# João Freire de Andrade

> João Freire de Andrade is a seed investor at Start Ventures backing Payments and Analytics. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Start Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-start-ventures)
- Location: Lisboa, Portugal
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfreireandrade/

João Freire de Andrade is a seed investor at Start Ventures in Lisboa focused on Payments and Analytics. João Freire de Andrade is the Executive Director at Start Ventures. He has completed his Under Degree, Economics from Nova School of Business and Economics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Payments | 1 | 50% |
| Analytics | 1 | 50% |
| InsurTech | 1 | 50% |
| Insurance | 1 | 50% |
| Fraud Detection | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Habit | Habit enables contextual, embedded and affinity insurance journeys based on contextual data and real-time decision on which products or coverages to show. The right product at the right time, through the right channel. | $5.3M | Series A | Nov 21, 2022 |  |
| Fraudio | Fraudio assists businesses of all sizes in the payments ecosystem in combating payment fraud and financial crime. It is built on secure, scalable, and future-proof technology, and it takes pride in being the quickest and easiest to integrate with, delivering value from day one.The company was established in 2019, is headquartered in Amsterdam,Netherlands and has an R&D office in Lisbon, Portugal. | $3.3M | Seed | Mar 27, 2021 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bynd Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/busy-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CTT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ctt) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Iberis Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iberis-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SixThirty](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sixthirty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bright Pixel Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sonae-im) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [The Fintech Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-fintech-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Start Ventures

VC Fund · Lisbon, Portugal

Start Ventures is a global early-stage Venture Capital investor in B2B startups in the Financial Services sector.

1 contacts available at Start Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| João Freire de Andrade | Executive Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jo%C3%A3o-freire-de-andrade-c2b4 |

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## FAQ

### What does João Freire de Andrade invest in?

João Freire de Andrade invests primarily in Payments, Analytics and InsurTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 João Freire de Andrade last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for João Freire de Andrade closed in Nov 2022. 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?

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