# Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento

> Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento is a VC fund backing AgTech. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Portugal
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2019
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ifd_sa/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/IFD_FomentoPT
- Website: http://www.ifd.pt

Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento is a VC fund in Porto focused on AgTech and Internet. Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD), with headquarters in Porto, has as its main goal to direct public financial resources, preferentially leveraged by private co-financing, and in particular Financial Instruments (FI) of Equity / Quasi-Equity and Mid- to Long-Term Debt, so that “viable” SME may increase their equity capital andfinance their investments, while developing their activity in industries concerning tradable goods or services, in the start-up, growth or transfer of ownership stages. Created on the 21st of October of 2014 by the Decree-Law No. 155/2014, IFD is a State-owned financial company, registered with the Banco de Portugal under number 316, whose object is to perform operations to mitigate market failures in financing to small and medium enterprises (SME), through the management of investment funds, other autonomous sets of assets or instruments of a similar nature, co-financed by public funds to support the economy, and the performance of credit operations, including issuance of guarantees and other commitments.IFD’s Mission is to design, structure and operationalise financing solutions that address market failures in Portuguese SME access to finance, thus contributing to economic development and to the creation of wealth and employment, with growing volumes of added value.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AgTech | 1 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Logistics | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Frederico Serras Gago | Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frederico-serras-gago |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Agri Marketplace | Agri Marketplace is a B2B cloud based platform for real transactions of agricultural products. We have built a complete digital solution with different added value services: marketplace to buy & sell, logistics services, quality inspections, secure payments and legal support. We believe our project is grounded on values of transparency and fairtrade, and our business model aims to redistribute the value in whole food supply chain, in order to increase returns to those who assume more risks (e.g. farmers) and reduce the amount paid by the agro-industry buyers. We believe the platform’s model we envision is innovative and disruptive. | $658K | Seed | Mar 22, 2019 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [European regional development fund (ERDF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-regional-development-fund-erdf) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Portugal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/portugal-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento invest in?

Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento invests primarily in AgTech, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Portugal. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento?

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### Who are the partners at Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento?

The team at Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento includes Frederico Serras Gago (Chief Investment Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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