# Shapers

> Shapers is a VC fund in Lisbon backing FinTech and Software. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shapers-vc/
- Website: https://shapers.com

Shapers is a VC fund in Lisbon focused on FinTech and Software. Shapers is backed by global fintech operators and investing in fintech founders across Europe.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Shapers. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Shapers. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/shapers-b00f?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$17M |
| Series A | $9M–$35M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| FinTech | 5 | 31% |
| Software | 5 | 31% |
| Financial Services | 5 | 31% |
| SaaS | 4 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 13% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 44% |
| Series A | 6 | 38% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 25% |
| Italy | 1 | 6% |
| France | 1 | 6% |
| Austria | 1 | 6% |
| Belgium | 1 | 6% |

8 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Inês Melo e Castro | Associate | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/in%C3%AAs-melo-e-castro |
| Philippe Teixeira da Mota | Co-founder | 62 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philippe-teixeira-da-mota-f163 |
| Thomas Teixeira da Mota | Co-founder | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-teixeira-da-mota |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| Talentir | Content Monetization | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 25, 2026 |  |
| compri | compri uses artificial intelligence (AI) to make your procurement experience easier, faster, and smarter. | $3.6M | Seed | Jun 24, 2026 |  |
| Diligent | Diligent helps fintechs and banks to automate and strengthen risk and compliance operations with large language models. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 04, 2026 |  |
| Klearly | Klearly simplifies payment acceptance for small and medium-sized businesses by transforming smartphones and tablets into secure payment processing devices, allowing businesses to easily take payments. Businesses can focus on what they do best with our all-in-one digital payment solution, while Klearly handles the rest. | $14M | Series A | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Klearly | Klearly helps B2B revenue teams—Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success—by giving them to power to know what has happened, is currently happening, and what to do next to grow revenue. No more vanity metrics or lagging indicators. Klearly leverages machine learning to give B2B marketing the predictive power to know which accounts to prioritize, whatactivities to focus on next, and the expected business impact. It's all about Winfluence. Get ready to see Klearly. | $14M | Series A | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Deblock | Deblock offers banking services to cryptocurrency users.It assists people to cash out their cryptocurrency investments. | $34.6M | Series A | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Saturn AI | AI and Data automation for Wealth Management and operational heavy Financial Services. Saturn automates compliance and operational activities for financial services with purpose-built AI and tech. Founded by ex-banking tech, assetmanagement, regtech & AI leaders and researchers. | $17.2M | Series A | Oct 22, 2025 |  |
| Finary | Finary is a platform that allows everybody to better track and manage their wealth. The company was started in 2020 and is based in Paris, France. | $29.5M | Series B | Sep 18, 2025 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Shapers invest in?

Shapers invests primarily in FinTech, Software and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 16 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Shapers's check size?

Shapers typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$17M at Seed and $9M–$35M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shapers participates in.

### How do I contact Shapers?

Public channels for Shapers include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Shapers?

The team at Shapers includes Inês Melo e Castro (Associate), Philippe Teixeira da Mota (Co-founder) and Thomas Teixeira da Mota (Co-founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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