Top 45 Health Care VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Portugal in July 2025

Investor	Health Care Portugal investments
Portugal Ventures	25
Armilar Venture Partners	9
Caixa Capital	7
Bynd Venture Capital	7
Shilling	6
Demium Capital	5
Vesalius Biocapital Partners	4
Olisipo Way	3
TheVentureCity	3
Brighteye Ventures	2
Critical Ventures	2
Iberis Capital	2
BREEGA	2
Explorer Investments	2
Lince Capital	2
Start Ventures	2
MSM	2
TrulyMad	2
SOSV	2
Artesian VC	1
Stableton Financial	1
Social Impact Fund	1
MS&AD Ventures	1
200M	1
Casa Verde Capital	1
ChangePartners	1
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)	1
Boost VC	1
Kiilto Ventures	1
Pathena	1
Boule Diagnostics	1
Beta-i	1
Nina Capital	1
Bionova Capital	1
EIT Health	1
StartUp Health	1
CTT	1
TheVentureCity	1
Ganexa Capital	1
M4 Ventures	1
Beta Capital	1
Draper Startup House Ventures	1
Green Innovations	1
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund	1
WISENEXT	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

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.
Winalist — Discover and book curated wine tours, tastings, and exclusive wine and spirits experiences across Europe and the US. Explore top vineyards and enjoy personalized recommendations with Winalist.
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.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Rows — Combine the power of a spreadsheet with built-in integrations from your business apps. Automate workflows and build tools that make work simpler.
Veeton — Veeton is the creator of an artificial intelligence-powered platform for automated fashion imaging. The company's platform provides fashion firms with an alternative to photo sessions by generating a limitless range of high-quality on-model images using only packshot photos, instantaneously and at a fraction of the cost, allowing clients tocreate e-commerce shoots in a few clicks.
Cintoo — Cintoo is essential for BIM to bridge the gap between your physical and virtual worlds.

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.

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

Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Portugal, Spain, United States

Portfolio highlights

Dealcar — DEALCAR is a company that digitalizes the used car market through a SaaS platform, enabling fully digital transactions. This platform creates a network effect benefiting dealers, partners, and customers. • Dealers: Increase revenue by selling extra products and boost sales by reducing turnover time. • Partners: Distribute products at the pointof sale without marketing expenses, lowering operational costs. • Consumers: Purchase a used car easily in just three steps, enjoying a smooth, trusted process similar to renting but with the benefits of owning a car.
nuuEnergy — nuuEnergy is a tech-enabled solution aiming to revolutionize the heat pump installation industry. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, we streamline the purchasing and installation process. Our unique approach, refinanced through innovative strategies, promotes a self-reliant and carbon-neutral lifestyle for all our customers.
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.

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.

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.

Demium is a talent investment company founded in Spain in 2013 with the aim of supporting the best professionals and helping them to carry out successful projects, always with an eminently digital and technological component. In November 2020, it's asset management company, Demium Capital, started operating with a first €50M fund to invest inmore than 75 early-stage startups per year (pre-seed/seed), becoming the most active venture capital fund in Spain. Startups such as Hannun, Voicemod, Swipcar, Citibox, Singularu or Landbot, among others have been created in the incubator. The company is present in five countries: Spain, Portugal, Poland, Ukraine and Czech Republic

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Spain, Portugal, Poland

Portfolio highlights

Dealcar — DEALCAR is a company that digitalizes the used car market through a SaaS platform, enabling fully digital transactions. This platform creates a network effect benefiting dealers, partners, and customers. • Dealers: Increase revenue by selling extra products and boost sales by reducing turnover time. • Partners: Distribute products at the pointof sale without marketing expenses, lowering operational costs. • Consumers: Purchase a used car easily in just three steps, enjoying a smooth, trusted process similar to renting but with the benefits of owning a car.
KomboAI — Increase your sales conversion rate and close more deals with KomboAI Find the right leads, engage them with purpose and improve your skills every day. 7-Days Free Trial See Kombo in Action No credit card required Over 600+ sales reps are already using KomboAI during their job Join the sales revolution today Find the right
Aino — Get site analysis in minutes instead of weeks by just asking questions to AI. No coding or GIS skils needed.

Vesalius Biocapital Partners invests in companies active in human health through venture capital funds raised since 2007. They have contributed to developing 20 companies since inception.With more than € 150 million under management in two funds. Vesalius Biocapital Partners plays the role of lead investor in the large majority of its financingrounds.Their companies are based in Europe allowing easy interaction with management.They invest in all stages of development and do not shy away from relatively early-stage projects with a sound proprietary technology and corresponding IP, unique team skills and a clear competitive edge based on solid data.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Medical
Series A, Series B, Series C
Belgium, Germany, France

Portfolio highlights

Caresyntax — Caresyntax is the only enterprise-scale surgical data solution you need to make surgery smarter, safer, and more profitable.
ENYO Pharma — ENYO Pharma is a biopharmaceutical company incorporated in Jan, 2014, by four scientists of the Infectiology Research Center in Lyon, France, and three seeding partners (2 privates and 1 public).The company is based in the Infectiology Center of Lyonbiopôle in Lyon, France and maintains tight collaborations with the seminal Inserm team and theBSL4 laboratory Inserm-Jean Mérieux.ENYO Pharma has licensed several Inserm patents issued from the discoveries of the founding scientists and developed a unique platform for the identification of intracellular therapeutic targets and molecules.The company is developing treatments against the most important viruses and is thriving to become a global leader in anti-virals. Research and Development is currently focused on human infecting viruses, with the first two programs being dedicated to the treatment of severe and seasonal flu and chronic hepatitis B. The company plans to conduct its molecules to Phase II clinical trials.
Inflammatix — Inflammatix develops rapid point of care diagnostic tests by reading the immune system, and resolves major clinical health challenges.

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.

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.

TheVentureCity is a global early-stage venture fund, investing in product-centric startups across the US, Europe, and Latam. With more than $150M under management, the firm invests from pre-seed and seed with a ticket size from $100-500k to Series A with $1-4M.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Count — Explore, refactor, and share your data at warp speed.
Tansley — Tansley is a group of companies (Guaw, Milbby, Brand Story, Bookish) focused on fostering consumer ecosystems around hobbies and passions.
Passport — Passport is the modern shipping carrier for international ecommerce that helps direct-to-consumer brands ship their products internationally.

Brighteye Ventures is the first and largest vertical EdTech Venture Capital firm in Europe. If you are an entrepreneur using technology to reinvent learning and education, we want to hear from you!

Investment focus

Education, E-Learning, Software
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, France, Spain

Portfolio highlights

LabLabee — Gain practical expertise in the most in-demand Telco Cloud technologies with instantly set up labs.
Installer — the OS for installer networks
La Solive — La Solive provides professional course training services. They offer courses for energy renovation, vocational training, professional retraining, ecological transition, professions of the future, and concrete professions.

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

Investment focus

Medical, Computer, Genetics
Seed, Series A
Portugal, United States

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.

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

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, B2B
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

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.

VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
France, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Klasha — At Klasha, we're simplifying borderless payments for commerce in Africa. We help merchants worldwide sell online to Africa and receive payments in local African currencies while enjoying super fast last-mile delivery to customers across the continent.
Socium — Socium Job these are companies that recruit and offer real career opportunities to all those who share their values and wish to invest in their development.
Brink Therapeutics — Brink Therapeutics is a Biotechnology Research firm conducting cell therapy research using reprogrammed recombinases.

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.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Retail, Restaurants
Private Equity, Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

ETHIACK — Identify vulnerabilities before they get exploited. We combine Machine and Human Ethical Hacking for both in-depth and in-breadth security testing.
eSelf AI — Design lifelike AI avatars and video chatbots that speak 30+ languages. eSelf AI helps you scale your business and boost engagement with innovative video tools.
Jove Insurance — Jove provides business and protection insurance to contractors, freelancers and SMEs, powered by tech and driven by social good.

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.

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.
OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.

BiG Start Ventures is an early-stage VC investing globally in B2B Fintech, Insurtech, Regtech and Cybersecurity. Onetier Partners, SCR, S.A.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Software
Seed, Series A, Convertible Note
United Kingdom, Portugal, United States

Portfolio highlights

ETHIACK — Identify vulnerabilities before they get exploited. We combine Machine and Human Ethical Hacking for both in-depth and in-breadth security testing.
Zango — Zango is an AI-powered compliance automation platform designed to help financial services firms manage regulatory change across multiple regions, including the UK and EU. Leveraging cutting-edge AI, the platform performs real-time horizon scanning, automated gap analysis, and human validation to ensure accuracy and maintain security andtransparency. Backed by industry-leading investors, it empowers compliance teams to dramatically accelerate processes and reduce manual oversight.
Jove Insurance — Jove provides business and protection insurance to contractors, freelancers and SMEs, powered by tech and driven by social good.

MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.

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.

TrulyMad Business Accelerator

Investment focus

Beauty, Fitness, Wellness
Pre-Seed
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.

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

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

MixRift — MIXRIFT - game developers specialized in Mixed Reality
unspun — From 3D scan to perfect fitting custom jeans. unspun makes each pair of jeans unique to your actual body and design. On a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1%. As seen in Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, Time's Best Inventions, and PopSci's Best of What's New. Welcome to the future of apparel.
Mesa Quantum — Unlock the potential of chip-scale quantum sensing for enhanced Position, Navigation, And Timing capabilities. Explore Mesa Quantum's practical solutions.

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

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Australia, United States, Hong Kong

Portfolio highlights

Voltavate — Voltavate is dedicated to driving innovation in battery technology to support the global transition towards sustainable energy solutions.
Strong Room AI — Software that enables high-strength care through streamlined workflows, continuous analytics, surfaced insights and safeguarded data.
SAMA Fertility — SAMA Fertility is a virtual fertility clinic that offers fertility care and treatments, including preservation and evaluation services.

Explore private blue-chip tech investment opportunities with Stableton. Diversify your portfolio with top private tech companies, offering liquidity, transparency, and growth potential.

Investment focus

FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services
Secondary Market, Series C, Series D
United States, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Beekeeper — Beekeeper is the employee app built for frontline success. Connect frontline teams, boost engagement, and make every shift more productive.
Epic Games — Welcome to Epic Games Store! Download and play PC Games of every genre. We have mods, DLC and Free Games too! Games for everyone.
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.

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

Investment focus

Apps, Video, Medical
Seed
Portugal, United States

Portfolio highlights

Criam — CRIAM stands for Chemical Reaction and Image Analysis for Mobility. We are a Medtech startup born in January 2016 focused in the Point-of-Care diagnostic segment. Our mission is to provide fast, affordable and in-situ blood test analysis to empower people with instant information about their well-being and health conditions. With our device as aplatform approach we will be able to monitor, control and contain diseases worldwide.
MemoryWell — MemoryWell is a digital platform for storytelling that brings the skills of professional writers to the challenge of helping elders tell their life story. With MemoryWell+, you can build a collaborative timeline around that story, adding photos, videos, letters and documents. Everyone has a story, let us help you capture it.

MS&AD Ventures is a corporate venture capital firm set upby MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings as its affiliated company.

Investment focus

FinTech, Insurance, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Flex — 10x higher credit limit. 0% interest for 60 days. No personal guarantee. No personal liability for construction
CrediLinq.Ai — CrediLinq.Ai is revolutionizing SME lending using AI and machine learning. They Linq artificial intelligence & machine learning with credit underwriting.
Energetic Capital — Let us cover the payment default risk on your next Solar Project. Energetic Insurance makes efficient financing possible for financiers, investors and energy service providers with the EneRate Credit Cover solar insurance policy.

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.

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Portugal, Brazil, France

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

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.

Investment focus

Cannabis, Health Care, Software
Seed, Series A, Series B
United States, Germany, Canada

Portfolio highlights

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

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

Investment focus

Medical, Therapeutics, Biotechnology
Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

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.

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Eyeo — eyeo revolutionizes imaging with color splitter sensors. Capture sharper, brighter images in low light using optical waveguide innovation, discover how it works
nuuEnergy — nuuEnergy is a tech-enabled solution aiming to revolutionize the heat pump installation industry. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, we streamline the purchasing and installation process. Our unique approach, refinanced through innovative strategies, promotes a self-reliant and carbon-neutral lifestyle for all our customers.
Steuerboard — Steuerboard serves as a collaborative platform facilitating digital interaction between tax advisors and clients. The mission of Steuerboard is to rethink the way accountants and clients work together.

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

Investment focus

Software, Blockchain, Virtual Reality
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Castle — Castle is a technology company that makes it easy for companies to add bitcoin to their treasury, regardless of their knowledge of bitcoin. We enable businesses to go from zero to bitcoin in less than 48 hours.
Allia — A better way to run your practice
Potato AI — Literature-based tools to plan and run new methods.

Kiilto Ventures is a family-owned company. Kiilto invests strongly in growth and renewal, determined to keep on reinventing and challenging themselves beyond their present core business.

Investment focus

Construction, CRM, Hospital
Funding Round, Seed
Finland, Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Delox — Delox is a spin-off of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), whose goals consist in the design, development, and production of a vast portfolio of automatic biodecontamination robots. Target applications include the sterilization of medical devices in hospitals, health centers and field hospitals (for humanitarian missions,catastrophe situations, and war zones); room biodecontamination in hospitals, pharma, food industry and space; and laboratory equipment biodecontamination.
Betolar — Betolar is a new materials startup specialized in new geopolymer-based carbon-neutral construction materials for the construction industry and circular economy.
Asumma Homes — Asumma Homes is a construction technology company that focuses on building a global brand in housing. It provides architectural design, configuration, customization, and construction engineering. Asumma Homes was founded in the year 2021.

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

Investment focus

B2B, Made to Order, Marketing
Series A, Seed, Series C
Portugal, Germany

Portfolio highlights

BIZAY / 360imprimir — • Bizay has empowered more than 1 Million SMB’s to grow their businesses during the last 5 years.• Bizay is a tech-based B2B Marketplace for made-to-order products. Running a fabless business model (no capex), it leverages on the idle capacity of production partners to meet the needs of the SMB’s.• Started on printing, packaging, textile andprofessional products and now applying the same model in furniture, food and 3D printing (amongst others).• 360imprimir / 360onlineprint - rebranded to Bizay - Your bussiness your way - to reflect the unlimited product categories. • Bizay is the customer facing brand (the SMB’s do not meet the production partners) and its tech platform manages the production by: o Using data and algorithms to aggregate different orders and to decide in which suppliers to produce them, driving huge efficiency and speed gains. o Enabling full tracking of the orders in the different production partners and automating pre-production processes.• Bizay differentiates themselves from other players by offering: o Online configuration of the products (options to customize and personalize). o Competitive pricing for small and medium orders (similar price per unit as for large orders), 48 hours of delivery time (instead of several weeks) and guaranteed quality (customer-facing brand ensuring high quality levels). o Integrated value chain in a single offer (on-demand design services provided by external providers).• Originally selling in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and México, the company raised B round of 18m€ one year ago (communicated in April) in order to launch new countries.• 17 new countries were launched in 2019 simultaneously (including DE, FR, UK and USA).• In 2019, 8 months of trading in the new countries confirm: o Competitiveness pricing of their offer in all the market. o Market deepness and sound acquisition metrics.
Promptly — Health Analytics Patient Report Outcomes, Health Care, Value based health
NVision Imaging Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.

Boule develops, manufactures, and markets hematology analyzers for both human and veterinary markets. Read more about us here.

Investment focus

Medical, Health Care, Medical Device
Series A
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Biosurfit — At biosurfit they are working to shape the future of in-vitro diagnostic testing. They want health providers to have all the necessary information to make the best possible diagnostic and treatment decision when they are with their patients

Global innovation consultancy helping world-class companies design and scale collaborative, open and corporate innovation strategies, products and ecosystems.

Investment focus

FinTech, Computer, Software
Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Didimo — Didimo creates realistic high-fidelity digital humans. Simple, fast, accurate user-generated avatars to integrate into your app, game or site.
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.

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

Investment focus

Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, United Kingdom, Germany

Portfolio highlights

CryoCloud — CryoCloud Accelerate your protein structure determination - Bring your cryo-EM data analysis to the next level by using our cloud-based image analysis workflow.
Sonar — Sonar is a scalable mental health platform for schools. We use a combination of AI and human connection to ensure every student is seen and supported. For educators, Sonar offers actionable insights to improve mental wellbeing, empower your staff, and boost student outcomes.
MedaSystems — Streamline patient and provider inquiries for Expanded Access or Compassionate Use with secure, 21st Century Cures Act compliant, cloud software.

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

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Hospital, Health Care
Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Delox — Delox is a spin-off of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), whose goals consist in the design, development, and production of a vast portfolio of automatic biodecontamination robots. Target applications include the sterilization of medical devices in hospitals, health centers and field hospitals (for humanitarian missions,catastrophe situations, and war zones); room biodecontamination in hospitals, pharma, food industry and space; and laboratory equipment biodecontamination.
CellmAbs — Pharmaceutical Company, Biotechnology
Adapttech — Adapttech is a biomedical company that uses innovative, smart and wearable technologies to deliver full adaptation and comfort to people with physical limitations.

EIT Health is a network of best-in-class health innovators backed by the EU. We deliver solutions to enable European citizens to live longer, healthier lives.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Medical
Grant, Pre-Seed, Seed
United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland

Portfolio highlights

IDOVEN — IDoven develops products to detect heart problems at an early stage to prevent heart diseases.
eBreathie — eBreathie is a pioneering digital health startup offering an integrated asthma management solution. Our system comprises a smart inhaler (a medical device) that not only tracks WHEN patients take their medication but also HOW they do it, creating a detailed inhalation profile for each use. Paired with a user-friendly mobile app for patients and acomprehensive patient management platform for doctors, we provide real-time feedback on inhalation efficacy, ensuring patients and healthcare professionals have the insights needed for optimal asthma management. Leveraging IoT and AI, our goal is to reduce emergency visits, asthma attacks, and hospitalizations while ensuring effective inhalation techniques and optimal patient care.
Trak — Trak is a software tool for healthcare professional to provide AI-based tele-rehabilitation services like physiotherapy and others.

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

Investment focus

Health Care, Wellness, Medical
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
United States, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

AvoMD — AvoMD is reimagining clinical decision support with interactive point-of-care software, available standalone and via EHR integrations, and seamless content building tools.
JETSWEAT — Jetsweat is a well-being platform that helps organizations engage populations to live healthier lives. We partner with forward-thinking employers, health plans and health systems to set a new standard for holistic and preventative care, driving better outcomes through engaging journeys, personalized programming from exclusive provider ecosystem,and dedicated white-label software.
Hidoc Consult — Hidoc Consult: Boost your well-being with free consultations, 24/7 access to quality healthcare, complete privacy, user-friendly, and a trusted network of HCPs

CTT is principally engaged in the provision of courier services.

Investment focus

Virtual Assistant, Assistive Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

NeuralShift — NeuralShift is an early-stage AI startup that assists lawyers by incorporating AI into daily processes.NeuralShift solution, Affine, is intended to assist lawyers in finding and cross-referencing the most essential material for everyday work.

Our ticket size ranges from $100-500k for Pre-seed/Seed and $1-4M for Series A companies. We're in search of promising-founders with product-driven mindsets who have a passion for building. Those who've fallen in love with data. For we believe in fit---both product and with the team here. Got a great idea? Come to TheVentureCity and give it the expertise to help it grow.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
United States, Spain, Brazil

Portfolio highlights

Count — Explore, refactor, and share your data at warp speed.
Tansley — Tansley is a group of companies (Guaw, Milbby, Brand Story, Bookish) focused on fostering consumer ecosystems around hobbies and passions.
Passport — Passport is the modern shipping carrier for international ecommerce that helps direct-to-consumer brands ship their products internationally.

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

Investment focus

Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, United States, United Kingdom

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!

M4 Ventures helps startups to grow and expand globally through experience and hands-on collaboration.

Investment focus

FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
Seed, Funding Round
Portugal, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates

Portfolio highlights

Modatta — Your data is worth a fortune, so why aren't you getting paid? Now you can. Monetize your data. Decide who uses it and why. Bring fairness to the system.
PayNest — PayNest is a payments amalgamator, which was created with the core mission of digitizing cash collection in the Middle East.
Paynest — Hello, we are Paynest! An innovative online platform with a very important mission: to give every employee the tools to master financial wellness and build a resilient future. Instant wage access, financial education and mentoring by professional financial coaches are the main benefits we bring on the table.Our co-partners in this mission will bethe pioneering employers: the minds who have an insightful and special way of thinking. Those who believe that their teams’ wellness is a top priority and want to see their employees evolve both professionally and personally. Together we will provide independence and safety to every employee. And that’s just the beginning! We are here to grow with you.50% of employees confirm that they are unable to fund a financial emergency. This is something that “produces” a never-ending sense of financial stress. Studies show that the demanding modern life and the global political and economical changes make every employee worry about the future. In Paynest we believe that it's vital for employees to have instant wage access whenever they want to. The result will be less everyday stress, more focus and boosted morale.In Paynest we believe that if you take action today, you can dream of tomorrow.And that is something that works both for every employer and every employee around the world.

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

Investment focus

VoIP, Software, Wireless
Seed, Funding Round
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

Nonius Hospitality Technology — Integrated Cloud Based Hospitality Technology Solutions to Enhance Guest Experiences with Chromecast, TV, Wi-Fi, App, Signage and Voice.
Magnomics — Overview: Magnomics is a diagnostics, medical technology company committed to delivering a new generation of rapid, portable molecular diagnostic tests with applications in the human health, veterinary, and food industry markets. Affordable, disposable diagnostic cartridges will be produced in large scale and shipped via global distributors. Theteam behind the company has world class experience in biotechnology, electronics and physics, with a proven track record in managing start-ups. Magnomics has a Letter of Intent from a leading dairy company and won the 2015 Kansas City Animal Health Investment Forum innovation award, as well as the Ag Biotech Entrepreneurial Showcase award in North Carolina in 2016. €1.6M in seed financing have been raised through grants and investments. Magnomics is seeking €1.5M to conclude the prototyping of its first product in the animal health space. Technology: Magnomics technology stands on four patent families, with more in the pipeline, and has been published over twenty times in prestigious scientific journals. Magnomics provides a portable and affordable PCR device that requires no training to operate. The product integrates sample preparation, amplification and DNA detection within a single cartridge using microfluidics, making use of a novel magnetoresistive DNA sensing technology. Market: The veterinary diagnostics market is hungry for innovation and has low regulatory barriers. This market is estimated at €4 billion, with an 8.6% expected growth for the period 2016 to 2021. Magnomics will focus on the detection of bovine mastitis - an inflammation of the dairy cow’s mammary gland, whose treatment depends on the bacteria involved. This ailment causes over €30 billion in annual losses for producers worldwide. In the initial target markets (North America, Europe and Brazil), there are 56 million dairy cows with an average mastitis base incidence 30%. Given a €25 price tag and some segmentation, this amounts to a serviceable market of close to €300M, in which a penetration of 10-15% is expectable. The product can be sold either directly to farmers or to veterinarians: strategic partnerships are being negotiated with large pharma/dairy players to ensure market access.Competition: Companies such as AAD, DeLaval, and PortaCheck already have on-site solutions, which include California Mastitis Tests (CMT), Somatic Cell Counters and variants (SCC), as well as lateral flow strips. These current on-site diagnostics tools indicate the presence of an infection but are unable to determine the pathogen, which is key to define an appropriate treatment. Culture testing (e.g. Idexx, Virbac) is the current benchmark and is being tried on site as well: although cheap, the added value is greatly diminished due to long waiting times and difficulties in setting up a working protocol. Finally, laboratories provide fast molecular solutions (e.g. ThermoFisher) that are fast but expensive, while requiring complicated logistics due to sample collection that increase lead times. Magnomics will bring these molecular solutions to the farm in a convenient and affordable product.
Vawlt — Simplify your company's transition to the cloud, improve security standards, and optimize storage resource usage.

Ventures | Draper Startup House

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, E-Commerce
Pre-Seed, Seed
United States, Singapore, Australia

Portfolio highlights

Manolin — Manolin is the leading aquaculture management platform to accelerate data insights and aquaculture intelligence for global fish farms and suppliers.
Giftpack — Giftpack's AI-powered solution simplifies the corporate gifting process and amplifies the impact of personalized gifts. We're crafting memorable touchpoints by sending personalized gifts selected out of a curated pool of 3 million options with just one click. Our AI technology efficiently analyzes each recipient's social media,cultural background, and digital footprint to customize gift options at scale. We take care of generating, ordering, and shipping gifts worldwide. We're transforming the way people build authentic business relationships by sending smarter gifts faster with gifting CRM.
PharmInt — A fully integrated B2B Pharmaceutical Products MarketplaceAt Pharmint, we bring together everything that’s required to procure pharma products globally under one roof. We help suppliers get discovered, negotiate prices, and seal the trade terms whereas we help our buyers by vetting all documentation and holding their payments in escrow till theirshipments are delivered and verified.A technology first approach to solving counter-party risk Experience true peace of mind as a buyer as we do the heavy lifting for you. Get access to thousands of verified sellers from across the world while our trade and escrow services ensure that your purchases are protected.Get the best prices & selection of products Our vast network of over 500 verified and onboarded suppliers with a catalogue of over 10,000 products ensures we serve all buyer needs across various MOQ and pricing banHow it works:From product discovery to product deliveryWe assist you in discovering new products, matching with potential qualified manufacturers, and making the deals happen.1. Discover new productsSearch for the high-potential products in the largest human-curated CTD database. Narrow your search applying the industry-specific filter that helps sort products by GMP approvals, country of origin, dossier type, dossier status, stability, and other valuable features.2. Get offers from manufacturers3. Connect with qualified manufacturers directlyThe largest database Simplify product discovery, reduce business development effort and costs with access to an expert curated up-to-date CTD dossier database.Direct supplier relations We enjoy direct working relations with platform manufacturers. We’ll provide the best conditions to negotiate your deal details and use our authority to make the deal happen.Vetted products We match customers only with qualified manufacturers. Our marketplace features only vetted products with up-to-date regulatory data.Industry expertise Pharmint is backed by in-depth understanding of the pharmaceutical market by its founders and associates and a strong track-record in the pharmaceutical industry.Commercial guidance We assist our customers in preparing the deal structure, evaluate annual forecasts and pricing, regulatory requirements and cover other aspects in bringing new products to market.Self-service 24/7 Buyers can search for products, make multiple RFQs, receive commercial offers, negotiate deals and build their pipeline. Sellers can manage an unlimited number of products and indicate market availability at any time.

International, Life Sciences, Biotechnology

Investment focus

Medical, Genetics, Health Care
Series A
Portugal

Portfolio highlights

CBR Genomics — We apply our end-to-end solutions to hand genetic reports at the clinical desk. We make Genomics accessible!

Discover Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund. We invest in groundbreaking science to transform care. Explore our mission and join us in advancing medicine.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Health Care, Therapeutics
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Germany, Belgium

Portfolio highlights

Nuevocor — Nuevocor is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing gene therapy‑based treatments that have the potential to restore cardiac function in diseased hearts.
Brainomix — Since launching as a spin-out from the University of Oxford in 2010, Brainomix has developed award-winning, AI-powered imaging biomarkers, assisting physicians across the world to make better life-saving decisions. Brainomix seminal product, e-Stroke is a collection of tools that use state-of-the-art AI algorithms to support doctors by providingreal-time interpretation of brain scans to help guide treatment and transfer decisions for stroke patients, allowing more patients to get the right treatment, in the right place, at the right time.
Aignostics — Aignostics is an AI-powered precision diagnostics focused on pathology to assist with drug development and clinical research. Its “explainable” AI overcomes the “black-box” limitations of conventional AI. Based on their patented technology for reverse-engineering the black box, they render diagnostic results explainable in the form of preciseheatmaps and image overlays. These heatmaps allow pathologists to quickly verify the results of the AI, which is crucial, as the pathologist is ultimately responsible for the diagnosis.The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
Seed, Pre-Seed
Portugal, United States

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.