Top 35 Web3 Startup Investors in Portugal (October 2023)

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• Chord — Chord is the leading composable commerce platform for omnichannel or direct-to-consumer companies. Commerce data intelligence, recommendations, and modularity.
• Didimo — Didimo creates realistic high-fidelity digital humans. Simple, fast, accurate user-generated avatars to integrate into your app, game or site.
• 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.

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• 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.

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• 0xPass — Frictionless auth and login for your dapp
• D3 Labs — D3 Labs is to simplify and empower finance through seamless blockchain adoption, delivering confidence and benefits to individuals and organizations alike.
• Airstack — Every day there are millions of blockchain transactions. Airstack makes sense of them.

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• TAIKAI Labs — A platform to decentralize organization development and innovation through hackathons, bounties, grants and tech challenges.
• Upland — Play. Earn. Connect & Rebuild The World
• Twinsity — Twinsity is the state-of-the-art 3D visual software for your massive reality capture projects.We offer an all-in-one high-performance and intuitive technology solution for creating stunning high-res visualizations of your 3D models. Discover your high-quality digital twins immersively and in real time, create amazing showcases for presentationsand use the new technology to perform virtual inspections. With our powerful software solution, inspections can be carried out in a faster, secure and more accurate way - to enrich the work of engineers, contractors and inspectors. Twinsity helps businesses drive expanding and promoting their digitalization work, to enable a new, safer and more collaborative way of working. Stunning 3D experiences and a variety of effective features provide the application of Twinsity in a wide range of industries - including inspections, cultural heritage, restorations, planning or simulation.Discover the advantages of the digital world for your work with Twinsity!

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• Nametag — Nametag is a digital collector lens to search the internet for collectors, view their NFTs and Nokens, and badges.
• Light Protocol — Light allows developers to build Private Solana Programs. Build on-chain games, encrypted order books or fast payments. Custom-built for Solana.
• Syndicate — Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network.

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• Appentra — The first static code analyzer that increases the performance of C/C++ code. Write hardware-friendly code that runs faster on modern hardware.
• StudentFinance — Catapult your career with leading re-skilling and up-skilling bootcamps. Study now and pay us back once you land a job & start earning!
• Miles in the Sky — Embark on a journey with Miles to upgrade your learning experiences. Our unique model provides a better way to increase learner engagement and improve knowledge retention.

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• Rise — We make it easy for you to find, hire, pay, and manage contractors internationally while ensuring full compliance. Pay your team in fiat or crypto.
• Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.
• Intuition — Intuition provides decentralized infrastructure, developer tools, and applications enabling the creation of an open, flexible knowledge graph enhancing the quality and availability of social knowledge.

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• Finst — Finst is een veilige crypto exchange waar je 40+ cryptos kunt kopen en verkopen tegen de laagste tarieven. Koop Bitcoin en altcoins bij het beste crypto platform.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• Greeks.live — Greeks.live is an ever-adapting trading tools solution provider to crypto options traders. We listen and quickly respond to clients' needs. Our mission is to make crypto options trading easier and more seamless.

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• Lens Protocol — Lens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users.
• Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.
• Snowstorm — Snowflake is decentralized and is deployed as a pluggable transport for Tor.

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• Induced AI — Induced AI works to automate browser tasks. It runs a cloud to complete manual tasks on a browser with human-like reasoning capabilities.
• Parallax — Receive money as if you were abroad. Save big with best rates and lowest fees. Withdraw instantly.
• Proof of Play — We are a team of veteran game developers and entrepreneurs creating onchain games and open source technology. Our vision is simple: to create generation-defining games that fundamentally grant power and ownership to the players who play them.

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• ShapesXR — ShapesXR is a provider of a web-based platform for content creation and collaboration for VR applications.
• Space DOTS — The first modular pico-labs for active in-space testing of advanced materials, from LEO to Cis-lunar and Interplanetary orbits.
• Cascade Biocatalysts — Cascade Biocatalysts is built on a novel way to immobilize enzymes. Our technology keeps enzymes active and stable under difficult industrial conditions.

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• Elusiv — Elusiv offers compliance in mind with next-generation privacy solutions for a better Web3.
• SuiPad — SuiPad is an IDO&INO platform, with selected projects, flexible whitelist, and fair level as the core positioning.
• Arcade2earn — Arcade2earn is the GameFi platform that gives its community the opportunity to earn access to the ecosystem.

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• UXUY — UXUY is the easiest and most secure decentralized exchange built on MPC wallet. Begin your Web3 journey with the native DEX and start making money today.
• Safeheron — Safeheron is a platform that enables open and transparent self-custody of digital assets.
• Volare Finance — Volare Finance provides a transparent, trustless, and convenient decentralized option trading without intermediaries.

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• Kaleidoco — KALEIDOCO is a technology company built for Web3 experiences.
• Supermojo — Supermojo is building the embedded customer lending experiences to power the growth of NFTs as a powerful new asset class.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.

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• Guildx — GuildX - It is an ecosystem for gaming guilds (Play to Earn games players) and investors. It is a comprehensive tool consisting of a software solution and a set of decentralized solutions for gaming guilds for management and monetization.
• Opolis — Opolis is next-gen Digital Employment Platform for Freelancers providing payroll, benefits and other services for independent workers and freelancers.
• Orange DAO — A new tool that blends your everyday work apps into one. It's the all-in-one workspace for you and your team

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• Pulsar Finance — The most complete Portfolio Manager in Crypto/Web 3 - Track all Token, DeFi and NFT Positions in 80+ Blockchains and Centralized Exchanges.

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• Koverly — Leading B2B global payments solution that provides flexible options to pay over time and saves businesses up to 50% on foreign exchange fees.
• StellarFi — We Pay Your Bills, So YouCan Build Credit. With Stellar your bills are paid on time and on your terms.
• Watershed Informatics — Empowering clients to design, execute, and iterate sequencing analyses using our intuitive, low-code platform. Watershed is where data becomes insight.

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• Florida Street — PIXEL GG INC.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• Mahjong Meta — Mahjong Meta is a Web3 gaming platform on Ethereum, providing Mahjong lovers with an innovative gaming experience.

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• Zerion — Zerion is an investing app that enables anyone, anywhere in the world, to access a suite of new financial products and services built on the backbone of decentralized finance (DeFi). Simple, user-centered design is combined with a powerful tech stack that aggregates across every major decentralized exchange, offering users a single point of entryfor managing their digital assets with ease. Zerion is non-custodial, which means users never delegate their funds to the platform. This agile approach mitigates centralization risk and has allowed Zerion to operate globally since inception.
• Gnosis — Safe is the most trusted platform to manage digital assets on Ethereum
• Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.

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• DFlow — DFlow is the protocol powering the first decentralized order flow markets
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• One Trading — Discover an unrivalled trading experience with One Trading. We believe regulation powers user experience, not breaks it. Crypto - But regulated. Buy crypto now, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, DOGE, Solana, Cardano and more.

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• Convoy — Convoy uses technology to make freight more efficient, reduce shippers' costs, increase carriers' earnings, and eliminate carbon emissions.
• TRUE Future — Our goal is to unleash the potential of NFT tokens and provide brands, game developers and users with cross-chain infrastructure to apply real benefits of the technology.
• Automation Anywhere — Automation Anywhere is a global leader in Robotic Process Automation, offering cloud-native, web-based, intelligent automation solutions to the world's largest enterprises.

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• ZKX — ZKX is a permissionless protocol for derivatives built on StarkNet.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• Fanzee Labs — We develop fan engagement platforms that help sports and entertainment organisations meaningfully connect with their fans through immersive gamifcation experiences

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• Coolx — Coolx has a mission to bring technology to the service of forests. Through satellite technology and AI we help environmental consultancies, engineers and forestry managers to optimize the analysis, management and forest conservation.
• Tribboo — Project management platform for construction SMEs
• Nuwe — Nuwe is a startup disrupting how tech professionals get hired and improve their skills, while at the same time it changes the way companies do people management and recruitment. To achieve that,we have developed a gamified platform which allows users to take challenges, participate in projects and contribute to Nuwe’s community sharing knowledgeand helping other users out. All of this contributes to their path to getting a job and their professional self-development.Companies can ask for personalized challenges, getting access to a database of validated users. For companies, wanting to participate in Nuwe’s selection processes not only get a database of validated users, but they generate a huge impact within tech communities which helps them gain a better reputation and have access to more qualified talent in the future. Moreover, companies can also ask for internal employee analytics which will help them optimize their overall performance.

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• GoldLink — GoldLink is a decentralized, on-chain undercollateralized lending protocol utilizing a novel and modular lending architecture to offer borrowers powerful, sophisticated investment strategies beyond anything offered in the space today.
• P0x Labs — P0x labs is the team behind Manta Network is a privacy-preserving technology operating on the Polkadot blockchain.
• Connext — Bridge tokens and data across 11+ chains. Earn and build on the most secure interoperability network.

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• 360hyper — The groceries marketplace where you can find everthing you need. Buy online groceries as fast as in 4 hours with personalized picking.
• Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
• Brands&Ninjas — SaaS to control the performance of physical marketing campaigns on retail.

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• DRiP — Collectibles every week from your favorite creators. For free.
• Cymbal — The human readable block explorer. Explore any wallet, NFT or collection to understand their activity, all in real time.
• SuperDuperSecret — The developer's initial game, Royale Chess, a ten-player battle royale chess game, is the first of many to be released on their meta-game platform, which focuses on multiplayer, evergreen games.

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• Rated — Rated offers data on validators and node operators, which makes it easier for users to compare and contrast their performance.
• D3 — D3 - DNS Domains for Web3
• Aethir — Power Ultra-Low Latency Gaming & AI Experiences.

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• METAMORPH — Blockchain gaming company

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• DAOHQ — DAOHQ is the first marketplace for decentralized autonomous organizations.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• P2P Validator — P2P Validator helps investors compound their cryptocurrency investments by participating in staking. We offer highly available & secure, non-custodial staking services.

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• Thirdverse — Thirdverse (formerly known as Yomuneco Inc) is engaged in Virtual Reality content and services planning, development, sales and management.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.
• TwitterScan — Twitterscan and NNS are working together to create a cross-chain name service network that will connect Web3.0 users, data, and assets.

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• Orb — A community-focused social app for people to connect, interact, and transact in their daily lives on web3 built with Lens Protocol.
• Cat Paradise — Cat Paradise is a Web3 game developer for digital cat pet development that is based on the TONNE Web3 game.
• Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.

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• Ondefy — Ondefy is building infrastructure that enables a simple access to decentralized finance. Integrate multiple DeFi services unders 1 line of code.
• Interface Labs — Mobile companion for your Ethereum journey.
• Polynomial — Trade DeFi options with highly efficient liquidity.

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• Membrion — Remove Problematic Ions to Expand Capacity, Ensure Compliance, and Eliminate Costs with Electro-Ceramic Desalination
• Ittinsect - Feed for the Ocean — Zero ocean impact aquafeed. Ittinsect aims to reduce overfishing in the oceans thanks to insect based aquaculture feeds.
• Spotlite — Spotlite - Satellite-based innovative infrastructure monitoring solutions.

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• Breez — Lightning Fast Bitcoin Payments
• Relai — Relai is a Bitcoin investment app that allows anyone to buy bitcoin within one minutes or set up an automated savings plan.
• AMBOSS — Lightning Network Explorer and Analytics Tools. Search for nodes and channels on the Lightning Network and get detailed information on them.

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• NF3 — NF3 is a community focused NFT swaps and finance market.
• Elixir — Elixir is a decentralized protocol that enables full composability for integrations by providing computationally secure, algorithmic market-making across CEXs and DEXs.
• Ethena — Ethena provides derivative infrastructure in order to transform Ethereum into the first crypto-native yield bearing stablecoin.