Top 20 Sustainability Startup Investors in Portugal
A list of 20 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Sustainability startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sustainability companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.Top 20 Sustainability Startup Investors in Portugal
Investor | Sustainability Portugal investments |
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Portugal Ventures | 8 |
Caixa Capital | 5 |
HCapital Partners | 4 |
MSM | 2 |
G7 Renewable Energies | 1 |
Teak Capital | 1 |
Armilar Venture Partners | 1 |
Acumen | 1 |
FORWARD.one | 1 |
200M | 1 |
Wayra | 1 |
InterCapital Group | 1 |
Marc de Jong | 1 |
Verdane | 1 |
Techstars Autonomous Technology | 1 |
Egis | 1 |
InterCapital | 1 |
Carlos Oliveira | 1 |
Critical Software | 1 |
Korys | 1 |
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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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Portugal, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Glooma — Glooma - We detect breast cancer at an early stage
- Tonic App — Tonic App is a B2C2B digital health company building a professional ecosystem for medical doctors. Tonic App helps medical doctors to diagnose and treat their patients by curating, for them, in a single mobile platform, the best professional resources from peers, publishers, regulatory bodies, recruiters, providers & the industry.
- Yon Living — Yon is creating a next-generation hotel brand based on shared living for people who can live and work from anywhere.
Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
- HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
- Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
- Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.
We are an independent private equity firm, investing in a broad spectrum of companies through dedicated funds.
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Investment focus
- Information Technology, Software, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- LOQR — Increase your business and reduce costs with the best AI-Powered Journey-as-a-Service provider for financial institutions.
- Enline — Technology for Power Systems, TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM OPERATORS, INDUSTRY AND MINING, ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION, INSURANCE AND CONSULTANCY, UTILITIES & POWER GENERATION, ENLINE MONITORING SYSTEM, ENLINE DYNAMIC LINE RATING, ENLINE FAULT LOCATION, ENLINE POWER OPTIMIZATION .
- proGrow — proGrow is a software company focused on sharing and discussing operational results and best practices. The company platform works as an add-on to cover gaps in terms of operational information and management support. It comprises several modules, including KPIs and business intelligence features, powerful workflow engines, collaboration, andcommunication tools across business divisions.proGrow provides a SaaS platform that supports Kaizen and continuous improvement methodologies for industrials sites. They automatically unify all production information from different sources in one simple platform, allowing organizations to end recurring problems and the need for reinventing the wheel over-and-over again.
MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.
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- Information Technology, Software, B2B
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
- Flecto — Flecto is the rental platform that makes businesses thrive in the circular economy. A flexible rental software for all types of businesses.
- WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein
Leaders in renewable energy development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources
- Series A
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- RVE.SOL - Solucoes de Energia Rural — Rural populations forced reliance on biomass and kerosene for their energy needs is causing over 1.6M# deaths per annum. Their lack of access to clean water causes over 5M people to die; 2M of them are children under the age of 5.RVE.SOL's _Changing Rural Life Forever_ initiative is creating alternative, renewable energy choices for therural poor, allowing them to take advantage of natural resources like sunlight, cattle manure and raw water to manage their own way to a better future.Our _KUDURA_ rural village energy hub is community managed; provides communities with potable water, solar electricity, biogas for cooking and organic fertiliser for agriculture.A holistic approach, the solution seeks to target the four areas of rural life that prevalently cause poverty to propagate:1. Access to clean water to obviate transmission of water borne disease2. Access to renewable electricity to obviate the dependance on kerosene for light and improve children's opportunity to study at night3. Access to Biogas to obviate mass destruction of primary forest in a bid to be able to cook food4. Access to fertiliser to reinvigorate over-used soils and so increase quality and quantity of crop harvest for subsistence farmers.Ultimately, this approach seeks to create wealth for rural farmers by offering a choie of more cost effective and efficient services utilising naturally available resources.
Teak Capital is a venture capital management firm based in Malaysia. The company believes in empowering entrepreneurs to think big and at the same time mastering the essential building blocks of managing a business from practicing right governance, holistic understanding of company financials, and seeking opportunities for the business.Teak lendsits expertise and advice in corporate matters and add value by giving new perspective to entrepreneurs in developing and strategizing for their business growth.
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Investment focus
- Baby, Biofuel, Children
- Seed, Series D
- Malaysia, Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
- DigiLens — DigiLens is an innovator in holographic waveguide display technology for extended reality (XR).DigiLens has developed a patented optical platform and photopolymer technology that delivers best-in-class solutions using a unique, low-cost contact-copy manufacturing process. DigiLens enables OEM partners to design and build XR-enabled devices for theglobal automobile, enterprise, consumer, avionics, and military industries.
- BioMimetx — BioMimetx is a biotech startup focused on the development of green antifouling solutions to prevent marine biofouling. The company discovers and owns environmental bacteria that secrete molecules, which are used as natural antimicrobials and algaecides. BioMimetx is based in Cantanhede, Portugal.
- Applecrumby & Fish — Applecrumby & Fish is an online and offline baby store that offers various brands of baby products available both locally and internationally. The baby products are classified under the categories: bath and skincare, food and health, feeding, baby gear, diapers and potty, playroom, maternity, and school.Putto, Brush Baby, Tommee Tippee,Hot-Kid, Nordic Naturals, Annie’s Organic, Zoli, Munchkin, Avent, Clevamama, Attitude, Potette Plus, The First Years, Renova, Peaceable Kingdom, Mega Bloks, Emma-Jane, MooGoo, Stephen Joseph, and Thinkbaby are some of the brands available in Applecrumby & Fish’s stores.Applecrumby & Fish was founded in 2011 and is based in Selangor, Malaysia.
Armilar Venture Partners is Portugal's leading venture capitalist. An independent VC with a 20-year-old history, a high-performance track record and an international footprint, Armilar is a deep-tech investor in ICT, HealthTech and CleanTech.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Portugal, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Bdeo — Bdeo provides a visual intelligence solution designed to change the way customers connect with insurance companies. Its platform enhances the customer journey beginning with underwriting and all the way through the time the claim is processed, also recognizing risks, damage, and providing assessments in real-time, allowing insurance companies todetect fraud or pay customers in the event a claim is approved.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.
- Appentra — The first static code analyzer that increases the performance of C/C++ code. Write hardware-friendly code that runs faster on modern hardware.
- KIT-AR — Reduce time and costs spent fixing errors on your manufacturing shopfloor with quality assurance and augmented reality- Click in to find how!
Acumen is a nonprofit venture fund that invests in early-stage companies bringing critical services like agriculture, clean energy, education, financial inclusion, healthcare and workforce development to low-income communities in 14 countries across East and West Africa, South Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Since 2001, Acumeninvested $128 million in 128 companies that have transformed the lives of over 308 million low-income people.
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Investment focus
- Financial Services, Health Care, Agriculture
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- United States, India, Kenya
Portfolio highlights
- AquaRech — AquaRech includes Farm management that enhances fish production, enables access to the market & promotes equal trade.
- Ampersand — Ampersand catalyzes and power mass-market electric mobility. By supplying the battery swap network and operating system the company makes sustainable mobility rapidly accessible and affordable for developing markets, to improve livelihoods and the environment. With over a million km already covered by e-motorcycles in Africa using our plug-and-playpowertrain and energy network.
- ReCircle — They are a Waste Management service that provides a free doorstep pick-up service for offices, institutions, households and schools to dispose their recyclable waste (Raddi). They further supply this recycled waste to authorized recycling centres, ensuring safety and sustainability.
We are a leading non-profit establishing new relationships between agriculture and nature. Protecting the natural world and treasured wildlife.
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- Semiconductor, Information Technology, Audio
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- The Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
- Aito — We are developers of patented and award-winning Piezo Sensing and Haptics technology who are on a mission to offer unparalleled user experience by bringing surfaces to life with tactile feedback to help consumer electronics brands create new and innovative products, offering differentiation in a crowded marketplace.
- Nuventura — Nuventura developed GIS switchgear that replaces SF6 with air, while at the same time, building on all the advantages of SF6 switchgear.
- Sensorfact — Sensorfact offers smart energy savings in the manufacturing industry. The company is a smart advisor for the industry who translates sustainability to day-to-day language and specific actions. No complex sensor technology, no complex software and no complex business models. We make sustainability understandable and transparant.
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, Internet, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Portugal, Brazil, France
Portfolio highlights
- Zenklub — Zenklub is the place where everyone can challenge themselves to live better. Its mission is to change the way people see and devote their time to caring for their own emotional well-being.
- Sound Particles — A CGI-like software for Sound Design, capable of using particle systems to generate thousands of sounds in a virtual 3D world
- Eneida — Operational Analytics LV Apps, software and smart sensor for LV Network Monitoring, Control, and Visibility
Wayra is a globally connected and technological open innovation hub in the world. We currently operate in 10 countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Germany, Mexico, Peru, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Venezuela.Through Telefónica our global presence allows us to be at the helm of innovation, shoulder to shoulder with drivenentrepreneurs and in a position to engage the right partners and leaders of industries for business. Our mission is clear, to connect innovators with Telefónica and generate joint business opportunities. We are the interface between Telefónica and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the globe because innovation makes good business sense.
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
- Spain, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
- GrabrFi — GrabrFi provides access to US banking and all of its resources and possibilities and finances, life to the next level.
- Remuner — Remuner's variable pay software automates sales commission systems, integrating company and employee objectives and incentives. Its commission management platform leverages AI and analytics to improve performance.
- Depasify — The all in one platform for dealing with digital assets. Reduce costs and time to market in a secure way.
InterCapital Group provides management consulting and business advisory services to a wide range of companies, executives management teams and startups. We have the capacity to assist our clients in a variety of ways including business strategy, marketing plans, product development, angel investment or venture capital raises, social mediaconsulting, human resources, operational improvement, developing or strengthening a executive team or advisory board .The InterCapital Group typically works with clients and companies with less than $10 million on annual revenue. Current and past clients consist of companies from many sectors including financial services, consumer web, high-tech, software, mobile, media, communications, retail, hospitality, consumer products, consumer services, social media, nonprofits, insurance and wealth management.
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Investment focus
- Biofuel, Biotechnology
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- BioMimetx — BioMimetx is a biotech startup focused on the development of green antifouling solutions to prevent marine biofouling. The company discovers and owns environmental bacteria that secrete molecules, which are used as natural antimicrobials and algaecides. BioMimetx is based in Cantanhede, Portugal.
Marc de Jong has had an extremely successful career with Phillips where he was previously a member of the Royal Philips Group Management Committee. He was CEO of various divisions within Philips and CEO of the automotive and identification businesses of NXP Semiconductors before beginning his own management consultancy. Marc de Jong holds aMasters in Physics and Mathematics from the Free University of Amsterdam, further qualifications in Economics and two MBA’s, one from the University of Rochester in the United States and another from the Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
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- Sensor, Software, Wind Energy
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Fibersail — Fibersail redefines the knowledge on wind farms, through a reliable and cost-efficient shape sensor able to monitor each deflection.
The preferred growth partner to tech-enabled businesses in Northern Europe.
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- E-Commerce, Software, Information Technology
- Funding Round, Private Equity, Series A
- Sweden, Norway, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Jobylon — Jobylon is a social recruiting and hiring software with the purpose of liberating the hiring managerJobylon aims to provide the easiest way for companies to create and share beautiful job ads, manage candidates with their team and hire the right person with one simple tool.The recruitment industry has stayed unchanged for too long whilstthe need for a simple and efficient tool has increased. Our mission is to change recruitment as you know it!Sign up for your free account on www.jobylon.com
- Meltwater — Discover how Meltwater helps PR and marketing teams monitor media coverage across both news and social media and enhance brand management.
- Ingrid — Ingrid was founded with a mission to create delivery experiences that fit people's lives by letting e-commerce businesses deliver sustainable growth and giving shoppers the power to personalize delivery and returns. The result is a better overall customer experience and greater efficiency for both the retailer and the delivery carrier.
Investment focus
- CleanTech, Manufacturing, Nanotechnology
- Seed, Pre-Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Guardion, Inc —
- OmniPreSense —
- GRAPHENEST — Graphenest is a nanotechnology company focused on high-value graphene-based solutions for advanced composites and functional coatings & inks markets.
Egis is an international engineering, assembly and project management group. In engineering and consulting, he works in the fields of transport, city, building, industry, water, environment and energy.
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Investment focus
- Energy, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources
- Series A
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- RVE.SOL - Solucoes de Energia Rural — Rural populations forced reliance on biomass and kerosene for their energy needs is causing over 1.6M# deaths per annum. Their lack of access to clean water causes over 5M people to die; 2M of them are children under the age of 5.RVE.SOL's _Changing Rural Life Forever_ initiative is creating alternative, renewable energy choices for therural poor, allowing them to take advantage of natural resources like sunlight, cattle manure and raw water to manage their own way to a better future.Our _KUDURA_ rural village energy hub is community managed; provides communities with potable water, solar electricity, biogas for cooking and organic fertiliser for agriculture.A holistic approach, the solution seeks to target the four areas of rural life that prevalently cause poverty to propagate:1. Access to clean water to obviate transmission of water borne disease2. Access to renewable electricity to obviate the dependance on kerosene for light and improve children's opportunity to study at night3. Access to Biogas to obviate mass destruction of primary forest in a bid to be able to cook food4. Access to fertiliser to reinvigorate over-used soils and so increase quality and quantity of crop harvest for subsistence farmers.Ultimately, this approach seeks to create wealth for rural farmers by offering a choie of more cost effective and efficient services utilising naturally available resources.
InterCapital is an investment firm focused on early-stage ventures. InterCapital cooperates with outstanding Entrepreneurs, promoting innovative ideas and business models, leading to positive social and environmental impact.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Human Resources, Biofuel
- Funding Round, Seed
- United Kingdom, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Benivo — Increase satisfaction for employees and HR by >50% NPS. Save 30-70% on costs.
- Benivo — Increase satisfaction for employees and HR by >50% NPS. Save 30-70% on costs.
- BioMimetx — BioMimetx is a biotech startup focused on the development of green antifouling solutions to prevent marine biofouling. The company discovers and owns environmental bacteria that secrete molecules, which are used as natural antimicrobials and algaecides. BioMimetx is based in Cantanhede, Portugal.
Carlos Oliveira
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Investment focus
- Sensor, Software, Wind Energy
- Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- Fibersail — Fibersail redefines the knowledge on wind farms, through a reliable and cost-efficient shape sensor able to monitor each deflection.
With a heritage in safety critical software development, testing and verification & validation, we provide technology you can trust.
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- FinTech, CleanTech, Crowdfunding
- Pre-Seed
- Portugal
Portfolio highlights
- GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
Korys is the name chosen by the Colruyt family for their investment structure. The name Korys is derived from the Latin word for hazelnut tree – Corylus - which is at the origin of the Colruyt name.Their multi-disciplinary approach enables us to create a well-balanced, diversified portfolio of listed stocks and bonds, private equity funds, anddirect participations in small and medium-sized companies. Through their investments, they aim to make a positive impact on people and the planet, while generating attractive returns. A “three P” approach (People, Planet, Profit) forms the cornerstone of their investment strategy. They invest for the long term, as they realize that it takes time to achieve the sustainable impact they are aiming for. They focus their investments in sectors in which they have built substantial expertise as a team: Cleantech, consumer goods & retail and life sciences.
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- Biotechnology, Information Technology, E-Commerce
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- Belgium, The Netherlands, India
Portfolio highlights
- Ampacimon — Ampacimon develops dynamic line rating systems for transmission and distribution systems operators. Ampacimon’s products address grid infrastructure challenges such as aging assets, transmissions congestion, renewable integration, interconnectors.
- Aphea.Bio — Aphea.Bio will develop next generation ‘biopesticides’ based on natural microorganisms. These products will provide an alternative for chemical pesticides, which are currently under serious pressure. In addition, the company will develop novel ‘biostimulants’, i.e. microorganisms that stimulate crop growth, for example through promoting the uptakeof nutrients from the soil.
- Sahyadri Farms — Sahyadri Farms is a farmer producer and agricultural company.
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