Top 5 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Portugal in July 2025
A list of 5 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Life science startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Life science companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Life Science VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Portugal in July 2025
Investor | Life Science Portugal investments |
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Caixa Capital | 2 |
SOSV | 2 |
Social Impact Fund | 1 |
Artesian VC | 1 |
Nina Capital | 1 |
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.
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.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Seed, Convertible Note, Pre-Seed
- United States, India, United Kingdom
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- 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.
SIF provides financial support for public charities & acts as a fiscal agent for charities and foundations.
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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.
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.
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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.
We deploy early stage capital to fuel the growth of need-driven health technology companies.
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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.
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