# Top 25 B2B Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2026

## Caixa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 10
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Faber
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS

Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in outstanding entrepreneurs who innovate at the intersection of science and technology to drive digital transformation and climate action. The firm combines a specialist focus on deep tech early-stage startups with dedicated funds, investment teams and expert advisors to actively help foundersbuild global companies powered by AI/data or climate/ocean technologies.
Faber’s unique approach in Southern Europe is led by an entrepreneurial management partnership and backed by notable thesis-driven institutions and private investors. Investing since 2013, the firm has been an early investor in hard tech companies such as Unbabel, SWORD Health, Codacy, iLoF or YData

## Join Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS

JOIN Capital is an early stage VC focused on pre-Series A investments in Industry 4.0 and enterprise tech. Our portfolio companies are front and center at factories, delivering smart machinery and robotics for high-volume manufacturing. They’re behind the scenes with powerful algorithms for managing global production systems. They rethink andrewire essential processes, with the goal of maximizing human capabilities. We invest in technologies related to core business functions: operations, manufacturing, data analytics, supply chain and software development. We seek innovative solutions to real customer problems that have achieved product-market fit. Technologies we invest in include: machine learning, robotics, cloud computing, IoT, smart sensors.

## Armilar Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

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.

## EQT Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stockholm, Stockholms Lan, Sweden
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totalling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totalling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totalling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris and San Francisco, taking a locals with locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.

## Shilling
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Information Technology, Software

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.

## Pathena
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series C
- Focus: B2B, Marketing, Advertising

Pathena is an investment firm engaged on boosting the success of information technology and digital biomedical companies.

## Innovation Nest
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Innovation Nest invest in early stage B2B SaaS startups from Europe and help them grow from local to global using our network of contacts and strong in-house competencies. It strongly believes that the path to growth leads through Silicon Valley and strongly encourage our portfolio startups to set up presence there. The company supports high-techcompanies to grow faster and scale their business globally.

## Omnes Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Biotechnology, Health Care

Omnes, "Powering Entrepreneurs" is a Leading private equity firm dedicated to energy transition and innovation.

## Investo
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

Investo is a seed capital firm that invests both financial and intellectual capital in technology startups. The firm offers founders 24/7 access to advice and helps scale businesses, as well as provide key talent that may be needed.
Inveseto provides guidance, talent and capital so game-changing companies can scale.

## Workday Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A
- Focus: SaaS, Software, Artificial Intelligence

Workday Ventures helps accelerate innovation by connecting next-generation enterprise technology companies with Workday, customers, and the broader community. Learn more

## Notion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.

## David Peterson
- Type: Angel
- Location: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Internet, Software, B2B

David Peterson

## Isomer Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Isomer's entrepreneurial approach accesses high-potential opportunities through limited partner investments in funds, company co-investments, and providing liquidity to firms and founders via secondary purchases.

## Errol Damelin
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Finance

Errol Damelin is the Founder, CEO, chairman, or original investor and backer of over 75 digital and tech companies around the world, including in the US, the UK, most of Europe, Israel, Indonesia, Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, and Nigeria. He concentrates his efforts on SaaS, fintech, crypto, marketplaces and data analytics as well as on health andwellness. He is also a technologist and has three granted patents to his name with another four pending.Among the companies co-founded by Damelin are groundbreaking fintech company Wonga, and SME banking startup Tide. His early investments include Wise, Cazoo, Purplebricks, K Health, YuLife, Sure, Demyst, Zoe, Farewill, CityMapper, Modifi, UnBabel, Thimble, HiBob, Modifi, Elliptic, Lendingkart, and VivaReal.
Using his own personal equity, Damelin continues to invest early on in the next generation of entrepreneurs so that he can help them succeed. He is not an institutional VC fund and does not maximize the assets under his management. He best describes his approach as Riding Shotgun.Damelin's success as a founder has been recognized by The Guardian, which named him Digital Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011; by Ernst and Young, which named him the UK's Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 as well; and by TechCrunch, which named him Founder of the Year in 2010.

## Henrique Castro
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Software, B2B

Previously, Henrique served as Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! Inc. Additionally, he was elected to join the Board of Directors for Minneapolis-based retailer, Target Corp. on March 13, 2013. Henrique is a senior executive with 20+ years experience in leading companies such as Google, Dell and McKinsey, building, scaling and managing businessglobally.He is recognized by his knowledge of the Media, Internet, Telco/Tech, Retail, Consumer industries and has extensive experience as CEO/GM, CRO, Head of Strategy and Business Development, Sales & Marketing and Operations Lead.Henrique was formerly Google's President of Media, Mobile and Platforms Worldwide with full responsibility $5bn+ full P&L of Google's TV Ads, YouTube Ads, Google Display Network, Mobile Ads, AdMob, AdExchange and DoubleClick business globally. He built and scaled the Display, Mobile and Platforms Business from scratch to turn them it into #1 digital business globally with multi-billion dollar revenue and 2000+ people. In this position he lead the team to launch operations in 40+ countries, hired 1000+ people, acquired and integrated Google’s two largest acquisitions.Prior to this position Henrique lead European Sales & Media Solutions and Sales Operations for Google Europe.Before Google, Henrique was Sales & Business Development Director for Dell Western Europe Region where he managed sales and operations across 9 countries for all B2B businesses with revenues of $2+bn and 30%+ growth.Early in career Henrique worked for ABB- Asea Brown Boveri in Corporate/Project Finance and in the Private Equity.Henrique holds a MBA from IMD and MSc in Economics/Business Administration from ISEG. He is fluent in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Portuguese.Henrique is also a Board Director of the IAB - Interactive Advertising Bureau – The as industry association, that comprises 500+ leading media and technology companies, to set the agenda to educate marketeers, agencies, media companies and regulators on Interactive Advertising.

## LeadX Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: München, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Restaurants, SaaS, Software

Driving digital transformation of consumer industries. As a leading growth capital investor, we combine deep investment experience with commercial reach.

## Wefunder
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce

Wefunder is a crowd investing platform that offers capital raising services. The company's online platform offers investment services to startups through its investors' userbase and disruptive companies can receive amount as small as hundred dollars, enabling companies to grow and develop their businesses.

## Ryan Petersen
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services

Ryan Petersen is the CEO and Founder of Flexport. Prior to starting Flexport to fix the user experience in global trade, Ryan was co-founder and CEO of ImportGenius.com, a data-as-a-service business for global shipping. He holds a degree in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Columbia University.

## Young Guo
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Artificial Intelligence, B2B, Automotive

Prior to joining IDG Capital, Young was a member of the Soros Fund Management in New York from 1996 to 1999, where he was involved in managing a $3 billion private equity fund. In 1996, Young worked for Salomon Brothers in New York, where he participated in securities trading. He worked at W.R. Grace & Co. in Maryland from 1990 to 1995, wherehe led product development and was granted five U.S. patents. Young holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and a B.S. in Applied Chemistry from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

## Kevin Rose
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Mobile, Internet, iOS

Kevin Rose is a partner at True and serial entrepreneur best known for founding Digg and Revision3. Most recently, he founded Oak, a guided meditation app, and Zero, an app for tracking intermittent fasting. In addition to serving on the boards of True portfolio companies, he is a board member for the Tony Hawk Foundation and Harlan Estate. Priorto joining True Ventures, he was an advisor to and general partner at Google Ventures.He has been featured on the cover of Inc. Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, and RedHerring in addition to others. Kevin was named in “Top 25 Angel Investors” by Bloomberg, “Top 25 Web Celebrities” by Forbes, “Top 35 Innovators” by MIT, and “Top 25 Most Influential People on the Web” by Time and Businessweek magazines. He has also appeared on ABC Nightline News, The Jimmy Fallon Show (2011, 2012), and the Charlie Rose show.Kevin interviews experts of all types to learn how to reach peak personal and professional performance while living a minimal and balanced life for his podcast, The Kevin Rose Show.

## Augusta Investments LLC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Mobile, E-Commerce

Seed/Early Technology Investments

## Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein
- Type: Angel
- Location: Pacific Palisades, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, Machine Learning, B2B

Klaus von Sayn-Wittgenstein

## Terrence Rohan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Internet, FinTech

Terrence Rohan is an early-stage investor and the Managing Director of Otherwise, a Founder-Angel Fund that discretely empowers a network of today’s top founders to make multi-stage venture investments. In addition to running the firm’s operations, Terrence also invests from the Fund.Terrence has supported some of the top founders of the lastdecade, typically first investing at the earliest stages. He invested in the seed and growth rounds of Figma, where he also served as the company’s first Board Director, as well as in Notion (seed), Hugging Face (seed), Vanta (seed, growth), Robinhood (seed, growth), Patreon (venture, growth), Front (seed, growth), Pachama (seed), Justworks (seed, fmr Board Observer), Circle (seed), Browser Company (venture), to name a few. Terrence began his venture career in 2010 at Index Ventures, where he co-created and led the firm’s first Seed Fund. He later incubated an Angel Fund for Index, serving as General Partner and Co-Founder. In 2017 he launched Otherwise, a novel Founder-Angel Fund inspired by the one he created for Index.Before becoming an investor, Terrence held various roles in product marketing and development at Google and YouTube from 2005-2010. He holds an MS in Management from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, an MS in Philosophy from The London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University.

## Rob Emrich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Debt Financing
- Focus: Software, Internet, Artificial Intelligence

Rob Emrich - Founder & CEO @ The Mobile Majority

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