Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Seed investors for Finance startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
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Faber | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe | ||
Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next | Seed | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe | ||
InterCapital | Early Stage Venture, Seed | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe | ||
Building Global Innovators | Crowdfunding, Debt, Early Stage Venture, Grant, Private Equity, Seed | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe | ||
Lisbon Challenge | Seed | Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe |
At SeedRound we track over 200,000 investors and over 1,000,000 people who hold key positions in these firms. We use this directory of investors to highlight top employees, LP’s and funding organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top Finance Seed investors in Lisbon. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Finance Investors & Funds (Lisbon)
Faber
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 founders build 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
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next
Techstars Lisbon in partnership with Semapa Next will invest in startups that are bringing Digital Transformation to the following key areas: Industrial & Environmental Tech, Smart Transportation, Travel & Leisure Tech.
Stages: Seed
Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Industries: Finance
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InterCapital
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.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Building Global Innovators
This initiative results from the partnership between MIT, Sloan Business School, Deshpande Center for Innovation, ISCTE-IUL and MIT-Portugal, a collaboration of the leading 12 engineering and science universities in Portugal. Besides the reputation of the various partners and respectful results attained in just over 2 editions, these entities have in common the ambition of continually working towards and with the community, to creating value, through high-tech companies and jobs.
Stages: Crowdfunding, Debt, Early Stage Venture, Grant, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Exchanges, Financial Services, Health Care, Information Technology, Venture Capital
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Lisbon Challenge
Lisbon Challenge is an ambitious 3-month acceleration program aimed at eager international tech startups in prototype or product phase, looking for a truly innovative and empowering experience. It aims to offer consistent methods and resources for startups acceleration, only possible due to Beta-i’s acquired know-how and benchmark with top global startup acceleration programs. This Fall 30 teams will meet with 200 international mentors & investors as well as participate in workshops, pitch sessions and networking events. After an Investors Day in Lisbon where teams will have the opportunity of presenting their product, the best selected teams will go on an international investors roadshow to Boston, São Paulo and London. The above characteristics compose Phase 1 of Lisbon Challenge. After the 3 months, the top 5 startups will be selected for Phase 2: a 6 month incubation period, during which each startup will receive an investment of €40K, have access to additional €150K in perks, office space up to 30 years, and legal & tax support. This phase of the program is equity-based, only for the 5 selected startups. In return for the 40K invested, 6-10% equity will be taken. All of this will be happening in the beautiful and exciting city of Lisbon, the right place to jump-start your business. The city offers all necessary infrastructures, talented resources and an excellent testing market; it is also an affordable destination and at GMT+0 an excellent location to work with both West and East. Lisbon has also been considered the 5th upcoming tech hub worldwide by Entrepreneur magazine and Europe’s coolest capital for 2014 by CNN.
Stages: Seed
Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Industries: Finance
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Startup LAB
Startup LAB is an acceleration program includes training in legal, intellectual property, branding and marketing, strategic consulting, innovation consulting, accounting, pitch preparation, among others.
Stages: Seed
Location: Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services
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