Ricardo Jacinto
Managing Partner @ Shilling VC
Lisbon, Portugal
Ricardo Jacinto is a seed investor at Shilling VC in Lisbon focused on Software and PaaS. Ricardo Jacinto joined Shilling in 2013 to be involved in the analysis of investment opportunities, to support the board in the deal process and to follow the investments' development.Since 2008, Ricardo has been involved in Corporate Finance and Private Equity projects, mostly on the Renewable Energy and Infrastructure sectors. Involved inseveral transactions, including a Tender Offer, in the Strategic & Investment Planning of José de Mello. Started his career at Deloitte's Corporate Finance team in Lisbon.Graduated in Business Administration at Nova School of Business and Economics in 2008, and completed his MSc in Corporate Finance in 2011 at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Ricardo Jacinto invests in
Stages Ricardo Jacinto invests in
Countries Ricardo Jacinto invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (38%)
- PaaS 1 (13%)
- Music 1 (13%)
- Energy 1 (13%)
- Computer 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (25%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
- Funding Round 1 (13%)
Country
- Spain 2 (25%)
- Portugal 2 (25%)
- Canada 1 (13%)
- Germany 1 (13%)
Investments
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Algori
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Algori is a data analytics firm that is rethinking the consumer panel for the consumer products sector. | $4.2M / Dec 09, 2025 | |
Musiversal
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They believe that in order to become a top professional and getting recognition for your music, a critical step is to collaborate with others, namely getting other people to help you play and produce your music. It's not just their opinion, for hundreds of years music has been a collaborative art and with the development of DAWs and VST'scollaboration and adding something different and special to your music has become even more crucial as composers try to distinguish themselves from others in an overcrowded landscape.They believe that talent is native and that education will bring composers the skills to articulate their talent. However, in order to make your music really sound like it's meant to be, it's necessary to have the resources to produce and hire others to help and play your music. This requires an investment that can be very expensive many creators can't afford. They're here to make it affordable. | $6M / Series A / Sep 10, 2025 | |
Manie
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Manie is an energy consulting company that helps customers manage their energy needs and offers free comparison and switching services. | $1.1M / Seed / Apr 23, 2025 | |
specter automation
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Construction is the second least digitized sector in the world with 96% of all data being unused. Although detailed planning data is created upfront, a lack of suitable digital tools prevents its transfer to the construction site. SPECTER’s web-based construction management software uniquely incorporates the core components of constructionplanning, reducing the organizational burden on construction management and helping to meet project timelines and budgets. | $5.4M / Seed / Mar 26, 2025 | |
Piper
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Piper is a next-gen sales productivity and intelligence solution that puts AI to work for both sales reps and sales managers.Through its advanced interpretation of sales conversations from video calls, emails and audio notes, Piper automatically populates deal-related fields in the CRM, freeing up sales capacity and ensuring unbiased, highquality data.Piper further lightens the daily workload of salespeople by assisting through every stage of the client engagement: enhancing meeting prep, drafting follow-up emails, scheduling the next call, and more.For sales reps, Piper is a game-changer, letting them focus on selling without the admin drag. For sales directors and revenue ops, Piper provides top-notch data insights into the sales pipeline, enhancing sales forecasting and data-driven decision-making. | $3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 25, 2023 | |
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Algori
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Algori is a data analytics firm that is rethinking the consumer panel for the consumer products sector. | $3.6M / Seed / Jul 07, 2023 | |
Puter
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Puter is a cloud-based virtual computer operating system enabling users to create, store, and edit files remotely. Being a cloud-based platform users are able to access the operating platform through any browser and can also search, preview, sort, and personalize their user Data. | Pre-Seed / May 18, 2023 | |
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Musiversal
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They believe that in order to become a top professional and getting recognition for your music, a critical step is to collaborate with others, namely getting other people to help you play and produce your music. It's not just their opinion, for hundreds of years music has been a collaborative art and with the development of DAWs and VST'scollaboration and adding something different and special to your music has become even more crucial as composers try to distinguish themselves from others in an overcrowded landscape.They believe that talent is native and that education will bring composers the skills to articulate their talent. However, in order to make your music really sound like it's meant to be, it's necessary to have the resources to produce and hire others to help and play your music. This requires an investment that can be very expensive many creators can't afford. They're here to make it affordable. | $1.6M / Seed / Mar 31, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About Shilling VC
Shilling is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders from the start.Shilling invests in a wide range of verticals and seeks out the biggest opportunities across all B2B and consumer categories. Leveraging the concept of Founder LPs, Shilling brings much more than capital and offers through its Shilling Platform, directaccess to successful founders and executives of leading companies. This platform supports entrepreneurs in validating and developing their ventures, which then accelerate their growth into global markets.
Shilling VC Contacts
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Pedro Ramalho Carlos
Partner
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Ricardo Jacinto
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Hugo Gonçalves Pereira
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Hugo Gonçalves Pereira
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Isabel Salgueiro
Head of Platform
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What does Ricardo Jacinto invest in?
Ricardo Jacinto invests primarily in Software, PaaS and Music startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Spain. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Ricardo Jacinto closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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