean AI — Glean AI is the only Accounts Payable solution that combines smart automation with spend intelligence and powers Finance teams to drive material savings.
TKX Capital is an investment firm.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Blockchain, Online Games
- Seed
- Mexico, Portugal, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- OpenEx — OpenEx is a cutting-edge, user-focused exchange that seeks to transform the cryptocurrency market. We offer a platform that is user-friendly for beginners and emphasizes user empowerment and freedom while ensuring honest transactions and individualized services.
- GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
- Galactic Holdings — Galactic Holdings offers a series of digital finance products.
Double Peak Group is a family office focused on investments in the digital asset and blockchain space.As one of the first family offices based out of Asia focused on digital assets, we have been deeply entrenched in the crypto space since 2017. At Double Peak, we adopt a philosophy of value investing and making key investments with a long timehorizon in early funding rounds and secondary markets. The ultimate vision is to bridge cutting-edge decentralized technologies between China and International markets.Our team consists of talented people with institutional backgrounds. Namely, investment banking, private equity, venture capital and entrepreneurship.Double Peak have invested in a multitude of areas including: Asset Management, Banking & Payments, Cross-Chain Platforms, CeFi-DeFi Bridges, Infrastructure Protocols, Investment Funds, Gaming/GameFi, NFTs, Privacy/Security, The Metaverse, Trading and Exchanges.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Singapore, Australia
Portfolio highlights
- OX.FUN — Trade Bitcoin, Ethereum and trending altcoin derivatives on the most FUN exchange around. Join OX.FUN today and earn up to 200% yield. Moo.
- Farcana — Experience fast-paced 4v4 PvP battles in a futuristic sci-fi landscape. Compete as one of 24 Stars with unique abilities to dominate the arena.
- Access Protocol — Publish written content. Mint NFTs. Build communities on Discord & Telegram. All under a single subscription.
As both the domestic and international markets continue to evolve and mature, Casa Verde maintains a view that cannabis will be among the most compelling investment themes of our generation.
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Investment focus
- Cannabis, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Frontier Risk — Frontier Risk is the first tech-enabled insurance brokerage for the cannabis sector, led by former executives from leading cannabis companies.
- 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.
Waterdrip capital invests in blockchain industries.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Singapore, United States, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- Hibit — Hibit is a Layer-1 blockchain that is specifically developed for AI agents and next-generation financial technology solutions.
- Kaia — Kaia is a public blockchain that utilizes Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) for enhanced reliability and performance.
- Inferix Labs — Inferix Labs is a decentralized GPU network that provides GPU visual computing solutions dedicated to 3D/AR/VR rendering and AI inference.
LD Capital is one of Asia's earliest organizations focusing on value investing in blockchain field. Owing to industrial resource advantages and professional investment research teams, LD Capital has successively discovered and invested in projects such as Qtum, Vechain and Eos which all achieved over 100 times return.Their teams spread overChina, the United States, Europe, Singapore, Japan, and South Korea, and have accumulated rich experience in areas of traditional internet, Fintech, and advanced blockchain technology. They are committed to the globalization of blockchain and quality investment in the entire industry.LD Capital focuses on blockchain innovation projects within finance, games, content publishing, Internet of Things and other circuits, and we have been propelling broad layout of blockchain technology and infrastructure construction to facilitate the comprehensive development of the global blockchain ecosystem.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Swan Chain — FilSwan provides a layer 2 cross-chain infrastructure for Web3 projects by integrating data, computing, and payment into one suite. FilSwan offers a complete solution that enables web3 developers to integrate decentralized storage, edge computing, and payment across multiple chains with ease.
- Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
- Helix Labs — Decentralized Finance Focused Universal ZK Rollup
Portal web corporativo de CaixaBank. Información corporativa para Accionistas e Inversores, información comercial y sobre responsabilidad corporativa.
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Investment focus
- Renewable Energy, Apps, Food Delivery
- Debt Financing, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Spain, Italy, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Fincantieri — Fincantieri is one of the shipbuilding groups and number one by diversification and innovation. It is leader in cruise ship design and construction and a reference player in all high-tech shipbuilding industry’s sectors, from naval to offshore vessels, from high-complexity special vessels and ferries to mega-yachts, ship repairs and conversions,systems and components production and after-sales services.
- Italcer Group — Italcer Group is a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor ceramic products.
- El Corte Ingles — El Corte Inglés is a business group with more than 80 years of history, upholding the same values as always. Our steadfast principles of ethical and responsible conduct allow us to evolve towards an omnichannel model more aligned with digitalisation, diversification and sustainability. This has meant a progress in the transformation of El CorteInglés from a retailer to a unique ecosystem. Without ever taking our eyes off the product and service quality, expertise, curated selections, guarantees and innovation we offer with the ultimate goal of making people's lives easier.
SkyVision Capital (SVC) promotes new, open decentralized technology and its development. We are a Crypto Fund that is dedicated to incubating and investing in founders of tomorrow, today.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Singapore, United Kingdom
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- Demether — Demether is a DeFi protocol that works to enable zero-cost access to TVL for blockchains.
- Amnis Finance — Stake APT on the best liquid staking protocol on Aptos to receive daily rewards with an attractive APR of 9%.
- NXI — Nexus Interactive gives collective growth and accrued value to its ecosystem.
Flyer One Ventures is an international early-stage venture capital firm focused on early-stage startups from CEE region. The fund invests in future-proof startups, founded by exceptional teams, and operating on global markets worth more than $10 billion. Flyer One Ventures funds startups in Mobile, Health Tech, EdTech, Fitness & Wellness, B2BSaaS, Gaming, FoodTech, and AI/ML industries and helps them scale on international markets. Founded by the co-founder of BetterMe and supported by Genesis Tech, Flyer One Ventures has deep expertise in Digital Marketing, Product, PR, Branding, and Recruiting. Along with the financial investment, Flyer One Ventures actively supports its portfolio companies, helping them optimize Digital Marketing campaigns, hire R&D staff, build user-friendly products, and fundraise Series A and Series B rounds. Flyer One Ventures' ultimate goal is to support early-stage startups in the geographies with low access to early financing and help them become global leaders by mentorship and daily support.
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- Software, Education, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Cyprus, United Kingdom
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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 — Cooper Pet Care - Compare and buy the best pet insurance at lowest price. Give your pet the protection they need.
Cleo is Spotahome’s Chief Operating Officer. She oversees Spotahome’s global performance, delivery and expansion, and leads operations and customer experience, which covers Spotahome’s unique selling proposition -the Homecheckers, property listings, landlord management, regional development and the tenant experience.
Prior to Spotahome, Cleo wasHead of Uber’s Regional Operations EMEA, where she was responsible for ridesharing operations in 45 countries after moving from Director of Operations, China. There she helped to turn Guangzhou, home to 12 million people in southern China, into Uber’s busiest city globally in little more than two years. Prior to Uber, she had worked at Mckinsey, Merrill Lynch and had launched a number of her own startups. Cleo is the first woman to join the Spotahome C-Suite. Cleo is a strong ambassador for women in business and LGBTQ+ inclusivity, recognised by her participation in leading events Women in Technology, EUROUT and Feminin Pluriel. She holds an MBA from Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, an Ivy League institution, where she was a Joseph Wharton Fellow, and graduated from Rice University with a triple-major in Economics, Managerial Studies and Sports Management. In her spare time, Cleo has a passion for sports, especially surfing and tennis. She speaks English, Cantonese, Mandarin, German and Spanish.
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- mHealth, Wellness, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal
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- Kitch — Centralize all your delivery apps or create your own delivery channel for your restaurant with Kitch. Join for free!
- Yayem — We're a curated community and travel app for global citizens, next gen nomads and the adventure curious. A new kind of members club. Get access to guides, spaces, perks & experiences around the world.
- Pourwell — Introducing the world's first subscription club for premium alcohol free spirits
4SV invests in nascent blockchain companies and advances the growth of their transformative technologies.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Online Games
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Panama, Estonia
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- GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
- Flappy Bird — Flappy Bird Foundation is to uphold the Flappy Bird intellectual property and further the Flappy Bird heritage. The Foundation accurately restores our vintage and nostalgic gameplay while adding new features to give back to the worldwide fan base that started the craze.
- Community Labs — Community Labs is a software development company and venture studio focused on accelerating developer tools, use cases, and adoption of Arweave and AO.
We provide a complete end-to-end blockchain PR and marketing solutions. We guarantee results, by using blockchain storytelling to execute success-based full-stack marketing and growth campaigns.
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- Gaming, Blockchain, Online Games
- Seed, Funding Round, Initial Coin Offering
- United States, Portugal, United Kingdom
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- VELAR — VELAR is a Multi-Feature DeFi App with Bitcoin Finality.
- Sleek — ChapterX is a web3 event experience platform that strives to enable event organisers to transform their events into one-of-a-kind experiences. The startup offers attendees the option of engaging them through physical events or customizable virtual worlds in the metaverse, with features such as decentralised autonomous organisation (DAO) governanceor GameFi.
- GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
Zeneca is a Writer, collector,Trader and Angel Investor
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- Gaming, Finance, Web Apps
- Seed, Funding Round
- Canada, Portugal
A premier digital asset manager based in Tokyo and Seoul.
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Investment focus
- Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, South Korea
Portfolio highlights
- ZKEX — ZKEX appears to be a decentralized exchange (DEX) operating on Layer 2 (L2) technology, which aims to enhance transaction speeds and reduce costs compared to traditional Layer 1 solutions like Ethereum
- Soarchain — Cars on the blockchain are the next thing. Soarchain is the single-purpose blockchain for advancing vehicles. Power every vehicle by blockchain.
- Hamilton Treasury — Bitcoin isn’t just digital gold—it’s the new foundational layer of capital markets. Hamilton leverages Bitcoin’s unmatched security and decentralization to tokenize real-world assets (RWA), providing global access to institutional-grade financial products.
Philipp is an earliest stage technology investor in Berlin.
He invested in more than 100 companies across various sectors, including open source software, ML/AI enabled SaaS, and deep tech from synthetic biology to materials science.
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- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Levity — Train your own AI on documents, images, or text data to perform daily, repetitive tasks so your team can reach the next level of productivity. No code required.
- consalio — consalio enables customers to gain transparency over ongoing consulting activities and costs in the company.
- bunch — bunch is the operating system (OS) for private market investing, handling digital entity creation, seamless investor onboarding and portfolio management. The company's platform focuses on saving time, money and mental energy by eliminating legacy intermediaries, overwhelming regulatory complexity, and low-tech administration.Operating acrosslegal structures, asset classes and jurisdictions allows bunch to fully unlock private markets for everyone, enabling businesses and investors to make private markets easy, cost-efficient and fast.
UPDATE: Chris Albinson is taking on a new role as CEO at Communitech on May 16th, 2021 - read more about his decision here. Chris and the team at BreakawayG ...
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- Software, Computer, Internet
- Seed, Series B, Series E
- United States, Canada, Portugal
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- Gentreo — Gentreo helps you create the important documents you need for official estate planning, including your Will, Power of Attorney, and more. Get started today!
- Senso.ai — Senso is a fintech startup using artificial intelligence to provide financial institutions with recommendations on how to strengthen client relationships.
- Doppio Games — Harnessing the power of AI to craft groundbreaking games you can play using only your voice. Setting the stage for the next gen of entertainment.
Polygon is the most proven way to build and scale your decentralized application and projects on Ethereum, the world's largest blockchain ecosystem.
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- Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, India
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- 0G — The First Decentralized AI Operating System
- Kratos Gamer Network (KGeN) — Discover KGeN, where gaming meets the future. Dive into a world of cutting-edge technology and immersive experiences, designed for the next generation of gamers. Join us and redefine the way you play
- Moonveil Entertainment — Moonveil Entertainment is a web3 game studio that uses cutting-edge technology to create authentic gaming experiences.
Bynd Venture Capital, former Busy Angels, is a Portuguese venture capital investor with more than 30 active investments in the portfolio in different funds. At Bynd Venture Capital we invest in companies:
- At the seed / early stage
- In IT/Digital and Sustainability (including Lifesciences, Clean Tech, among others) sectors
- FromPortugal, Spain and any startup that has a direct connection with these markets (founders, tech team, investors, ...).
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- Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, Spain, United States
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- Ukio — Artfully designed fully furnished apartments available for extended stays
- Trebellar — Trebellar provides advanced data analytics for building occupancy, energy efficiency, and climate optimization. Maximize your workplace productivity with our intelligent building solutions.
- Guud Woman — Verbeter je cyclus met Guud Woman. Onze supplementen ondersteunen je hormonen en vruchtbaarheid, bevorderen een gezonde huid en meer.
Iberis is an investment manager that operates a value-oriented investment management.
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- Information Technology, Software, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
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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.
Cristina is a female software engineer and entrepreneur. She holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunications and Software Engineering from the Technical University of Lisbon and before founding Talkdesk she worked as a researcher and built two other online businesses.Talkdesk is a platform that allows you to you create your call center in minutesand integrate it with a variety of top business tools, including Salesforce, Desk.com and Zendesk. Talkdesk raised more than $24M in the last 2 years from Salesforce Ventures, DFJ, Storm Ventures and 500Startups.Cristina leads the Talkdesk Lisbon office and her areas of focus include engineering, product and knowledge management. Cristina is proud of the role woman play in technology and society today. She is a Global Shaper and part of the Global Agenda Council on Europe, a World Economic Forum initiative.
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- Information Technology, Software, CRM
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Portugal, United States
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- EatTasty — EatTasty | So simple and so good.
- Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.
- Amplemarket — Next Generation Sales Intelligence
Aqua-Spark is an investment fund with a focus on sustainable aquaculture businesses around the world. The small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) they invest in are working toward the production of safe, accessible aquatic life, such as fish, shellfish and plants, in ways that do not harm their oceans. Their investors value the fact that each investmentaims to create triple impact—specifically, each investment is chosen for its potential to generate significant financial returns while also activating positive environmental and social outcomes.Aqua-Spark believes that committing to a long-term vision is the way to realize effective and lasting impact results. When it comes to investments, they do not seek quick exits; instead, they look for entrepreneurs who strive to build and scale toward the future, who see their business as major economic opportunities that can also help solve looming environmental and food security challenges over the long-term. As an essential of each investee, Aqua-Spark seeks sustainability.
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- Biotechnology, Aquaculture, Seafood
- Funding Round, Series A, Seed
- United States, Norway, Israel
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- 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.
- Kuehnle Agrosystems — Kuehnle AgroSystems curates a unique set of algae originating from pristine waters and ecosystems of Hawaii, as well as tropical botanical accessions representing plants prized by Polynesian voyagers.
- Wanda Fish Technologies — Wanda Fish is an innovative FoodTech company with a platform that produces a wide variety of delicious fish fillets using sustainable cell-cultivation practices.
Shanti Bergel is the Managing Director of the Transcend Fund, an early stage venture capital firm focused on games and digital entertainment.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, PC Games, Mobile
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Canada, Finland
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- Carbonated — Carbonated makes hardcore PVP multiplayer games accessible to everyone on their mobile phones and PCs, by using AI to drive moment-to moment gameplay.
- Doppio Games — Harnessing the power of AI to craft groundbreaking games you can play using only your voice. Setting the stage for the next gen of entertainment.
- Playable Worlds — Playable Worlds builds the most alive online worlds ever -- powered by cloud-native technology that enhances all types of play.
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Investment focus
- Gaming, Video Games, Blockchain
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United States, Singapore, Brazil
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- GAM3S.GG — Your home of web3 gaming offering game discovery, reviews, guides, news & quests for a full experience.
- CARV — CARV is building an AI chain ecosystem to enable data sovereignty at scale. CARV SVM Chain, an AI Agentic infrastructure that combines Solana's scalability and Ethereum's security to enable intelligent AI agents, seamless cross-chain operations, and privacy-preserving innovation.
- Nest Wallet — A Wallet Built for Traders
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