# Alexandre Barbosa

> Alexandre Barbosa is a seed investor at Faber (Lisbon) backing Energy and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Faber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faber-ventures)
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandrebarbosa

Alexandre Barbosa is a seed investor at Faber in Lisbon focused on Energy and Software. Founder & Managing Partner at Faber Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 33% |
| Energy Efficiency | 1 | 33% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kern AI | Kern AI offers services in the field of natural language processing that enable a range of interaction modes between humans and machines. They manage natural language products, ETL pipelines, and workflows. The company's contact modes are mail and physical address. |  | Seed | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| Kern AI | Kern AI offers services in the field of natural language processing that enable a range of interaction modes between humans and machines. They manage natural language products, ETL pipelines, and workflows. The company's contact modes are mail and physical address. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Feb 16, 2023 |  |
| FuelSave | FuelSave is a disruptive energy efficiency enhancement company with a strong R&D and engineering background, that combines its own patented innovations and core technologies with components from industry-leading providers to provide highly innovative and efficient turnkey energy solutions in a variety of sectors.FuelSave was founded in 2012,in order to enhance the fuel efficiencies & reduce emissions for trucks and utility vehicles in an innovative & sustainable way. The focus in R&D quickly widened up for various use cases in other markets where the technology can be adapted and deployed to bring measurable benefits to the users that make economical sense while reducing the impact in the environment. |  | Seed | Jun 27, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HPI Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hpi-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Seedcamp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seedcamp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [TKM GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tkm-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [xdeck](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/xdeck-gmbh) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [another.vc](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Faber

VC Fund · Lisbon, Portugal

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 helpfounders build global companies powered by AI/Data, Web3 or Ocean/Climate 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.

3 contacts available at Faber.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Barbosa | Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-barbosa |
| Carlos Silva | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-silva |
| Rui Melo de Carvalho | Partner & CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rui-melo-de-carvalho |

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## FAQ

### What does Alexandre Barbosa invest in?

Alexandre Barbosa invests primarily in Energy, Software and CleanTech startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alexandre Barbosa last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alexandre Barbosa closed in Feb 2023. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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