# Top 50 FinTech Startup Investors in Portugal in May 2026

## Shilling
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## Accomplice
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, SaaS

Accomplice is a venture firm and contemporary family office. We have been part of the origin story of AngelList, Carbon Black, Coinlist, Currencycloud, DraftKings, FalconX, FLOW, Freshbooks, Integral Ad Science, Hopper, HQO, Luna, Near, Orchard, Patreon, PillPack, Plastiq, Recorded Future, SecurityScorecard, Skillz, Veracode, Work Human, WHOOP, Zoopla, and more. We are also founders behind Accomplice Blockchain and the Spearhead operator-angel movement.

## SVG Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Gatos, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Agriculture, Farming

We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.

## Breega
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: FinTech, Software, Financial Services

VCs use all sorts of tricks to attract the best companies. We do too. But as founders, we know that the main reason you choose an investor to be a part of your journey is because you like them. You trust them. Their values align with yours.

## Placeholder
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized networks and web services.

## Armilar Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## MSM
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Software, B2B

MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.

## Portugal Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 2
- 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.

## Signum Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

They are a Singapore-based firm that exclusively consults in Blockchain-enabled companies. Their mission is to realize the future of Blockchain economy by consulting in game changing projects and companies. They participate in Pre-sale stages of Token Generation Events and Equity investments.

## Greenfield
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Information Technology

We are long-term backers of early developer teams building toward an open, decentralized and more robust architecture of tomorrow’s web.

## ao3
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Americana, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Human Resources, Financial Services

ao3 provides software solutions for digital admission, invoice, business and account management for entrepreneurs and accountants.

## Alex Atallah
- Type: Angel
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Video Games

Alex Atallah is a Co-Founder of OpenSea. Attended Stanford University.

## Dragonfly
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

A cross-border cryptoasset investment firm. Global from day one.

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

## Huobi
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Huobi Global is a global blockchain asset financial services provider including exchange, trade, wallet, and storage. Since its establishment in 2013, Huobi Group has been financed by ZhenFund and Sequoia Capital. Its accumulative turnover has exceeded 1.2 trillion USD and once became the world's largest digital asset exchange with a globalshare of 50%. Currently, Huobi Group has invested in more than sixty upstream and downstream enterprises. Based in Seychelles, Huobi has offices in Singapore, Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, and Hong Kong to deliver its secure and credible digital asset trading and asset management services to millions of users in over 130 countries.

## OKX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mahé, Beau Vallon, Seychelles
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Software

OKX is the second largest global crypto exchange by trading volume and a leading Web3 ecosystem. With monthly Proof of Reserve releases, OKX is trusted by over 50 million global users. OKX is the fastest and most reliable crypto trading app for professional traders everywhere.
- Buy, sell, and trade 350+ tokens with 100+ local currencies
-Duplicate moves from top traders in the industry in just one click
- Explore Web3 and take control of your crypto, NFTs, and digital assets with the OKX WalletWith its extensive range of crypto products and services, and unwavering commitment to innovation, OKX’s vision is a world where financial access is backed by blockchain and the power of decentralized finance.

## Olisipo Way
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Communities

Olisipo Way is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on IT investments. It invests in technology companies with very diverse and complementary skills. The initial portfolio of Olisipo Way comes from the innovation created within the Olisipo through the continuous stimulation of innovation among employees and the incubation of new businessventures.The firm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Lisboa.

## Big Start Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Information Technology

BiG Start Ventures is an early-stage VC investing globally in B2B Fintech, Insurtech, Regtech and Cybersecurity. Onetier Partners, SCR, S.A.

## Moonrock Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Information Technology, Cryptocurrency

Moonrock Capital is a Blockchain Advisory and Investment Partnership based in London and Hamburg.

## Three Arrows Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Three Arrows Capital is a hedge fund manager that provides risk-adjusted returns. The firm was established in 2012 by Su Zhu and Kyle Davies and is headquartered in Singapore, Central Region, Singapore.

## European regional development fund (ERDF)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Grant, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) aims to improve the European Union's economic, social, and territorial cohesion by resolving imbalances across its various regions. ERDF funds initiatives for which the European Commission and national and regional governments in member countries share responsibility. Each member state'sgovernment decides which initiatives to support and is responsible for their continued supervision.

## SharesPro
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Secondary Market, Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence

SharesPro is an independent analyst working on the US stock market, an expert on systematic investment and capital growth.
SharesPro has extensive experience in stock markets and in-depth knowledge of investments, mergers, and acquisitions.
The firm was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation.

## Tue Lumbye
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Sports, FinTech, Software

Tue Lumbye is the Head of Danish Market at Better Collective. He attended Syddansk Universitet - University of Southern Denmark.

## Polychain
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

The emergence of bitcoin and subsequent blockchain technologies has generated a new digital asset class in which scarcity is based on mathematical properties. Through cryptographic verification and game-theoretic equilibrium, blockchain-based digital assets can be created, issued, and transmitted using the software. Polychain Capital is committedto exceptional returns for investors through actively managed portfolios of these blockchain assets.

## 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.

## Solana Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Solana, Misamis Oriental, Philippines
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Solana Ventures' mission is to accelerate the growth of the Solana blockchain and adjacent ecosystems by providing capital to the most promising teams building in the crypto ecosystem.

## Deribit
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ermelo, Gelderland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, FinTech

World's biggest Bitcoin and Ethereum Options Exchange and the most advanced crypto derivatives trading platform with up to 50x leverage on Crypto Futures and Perps.

## Partech
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Partech is a global venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco, Paris, Berlin and Dakar. Partech invests in Internet and information technology startups at seed, venture and growth stages.

## Stableton Financial
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zug, Zug, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Secondary Market, Series C, Series D
- Focus: FinTech, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Challenge the boundaries of conventional investment portfolios. Stableton is a partner for fast-growing companies and founders across FinTech, Consumer, B2B SaaS and Mobility globally, with a focus on Europe and North America.

## Banco de Investimento Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Mobile, GovTech

Banco de Investimento Global, SA is a specialized financial institution which is licensed in all business areas open to the banking sector

## Betwixt Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Drones, Energy, Mobile

Betwixt Ventures focuses on bringing together startups with Venture Capital Investors.By raising a pledge fund exclusively targeting investments on early stage startups with high potential, Betwixt Ventures proposes to add value through the following main activities:•	Origination, screening, negotiation of deal terms, and monitoring of vettedstartups•	Startup follow up, mentoring, consulting and value creation•	Attraction of venture capital funds and placement of further investment rounds•	Attraction of exit opportunities and facilitation of exit processStarting its capital raise in October 2015, the pledge fund will exclusively target investments on early stage startups typically based out of Portugal. At a second stage, it intends to invest also in Spanish and Italian startups. While no particular industry will be ruled out from the investment scope, the pledge fund will tend to focus on the broad technology and energy sectors. As a pre-requisite, it will either invest in startups previously vetted by other Business Angels, or co-invest in them with other seed or venture capital funds as partners. The focus of the pledge fund will be to invest in the gap between seed and series A rounds. Upon the investment at this stage, Betwixt Ventures will seek to attract further institutional investment rounds, internationally.On top of the pledge fund management, Betwixt Ventures will also offer both financial and general advisory services to startups. The former include either the attraction of venture capital funds for placement of further investment rounds, or the attraction of strategic buyers for potential M&A transactions, mainly in the US market. The later encompass 360 degrees consulting to startups, from marketing & sales, to business development and management.

## Possible Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology

Possible Ventures backs ambitious teams building frontier technology to positively impact society. We invest globally in the early stages, actively supporting founders via our collective of global entrepreneurs.

## Schneider Electric Energy Access Asia
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy

Schneider Electric is an investment fund dedicated to early and growth stage ventures in the energy access segment.

## Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: AgTech, Internet, Software

Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD), with headquarters in Porto, has as its main goal to direct public financial resources, preferentially leveraged by private co-financing, and in particular Financial Instruments (FI) of Equity / Quasi-Equity and Mid- to Long-Term Debt, so that “viable” SME may increase their equity capital andfinance their investments, while developing their activity in industries concerning tradable goods or services, in the start-up, growth or transfer of ownership stages.
Created on the 21st of October of 2014 by the Decree-Law No. 155/2014, IFD is a State-owned financial company, registered with the Banco de Portugal under number 316, whose object is to perform operations to mitigate market failures in financing to small and medium enterprises (SME), through the management of investment funds, other autonomous sets of assets or instruments of a similar nature, co-financed by public funds to support the economy, and the performance of credit operations, including issuance of guarantees and other commitments.IFD’s Mission is to design, structure and operationalise financing solutions that address market failures in Portuguese SME access to finance, thus contributing to economic development and to the creation of wealth and employment, with growing volumes of added value.

## 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.

## DeFiance Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Defiance Capital is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) focused cryptoasset fund that combines fundamental research with an activist investment approach.

## Arthur Hayes
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Information Technology

After graduating with a degree in economics from the Wharton School of Business, Arthur lived in Hong Kong as an equity derivatives trader. He was the market-maker for Deutsche Bank and Citibank’s Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) businesses. He also has extensive experience trading equity index futures, forwards, and swaps as well as non-deliverable FXforwards. Arthur brings a deep understanding of how to structure and trade financial derivatives.

## Delphi Digital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

Delphi Digital is a leading cryptocurrency research firm, providing cutting-edge insights and updates to a community of over 30,000 investors and venture firms.

## Terra
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seoul, Seoul-t'ukpyolsi, South Korea
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Initial Coin Offering, Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Terra is a programmable money for the internet that is easier to spend, and more attractive to hold. Available on all leading blockchains.

## NEAR
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, SaaS

Near develops an application platform designed to bring blockchain to a wide variety of mainstream applications.

## Beta-i
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Computer, Software

Beta-i is an organization created to boost entrepreneurship, and its mission is to foster a true innovation culture. We help new and established businesses grow, by offering 360º innovation services with 6 main areas: Acceleration, Events, Consulting, Open Innovation, Education and Investment.Internationally recognized as one of the leadingcompanies in this field, and for running Lisbon Challenge, one of Europe’s most active startup accelerators, since 2010 we have received +5000 applications to our several programs and accelerated over 850 startups, that have raised +65M.

## EDP Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Energy

EDP Ventures is the venture capital arm of EDP. We invest in early-stage startups working in the energy space

## LC Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
- Focus: Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things

We’re an early stage European venture capital firm partnering with globally minded founders.We’re supportive, founder focused, and aim to work together with you as a close and collaborative team of independent thinkers. Along with the support of our entire network, each member of our team brings their own personal experience to the table. Thefirst ticket is up to 200K€ and the total investment in a given startup can be up to 1M€.We decide investments quickly, allowing the founders to get back focusing on growing the business.
Our team and network of international mentors help young startups to scale quickly and to prepare for the next rounds.Our partners have been investing in tech-based startups since 2000 and have a portfolio of more than 100 companies in the USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.

## Bynd Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
- Relevant deals: 1
- 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, ...).

## Inflection
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Inflection is a first check venture capital firm exploring new frontiers. We run nodes, govern DAOs and write code. We invest between $500k-$1.5M initially and have a global mandate.

## CoinFund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

CoinFund is a private cryptoasset investor and blockchain research and advisory firm that focuses on crypto and blockchain investments. The firm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, United States.

## Wintermute
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

A leading algorithmic trading firm focused on building liquid and efficient markets in digital assets.

## Gemini
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Web Design

Gemini makes crypto simple. Find, Trade and Buy over 80 coins including bitcoin on the best cryptocurrency platform. Start trading crypto here.

## Balaji Srinivasan
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

Balaji S. Srinivasan is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Coin Center. He was the CTO of Coinbase and cofounder of Counsyl, Earn, Teleport, and Coin Center. He was previously CEO at Earn.com, which was recently sold to Coinbase. Prior to taking the CEO role at Earn.com, Dr. Srinivasan was a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Prior to joininga16z, he was the cofounder and CTO of Founders Fund-backed Counsyl, where he won the Wall Street Journal Innovation Award for Medicine and was named to the MIT TR35. Dr. Srinivasan holds a BS, MS, and PhD in Electrical Engineering and an MS in Chemical Engineering from Stanford University. He also teaches the occasional class at Stanford, including an online MOOC in 2013 which reached 250,000+ students worldwide.

## Bewater Funds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Secondary Market
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Machine Learning

Venture capital management company with moninvestment funds and liquidity for the investors.

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