Top 15 Hospitality Startup Investors in Portugal in July 2025
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Hospitality startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Hospitality companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Hospitality Startup Investors in Portugal in July 2025
Investor | Hospitality Portugal investments |
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Portugal Ventures | 4 |
Caixa Capital | 2 |
Armilar Venture Partners | 2 |
Lince Capital | 1 |
Sebastien Lefevbre | 1 |
TheVentureCity | 1 |
LeadX Capital Partners | 1 |
Loyal VC | 1 |
Innovation Nest | 1 |
TheVentureCity | 1 |
Beta Capital | 1 |
Oxy Capital | 1 |
Rising Ventures | 1 |
Seedrs | 1 |
Olisipo Way | 1 |
Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
- 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.
Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
- 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.
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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- 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.
Lince Capital is an independent venture capital company. Lince Capital was born from the experience of a family group with over 30 years of experience in managing investment funds in various business areas, including real estate, infrastructure, agriculture, and telecommunications.Lince Capital is distinguished by its personalized and excellentsupport, close and direct relationship with each of its investors and business partners, and the dedication of an experienced and dynamic team.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round
- Portugal, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.
Sebastien Lefevbre - CEO @ Mesagraph
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Investment focus
- Apps, Software, Hospitality
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- France, Spain, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
- Vitcord — Vitcord is creating a new way of seeing the world through video. Until now people create content individually. In an hyper-connected digital environment, Vitcord makes us co-creators of video, through an app that allows all to add clips, either for a particular event or motivation, creating unique content on video. With vitcord,we pretend to helpevents and social viral motivations, to manage unique chains of co-created videos.
- Giskard — Deliver AI products, better & faster. Deploy automated tests to eliminate regression and biases. Collaborate faster with feedback from business stakeholders and more.
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.
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- 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.
Driving digital transformation of consumer industries. As a leading growth capital investor, we combine deep investment experience with commercial reach.
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- Restaurants, SaaS, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Germany, France, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Motatos — Motatos is an online retail store that offers a wide variety of food, beverages, and household products to customers.
- Matsmart — Matsmart sells surplus food online. A major part of the food would otherwise be thrown away due to packaging changes, short or expired expiry dates or other reasons. During 2017, Matsmart saved 2022 tonnes of food from going to waste. The company has seen explosive growth, reaching recurring revenues of SEK 200 million. Matsmart was founded by KarlAndersson, Erik Södergren and Ulf Skagerström, and launched in Sweden in 2014. Since then, the company has also expanded to Norway and Finland. Long live the food!
- 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.
Loyal runs a global venture fund with quarterly redemptions and a proprietary gate-stage process, reducing investment bias and unlocking greater returns. Partnered with INSEAD, Founder Institute, and 500+ advisors, we are Loyal to the world with 250+ investments in 50+ countries.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, E-Commerce
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Edept — Edept empowers students with global opportunities and academic excellence, bridging industry and academia to develop skilled citizens.
- Bagel AI — Bagel AI is a product intelligence platform that automates product management, helping product teams turn data into insights, streamline GTM, and drive growth
- Aisel Health — Aisel Health provides AI that imitates psychiatrists for psychiatric clinics and hospitals to ensure efficient patient access to care.
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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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Poland, United States, United Kingdom
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.
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.
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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.
We support innovative tech ventures to unlock its potential by providing smart funding and hands-on advisory.
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Investment focus
- VoIP, Software, Wireless
- Seed, Funding Round
- Portugal
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- LoopOS — LoopOS is a comprehensive Circular Economy ERP system designed to optimize and streamline multiple processes including buybacks, returns, trade-ins, repairs, and consumer-to-consumer transactions. It focuses on providing tools to measure the impact of the activities.
- PFx Biotech — PFx Biotech transforms food through bioinnovation by creating sustainable and nutritional alternative protein solutions.
- Vawlt — Simplify your company's transition to the cloud, improve security standards, and optimize storage resource usage.
Oxy is the company the first Private Equity in Portugal to create a co-investment program at the company level.
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Investment focus
- VoIP, Software, Wireless
- Private Equity
- Italy, Portugal
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- Nonius Hospitality Technology — Integrated Cloud Based Hospitality Technology Solutions to Enhance Guest Experiences with Chromecast, TV, Wi-Fi, Networks, Signage and Voice.
- SIF Italia — SIF Italia is a real estate based firm that provides property, asset management and condominium administration services.
Rising Ventures is a Business Angel fund, which specializes in early stage investment on technology based projects, where the internet is its main distribution channel.
Preferential (but not exclusive) areas of investment are: Sports, Social, Media, Ecommerce, SAAS for companies.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Software, Analytics
- Pre-Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Climber RMS — Climber is a Revenue Management Software (RMS) for small hotel chains. We provide intelligent pricing for the hospitality industry, helping hotels maximize revenue with an automatic and self-learning software that detects opportunities and takes immediate actions. Climber taps into a hotel’s existing reservation system and puts its machinelearning to work by not only considering the historical data of the hotel but also the market demand (air traffic, local events, weather forecast, online reputation).We have an exceptional team of 14 strong individuals (9 nationalities) with complimentary skills from Data Science, Engineers, Sales to Marketing. Everyone is operating in-person from our offices in Lisbon. A complimentary mix of hustling, Revenue Management expertise and Data Science/Mathematicians.There is a growing demand for accommodation globally and that's particularly obvious in most city hotels who are often fully booked. Managing the existing inventory and maximizing the profit is a key challenge of small hotel chains today since technology has had limited impact. From the software stack perspective a hotel typically should use three types of software (PMS + Channel Manager + RMS) and we understood that for hotels that have the need to optimize their revenue it's impossible without data driven software. We understood as well that there is a big gap in the hotel space since small hotel chains don't have access to accessible Revenue Management Systems. Due to the lack of financial capacity and know-how on how to use the current complex and expensive Revenue management systems on the market, small hotel chains end up doing daily analysis on spreadsheets that are both time-consuming and information-poor resulting in making decisions that leave hotels running below their full revenue potential. Climber tackle the needs of small hotel chains by providing an accessible solution that is easy to use, fast to integrate and automated, replacing the manual labor on daily analysis and reporting that before was costing the hotels a massive amount of time.
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Investment focus
- Software, E-Commerce, FinTech
- Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
- United Kingdom, United States, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
- Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
- SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLYLowCarb is a home for healthy, Keto and Low Carb friendly foods. Perfect for diabetic-friendly diets. Elevate your health journey with us!
Olisipo Way is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on IT investments. It invests in technology companies with very diverse and complementary skills. The initial portfolio of Olisipo Way comes from the innovation created within the Olisipo through the continuous stimulation of innovation among employees and the incubation of new businessventures.The firm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Lisboa.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Communities
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
- Checkfirst — Create AI-powered inspection workflows that collect and verify on-site data, effortlessly.
- OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.
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