Top 5 Local VC Funds & Investors in Portugal (May 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Portugal Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Portugal, United States, France | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $107k–$1.6M |
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Faber
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, Machine Learning, SaaS | $433k–$9M |
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Caixa Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal, United States, Spain | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Health Care | $107k–$24M |
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Shilling
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal, Spain, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Internet, Information Technology, Software | $200k–$24M |
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Bynd Venture Capital
VC Fund
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1 | Portugal, Spain, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, Health Care | $465k–$3.5M |
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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.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 159
- Round size: Seed $107k–$1.6M; Pre-Seed $107k–$643k
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2018
Portfolio highlights
- HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
- MyCareforce — The platform that connects nurses to available shifts.
- Floating Particle — Floating Particle is a technology and innovation company that drives an innovative solution for waste management and clean energy. Floating Particle specializes in IoT, Big Data and Machine Learning to provide cutting-edge technology to the customers.
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
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- Industry: Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Portugal, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 45
- Round size: Seed $433k–$3.2M; Pre-Seed $536k–$1.5M; Series A $5M–$9M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $22M in 2020
Portfolio highlights
- Kern AI — Kern AI offers services in the field of natural language processing that enable a range of interaction modes between humans and machines. They manage natural language products, ETL pipelines, and workflows. The company's contact modes are mail and physical address.
- subdron — subdron focuses on data processing in underwater inspections and autonomous underwater navigation.
- 1s1 Energy — 1s1 Energy is developing material technology for PEM water electrolysis systems for green hydrogen production. The company's mission is to develop viable and scalable solutions to reduce carbon emissions within the decade. 1s1 Energy Inc. was founded in 2019 by Daniel Sobek, Sukanta Bhattacharyya, and T. Don Tilley.
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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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, United States, Spain
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $107k–$2.5M; Series A $696k–$24M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
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.
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.
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- Industry: Internet, Information Technology, Software
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $214k–$5M; Pre-Seed $200k–$3.2M; Series A $2.4M–$24M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Algori — Improving FMCG growth with the fastest and most granular insights from 45,000 shoppers in Spain
- Cargofive — Cargofive is the digital solution that will allow your freight forwarder to access to maritime rates from different providers in one place.
- MyCareforce — The platform that connects nurses to available shifts.
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, ...).
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Portugal, Spain, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 44
- Round size: Seed $465k–$3.5M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $11M in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- Ukio — Artfully designed fully furnished apartments available for extended stays
- Trebellar — Trebellar provides advanced data analytics for building occupancy, energy efficiency, and climate optimization. Maximize your workplace productivity with our intelligent building solutions.
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