# Faber

> Faber is a VC fund in Lisbon backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 97 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 97
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 30%
- Last fund: Nov 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/faber-vc
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/faber_vc
- Website: http://faber.vc

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.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Faber. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Faber. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/faber-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $549k–$5.2M |
| Pre-Seed | $29k–$3M |
| Series A | $2.5M–$25M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 11 | 11% |
| Software | 10 | 10% |
| SaaS | 9 | 9% |
| Machine Learning | 9 | 9% |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 6% |

99 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 39 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 9 | 9% |
| Series A | 8 | 8% |
| Funding Round | 5 | 5% |
| Series B | 3 | 3% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Portugal | 11 | 11% |
| United States | 9 | 9% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 9% |
| Germany | 8 | 8% |
| Spain | 6 | 6% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Alexandre Barbosa | Founder & Managing Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexandre-barbosa |
| Carlos Silva | Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-silva |
| Rui Melo de Carvalho | Partner & CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rui-melo-de-carvalho |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Porelio | Porelio is an environmental technology that provides purification technologies for water and industrial chemicals. | $2.7M | Pre-Seed | Jul 07, 2026 |  |
| ATMOS Space Cargo | 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 |  |
| InSpacePropulsion Technologies | 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 | 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 | 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 | Ponda is a biomaterials company pioneering regenerative-material supply chains. | $2.4M | Seed | Nov 24, 2025 |  |
| YPLASMA | YPlasma, an INTA spin-off, develops plasma actuators for ionic flow control, enabling advancements in Energy and Electronics. | $2.5M | Seed | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| YPLASMA | 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 | 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 Biomodeling | Zymvol accelerates the discovery & development of new industrial enzymes through computer simulations. | $3.2M | Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |

10 of 97 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Caixa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital-2) — VC Fund, 12 deals together
- [Armilar Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espirito-santo-ventures) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Elkstone Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elkstone-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Join Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/join-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [SciFounders](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scifounders) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund
- [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund
- [OrbiMed](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbimed-advisors) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Caixa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital-2) — VC Fund
- [Armilar Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espirito-santo-ventures) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [All Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-portugal)
- [All VC Funds in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/vc-funds-portugal)
- [SaaS VC Funds in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/saas-vc-funds-portugal)
- [Software Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/software-investors-portugal)
- [Software VC Funds in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/software-vc-funds-portugal)
- [Enterprise Investors in Portugal](https://shizune.co/investors/enterprise-investors-portugal)

## FAQ

### What does Faber invest in?

Faber invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 97 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Faber's check size?

Faber typically joins rounds of $549k–$5.2M at Seed, $29k–$3M at Pre-Seed and $2.5M–$25M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Faber participates in.

### How do I contact Faber?

Public channels for Faber 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 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.

### 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co