# Fernando Martins

> Fernando Martins is a Series A investor at Bright Pixel Capital backing Cyber Security and B2B. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bright Pixel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonae-im)
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandomartinscybersecurity/

Fernando Martins is a Series A investor at Bright Pixel Capital focused on Cyber Security and B2B. Venture Capital Investor | Cybersecurity Leader | OperatorI'm a cybersecurity professional with over 20 years of experience shaping and defending critical digital infrastructure across telecom, finance, energy, and insurance. I’ve worked in leading corporates such as Nokia, AXA, BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, SFR, Orange, Bouygues Telecom,Tekecin, and Euronext — leading large-scale security programs and building cyber defense capabilities from the ground up.My journey evolved from corporate leadership to entrepreneurship and investing. I built a cybersecurity system integrator to bring innovative startups from Israel and the US to Europe, helping them scale with French and European customers. I also launched a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) based in Portugal focused on serving French SMBs.Today, I invest globally in cybersecurity startups from seed to Series B, supporting founders with deep domain expertise, board-level engagement, and a global network of CISOs, MSSPs, and channel partners. My goal is to empower the next generation of defenders and build companies that solve real security problems at scale.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cyber Security | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Enterprise | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Knostic | Knostic provides need-to-know access controls for Large Language Models (LLMs). Its knowledge-centric capabilities enable enterprises to expedite the deployment of LLMs and drive AI-powered innovation while maintaining value, security, and safety. | $11M | Seed | Mar 05, 2025 |  |
| Trustero | Trustero provides solutions and services that enable demonstrable, sustainable trustworthiness for emerging enterprises. The Trustero Compliance as a Service (CaaS) offers, establishes, and manages regulatory compliance by undertaking vulnerability assessments, security risk analyses, and other measures to ensure all business processes and systemsremain in full compliance. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other modern technologies means their clients have the visibility needed to gain actionable insights into their compliance across the extended enterprise. | $10.4M | Series A | Nov 21, 2024 |  |
| Vicarius | Vicarius helps Security and IT teams protect their most critical apps and assets against software exploitation through vRx, a consolidated end-to-end vulnerability remediation platform that combines discovery, prioritization, and mitigation in a single platform. Backed by tier-one Silicon Valley investors, Vicarius was founded by security expertson a mission to provide problem-solving remediation solutions that proactively reduce risk wherever assets reside. Effortlessly find and eliminate threats while reducing the strain on internal security resources, freeing up personnel to focus on other mission-critical tasks without sacrificing security. Get started for free today or learn more at https://vicarius.ioVicarius was founded in 2016 by three entrepreneurs from the information-security industry and operates from headquarters in New York and Tel Aviv. | $30M | Series B | Jan 17, 2024 |  |
| Sekoia | SEKOIA is the SaaS cybersecurity that analyzes and understands emerging threats. It specialties in cybersecurity, consulting, innovation, RedTeam, BlueTeam, cert, threatintel, sekoia.io, and siem as a service. | $37.6M | Series A | May 24, 2023 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AllegisCyber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/allegis-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AlleyCorp](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alleycorp) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Banque des Territoires](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banque-des-territoires) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BNP Paribas Développement](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bnp-paribas-developpement) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DNX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dnx-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Engineering Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/engineering-capital) — 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 Fernando Martins invest in?

Fernando Martins invests primarily in Cyber Security, B2B and SaaS startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Fernando Martins last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fernando Martins closed in Mar 2025. Shizune tracks 4 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?

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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