# Top 25 Biotechnology Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2026

## Portugal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 8
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm that is part of the Banco Português de Fomento group, currently manages 170 million euros and has more than 130 portfolio companies. It invests in startups in the pre-seed, seed and series A stages that offer innovative solutions for the international market in the digital, engineering&industry, lifesciences, and tourism sectors. Since 2012, Portugal ventures has invested 164 million euros in 147 new businesses.

## Caixa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 6
- 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.

## Bynd Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care

Bynd Venture Capital, former Busy Angels, is a Portuguese venture capital investor with more than 30 active investments in the portfolio in different funds. At Bynd Venture Capital we invest in companies:
- At the seed / early stage
- In IT/Digital and Sustainability (including Lifesciences, Clean Tech, among others) sectors
- FromPortugal, Spain and any startup that has a direct connection with these markets (founders, tech team, investors, ...).

## Armilar Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 3
- 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.

## Critical Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Coimbrã, Leiria, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Medical, Computer, Genetics

We invest in game-changing companies with the power to transform the way the world uses technology.

## InterCapital Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biofuel, Biotechnology

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.

## Jeremy Hendon
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Big Data

Jeremy Hendon

## Beta Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: VoIP, Software, Wireless

We support innovative tech ventures to unlock its potential by providing smart funding and hands-on advisory.

## Artesian VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Artesian Capital Management is an alternative investments management company, which was spun out of ANZ Banking Group's capital markets business in 2004, with backing from ANZ Private Equity. Artesian's founding partners, purchased ANZ's stake in 2005. The company has subsequently been fully owned by partners and staff. Since 2004,Artesian has managed specialised funds focused on credit arbitrage and relative-value strategies across global financial markets. In 2008, while continuing to manage credit relative value investment strategies from its New York, London and Singapore offices, Artesian began to make principal investments in seed/early-stage ventures from its offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai. In 2011, Artesian launched the first of its early stage venture capital funds and now manages AUD +255m. Artesian's VC strategy is to partner with best of breed accelerators, incubators, angel groups and university programs. In 2017, Artesian launched its China VC Fund with a USD 50m cornerstone investment industry super fund Hostplus. Artesian will soon launch a Southeast Asia VC Fund.

## Social Impact Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Video, Medical

SIF provides financial support for public charities & acts as a fiscal agent for charities and foundations.

## StartUp Health
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical

Organizing and investing in a global army of entrepreneurs committed to achieving health moonshots

## Ganexa Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Wellness

Ability to open doors on opportunities (potential clients/strategic partners/suppliers/etc). Add market credibility, something missing in many start-ups.Know-how that can save you time, money and unnecessary stress and worry. Ability to complement the existing management team, filling gapsThey understand the difficulties andhardships of starting and building a business. They are motivated to work with you on the building process, and not just wait for the end result

## InterCapital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Human Resources, Biofuel

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.

## Fairjourney Biologics
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Corporate Round
- Focus: Biotechnology

FairJourney Biologics, a fee-for-service company, was founded in 2012 and has been profitable since 2013. The fast growth coupled to financial independence is a market validation of the excellence in antibody discovery and engineering and a guarantee of stable and strong partnerships.

## Boost VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Virtual Reality, Blockchain

Boost VC: The Pre-Seed Fund Making Sci-FI a Reality. Investing in crypto, virtual reality, augmented reality, AI, Ocean Tech, Space Tech, human augmentation, exoskeletons and more.

## WISENEXT
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet

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.

## Nina Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Medical

We deploy early stage capital to fuel the growth of need-driven health technology companies.

## Bionova Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Biotechnology, Hospital, Health Care

Bionova Capital, previously known as Hovione Capital, is a healthcare-focused venture capital firm, investing in early-stage life science companies. It was founded in 2015 by the shareholders of Hovione, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in Portugal, with manufacturing and research operations in USA, Ireland, China and Portugal. BionovaCapital invests in groundbreaking therapeutics, medtech and digital health startups across Europe.

## Teak Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series D
- Focus: Biofuel, Wearables, Biotechnology

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.

## Shilling
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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.

## Scott MacMillan
- Type: Angel
- Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Big Data

Scott MacMillan

## Michael Chang
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Big Data

Michael Chang

## Pedro Lourenço
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Consumer, Analytics, Insurance

Pedro Lourenço

## Green Innovations
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Medical, Genetics, Health Care

International, Life Sciences, Biotechnology

## ChangePartners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Medical, Therapeutics, Biotechnology

ChangePartners is an independent company dedicated to mid-size transactions in the Iberian market.
They develop high value added solutions specific to each particular situation , offering a fair and unbiased opinion. Their independence guarantees no conflicts of interest. Their small size and focus ensures full dedication to each transaction.

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