Our community
We are more than just a fund firm with a portfolio of companies, we believe that startups are the core of our vibrant community where collaboration and mutual support are at the heart of success. Together, we navigate challenges, share knowledge, and foster growth, ensuring that no venture thrives alone.
SheerMe is a Portuguese online platform that allows users to discover, book, and pay for wellness, beauty, and fitness services. It offers a variety of features such as 24/7 bookings, payment with cashback rewards, and the ability to find discounts on services like massages, spa treatments, and barber services. It simplifies the self-care process by letting customers manage everything in one place through its app. Additionally, SheerMe provides a marketplace for professionals in the wellness industry to promote their services.
Modatta is a platform that allows users to monetize their personal data by providing consent for brands to access it. Unlike traditional advertising platforms that harvest data without user control, Modatta empowers users by enabling them to decide whether or not to share their information. In return, they receive compensation from the companies that benefit from their data. This model creates a more transparent and ethical way for brands to engage with consumers, while complying with data protection regulations like the GDPR.
Nutrium is a Portuguese digital health startup focused on improving global nutrition. It offers two key services: a software platform (SaaS) for nutritionists to manage patient care and nutrition plans, and Nutrium Care, a wellness service aimed at improving employees' health in companies. Launched in 2015, it supports over 80,000 professionals across 40 countries and aims to address global dietary issues through continuous nutritional monitoring and counseling.
Visor.ai is a Portuguese startup that specializes in AI-driven customer service automation. Founded in 2016, it helps businesses, particularly in the banking and insurance sectors, automate interactions with customers through various channels like chat, email, and voice. The company uses AI, natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning to power conversational platforms, reducing manual workloads and improving efficiency.
MyCareforce is a Portuguese healthtech startup that operates a platform connecting nurses and healthcare professionals with available shifts in hospitals, clinics, and other care institutions. Founded in 2021, it aims to make the hiring process for healthcare workers more flexible by allowing institutions to quickly fill short-term positions, while giving nurses more control over their work schedules. MyCareforce has expanded its operations to Brazil.
Paynest is a Portuguese fintech company that offers a platform designed to enhance the financial well-being of employees. The company provides services such as salary advances, expense management, bonuses on demand, and financial literacy tools, allowing employees flexible access to their earnings. Paynest’s goal is to reduce employees' financial stress, thereby improving productivity and engagement at work. Paynest also offers personalized financial coaching and integrates easily with companies' existing systems. Their solutions are used by businesses to attract and retain talent while supporting the financial health of their workforce.
Brands&Ninjas is a Portuguese startup offering a platform that enables brands to assess their presence in retail locations through real-time, crowdsourced data. By using a network of "ninjas" (ordinary users with smartphones), the platform collects information on how brands' products are displayed, stocked, and promoted at points of sale, like supermarkets, gas stations, or pharmacies. The ninjas complete short tasks in stores and are compensated for each completed mission. This helps brands quickly identify gaps in product availability or promotional execution, especially in smaller stores that may be overlooked by larger commercial teams. Brands&Ninjas provides these insights as a Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) model, allowing brands to optimize their retail strategies in real time, without replacing traditional sales or outsourcing teams.
OSCAR is the #1 app for on demand home services like cleaning, repair and laundry. With more than 150 services with fixed prices and by arriving in less than 30 minutes, OSCAR provides amazing experiences and guarantees quality and trust in every service.
Bairro Direct provides retailers and FMCG brands with instant access to a network of urban fulfillment centers, ensuring fast, efficient deliveries for next-day, same-day, or even instant. Seamlessly connect all your sales channels online, retail, or marketplaces through one platform, making omnichannel logistics simple. With Bairro, you can scale your distribution, reach more customers, and deliver on every promise across every channel.
Tecmafoods is a company dedicated to the sustainable production of insect-based ingredients. It produces functional ingredients that enhance human, animal, and plant nutrition. Through a modular unit model, it offers the best technological solution to reach anywhere, while also promoting soil regeneration and reducing environmental impact. Tecmafoods focuses on innovation and sustainability, contributing to a healthier and more efficient future of food.
Leadzai is a cutting-edge customer acquisition platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to help businesses grow efficiently online. Our platform automates digital marketing, enabling companies to reach their ideal customers across multiple networks with minimal effort. Leadzai’s pay-per-lead model ensures that businesses only pay for actual results, making it a risk-free way to scale. We’re on a mission to democratize access to online advertising, empowering the next 200 million businesses to thrive effortlessly.
CheckfirstAI revolutionizes workflows for the testing, inspection, certification and compliance industry with AI. From scheduling & planning (ScheduleAI), to verifying information and documents at scale (VerifyAI), to collecting and processing on-site data (InspectAI), Checkfirst's AI focused product suite enables humans to perform audits, inspections and certificates efficiently, ensuring unbillable time is kept to a minimum and TICC companies and agencies can maximise profit.
Fluxio is a Portuguese company that specializes in providing innovative solutions for digital collaboration and workflow management. Their platform aims to streamline processes within organizations, enhancing productivity and communication among teams. Fluxio often focuses on creating user-friendly tools that allow for better project management, document sharing, and team collaboration, making it easier for businesses to adapt to remote and hybrid work environments.
Indie Seguros is an insurance company based in Portugal that focuses on providing digital insurance solutions. They aim to simplify the insurance process by offering a user-friendly platform that allows customers to compare and purchase insurance products online. Indie Seguros typically emphasizes transparency, flexibility, and a streamlined customer experience, making it easier for individuals and businesses to find suitable coverage. Their offerings may include various types of insurance, such as health, auto, and property insurance.
WOWPLUG is a charging station operator that developed its own technology to enable the infrastructure of municipalities' urban networks with a distributed network. WOWPLUG focus is to provide a convenient solution to people who are unable to charge their vehicle at home. WOWPLUG currently has more than 200 charging stations in operation and is in the process of installing another 500 in more than 20 municipalities across Portugal.
DoJob is a Portuguese platform designed to connect freelancers and businesses for a variety of services. It focuses on creating a marketplace where companies can find skilled professionals for specific tasks, ranging from graphic design to programming and marketing. DoJob aims to streamline the hiring process by allowing users to browse profiles, review ratings, and communicate directly with freelancers. This platform is particularly beneficial for businesses looking for flexible work arrangements and for freelancers seeking new opportunities.
Reatia is a Portuguese company that focuses on providing software solutions for the real estate sector. Their platform typically offers tools for property management, real estate marketing, and customer relationship management. Reatia aims to streamline processes for real estate agents and agencies, helping them manage listings, track leads, and enhance client interactions. By leveraging technology, they help businesses in the real estate market improve efficiency and better serve their clients.
FLUXE leverages Artificial Intelligence to develop innovative tools that automate damage detection in automobile insurance claims, significantly reducing the time and resources required for manual assessments. By utilizing advanced machine learning algorithms, these tools enhance accuracy and efficiency, ensuring a streamlined claims process and improving customer satisfaction.
Climber RMS is a software platform designed for managing and optimizing resources and operations in various industries, particularly in construction and engineering. It helps organizations improve project planning, scheduling, and resource allocation, ultimately enhancing efficiency and reducing costs. The platform often features tools for data analytics, reporting, and collaboration among team members, making it easier to track progress and make informed decisions.
Decision Eyes develops software solutions that improve decision-making and consensus-building by applying scientific approaches to gather and analyze preferences from diverse stakeholders. Our tools ensure broader inclusion in HTA, benefit-risk assessment, patient preference elicitation, and guideline creation. We use Delphi and swing weighting methods to offer robust platforms that support informed decisions in healthcare and regulatory settings while fostering consensus among diverse stakeholders.
Epic Web3 is a global hub for Web3 builders. We host events, conferences, and hackathons around the world on topics like Ethereum scaling, restaking, chain abstraction, Telegram app development, Web3 x AI, and more.
Lympid offers a seamless platform for fractional ownership in premium alternative investment assets. Through an easy-to-use app, users can invest in high-value assets such as luxury watches, competition horses, art, real estate or crypto, providing a simple and accessible way to diversify their portfolios.
Talent Protocol is an open, verifiable professional reputation system for the new internet. By leveraging professional reputation onchain they're making incredible builders more visible.
Planetiers is a global platform focused on accelerating sustainability by connecting innovative individuals, organizations, and solutions. Acting as an ecosystem, Planetiers facilitates collaboration between businesses and sustainability experts through events, talent matching and business facilitation. The company hosts the Planetiers World Gathering, a major event that brings together global leaders in sustainability to inspire action and foster partnerships. By providing tools and networks, Planetiers supports businesses in scaling sustainable practices and fostering regeneration, aiming to address environmental challenges across sectors.
Zharta is an innovative lending protocol that enables users to obtain instant loans by leveraging their NFTs as collateral. By harnessing the power of AI appraisals and DeFi pools, Zharta optimizes liquidity while prioritizing security.
Eat Tasty is a Portuguese food technology company that focuses on delivering healthy, convenient meal options. They typically offer a subscription service where customers can choose from a variety of freshly prepared meals that cater to different dietary preferences and nutritional needs. Eat Tasty emphasizes quality ingredients and culinary expertise, aiming to provide balanced meals that are both tasty and accessible.
hAPI accelerates the onboarding processes with an easy, instant and trustable solution. They provide a 100% trustable and secure service through APIs that let customers access information and documents (personal and financial) from individuals and corporates directly from public websites (National Treasury, Social Security, Bank of Portugal, banks, ...) reducing costs, reducing the risk of fraud, improving the customer experience.