# Benjamin Junior

> Benjamin Junior is a seed investor at Bright Pixel Capital (Porto) backing Software and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bright Pixel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonae-im)
- Location: Porto, Portugal
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjunior/

Benjamin Junior is a seed investor at Bright Pixel Capital in Porto focused on Software and SaaS. Benjamin Junior

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| Big Data | 1 | 33% |
| Image Recognition | 1 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 1 | 33% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Portugal | 1 | 33% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reckon.ai | Reckon.ai have been working with several retail customers for the last years and they found that the task of competitive analysis in this vertical is still in the early days of what modern technology can do for them. You wouldn’t believe the number of problems and inefficiencies screaming for solutions in the digital age.So they decided to buildReckon, a cloud platform for smart retail product analysis and price comparison that uses powerful machine learning algorithms, data fusion and computer vision to reshape the way retailers get their competitive intelligence data. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Reckon.ai | Reckon.ai have been working with several retail customers for the last years and they found that the task of competitive analysis in this vertical is still in the early days of what modern technology can do for them. You wouldn’t believe the number of problems and inefficiencies screaming for solutions in the digital age.So they decided to buildReckon, a cloud platform for smart retail product analysis and price comparison that uses powerful machine learning algorithms, data fusion and computer vision to reshape the way retailers get their competitive intelligence data. | $1.8M | Seed | Sep 08, 2021 |  |
| Portainer | Portainer is a universal container management platform to deploy, configure, troubleshoot, and secure containerized applications across cloud, data center, edge, and Industrial IoT use cases. Portainer is trusted by customers across various industries, including financial services, information technology, manufacturing, energy, automotive, andhealthcare, to simplify the adoption of containers securely with exceptional speed.Portainer offers the perfect blend of infrastructure versatility, self-service freedom, and compliance guardrails to deliver containerized applications in a way that suits every part of the organization. Portainer provides extensive support for container orchestrators across every deployment scenario and helps bridge the knowledge gap within every organization. | $6M | Series A | May 04, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Armilar Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espirito-santo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [WISENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wisenext) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brpx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightpixel) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Movac](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/movac) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bright Pixel Capital

VC Fund · Maia, Portugal

Bright Pixel Capital (former Sonae IM) is the technology investment arm of the multinational group Sonae. With special focus on cybersecurity, infrastructure software, retail technologies, business applications and emerging tech, it has a portfolio of more than 60 companies, from early to growth stages. Bright Pixel acts as a partner that bringsspecialized know-how, global footprint, and a wealth of experience in helping companies from early stage to IPO.

5 contacts available at Bright Pixel Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Junior | Investment Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-junior |
| Claudia Azevedo | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claudia-azevedo |
| Daniela Coutinho | Investment Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniela-coutinho |
| Eduardo Piedade | Managing Partner & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eduardo-piedade |
| Fernando Martins | Investment Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fernando-martins-f0c8 |

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## FAQ

### What does Benjamin Junior invest in?

Benjamin Junior invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Benjamin Junior last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Benjamin Junior closed in Sep 2021. 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?

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