# Beta-i

> Beta-i is a VC fund in Lisbon backing FinTech and Computer. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Dec 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/1435730
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/beta__i
- Website: http://www.beta-i.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beta.i.pt/

Beta-i is an organization created to boost entrepreneurship, and its mission is to foster a true innovation culture. We help new and established businesses grow, by offering 360º innovation services with 6 main areas: Acceleration, Events, Consulting, Open Innovation, Education and Investment.Internationally recognized as one of the leadingcompanies in this field, and for running Lisbon Challenge, one of Europe’s most active startup accelerators, since 2010 we have received +5000 applications to our several programs and accelerated over 850 startups, that have raised +65M.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Beta-i. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Beta-i. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/beta-i?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Computer | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| Debit Cards | 1 | 50% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manuel Tânger | Co-Founder & Head of Open Innovation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manuel-tanger |
| Pedro Rocha Vieira | President & Co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pedro-rocha-vieira |
| Ricardo Marvão | Board Member & Co-Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ricardo-marvo |
| José Alberto Rocha | Senior Acceleration Expert | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jos%C3%A9-alberto-rocha |
| José Maria Macedo | Mentor | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jos%C3%A9-maria-macedo |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Didimo | Didimo is the world’s leading provider of fast, automated solutions for the generation of high-quality real-time humans. Our high-fidelity 3D didimo human avatars are created in around 90 seconds, from inputs as simple as a 2D photo.Our PaaS allows content creators, software developers, collaboration platforms, and app builders to integrate afast, robust, and reliable solution for generating user-generated avatars in their own software solutions. Our patented and flexible pipeline can translate various image-based inputs of a user’s face, and using automated machine vision, topology generation, texturing, and rigging components, to output a real-time ready high fidelity avatar. These are designed to be perfectly suited for real-time engines - and include a full facial animation system and text-to-speech animation capability. | $4.9M |  | Dec 17, 2019 |  |
| Coverflex | Coverflex is a compensation management platform for teams to manage and enjoy multiple benefits. 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 everypart of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance, and exclusive discounts — while empowering people to spend on what suits them best. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2019 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [LC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lc-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Start Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-start-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bynd Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/busy-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Farfetch](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/farfetch) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Beta-i invest in?

Beta-i invests primarily in FinTech, Computer and Software startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Beta-i?

Public channels for Beta-i include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Beta-i?

The team at Beta-i includes Manuel Tânger (Co-Founder & Head of Open Innovation), Pedro Rocha Vieira (President & Co-founder) and Ricardo Marvão (Board Member & Co-Founder), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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