Top 5 Local VC Funds in Portugal
A list of 5 VC funds that invest in Local startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Local companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Local VC Funds in Portugal
Investor | Local Portugal investments |
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Portugal Ventures | 2 |
Caixa Capital | 1 |
Shilling | 1 |
Faber | 1 |
Bynd Venture Capital | 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
- Unlockit — Revolutionizing Real Estate Transaction Management. Streamline your processes and unlock success with Unlockit's advanced solutions
- Tonic App — Tonic App is a B2C2B digital health company building a professional ecosystem for medical doctors. Tonic App helps medical doctors to diagnose and treat their patients by curating, for them, in a single mobile platform, the best professional resources from peers, publishers, regulatory bodies, recruiters, providers & the industry.
- Yon Living — Living designed for Digital Nomads. Flexible stays in inspiring homes with like-minded people. Work-ready and fully serviced apartments, with no deposits. Find your next home in Lisbon.
Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
- Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
- Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.
Shilling is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders from the start.Shilling invests in a wide range of verticals and seeks out the biggest opportunities across all B2B and consumer categories.
Leveraging the concept of Founder LPs, Shilling brings much more than capital and offers through its Shilling Platform, directaccess to successful founders and executives of leading companies. This platform supports entrepreneurs in validating and developing their ventures, which then accelerate their growth into global markets.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Internet, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Portugal, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Piper — Piper is a next-gen sales productivity and intelligence solution that puts AI to work for both sales reps and sales managers.Through its advanced interpretation of sales conversations from video calls, emails and audio notes, Piper automatically populates deal-related fields in the CRM, freeing up sales capacity and ensuring unbiased, highquality data.Piper further lightens the daily workload of salespeople by assisting through every stage of the client engagement: enhancing meeting prep, drafting follow-up emails, scheduling the next call, and more.For sales reps, Piper is a game-changer, letting them focus on selling without the admin drag. For sales directors and revenue ops, Piper provides top-notch data insights into the sales pipeline, enhancing sales forecasting and data-driven decision-making.
- 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.
- Vawlt — Simplify your company's transition to the cloud, improve security standards, and optimize storage resource usage.
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 help foundersbuild global companies powered by AI/data or climate/ocean 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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Investment focus
- Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Portugal, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Poseidona — Sustainable proteins from algal waste and invasive biomass
- STYLE Protocol — Infrastructure for virtual worlds and connecting games.
- Mitiga Solutions — Mitigating the risk from climate-driven perils to your business assets everywhere.
Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm with focus on seed / early stage technology startups
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Last.app — Last is a comprehensive restaurant software solution. Thanks to the use of new technologies, our platform offers unique solutions in the market, always with the aim of simplifying and optimizing the tasks of the team of any type of restaurant.
- Trebellar — Trebellar provides advanced data analytics for building occupancy, energy efficiency, and climate optimization. Maximize your workplace productivity with our intelligent building solutions.
- Incapto Coffee — Incapto Coffee offers the sale of the automatic coffee machine and a subscription system for coffee beans.
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