Top 15 Retail Startup Investors in Portugal in July 2025
A list of 15 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Retail startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Retail companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.Top 15 Retail Startup Investors in Portugal in July 2025
Investor | Retail Portugal investments |
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REDangels | 2 |
WISENEXT | 1 |
Kamay Ventures | 1 |
EDP Ventures | 1 |
Bright Pixel (formerly Sonae IM) | 1 |
Portugal Ventures | 1 |
Bynd Venture Capital | 1 |
Metro | 1 |
Techstars Ventures | 1 |
200M | 1 |
Lince Capital | 1 |
Explorer Investments | 1 |
Iberis Capital | 1 |
Ideias Glaciares | 1 |
Seaya | 1 |
They believe the unbelievable and trust the untrustable.
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Investment focus
- Internet of Things, Mobile, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Portugal, Poland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- HypeLabs — HypeLabs is the company that created the Hype SDK, an interoperable mesh networking software that improves connectivity on all kinds of devices, from mobile to desktop to IoT, allowing them to connect even when there is no internet. The software works by intelligently connecting devices in local mesh networks using existing connectivitytechnologies, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa and others. This network enables content to securely hop between devices, until it reaches a destination or an Internet exit point, improving range and deliverability.Founded in 2016, the company is located in San Francisco (USA), Porto (Portugal), London (UK) and Krakow (Poland). AngelPad #10 (Spring '16) alumni & Deutsche Telekom WARP alumni.
- Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
- Sensefinity — Sensefinity The Blockchain IoT Transformation Company Building the Internet of Cargo Where Assets autonomously connect to processes
WiseNext is a venture and smart capital investment company. We focus on helping young entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that have an impact on our society, providing capital, knowledge and networking.
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Investment focus
- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
- Volup — Volup is a premium food delivery app that partners exclusively with top-tier chefs and restaurants.
- Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.
Kamay Ventures is the first corporate venture capital fund open to multiple corporations.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Lending, Restaurants
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Mexico, Colombia
Portfolio highlights
- Kilimo — Kilimo is a Big Data solution for water management in agriculture.. It features climate monitoring by using satellite and site data to provides prescription for each crop and increase water use efficiency. The company was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cordoba, Argentina.
- Altscore — AltScore offers Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) tools for MSMB lending that provide cutting-edge underwriting, client experience, and smart collections.
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Energy
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, Portugal, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- Captura — Captura is harnessing the power of the ocean to heal the climate through Direct Ocean Capture technology.
- Splight Tech — Splight is an Artificial Intelligence Company, that creates Artificial Energy, the greenest energy ever made. Artificial Energy is energy that would have not been generated but for the application of digital solutions to existing power infrastructure. Running over a proprietary, powerful and transparent digital platform, Artificial Energyproduction leverages the unutilized capacity of the grid to generate energy combining big data capture and processing with state-of-the-art technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and cloud computing. We create expanded pools of benefits for our clients by increasing revenues, reducing operating and maintenance costs, eliminating or delaying capital expenditures, lowering the cost of capital, and ultimately increasing profitability while directly contributing to the full decarbonization of the energy industry.
- Mixergy — Hot water is central to energy management. We help homes, buildings, and utilities transition to a cleaner, more resilient future.
Sonae IM is the corporate venturing arm of Sonae (retail and telco group), which is focused on investing in tech-based companies. The company invests in a broad range of companies related to Sonae's core, joining funding with a strategic profile.With a flexible investment style and approach, Sonae IM leverages on its technology expertise,brand capital, and access to a global network. The company supports companies to achieve success with an internal pool of experts, which supports portfolio management.Sonae has been developing different corporate venturing initiatives for long, namely revenue assurance leader WeDo (2001) and Mainroad spin-off (2003) and subsequent successful exit (2014). Moreover, after deciding that Cyber security was an interesting area, it invested in Spanish cyber security company s21sec (2014). Another critical space for retailers, location analytics, led to the investment in Movvo (2014).Since the official launch of Sonae IM in late 2015, the company invested in InovRetail (demand forecasting for retailers), StyleSage (fashion tech predictive analytics) and Sysvalue (cyber security add on for s21sec). Additionally, Sonae IM got involved in the acquisition of Novo Banco's stakes in 3 funds managed by ES Ventures and launched Bright Pixel (company builder studio). Sonae IM was officially founded in 2015, but corporate venturing initiatives within Sonae are in Sonae's DNA for longer and led to what Sonae IM is today. The company is based in Porto, Portugal.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- United States, Spain, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Trustero — Trustero provides solutions and services that enable demonstrable, sustainable trustworthiness for emerging enterprises. The Trustero Compliance as a Service (CaaS) offers, establishes, and manages regulatory compliance by undertaking vulnerability assessments, security risk analyses, and other measures to ensure all business processes and systemsremain in full compliance. Artificial intelligence (AI) and other modern technologies means their clients have the visibility needed to gain actionable insights into their compliance across the extended enterprise.
- Brij — With one-touch, BRIJ allows consumers to gain product info, care instructions and discounts while you gain a deeper understanding of your consumer. Apps, paper manuals and hassles not required.
- FlowFuse — FlowFuse is the Industrial Application Platform that empowers teams to build, deploy and manage applications that optimize industrial operations.
Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Hoopers — Global basketball community platform connecting players, fans and enthusiasts through products, contents, experiences and NFTs.
- Winalist — Discover and book curated wine tours, tastings, and exclusive wine and spirits experiences across Europe and the US. Explore top vineyards and enjoy personalized recommendations with Winalist.
- Corium Biotech — Corium Biotech is an R&D company dedicated to the bioproduction of exotic leather destined to answer the current leather market needs for performant materials that respect both the environment and animal wellbeing.
Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Health Care
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Portugal, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Dealcar — DEALCAR is a company that digitalizes the used car market through a SaaS platform, enabling fully digital transactions. This platform creates a network effect benefiting dealers, partners, and customers. • Dealers: Increase revenue by selling extra products and boost sales by reducing turnover time. • Partners: Distribute products at the pointof sale without marketing expenses, lowering operational costs. • Consumers: Purchase a used car easily in just three steps, enjoying a smooth, trusted process similar to renting but with the benefits of owning a car.
- nuuEnergy — nuuEnergy is a tech-enabled solution aiming to revolutionize the heat pump installation industry. By leveraging technology and industry expertise, we streamline the purchasing and installation process. Our unique approach, refinanced through innovative strategies, promotes a self-reliant and carbon-neutral lifestyle for all our customers.
- Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.
METRO GROUP is a Germany-based holding company and international retailing company. It operates numerous outlets in various countries in Europe, Africa and Asia. The Company operates a portfolio of sales brands, which offers a range of services for private and commercial customers. The portfolio comprises Metro Cash & Carry brand, which isactive in the self-service wholesale industry, Real hypermarkets brand, which operates the Real stores across Europe offering both food and non-food products; Media Markt brand, which is active on the European market in the consumer electronics retailing industry; Saturn brand, which operates consumer electronics stores and Galeria Kaufhof brand, under which the Company operates department stores in Germany and Belgium. The Company is also engaged in the real estate operations (Metro Properties), logistics (Metro Logistics), Information Technology (Metro Systems) and advertising services.
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Investment focus
- Hospitality, Restaurants, Retail
- Series A, Seed, Series C
- Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- orderbird — The iPad POS system orderbird POS is a complete POS solution that is ideal for bars, restaurants and clubs. The cash register system can be individualized according to your needs. It will send the waiter's orders directly & wireless to the kitchen and bar. The iPad POS system will provide detailed reports per day, month, waiter and shift.The system operates via WiFi with pre-configured printers that are available in the orderbird store. orderbird POS is the perfect combination of low costs and high performance.orderbird was founded in 2011 by Jakob Schreyer, Bastian Schmidtke, Patrick Brienen and Artur Hasselbach with the goal of establishing a more affordable and intuitive POS system that fits the real needs of the modern catering industry. The fast-growing company is currently home to more than 100 employees at its Berlin location. Over 5,000 customers — restaurants, cafés, bars, clubs, ice cream shops and beer gardens — in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland are already using the orderbird POS system.
- Retail Media Group — Retail Media Group GmbH (RMG) is a cross-industry marketing platform for retail data. RMG monetizes retail and customer insights from leading retailers such as Media Markt, Saturn, real, Thalia and Metro. Based on these data, RMG enables advertisers to address their respective target audiences individually and without scatter losses. With a digitalreach from more than 60 million IDs, it is a leading partner in the European trade sector. RMG is the Center of Competence when it comes to the effective handling of customer insights in retail marketing compliant with data protection regulations. Furthermore, the company strives to advance the digital transformation of the trade industry.
Techstars helps founders succeed. Through our global accelerators, we invest in early-stage startups led by founders building a better future for everyone.
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Investment focus
- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada
Portfolio highlights
- MD Ally — MD Ally allows dispatchers and first responders to connect non-emergent calls to telehealth, in-network resources, social services & more in real-time.
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- Viva — Landlords use Viva to grow a property's online reputation, improve renter behavior, reward residents to increase renewals, create loyalty, drive more referrals, reduce vacancy, increase profits by up to 9%
200M is a Portuguese public fund of 200 million euros designed to co-invest with the best VCs from around the world in startups which are growing their business out of Portugal.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Therapeutics
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, Brazil, France
Portfolio highlights
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- Coverflex — Coverflex is on a mission to improve the way companies compensate their people, making it more transparent, flexible and easier for everyone to make the most of what they get. Through a fully digital solution, Coverflex helps companies manage every part of compensation beyond salary — benefits, insurance, meal allowance and exclusive discounts —while empowering people to spend on what suits them best.
- Sound Particles — A CGI-like software for Sound Design, capable of using particle systems to generate thousands of sounds in a virtual 3D world
Lince Capital is an independent venture capital company. Lince Capital was born from the experience of a family group with over 30 years of experience in managing investment funds in various business areas, including real estate, infrastructure, agriculture, and telecommunications.Lince Capital is distinguished by its personalized and excellentsupport, close and direct relationship with each of its investors and business partners, and the dedication of an experienced and dynamic team.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round
- Portugal, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
- pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.
Founded in 2003, Explorer is Portugals leading independent management company of alternative assets, with a reputation for outstanding quality, in-depth experience and an excellent track record.
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Investment focus
- Manufacturing, Retail, Restaurants
- Private Equity, Seed, Funding Round
- Portugal, Spain, Brazil
Portfolio highlights
- ETHIACK — Identify vulnerabilities before they get exploited. We combine Machine and Human Ethical Hacking for both in-depth and in-breadth security testing.
- eSelf AI — Design lifelike AI avatars and video chatbots that speak 30+ languages. eSelf AI helps you scale your business and boost engagement with innovative video tools.
- Jove Insurance — Jove provides business and protection insurance to contractors, freelancers and SMEs, powered by tech and driven by social good.
Iberis is an investment manager that operates a value-oriented investment management.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
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- D-Orbit — End-to-end services for the New Space industry, including platform engineering, launch and deployment, and decommissioning.
- Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
- Tryp.com — Find the best travel deals with artificial intelligence. Our algorithm connects flights, trains, and buses for perfect trips with matching hotels.
Ideias Glaciares
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Investment focus
- Wellness, SaaS, Mobile Apps
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- Replai — Without data, creative choices are just guesswork. Replai helps you understand the difference between a creative that your audience acts on and one that is just another scroll.
- sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
- MIGHTY — MIGHTY is a maker of healthy food fridges for the workplace. Their healthy food fridges use a software platform that organizes and coordinates logistics with local storage and distribution partners.
Leading European VC investing in exceptional entrepreneurs who build global tech companies. Seaya currently manages +€600M across 5 funds
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Spain, France, Mexico
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- Samara — Samara is a cleantech company.
- Resilience — Resilience Care is building a software-based solution for cancer treatment providers and patients.
- Passionfruit — Join hundreds of the best startups around the world and use Passionfruit to hire freelance marketing specialists on-demand.
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