Top 50 Hardware Startup Investors in Portugal (June 2026)
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Portugal Ventures
VC Fund
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16 | Portugal, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $110k–$2.1M |
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Caixa Capital
VC Fund
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9 | Portugal, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $120k–$12M |
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HCapital Partners
VC Fund
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5 | Portugal, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Power Grid, Information Technology | $1.1M–$8.5M |
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Bynd Venture Capital
VC Fund
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5 | Portugal, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Health Care | $483k–$50M |
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Armilar Venture Partners
VC Fund
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5 | Portugal, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence | $500k–$16M |
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Bright Pixel Capital
VC Fund
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4 | United States, Portugal, Israel | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $1.1M–$35M |
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EDP Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Portugal, United States, Brazil | Seed, Series A | Software, Energy, Information Technology | $478k–$14M |
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LC Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Portugal, China, Poland | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $11k–$12M |
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Faber
VC Fund
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4 | Portugal, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS | $34k–$25M |
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Indico Capital Partners
VC Fund
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3 | Portugal, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Information Technology, E-Commerce, B2B | |
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Novabase Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Portugal, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Information Technology, Analytics | $576k–$3M |
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Brpx
VC Fund
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3 | Portugal, United States, Spain | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $318k–$15M |
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Iberis Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Portugal, United States, Spain | Series A, Seed | Information Technology, Software, SaaS | $2.2M–$43M |
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REDangels
VC Fund
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2 | Portugal, Poland, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Mobile, Internet of Things, Internet | $11k–$3M |
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EIT Urban Mobility
VC Fund
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2 | Spain, Sweden, France | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Transportation, Information Technology | |
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WISENEXT
VC Fund
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2 | Portugal, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Internet | $165k–$1.6M |
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Innovation Nest
VC Fund
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2 | Poland, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $25k–$11M |
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Shilling VC
VC Fund
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2 | Portugal, Spain, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Software, Internet | $208k–$20M |
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Explorer Investments
VC Fund
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2 | Portugal, Spain, Brazil | Private Equity, Seed, Series A | Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology | $2.1M–$16M |
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200M
VC Fund
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2 | Portugal, Brazil, France | Seed, Series A | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Retail | $2.7M–$5.9M |
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Grupo Lusiaves service
VC Fund
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2 | Sweden, Portugal | Seed, Post-IPO Equity | Computer, Consumer, Software | $81k–$330k |
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Olisipo Way
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal | Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note | Software, SaaS, Communities | |
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Kamay Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Mexico, Colombia | Pre-Seed, Seed | FinTech, Lending, Restaurants | |
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Knight Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, China, Spain | Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | |
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Rothschild & Co.
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series C | Software, Health Care, Internet | |
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Metro
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series C | Hospitality, Restaurants, Retail | |
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Critical Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal, United States | Seed, Series A | Medical, Computer, Genetics | |
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Sandra Lyness
Angel
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1 | United Kingdom, Denmark, Portugal | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | SaaS, Software, B2B | |
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Techstars Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | United States, United Kingdom, Canada | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Marc de Jong
Angel
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1 | Portugal | Seed | Sensor, Software, Wind Energy | |
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FORWARD.one
VC Fund
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1 | The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden | Seed, Series A | Information Technology, Semiconductor, Audio | |
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Atlante
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Critical SGPS
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal | Seed | Computer, Software, Information Technology | |
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António Félix da Costa
Angel
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1 | Portugal | Seed | Sports, Marketplace, Augmented Reality | $2.3M–$8.1M |
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COREangels
VC Fund
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1 | Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence | $150k–$5.3M |
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Tencent
VC Fund
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1 | China, United States, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence | $3.5M–$400M |
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Carlos Oliveira
Angel
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1 | Portugal | Seed | Sensor, Software, Wind Energy | |
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Seaya
VC Fund
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1 | Spain, France, Mexico | Series A, Seed | Software, Financial Services, FinTech | $1.1M–$30M |
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Ganexa Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed | Fitness, Wellness, Health Care | $478k–$2.7M |
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Alexis Bonte
Angel
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1 | Finland, Portugal, United States | Seed, Series A, Angel | Gaming, Video Games, Apps | $550k–$30M |
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Creative Wings
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal | Seed | Hardware, Mobile Devices, Internet of Things | |
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David Helgason
Angel
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1 | United States, Denmark, Finland | Seed, Series A | Software, Gaming, Information Technology | $1.1M–$30M |
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Herrick Partners
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal | Series A | Software, Electronics, Virtual Reality | |
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Superlyst Ventures
VC Fund
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1 | Germany, Portugal | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Privacy, Computer | $1.4M–$4.4M |
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BlueCrow Capital
VC Fund
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1 | United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates | Seed | FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments | |
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Ryan Petersen
Angel
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1 | United States, India, Brazil | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, FinTech | |
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Oxy Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Italy, Portugal | Private Equity | VoIP, Software, Wireless | |
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Lasse Seppanen
Angel
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1 | Portugal | Seed | Gaming, Computer | |
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Keensight Capital
VC Fund
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1 | France, United States, United Kingdom | Private Equity, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | |
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Wayra
VC Fund
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1 | Spain, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | |
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Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 226
- Round size: Seed $110k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $110k–$658k
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2011
Portfolio highlights
- Azulfy — Real-time pollution monitoring for EU municipalities. Satellite-based environmental compliance tools for local governments and smart cities.
- PLUTOS — We are here to make sure that your Puppy gets the best treat! PLUTOS were created specifically for dogs to have fun. Find out our dog healthy chews.
- Hostels HUB — Hostels HUB is a hostel developer that is looking for opportunities both in city as leisure locations around Portugal.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $120k–$2.5M; Series A $3M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- BioMimetx — BioMimetx is a biotech startup focused on the development of green antifouling solutions to prevent marine biofouling. The company discovers and owns environmental bacteria that secrete molecules, which are used as natural antimicrobials and algaecides. BioMimetx is based in Cantanhede, Portugal.
- Movvo — The Movvo platform delivers smart business intelligence solutions for owners and operators of retail and commercial real estate that turns data into improved retail performance and better value engineering decisions. The platform combines consumer behaviour wireless sensor technology and digests other public and private datasets, enhancing theunderstanding of the data by applying machine learning to provide fast and easy interpretation of this data delivering insights and rapid scenario-planning. Whether it is measuring ROI or reporting KPI's, the Movvo platform has these bases covered. Where it comes into its own is via the application of machine learning Want to easily prepare a leasing pack that maximises the rental value, what to create additional incremental value from asset investment decisions, want to know the impact of changing the tenant from apparel retailer to food & beverage? The Movvo platform can deliver prescriptive intelligence and more.
- Exogenus Therapeutics — Exogenus Therapeutics is engineering cell biology for innovative therapeutic solutions.Exo-T is a biotechnology company dedicated to the pre-clinical and clinical development of innovative cellular-based therapies applied to regenerative medicine, specifically for the skin lesions treatment. The company is presently developing its first product,Exo-Wound, for the treatment of chronic wounds.The project that led to the creation of the company (Nanoinspire) participated in COHiTEC 2014 program and is the result of the research developed in collaboration with Crioestaminal SA, Biocant, and Centre for Neurosciences and Cellular Biology of Coimbra University.
We are an independent private equity firm, investing in a broad spectrum of companies through dedicated funds.
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- Industry: Software, Power Grid, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$3.2M; Series A $4.7M–$8.5M
- Lead/follow: 56% lead, 44% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $23M in 2017
Portfolio highlights
- Automaise — Radically improve your customer care operations by focusing where the volume is and helping your agents do a better job.
- Libattion — Sustainable, modular, grid-scale battery energy storage solutions with CO2-certificate. For industrial and commercial applications.
- Eneida — Operational Analytics LV Apps, software and smart sensor for LV Network Monitoring, Control, and Visibility
Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 67
- Round size: Seed $483k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $576k–$2.1M; Series A $5.5M–$50M
- Lead/follow: 18% lead, 82% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Pollen — Pollen is developing a universal battery-swapping network for mopeds and motorcycles, enabling riders to quickly exchange depleted batteries for fully charged ones, reducing downtime and supporting efficient, scalable electric mobility in urban environments.
- Wio Capital — Wio Capital is a wealthtech company that builds an AI-powered wealth management platform for financial advisors, offices, and bankers.
- Spacebackend — Spacebackend is redefining how aerospace teams handle mission-critical integration. Our platform, Lynapse, is an AI-powered system integration environment designed for engineers-in-the-loop. We empower software integration and AIT/AIV teams to bridge the gap from hardware interface to flight-ready software - starting in the design phase andcontinuing through end-to-end integration.By decoupling software readiness from physical hardware and leveraging AI to automate the implementation of complex interfaces, we reduce integration effort from years to days. Lynapse uses AI to convert complex ICD documentation into digital models, automatically producing, testing, and validating platform-agnostic source code.Our workflow ensures every line of code is deterministic, engineer-approved, and fully traceable from documentation to deployment. Whether you are generating platform-agnostic code from scratch or validating existing flight software against a digital ICD model, Lynapse exposes failures and readiness gaps early - when it matters most. Build integration readiness today.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 102
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.8M; Series A $4M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $53M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Equall — Equall offers legal AI systems to help companies and lawyers evaluate and control risk.
- DOJO AI — Dojo AI is pioneering the Marketing Operating System (MOS) category, providing challenger brands with enterprise-grade marketing infrastructure. Its proprietary technology combines real-time market intelligence, specialized AI agents, and automated workflow orchestration in one unified platform.The Dojo MOS enables marketing teams to run theirentire operation - from market research and strategy to content creation and campaign execution - through a single, intelligent system. The platform features a proprietary graph engine for real-time market intelligence, marketing-specific language models, and autonomous AI agents trained for specialized marketing tasks.Built for challenger brands looking to compete more effectively, Dojo eliminates the need for multiple point solutions and reduces dependency on external agencies. The platform continuously learns and optimizes, providing companies with compounding advantages as they scale their marketing operations.
- DareData —
Bright Pixel Capital (former Sonae IM) is the technology investment arm of the multinational group Sonae. With special focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure software, retail technologies, business applications and emerging tech, it has a portfolio of more than 60 companies, from early to growth stages. Bright Pixel acts as a partner that bringsspecialized know-how, global footprint, and a wealth of experience in helping companies from early stage to IPO.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, Portugal, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 95
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$7.3M; Series A $5.4M–$16M; Series B $15M–$35M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
Portfolio highlights
- EatTasty — Fresh food delivery service in Lisbon. Easy to choose and order. Free delivery. Discover our delicious lunches and dinners!
- Bria — Bria is a Computer Software company.
- Mesh Security — Mesh Security is the industry’s first complete Zero Trust Posture Management (ZTPM) SaaS platform, a single source of truth that enables companies to implement a unified Zero Trust Architecture on top of their existing stack. Without using agents, Mesh effortlessly and seamlessly maps a company’s entire cloud XaaS estate in minutes, providing fullcontextual visibility, control, and protection of the Everywhere Enterprise.
EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space
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- Industry: Software, Energy, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $478k–$3.5M; Series A $1.7M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $8M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- ChemiTek — Certified & sustainable solutions for industrial maintenance. We have the solutions you need!
- HSL Technologies — HySiLabs developped an innovative solution to facilitate hydrogen transportation, by charging and releasing hydrogen in a unique liquid carrier (HydroSil): Hydrogen Stored as Liquids (HSL Solutions).
- Yotta Energy — Discover scalable, efficient energy storage solutions with Yotta Energy's products, including the Yotta Block and microinverters, for simplified renewable energy management.
We’re an early stage European venture capital firm partnering with globally minded founders.We’re supportive, founder focused, and aim to work together with you as a close and collaborative team of independent thinkers. Along with the support of our entire network, each member of our team brings their own personal experience to the table. Thefirst ticket is up to 200K€ and the total investment in a given startup can be up to 1M€.We decide investments quickly, allowing the founders to get back focusing on growing the business. Our team and network of international mentors help young startups to scale quickly and to prepare for the next rounds.Our partners have been investing in tech-based startups since 2000 and have a portfolio of more than 100 companies in the USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.
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- Industry: Information Technology, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, China, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Round size: Seed $262k–$4.9M; Pre-Seed $11k–$329k; Series A $6M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 43% lead, 57% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $17M in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- Lyzer — The groceries marketplace where you can find everthing you need. Buy online groceries as fast as in 4 hours with personalized picking.
- 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
Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in outstanding entrepreneurs who innovate at the intersection of science and technology to drive digital transformation and climate action. The firm combines a specialist focus on deep tech early-stage startups with dedicated funds, investment teams and expert advisors to actively helpfounders build global companies powered by AI/Data, Web3 or Ocean/Climate technologies.Faber’s unique approach in Southern Europe is led by an entrepreneurial management partnership and backed by notable thesis-driven institutions and private investors. Investing since 2013, the firm has been an early investor in hard tech companies such as Unbabel, SWORD Health, Codacy, iLoF or YData.
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- Industry: Artificial Intelligence, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $549k–$5.5M; Pre-Seed $34k–$3.8M; Series A $3.5M–$25M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- B'ZEOS — B’ZEOS offers seaweed-based packaging solutions to industries looking for sustainable alternatives and a way to decarbonize their industry. B’ZEOS is a technology-based start-up that focuses on material development based on seaweed, and our innovation lies within the material formulation, which is converted into tailored packaging solutions.
- Ponda — Ponda is a biomaterials company pioneering regenerative-material supply chains.
- Apres — Apres is a distributed learning engine built to enable high-performance, user-friendly AI for the world.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, E-Commerce, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
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Browse database — It's Free!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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $576k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $13M in 2011
Portfolio highlights
- WEEZIE — Weezie offers all-in-one fiber network management software focused on the automation and digitalization of all internal processes.
- Glartek — Glartek is a technology-enabled services company focused on Industrial Internet of Things and Augmented reality solutions. With their experience in development solution for industry and their knowledge in field management, they are able to provide the best expertise in cloud analytics and augmented reality tools for the industry.
- 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.
A prominent European venture capital in Retail Technologies, Digital Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Technologies
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 17
- Round size: Seed $409k–$2.1M; Pre-Seed $318k–$1.3M; Series A $7.2M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Chord — Chord is a commerce data platform purpose-built for modern brands. Chord enables brands to unify, synthesize, and orchestrate their data to drive radical decisions and revenue.
- Didimo — Didimo creates realistic high-fidelity digital humans. Simple, fast, accurate user-generated avatars to integrate into your app, game or site.
- Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
Iberis is an investment manager that operates a value-oriented investment management.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$3.2M; Series A $6M–$43M
- Lead/follow: 44% lead, 56% follow
Portfolio highlights
- TEKEVER — The Tekever Group is a provider of innovative technologies in Software, Aerospace, Defence and Security Markets.
- Connected — Connected is a startup that offers affordable connecting humans, unleashing a new wave of IoT-based business models and contributing to bridge the digital gap.
- CorPower Ocean — CorPower Ocean AB was founded in 2009 to develop high efficiency Wave Energy Converters (WECs).CorPower's Wave Energy Converters deliver five times higher annual energy output per ton of device compared to previously known wave power solutions. The step-change improvement in performance and efficiency allows a Cost-of-Energy that cancompete with offshore wind. The products are currently in pilot with Iberdrola. CorPower has assembled a team with extensive experience in energy generation, design and manufacturing of production equipment, system engineering as well as the market expertise to allow us to continue transforming the technology of tomorrow into renewable energy applications of today.
They believe the unbelievable and trust the untrustable.
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- Industry: Mobile, Internet of Things, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Portugal, Poland, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 23
- Round size: Seed $110k–$3M; Angel $55k–$181k; Pre-Seed $11k–$55k
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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
EIT Urban Mobility is an initiative of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), a body of the European Union. Europe’s leading community for impact-driven start-ups and scale-ups in urban mobilityWe want to move cities toward a more sustainable future by partnering up with start-ups and scale-ups like yours. Our Impact Venturesdivision gives you access to funding and support channels to deliver financial, environmental and social impact on the urban landscapes around us. Our tools are: Funding through grants and equity investments, Knowledge and training through partner-led programmes, networking and introductions through dedicated support to our equity portfolio companiesOur investments provide you with a boost on your growth journey, and our network connects you with the right stakeholders in the public policy sector — on a regional, national and European-wide scale — to put your company on the map and bring your urban mobility services to the people who need it the most.If you’re like us and have a drive to shape the cities of our future, join our community of engaged and esteemed impactful ventures by applying for one of the many different programs we offer.
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- Industry: Software, Transportation, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Spain, Sweden, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Smart Point — We are entering the age of convenience and immediacy. A Smart Point automates the reception of any product you shop online, and any service available in your city, from pharmaceuticals, to flowers and dry cleaning. All delivered in 1 hour and available to pick up at your convenience.
- Parabol — As Parabol, we use our innovative power for smart mobility systems and traffic safety all over the world.
- Fastlane — Discover seamless logistics control with our cutting-edge transport management software. Streamline operations, optimize routes, and enhance efficiency effortlessly. Try our solution for comprehensive control today!
WiseNext is a venture and smart capital investment company. We focus on helping young entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that have an impact on our society, providing capital, knowledge and networking.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $478k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $165k–$1.1M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
- Volup — Volup is a premium food delivery app that partners exclusively with top-tier chefs and restaurants.
- Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Poland, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Round size: Seed $25k–$2.5M; Series A $4.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $12M in 2011
Portfolio highlights
- Kenjo — All-in-one human resources (HR) software created for SMEs that need to optimise their processes. Click to find out more!
- Antavo Enterprise Loyalty Cloud — Engage non-loyalty members with our promotion technology and build your customer loyalty program faster with our AI-powered loyalty management software.
- AI Clearing — AI-powered platform for construction progress tracking and quality control, supporting contractors and asset owners in energy, utilities, infrastructure, and civil construction projects.
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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- Industry: Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 85
- Round size: Seed $603k–$5M; Pre-Seed $208k–$3M; Series A $5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 24% lead, 76% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Algori — Improving FMCG growth with the fastest and most granular insights from 45,000 shoppers in Spain
- Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
- Punto Health — AI-Powered, Personalised Support for Every Patient and Family
Founded in 2003, Explorer is Portugals leading independent management company of alternative assets, with a reputation for outstanding quality, in-depth experience and an excellent track record.
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- Industry: Manufacturing, Retail, Information Technology
- Stage:Private Equity, Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, Spain, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 61
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$4.7M; Series A $7M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 85% lead, 15% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
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- Spotlite — Spotlite combines satellite data with AI to predict infrastructure risks before they become problems.
- SkillUp Online — SkillUp Online is a cloud-based continuing education and certification platform offering blended learning strategies for IT students and professionals alike. Specifically targeting those individuals exploring career change or advancement, the platform offers over 140 Microsoft certified courses for in-demand skills like artificial intelligence,data science, big data, cloud computing, and more.The SkillUp curriculum combines custom high-quality instructional content blended with one-on-one support from certified experts in the technology space to drive dramatically increased success rates among enrollees.
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.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, Brazil, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$5.9M
- Lead/follow: 29% lead, 71% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- Coverflex — Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage every part of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance and exclusive discounts —while empowering people to spend on what suits them best.
- Sound Particles — A CGI-like software for Sound Design, capable of using particle systems to generate thousands of sounds in a virtual 3D world
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Browse database — It's Free!Lusiaves Group, founded in 1986 in Marinha das Ondas (Figueira da Foz), has continuously invested in vertical integration of the poultry sector to ensure full control of the entire animal production process. The verticalization of the industry is made possible by a commitment to continual learning about the poultry market and through the adoptionof agrifood innovation, food quality and safety, animal health and nutrition, sustainability, and human resources as the cornerstones of its operations. Those bets enabled the Lusiaves Group to grow and expand, combined with solid teamwork, supported by career advancement, and the ability to continually improve individual and collective work daily.
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- Industry: Computer, Consumer, Software
- Stage:Seed, Post-IPO Equity
- Geography: Sweden, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Round size: Post-IPO Equity $81k–$330k
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Meight — Run your cargo on budget and on time with a few simple clicks, from your laptop. Forget phone calls, driver headaches, hardware and tech nightmares, forever.
- Scandi Standard — Welcome to Scandi Standard. We want to inspire you to choose chicken: a good, healthy choice, which is ideal for today’s consumers. We sell the finest Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and Finnish chicken under the Kronfågel, Danpo, Den stolte Hane and Naapurin Maalaiskana brands. We are the leading chicken producer in the Nordic region, serving thedomestic and export markets.In June 2013, we created the Nordic region's market-leading chickenbased product group when Scandi Standard was established. The Company was created by gathering the largest poultry operations in the region into one collective group. At present, the Group has an annual turnover of approximately SEK 5.2 billion and almost 1,700 employees.
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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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Communities
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
Kamay Ventures is the first corporate venture capital fund open to multiple corporations.
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- Industry: FinTech, Lending, Restaurants
- Stage:Pre-Seed, Seed
- Geography: Mexico, Colombia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Kilimo — Kilimo is a Big Data solution for water management in agriculture.. It features climate monitoring by using satellite and site data to provides prescription for each crop and increase water use efficiency. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina.
- Altscore — AltScore offers Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) tools for MSMB lending that provide cutting-edge underwriting, client experience, and smart collections.
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
Knight Capital is helping founders from series A to series B and beyond.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Series B
- Geography: United Kingdom, China, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Zephr — Zephr personalized paywall and subscription management software solutions drive digital revenue growth for leading publishing and media brands.
- Paiger — Enable recruiters to market candidates, jobs, and themselves. Win new business, attract candidates, and build personal brand with Paiger. Book a demo now.
- Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.
Rothschild has been at the centre of the world's financial markets for over 200 years. Today, it provides Investment Banking, Corporate Banking and Private Banking & Trust services to governments, corporations and individuals worldwide.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Internet
- Stage:Series B, Series C
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Firenze — Firenze aims to expand financial services by extending investment-backed lending to a wider audience, recognizing its importance in wealth creation and preservation. The founding team aims to democratize Lombard lending, making it accessible to all, while focusing on mass affluent clients.
- Stokelp — Stokelp is the first overstock recovery marketplace dedicated to food manufacturers.
- Agilio Software — Agilio Software helps professionals in the dental, primary care and hospital sectors automate and optimise their operations management. Click here to learn more
METRO GROUP is a Germany-based holding company and international retailing company. It operates numerous outlets in various countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Company operates a portfolio of sales brands, which offers a range of services for private and commercial customers. The portfolio comprises Metro Cash & Carry brand, which isactive in the self-service wholesale industry, Real hypermarkets brand, which operates the Real stores across Europe offering both food and non-food products; Media Markt brand, which is active on the European market in the consumer electronics retailing industry; Saturn brand, which operates consumer electronics stores and Galeria Kaufhof brand, under which the Company operates department stores in Germany and Belgium. The Company is also engaged in the real estate operations (Metro Properties), logistics (Metro Logistics), Information Technology (Metro Systems) and advertising services.
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- Industry: Hospitality, Restaurants, Retail
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series C
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 6
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- orderbird — The iPad POS system orderbird POS is a complete POS solution that is ideal for bars, restaurants and clubs. The cash register system can be individualized according to your needs. It will send the waiter's orders directly & wireless to the kitchen and bar. The iPad POS system will provide detailed reports per day, month, waiter and shift.The system operates via WiFi with pre-configured printers that are available in the orderbird store. orderbird POS is the perfect combination of low costs and high performance.orderbird was founded in 2011 by Jakob Schreyer, Bastian Schmidtke, Patrick Brienen and Artur Hasselbach with the goal of establishing a more affordable and intuitive POS system that fits the real needs of the modern catering industry. The fast-growing company is currently home to more than 100 employees at its Berlin location. Over 5,000 customers — restaurants, cafés, bars, clubs, ice cream shops and beer gardens — in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland are already using the orderbird POS system.
- Retail Media Group — Retail Media Group GmbH (RMG) is a cross-industry marketing platform for retail data. RMG monetizes retail and customer insights from leading retailers such as Media Markt, Saturn, real, Thalia and Metro. Based on these data, RMG enables advertisers to address their respective target audiences individually and without scatter losses. With a digitalreach from more than 60 million IDs, it is a leading partner in the European trade sector. RMG is the Center of Competence when it comes to the effective handling of customer insights in retail marketing compliant with data protection regulations. Furthermore, the company strives to advance the digital transformation of the trade industry.
We invest in game-changing companies with the power to transform the way the world uses technology.
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- Industry: Medical, Computer, Genetics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 5
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- hOS — hOS is an early-stage AI technology company.
- CBR Genomics — We apply our end-to-end solutions to hand genetic reports at the clinical desk. We make Genomics accessible!
- RunSafe Security — Secure embedded systems with RunSafe Security's runtime cybersecurity protection, integrating build-time defenses without affecting performance.
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- Industry: SaaS, Software, B2B
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United Kingdom, Denmark, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 10
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Purple Dot — Sell More by Selling Earlier
- Unlock — Unlock is a video-based platform packed with unique experiences your team will love.
- Cosmos Video — Cosmos Video is the virtual venue platform that allows people to work, hang out, and socialize together.
Techstars helps founders succeed. Through our global accelerators, we invest in early-stage startups led by founders building a better future for everyone.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 233
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Ello — Welcome to Ello.co - casino reviews for safe gambling. We stand on the shoulders of reviewers who have been around since the late 1990s.
- Two Bit Circus — Dive into an immersive world of fun with friends at Two Bit Circus. Enjoy our unique blend of VR, arcade games, and story rooms designed for teamwork and shared victories.
- Cognitive Space — Automating satellite operations and satellite Data-as-a-Service through AI to empower the use of space.
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.
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- Industry: Sensor, Software, Wind Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Fibersail — “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it” (William Kelvin)Fibersail develops a shape sensing system based on FBG fiber optic research and development to monitor and analyze wind turbine blades in terms of shape, condition, and behavior. The real-time information provided by our system will help wind turbine operators maximize performanceand availability while preventing failures and minimizing maintenance costs from their assets.Our unique solution and approach with fiber optic sensors make it possible for a very easy and simple integration along the entire length of any critical structure ensuring the monitoring of its precise shape and behavior.Fibersail - Shaping the structures of tomorrow.
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Browse database — It's Free!We are a leading non-profit establishing new relationships between agriculture and nature. Protecting the natural world and treasured wildlife.
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- Industry: Information Technology, Semiconductor, Audio
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 46
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Optics11 — Experience the cutting-edge of fiber optic sensing solutions with Optics11, a global leader empowering data-driven decision-making for a secure society. Optics11 specializes in reliable, highly sensitive, and accurate monitoring solutions, catering to the critical needs of sectors such as energy and defense. Trusted by industry leaders such as Airbus and Sony, these solutions enhance operational efficiency through real-time data monitoring. In the energy sector, Optics11's technology excels in partial discharge monitoring for transformers, cable joints, and switchgear across diverse settings. This technology is specifically engineered to protect vital assets, ensuring their safe and reliable operation, while minimizing downtime. In the defense sector, Optics11 offers advanced systems that provide situational awareness and bolster security. These solutions help military organizations detect and locate threats, monitor perimeters, and protect critical underwater infrastructure. With deep expertise in fiber optic sensing and a commitment to progress, Optics11's innovative solutions are leading the way in sensing technology. Embrace data-driven decision-making with Optics11, shaping a more secure and efficient world.
- Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.
- QuiX — The fastest way to a quantum future
The first EV Fastcharging Network enabled by renewables, energy storage and 100% grid-integrated.
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- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Atlante Infra Portugal — Atlante Infra Portugal is a electronic and electrical energy equipment production company.
Critical SGPS is a financial services company that serves sectors such as aerospace, energy, education, and health care.
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- Industry: Computer, Software, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Watchful Software — Watchful Software is focused on providing data-centric information protection that works. With the massive amounts that have been invested in securing the network perimeter, one thing has become painfully clear: today's enterprises must secure the information itself.
António Félix da Costa
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- Industry: Sports, Marketplace, Augmented Reality
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 2
- Round size: Seed $2.3M–$8.1M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- MyLADS — MyLADS is a startup that loves fan engagement and sports! To accomplish this goal MyLADS created an engagement tool, where football fans, through an app, get to be part of their favorite football team family. MyLADS stands out because it offers exclusive and unique experiences to the fans, bringing them closer to their club and players, narrowingdown the existing gap. Our lucky users will get access to this money can’t buy experiences and official clubs collectibles patented, the LADS Collectibles.
- Exclusible — Step into the future with Exclusible. Explore how we're driving innovation in the Metaverse, Roblox, and Fortnite, helping brands create impactful digital experiences.
Where startups can get much more than money, and Investors can professionally invest as angels.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $262k–$5.3M; Pre-Seed $150k–$2.2M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Pawer — B2C insurance subscription for pet owners
- hypt — hypt is a Swiss based SaaS marketing solution that empowers companies to digitalize word-of-mouth. By using our word-of-mouth manager companies are able to activate 40% of their customers to send out a personal recommendation to their peers increasing sales through word-of-mouth by 4 times. Our solution empowers our ICP customers in the finance andinsurance segments to strategically use and optimize the most authentic and cost effective advertising channel – word-of-mouth – and makes it an accessible asset of every marketing mix.
- Ex Nunc Intelligence — Ex Nunc Intelligence provides professionals with thorough summaries of legal information, credible responses to legal issues, and automated legal document preparation features.
Tencent is an internet service portal offering value-added internet, mobile, telecom, and online advertising services. Its communications and social platforms Weixin and QQ connect users with each other, with digital content and daily life services in just a few clicks. Tencent has maintained steady growth under its user-oriented operatingstrategies. It provides value-added internet, mobile, and telecom services, as well as online advertising under the strategic goal of providing users with "one-stop online lifestyle services." Tencent’s Internet platforms in China – QQ (QQ Instant Messenger), WeChat, QQ.com, QQ Games, Qzone, 3g.QQ.com, SoSo, PaiPai, and Tenpay – aim to address the various needs of internet users, including communication, information, entertainment, e-commerce, and others.In September 2013, Tencent's market valuation rose to $101 billion, and as of November 21, 2013, QQ had 2 billion active users and WeChat had 650 million monthly active users. The numbers of active users for QQ mail, Qzone, Tencent Weibo, and QQ news were 274 million, 626 million, 220 million, and 150 million, respectively.Tencent was founded in November of 1998. In April 2000, the IDG and PCCW invested a total of $2.2 million dollars in the company. Tencent was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (SEHK) on June 16, 2004. Baidu, Alibaba, and Netease are Tencent's major competitors.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: China, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 539
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$140M; Series B $15M–$283M; Series C $34M–$400M
- Lead/follow: 45% lead, 55% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Utaite — Utaite is an operator of an entertainment platform that focuses on planning, production, and development of entertainment content.
- Phytech — Helping the world's top growers to optimize production by connecting them to their plants. Welcome to the Plant-based Farming Revolution
- Rocketwerkz — RocketWerkz aims to create interactive experiences that challenge players to reach for the stars.
Carlos Oliveira
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- Industry: Sensor, Software, Wind Energy
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Fibersail — “If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it” (William Kelvin)Fibersail develops a shape sensing system based on FBG fiber optic research and development to monitor and analyze wind turbine blades in terms of shape, condition, and behavior. The real-time information provided by our system will help wind turbine operators maximize performanceand availability while preventing failures and minimizing maintenance costs from their assets.Our unique solution and approach with fiber optic sensors make it possible for a very easy and simple integration along the entire length of any critical structure ensuring the monitoring of its precise shape and behavior.Fibersail - Shaping the structures of tomorrow.
Seaya is an European VC investing in exceptional entrepreneurs who build global tech companies.
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- Industry: Software, Financial Services, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Spain, France, Mexico
Investor stats
- Total investments: 100
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$10M; Series A $3.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 50% lead, 50% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $341M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Adsmurai — Adsmurai presents the solution to plan, launch, measure, and scale your Paid Media campaigns across all platforms.
- RatedPower — We help companies discover the smartest ways to design utility-scale solar PV plants and maximize their profitability through our software.
- CrowdFarming — Enjoy seasonal fruits, vegetables, and other farm products straight from European farmers. Fresh, sustainable, and delivered from the farm to your door.
Ability to open doors on opportunities (potential clients/strategic partners/suppliers/etc). Add market credibility, something missing in many start-ups.Know-how that can save you time, money and unnecessary stress and worry. Ability to complement the existing management team, filling gapsThey understand the difficulties andhardships of starting and building a business. They are motivated to work with you on the building process, and not just wait for the end result
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- Industry: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 7
- Round size: Seed $478k–$2.7M
- Lead/follow: 14% lead, 86% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Abtrace — Abtrace is an automated, self-learning care system where we can provide personalised care, delivered at population scale - where predictive, preventative and proactive approaches keep people healthy and out of hospital.
- 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.
- ChemiTek — Certified & sustainable solutions for industrial maintenance. We have the solutions you need!
Alexis Bonte is based out of Madrid, Madrid, and is the President and Group CEO of Stillfront Group. Alexis previously worked at eRepublik Labs as a Co-Founder and CEO. Alexis Bonte attended Regent's University London.
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- Industry: Gaming, Video Games, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Angel
- Geography: Finland, Portugal, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 15
- Round size: Seed $550k–$7M; Series A $10M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
Portfolio highlights
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- AudioMob — Monetizing mobile games non-intrusively using audio ads! AudioMob are the creators of Audio Enhanced Banners & Rewarded Audio
- CASAFARI — CASAFARI brings transparency to chaotic property markets by building a clean and complete real estate database. The company's proprietary technology allows agents to collect, clean, match duplicates, and evaluate every property coming to the market and to source the best investment opportunities in real-time.
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Browse database — It's Free!Creative Wings offers creative arts training and consultancy services as well as offers creative, engaging educational courses for kids, young adults, and professionals. Its aims is to provide these courses at an affordable cost.
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- Industry: Hardware, Mobile Devices, Internet of Things
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- EGG Electronics — EGG Electronics is a Portuguese Tech Startup located in Lisbon. It was funded by EDP (Energias de Portugal) and Portugal Ventures. With its products the company aims at making the daily experience of charging electronic devices and gadgets a lot more easy and natural.EGG Electronics is recently on the spotlight because of its original EGGPowerStation - an innovative charging dock that allows to charge up to 15 devices simultaneously. With it's changeable and customizable covers it's refreshingly beautiful. Because of the flat surface, it can be placed anywhere, being available within reach of the hand. It is available both for individual consumers and for companies (as a business solution for meeting rooms or as a corporate gift)
David is a technologist, the founder of Unity Technologies, non-exec director to others, and a restless entrepreneur with a passion for creating feedback loops between innovation and teams and products, applying new and old business models to changing industries, and pushing people to do the very best they can do.David's background is inprogramming, an assortment of university dabbling, creating companies, and helping entrepreneurs. He served as CEO of Unity Technologies since co-founding it in 2003 and until October 2014, with an unflinching vision to democratize game development, and to develop technology and business models for the next phase of the games industry. David Helgason attended the University of Copenhagen.
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- Industry: Software, Gaming, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United States, Denmark, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 71
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$8M; Series A $4.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 1% lead, 99% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Yousician — Yousician is a fun way to learn the guitar, piano, bass, ukulele or singing. Enjoy thousands of songs with Yousician as your personal music teacher!
- Absurd:Joy — absurd:joy is bringing joy to remote collaboration with Tangle
- Noice — Join the team build an awesome combo of social x playful x platform.
Herrick Partners is a company that specializes in investment management services.
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- Industry: Software, Electronics, Virtual Reality
- Stage:Series A
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- YDreams — Unimos tecnologia sensorial, narrativas integradas e design transformador para permitir que os sonhos mais ousados possam acontecer.
Superlyst Ventures is a seed-stage investment collective, backed by an ecosystem of successful entrepreneurs.
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- Industry: Software, Privacy, Computer
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Round size: Seed $1.4M–$4.4M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Kertos — Kertos is a software company that develops and provides a holistic privacy platform in Europe, implementing automation and execution in a highly regulated environment focusing on the operational needs for all stakeholders involved. With their focus on product, integration, and automation they enable businesses to scale, to adopt and to maneuver inmodern tech environments with only a fraction of the current workload. They drive consumer engagement and help companies to interact with their customers in sensitive matters.
- Meight — Run your cargo on budget and on time with a few simple clicks, from your laptop. Forget phone calls, driver headaches, hardware and tech nightmares, forever.
BlueCrow Capital is a venture capital firm.
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- Industry: FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Lead/follow: no public data
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.
- 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.
Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. He holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia University.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, India, Brazil
Investor stats
- Total investments: 65
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nuvo — The only onboarding platform with native fraud prevention and automated credit risk assessment from a portfolio of credit risk insights.
- Teleport — Teleport is ridesharing reimagined as a protocol. By distributing ownership and governance of the network, riders get cars cheaper and faster, drivers earn more, and entrepreneurs can innovate on top.
- Little Umbrella — Future is Fun with Social & AI Games. At Little Umbrella, we create AI-powered games that deliver immersive experiences, bringing families, friends, and communities closer together. Proudly serving a growing community of over 30 million players
Oxy is the company the first Private Equity in Portugal to create a co-investment program at the company level.
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- Industry: VoIP, Software, Wireless
- Stage:Private Equity
- Geography: Italy, Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 3
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Nonius Hospitality Technology — Integrated Cloud Based Hospitality Technology Solutions to Enhance Guest Experiences with Chromecast, TV, Wi-Fi, Networks, Signage and Voice.
- Automaise — Radically improve your customer care operations by focusing where the volume is and helping your agents do a better job.
- SIF Italia — SIF Italia is a real estate based firm that provides property, asset management and condominium administration services.
Lasse Seppanen is the Game Lead for Everdale at Supercell.
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- Industry: Gaming, Computer
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Portugal
Investor stats
- Total investments: 1
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
Keensight Capital is a European Growth Buyout investor with deep expertise in Technology and Healthcare.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Private Equity, Series A
- Geography: France, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Advancis — Advancis offers innovative PSIM solution for scalability, architecture and project support with cost efficiency.
- Plat4mation — As ServiceNow Elite partner, we make work flow so people can get work done quickly, easily, and unimpeded.
- Advancis Software — Advancis is based on the principle of constant growth by developing sustainable and well-designed solutions for its customers, relying on the work of competent and high-performing employees. In addition to its completely in-house in Langen/Frankfurt developed product WinGuard that is flexible with regard to customer requirements and extensibleanytime, Advancis also offers the necessary services such as support, service and maintenance – this means qualified customer care and high investment protection.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 236
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Glim — At Glim believe that crypto will revolutionize the financial service industry and that Latin America is a perfect place for that disruption to start. Glim has created a platform that, through a B2B2C model, will allow employers to offer very valuable financial benefits such as multi-currency salary collection, yield generation, a debit card withautomatic exchange and settlement in fiat and crypto currency, financial education and others, all available in Glim’s mobile app.
- Omnix Corp — Omnix connects to all customer systems, managing their information and triggering actions when there are operational failures. Currently our clients are large companies in the Retail and Telco sector, where our solution allows complete visibility and traceability of inventory.
- YBVR — YBVR provides high-quality video VR streaming experiences: Immersive, interactive, and enriched, Live, and VoD.
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