Top 40 Payments VC Funds & Investors in Portugal (June 2026)

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• Bambu — Bambu is a leading global digital wealth technology provider for financial institutions. We enable companies to make saving and investing simple and intelligent for their clients. The cloud-based platform is powered by our proprietary algorithms and machine learning tools. The company serves over 20 financial institutions globally. Founded in 2016,Bambu is headquartered in Singapore with a subsidiary in the United Kingdom and the United States and EMEA representatives.
• Propel(X) — Propel(x) is where investors discover, evaluate and invest in technology startups and venture capital funds.
• Curv — Buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency with the PayPal App. Start investing in crypto with as little as $1. Download the app and get started today.

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• Drivit — Drivit turns any smartphone into a high-quality telematics device. Power your mobility app with features that will show you the best way to a safer, cheaper and more sustainable driving.
• Fraudio — Fraudio is the ideal partner in Payment Fraud and AML Solutions. We will help you detect, on time, any possible fraudulent transaction.
• MeetFrank — Find cool job offers with the MeetFrank recruitment app. Add your job offers to MeetFrank and hire top talent.

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• Derivio —
• Zoo Finance — Zoo Finance is a pioneering DeFi protocol focused on unlocking liquidity from locked assets, empowering users to access capital more efficiently while maximizing the utility of their on-chain holdings.
• Joystream — Joystream is a block chain-based, decentralized video platform.

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• Aethir — Power Ultra-Low Latency Gaming & AI Experiences.
• Elixir — Powering deUSD, a yield bearing and fully collateralized decentralized dollar on the Elixir Network, bringing institutional-grade liquidity to RWAs.
• INIT Capital — Lend, Borrow, and Access Yield Strategies with Liquidity Hook

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• Kwara — Kwara turns analog credit unions into modern digital banks.
• Carbon Maps — Calculate and monitor your environmental impact at product-level. Rapid, high-precision assessments of food products and agricultural raw materials.
• YMO Guinée — YMO Guinée is an app to send and receive money in Guinea, at the best rate. Available for free on iOS and Android.

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• Polymarket — Bet on your beliefs
• Caldera — Caldera is a network of interconnected, purpose-built blockchains, settling on Ethereum.
• Nexus — Nexus is a DEX Layer 1, purpose-built to give users around the world access to a new era of verifiable finance.

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• Mesh —
• Hata — Your crypto gateway to global opportunities. Regulated by the Labuan Financial Services Authority. Buy, sell, and trade crypto securely.
• Mesh — Mesh enables safer, easier crypto transfers and payments from 300+ leading exchanges and wallets, all without leaving your platform

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• StablR — StablR issues compliant stablecoins StablR Euro (EURR) and StablR USD (USDR), backed by reserves and audits. Built for secure payments, DeFi, and fintech.
• Kemet Trading — Kemet Trading provides institutional-grade infrastructure for digital asset derivatives trading; optimizing access to liquidity, data, trade execution and post-trade workflows.
• Arbelos Markets — Arbelos Markets provides unprecedented access and transparency to counterparties through powerful technology.

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• ORO AI — ORO facilitates the transformation of data into advanced forms of intelligence, representing the next generation of analytical capabilities.
• Nevermined — Payments infrastructure for AI agents. Let your agents pay, get paid, and settle autonomously with built-in metering, billing, and card delegation.
• Templar Protocol — Templar Protocol is a startup that focuses on creating a lending platform for cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and other digital assets.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• BULK Trade — One Exchange Infinite Markets
• Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
• Silicon Data — Silicon Data is a data product that brings essential intelligence and efficiency to markets.

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• Gamium — Gamium is a Web3 and Metaverse technology company building the truly Decentralized Social Metaverse.
• Lympid — We believe that anyone should have access to the amazing opportunities found on the blockchain, from DeFi protocols (aave, compound, yearn…) to Crypto Indexes, there's so much to discover! At Lympid you will be able to do it all easily in the same app, and directly through EUR.
• MonkeyLeague — MonkeyLeague is a video game company. They develop PC and console-based NFT games. The company offers a turn-based, play-and-earn multi-player soccer game that provides monkey NFTs of genetic composition formulated from 32 traits.

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• Udemy — Udemy's mission is to create new possibilities for people and organizations everywhere by connecting them to the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a changing world. The Udemy marketplace platform, with thousands of up-to-date courses in dozens of languages, provides the tools learners, instructors, and enterprises need to achievetheir goals and reach their full potential. Millions of people learn on Udemy from real-world experts in topics ranging from programming and data science to leadership and team building. For companies, Udemy Business offers an employee training and development platform with subscription access to thousands of courses, learning analytics, and the ability to host and distribute their own content.
• TRUE Future — TRUE: creating synergy between a successful Web2 businesses and a well-established Web3 infrastructure for redefining social gaming.
• Lifetime Health — We are a digital platform, transforming the healthcare landscape with our innovative hospital-at-home care services. Our mission is to create an efficient healthcare system that provides essential services, including lab tests, express check-ups, nursing care, and medical devices, right at your doorstep.

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• Playtron — The Operating System for Gaming
• Sona — Co-founded by DJ and producer TOKiMONSTA, Sonu is a whole new way to enjoy music and support your favorite artists.
• M0 —

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• 1Konto — 1Konto provides a secure, reliable, and seamless solution to access, trade and settle digital and fiat currencies at the best price through our Web App, API, and OTC desk.
• Leap Wallet — Leap is the ultimate crypto wallet for Cosmos blockchains, offering seamless exploration of multiple chains, asset transfers, staking rewards, governance participation, and more. With best-in-class UX design, managing your crypto assets has never been easier. Stay in control with our 100% non-custodial wallet, securely storing your private keys on your computer. Discover the future of crypto wallets with Leap.
• Flipside Crypto — Flipside sold its blockchain data business to SonarX and is going all-in on AI with Edisyl.

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• KAIO — The first protocol purpose-built for RWAs, ensuring seamless movement, compliance, and liquidity in DeFi through a sovereign AppChain.
• TRM Labs — Next Generation Blockchain Intelligence | Monitor, Investigate, and Mitigate Crypto Fraud and Financial Crime
• Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.

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• Privy — Rated the #1 sales app in the Shopify App Store. Used by 600,000+ online brands around the world to grow sales NOW with email & SMS.
• Freebird — Freebird is a first-of-its-kind mobile rebooking tool that empowers travelers to skip the line and instantly book a new ticket – on any airline at no additional cost – in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection. Freebird provides travelers with instant notifications in the event of a flight disruption, and offersthe ability to rebook in less than 30 seconds with only three taps on their mobile device.
• PillPack — PillPack is a full-service pharmacy that sorts medication by dose and offers door-to-door delivery. They fill, sort, and deliver all medications in personalized packets based on when you need to take them. Their service helps you take the right meds at the right time, every time.

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• 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

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• PureStake — Blockchain developers and operations experts building cloud-based services and tools for Algorand and other Proof of Stake Networks.
• Moonbeam Network — Moonbeam is an Ethereum-compatible smart contract platform on the Polkadot network that makes it easy to build natively interoperable applications.
• Tools For Humanity — Tools for Humanity is a technology company building for humans in the age of AI.

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• 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.
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• Brink — Brink is a Bitcoin research and development centre
• Ethena — Enabling the Internet Bond
• Lombard — Lombard is committed to leveraging Bitcoin's potential as a dynamic financial tool by integrating it to DeFi collaborating with technological and infrastructural partners on a common, ecosystem-driven aim to bring Bitcoin to DeFi.

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• 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.

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• Utexo — Utexo develops payment infrastructure that enables stablecoin transactions to settle directly on the Bitcoin network. The platform provides an API and related tools that allow payment operators, exchanges, wallets, and financial platforms to process USDT transfers through Bitcoin-based rails. Its system integrates technologies such as the LightningNetwork and the RGB protocol to support instant settlement, encrypted transaction execution, and predictable transaction costs. Utexo also offers cloud infrastructure and developer tools that manage routing, liquidity, and node operations required for stablecoin payments on Bitcoin. These services allow organizations to integrate Bitcoin-based stablecoin settlement into existing applications without operating or maintaining underlying blockchain infrastructure.
• Five Bells — Five Bells is an a blockchain-based settlement and clearing platform for digital assets that provides safe and open transactions.
• Future — Future is building Switzerland’s premier Bitcoin Treasury Company (BTCTC), dedicated to the strategic holding, management, and systematic growth of Bitcoin assets. By combining financial expertise, institutional-grade security, and a long-term vision, Future aims to establish a trusted and sustainable framework for digital wealth preservation andgrowth within the global Bitcoin ecosystem.

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• DGrid AI — DGrid AI operates a decentralized AI inference network built on Web3 infrastructure. The platform provides an AI RPC layer that routes requests across distributed network nodes to run large language models. It offers a unified interface for AI app developers to access many LLMs and build AI-powered applications. The network uses tokenizedincentives and DAO governance to reward node operators and community participants. DGrid AI focuses on scalable on-chain inference and monetization of AI models for open, community-powered usage.
• ChimpX AI — ChimpX AI is an AI-powered decentralized finance (DeFi) superapp designed to simplify crypto trading, cross-chain asset management, and blockchain interactions through natural language commands. The platform focuses on making complex DeFi operations accessible to everyday users by combining artificial intelligence, automation, and gaslesstransactions into a single interface.
• ZENi — ZENi is a data intelligence engine that powers autonomous AI agents. The platform transforms real-time on-chain and off-chain signals into actionable insights, enabling agents to make decisions, automate workflows, and execute tasks with high precision. Built as a decentralized data intelligence layer, ZENi supports Web3, fintech, e-commerce ,gaming and enterprise applications that require scalable, intelligent agent operations.

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• Greenlane — Greenlane is a distributor of premium cannabis accessories, packaging, vape solutions, and lifestyle products. It serves a diverse and expansive customer base with more than 8,000 retail locations, including licensed cannabis dispensaries, smoke shops, and specialty retailers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.
• Seismic — Seismicy enables developers to establish innovative financial partnerships and investment instruments.
• Cluster Protocol — Cluster Protocol is the co-ordination layer for AI agents, a carnot engine fueling the AI economy making sure the AI developers are monetized for their AI models and users get an unified seamless experience to build that next AI app/ agent within a virtual disposable environment facilitating the creation of modular, self-evolving AI agents.

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• Rhuna — Rhuna is an AI and blockchain platform that transforms event management with NFT ticketing and token rewards.
• Utila — Secure stablecoin and digital asset infrastructure for fintechs and enterprises. Run stablecoin payments and digital asset operations on modular infrastructure with MPC wallets, embedded compliance, and policy-driven governance.
• Cork Protocol — Cork's new DeFi primitive, Depeg Swaps allows investors to hedge and trade the risk of their pegged asset (LST/LRTs, Stablecoins, RWAs).

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• Radiant — Clean. Portable. Safe. Energy
• Rotostitch — Rotostitch is changing apparel manufacturing using proprietary technology and software. Its purpose is to enable on-demand, high-flexibility production that achieves sustainability goals while adapting at the speed of modern fashion.
• Candlestick.io — Advanced crypto trading with smart money tracking and DeFi analytics

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• Borderless — Stockal helps retail investors in India, Middle East and South East Asia “globalize” their savings and wealth by saving and/or investing money in mature international markets such as US, UK, Germany, HK and Japan. Using Stockal, people can, digitally, open, own and operate overseas investing accounts - digitally and affordably. Additionally,investing on Stockal is backed by big data-based automated research and analysis that helps investors make smarter investing decisions. Stockal helps investors manage their portfolio better, keep track of its health, make better investing decisions and discover interesting stocks and investing themes every day so that they don't have to scour through reams of data or depend on unreliable guesswork.
• Rare Circles — RareCircles simplifies the business of NFTs so you can focus on growing your community.
• Injective — Explore Injective: the high-performance blockchain powering decentralized finance, governance, and next-gen Web3 apps with unmatched speed and scale.

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• Damex — Empowering businesses with a seamless stablecoin infrastructure that simplifies cross-border payments, treasury management, and financial integration.
• Wisdomise — Wisomise is an intelligence-augmented ecosystem, which offers you all you need in order to gain the most out of your Web3 investments, in terms of both better returns as well as more informed risks.
• Pulsar Finance — Pulsar Finance portfolio manager has been shut down. Follow us on X for updates on our new project.

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• 375ai — 375ai is an edge data intelligence network on Solana that provides advanced real-time data collection and analysis to power a smarter, more connected world.
• Pyth Network — The Pyth network is a specialized oracle solution for latency-sensitive financial data that is typically kept behind the “walled gardens’’ of centralized institutions. The Pyth network is focused on finding a new and inexpensive way to bring this unique data on-chain and aggregating it securely.
• Power Protocol — Power Protocol is an infrastructure layer that drives the single, cohesive blockchain entertainment ecosystem.

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• Pye Labs — Pye Finance is a Web3 startup that builds a staking-market infrastructure on the Solana blockchain.
• Octane — A developer-first platform to stress-test your smart contracts with cutting-edge AI. One-click install. Save time and money on security.
• BitVault — BitVault is a DeFi protocol that provides a crypto-native money solution via its BTC-backed stablecoin, bvUSD, and yield-bearing staked stablecoin, sbvUSD.

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• Liquality — Swap crypto and explore the multi-chain universe - all with one wallet.
• Polygon — Polygon is the most proven way to build and scale your decentralized application and projects on Ethereum, the world's largest blockchain ecosystem.
• Aspen Creek Digital — Aspen Creek Digital is a developer of a renewable Bitcoin mining operator used to catalyze the decarbonization of power generation. The company supports renewable energy-based Bitcoin mining with a strategic mix of behind-the-meter and wholesale resources, resulting in a lower all-in cost of retail power helping users to get on-site renewableenergy and storage projects while also contributing to a greener future.It was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in El Segundo, California.

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• 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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• AlchemyNFT — AlchemyNFT is a non-fungible token (NFT) service.
• BabylonChain — Babylon is a VC-backed blockchain project founded by Claude. E. Shannon Award recipient, Professor David Tse from Stanford University. The project’s mission is to bring Bitcoin’s unparalleled security to all PoS blockchains in the world. To this end, we are building, as the bridge between Bitcoin and the PoS world, a new public Cosmos-based PoSblockchain called Babylon with a native token.
• Lombard — Lombard is committed to leveraging Bitcoin's potential as a dynamic financial tool by integrating it to DeFi collaborating with technological and infrastructural partners on a common, ecosystem-driven aim to bring Bitcoin to DeFi.

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• Zeta Markets — Trade crypto like never before. Zeta lets you trade all your favorite assets at lightning speed without compromising security.
• Slope Finance — Slope is a community-based decentralized exchange built on Solana.
• Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia — YGG SEA is a sub-decentralized autonomous organization (subDAO) of the play-to-earn blockchain game YGG. The YGG SEA will be based on smart contracts built on the Etherum blockchain.

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• 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.
• Join Digital — Cloud-managed connectivity and workplace analytics enables businesses to optimize their workplace environment, capturing occupancy and indoor environmental quality (IEQ) data, and simplifying high-performance software-defined networking and WiFi experiences.
• 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.

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• Yampa — Discover yampa's autonomous AI agents and revolutionize your customer experience. Elevate your service with the most advanced AI technology.
• Privitar — Informatica is an Enterprise Cloud Data Management leader that brings data to life by empowering businesses to realize the transformative power of their most critical assets.
• Jaspersoft — Enterprise reporting platform for delivering pixel perfect reports. Build custom reports and dashboards in minutes.

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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.

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• Rebar Labs — Rebar Labs is a company that offers research services and infrastructure for bitcoin. The company wants to help users in the Bitcoin ecosystem create more effective and better experiences by addressing issues related to maximum extractable value and offering services that guarantee equitable value distribution.
• Yellow — Yellow is a financial services provider of software, analytics, and investments in blockchain startups.
• Tren Finance — Tren Finance: a secure DeFi liquidity protocol offering seamless asset swaps, yield opportunities, and cross-chain compatibility through automated smart contracts, redefining liquidity for users and institutions.