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 help founders 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.
- Total investments:
- 100
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 30%
- Fund size:
- $34M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Faber invests in
Stages Faber invests in
Countries Faber invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $595k–$5.2M
- Pre-Seed
- $121k–$3M
- Series A
- $2.5M–$25M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (15%)
- Artificial Intelligence 14 (14%)
- SaaS 10 (10%)
- Biotechnology 9 (9%)
- Machine Learning 9 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 48 (48%)
- Pre-Seed 12 (12%)
- Series A 9 (9%)
- Series B 3 (3%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (3%)
Country
- Portugal 13 (13%)
- Germany 10 (10%)
- United Kingdom 10 (10%)
- United States 9 (9%)
- Spain 8 (8%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandre Barbosa
Founder & Managing Partner
|
Founder & Managing Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Carlos Silva
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Rui Melo de Carvalho
Partner & CFO
|
Partner & CFO | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helix Robotics is developing the first commercial soft robot manipulator, addressing the need for human-friendly and reliable robotics. | $5M / Seed / Sep 16, 2026 | ||
| Porelio is an environmental technology that provides purification technologies for water and industrial chemicals. | $2.7M / Pre-Seed / Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| ATMOS Space Cargo develops and manufactures space capsules to return cargo from space, microgravity experiments, Commercial products to entire rocket stages. | $30.2M / Series A / Apr 22, 2026 | ||
| ISPTech is a Spin-Off of the Institute of Space Propulsion at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It offers non-toxic, green propulsion solutions | $6.5M / Seed / Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Biographica is a computational biology company that develops software tools and platforms to support genomic data analysis, interpretation, and visualization for research and clinical applications. Its solutions are designed to help scientists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians process complex genomic datasets, annotate genetic variants, andexplore biological insights through integrated workflows and interactive visualizations. The company’s platform combines data management, algorithmic analysis, and graphical interfaces to streamline tasks such as sequence alignment, variant calling, functional interpretation, and cohort comparison. Biographica’s tools support interoperability with common bioinformatics formats and pipelines, enabling users to integrate genomic workflows with existing research infrastructure. The company also provides APIs and developer tools to allow custom integration, automation, and extension of analytic capabilities within broader computational environments. Its offerings are used across life sciences research, translational projects, and precision medicine initiatives that require scalable, interpretable genomic data analysis. | $9.5M / Seed / Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Luminate is an oncology-focused healthtech and tech-enabled services company that partners with payers, providers, and people with cancer to reduce the cost of cancer care while improving quality of life and outcomes for patients. The company offers a portfolio of services and technologies that enable home-based cancer treatment, adverse eventmonitoring, and prevention of drug-induced side effects. | $21M / Series A / Jan 07, 2026 | ||
| Ponda is a biomaterials company pioneering regenerative-material supply chains. | $2.4M / Seed / Nov 24, 2025 | ||
| YPlasma, an INTA spin-off, develops plasma actuators for ionic flow control, enabling advancements in Energy and Electronics. | $2.5M / Seed / Jul 09, 2025 | ||
| Ocean Ecostructures is the developer of a biodiversity regeneration program that will assist businesses and governments in transitioning to a blue economy. | $3.5M / Series A / Jun 25, 2025 | ||
| Zymvol accelerates the discovery & development of new industrial enzymes through computer simulations. | $3.2M / Seed / Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| See all 100 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Faber invest in?
Faber invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 100 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Faber invest in?
Faber typically joins rounds of $595k–$5.2M at Seed, $121k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $2.5M–$25M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Faber's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Faber took part in.
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Who are the partners at Faber?
The team at Faber includes Alexandre Barbosa (Founder & Managing Partner), Carlos Silva (Partner) and Rui Melo de Carvalho (Partner & CFO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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