# Henrique Castro

> Henrique Castro is a seed investor at Target (San Francisco) backing SaaS and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Target](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/target)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Oct 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrique-de-castro-b4648b5
- Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrique_De_Castro

Henrique Castro is a seed investor at Target in San Francisco focused on SaaS and Software. Previously, Henrique served as Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! Inc. Additionally, he was elected to join the Board of Directors for Minneapolis-based retailer, Target Corp. on March 13, 2013. Henrique is a senior executive with 20+ years experience in leading companies such as Google, Dell and McKinsey, building, scaling and managing businessglobally.He is recognized by his knowledge of the Media, Internet, Telco/Tech, Retail, Consumer industries and has extensive experience as CEO/GM, CRO, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Sales & Marketing and Operations Lead.Henrique was formerly Google's President of Media, Mobile and Platforms Worldwide with full responsibility $5bn+ full P&L of Google's TV Ads, YouTube Ads, Google Display Network, Mobile Ads, AdMob, AdExchange and DoubleClick business globally. He built and scaled the Display, Mobile and Platforms Business from scratch to turn them it into #1 digital business globally with multi-billion dollar revenue and 2000+ people. In this position he lead the team to launch operations in 40+ countries, hired 1000+ people, acquired and integrated Google’s two largest acquisitions.Prior to this position Henrique lead European Sales & Media Solutions and Sales Operations for Google Europe.Before Google, Henrique was Sales & Business Development Director for Dell Western Europe Region where he managed sales and operations across 9 countries for all B2B businesses with revenues of $2+bn and 30%+ growth.Early in career Henrique worked for ABB- Asea Brown Boveri in Corporate/Project Finance and in the Private Equity.Henrique holds a MBA from IMD and MSc in Economics/Business Administration from ISEG. He is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.Henrique is also a Board Director of the IAB - Interactive Advertising Bureau – The as industry association, that comprises 500+ leading media and technology companies, to set the agenda to educate marketeers, agencies, media companies and regulators on Interactive Advertising.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 100% |
| Software | 2 | 100% |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Developer Tools | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Country

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Codacy | Codacy is an automated code review tool that helps developers to save time in code reviews and to tackle technical debt efficiently. Developers spend 10%-20% of their time reviewing code. Gartner estimates the global technical debt to grow to $1 Trillion by 2015. Codacy tracks new issues by severity level for every commit and pull requestand allows a hassle free customization of static analysis It provides advanced code metrics on the health of a project and on the performance of teams. | $1.1M | Seed | Oct 16, 2015 |  |
| Do | Do offers a platform that works as one place for all the notes, presentations, docs, and all other collateral to live together. The company gives the user the tools to frame the discussion, ensure things get done, and make decisions clear. | $2M | Seed | Mar 10, 2015 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Caixa Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caixa-capital-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Armilar Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/espirito-santo-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Faber](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faber-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Join Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/join-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [QueensBridge Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/queensbridge-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Target

VC Fund · Minneapolis, United States

Expect the Best. At Target, we have a vision: to become the best: the best culture and brand, the best place for growth and the company with the best reputation. We offer an inclusive, collaborative and energetic work environment that rewards those who perform. We deliver engaging, innovative and on-trend experiences for our team members and ourguests. We invest in our team members' futures by developing leaders and providing a breadth of opportunities for professional development. It takes the best to become the best, and we are committed to building a team that does the right thing for our guests, shareholders, team members and communities. Minneapolis-based Target Corporation serves guests at stores nationwide and at Target.com. Target is committed to providing a fun and convenient shopping experience with access to unique and highly differentiated products at affordable prices. Since 1946, the corporation has given 5 percent of its income through community grants and programs like Take Charge of Education®.

5 contacts available at Target.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Henrique Castro | Member of the Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/henrique-de-castro |
| Laysha L. Ward | Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/laysha-l-ward |
| Ron Tatro | Principal Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ron-tatro |
| Mayur Maheshwari | Senior Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mayur-maheshwari |
| Michael Allon | Android Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-allon |

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## FAQ

### What does Henrique Castro invest in?

Henrique Castro invests primarily in SaaS, Software and B2B startups, most often at Seed 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.

### What is Henrique Castro's check size?

Henrique Castro typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$2M 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 Henrique Castro participates in.

### When did Henrique Castro last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Henrique Castro closed in Oct 2015. Shizune tracks 2 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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