# Bright Ventures

> Bright Ventures is a VC fund in Lisboa backing Medical and Software. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Portugal
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/brpxco
- Website: https://brpx.com/investment/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brpxco

Bright Ventures is a VC fund in Lisboa focused on Medical and Software. Bright Ventures is the investment arm of Bright Pixel. They invest in tech companies with a particular focus on B2B for the retail, telco and cyber-security, in different stages of development, from early (MVP) to growth stages. Their ticket size goes from 50K€ (Pre-seed) to 500K€ (Seed), plus possible Post-seed and Series A follow-ons. Theirinvestment management team and investment committee have years of proven experience in the market, building and selling their companies and managing global technology-based investment funds.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Bright Ventures. Shizune tracks 2 team members at Bright Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/brightventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Health Care | 1 | 25% |
| Information Services | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Portugal | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Santos | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-santos |
| Celso Martinho | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/celso-martinho |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aware Health | Same-day digital musculoskeletal care platform to deliver best-in-class cost saving and health outcomes. | $3M | Seed | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| Automaise | Automaise provides artificially intelligent virtual employees for customer service. Automaise offers a growing portfolio of virtual employees ready to be hired for various business verticals and tasks/processes. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 31, 2021 |  |
| Automaise | Automaise provides artificially intelligent virtual employees for customer service. Automaise offers a growing portfolio of virtual employees ready to be hired for various business verticals and tasks/processes. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2018 |  |
| advertio | advertio aims to set a new standard in digital advertising solving the actual complexity of the process. We offer a free to use platform for small business owners to advertise in multiple ad networks. Simply enter the URL for your website, we scan the web for your online presence and create a campaign fit for your needs which will be continuouslyimproving to achieve better ROI. | $725K | Pre-Seed | Oct 30, 2017 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bright Pixel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonae-im) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Armilar Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espirito-santo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Boomerang Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boomerang-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Grow](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grow-jose-de-mello) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HCapital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hcapital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Impulsum Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/impulsum-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Bright Ventures invest in?

Bright Ventures invests primarily in Medical, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Bright Ventures's check size?

Bright Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$3M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Bright Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Bright Ventures?

Public channels for Bright Ventures include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. 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 Bright Ventures?

The team at Bright Ventures includes Alexandre Santos (Partner) and Celso Martinho (Partner). 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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