Oceano Fresco
Venture Round in 2024
Oceano Fresco S.A., founded in 2015 and based in Mira, Portugal, specializes in the development and production of bivalve varieties for shellfish farmers. The company focuses on enhancing the performance of these species while maintaining competitive costs and adhering to environmental sustainability principles. By employing a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates molecular biology, genetics, animal physiology, and computational biology, Oceano Fresco selects traits that add value for shellfish farmers and bolster the sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture sector. The company collaborates with hatcheries, nurseries, and research centers to test and validate its solutions, ensuring they meet the specific needs of customers in various technical and environmental contexts. Through its vertically integrated operations and selective breeding programs, Oceano Fresco aims to provide naturally healthy and flavorful seafood while promoting responsible aquaculture practices.
Primetag
Venture Round in 2024
Primetag S.A., founded in 2016 and headquartered in Aveiro, Portugal, specializes in developing a software platform that transforms online images into sales channels. The company focuses on influencer marketing, providing tools for influencer analytics, recruitment, and collaboration, thereby simplifying the process for brands and influencers to connect and enhance their business opportunities. Its platform enables businesses to create dynamic points of sale within images, facilitating consumer engagement and driving purchase impulses. By consolidating relationships with advertisers and publishers, Primetag aims to make influencer marketing more manageable, scalable, and focused on return on investment.
Modatta
Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2018, Modatta operates from Lisbon, Portugal. It offers a mobile application marketplace facilitating consent-based private data transactions between companies and consumers. The platform enables users to monetize their personal data while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR.
BioMimetx
Seed Round in 2022
BioMimetx is a biotechnology startup based in Cantanhede, Portugal, dedicated to developing environmentally friendly antifouling solutions to combat marine biofouling. The company focuses on harnessing environmental bacteria that secrete beneficial molecules, which serve as natural antimicrobials, algaecides, and larvicides. By incorporating these bio-based compounds into marine paints and coatings, BioMimetx aims to protect surfaces such as hulls and nets, thereby minimizing fuel consumption and reducing the risk of introducing invasive species. This innovative approach not only addresses critical challenges in marine industries but also prioritizes the preservation of marine ecosystems.
Spotlite
Seed Round in 2022
Spotlite develops infrastructure monitoring systems using remote sensing and satellite imagery to assess structural health and prevent risks and damages. Based in Coimbra, Portugal, the company provides continuous large-scale monitoring from space, enabling early detection of potentially harmful events and delivering analytics for asset management and maintenance operations. This supports infrastructure managers and operators in minimizing the occurrence of critical situations, damages, and losses across multiple industries by informing timely preventive measures.
kencko is a company that produces and sells organic fruit and vegetable products in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada, including sachet-based drinks sold in various pack sizes. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, with a processing facility in Lisbon, Portugal, kencko aims to make organic produce convenient without sacrificing freshness. Its product line centers on instant smoothies and sachet drinks that add organic fruits and vegetables to the daily routine, without added sugar, chemicals, or colorants, preserving the nutritional content for home preparation. The company positions its offerings as a convenient alternative to fresh produce, enabling hassle-free consumption of healthy smoothies and beverages.
Modatta
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Modatta operates from Lisbon, Portugal. It offers a mobile application marketplace facilitating consent-based private data transactions between companies and consumers. The platform enables users to monetize their personal data while ensuring compliance with privacy regulations like GDPR.
Nutrium
Seed Round in 2020
Nutrium is a provider of online nutrition software for health professionals. The platform enables dietitians to assess patients, monitor progress, and deliver personalized dietary guidance. It combines health records, meal planning, nutritional analysis, and telehealth with appointment scheduling and a mobile app, helping practitioners streamline consultations and patients track outcomes. Founded in 2015 and based in Braga, Portugal, Nutrium aims to make nutrition guidance more accessible by enabling remote, continuous care and empowering individuals to adopt healthier eating habits.
Unbabel Inc., established in 2013, specializes in online translation services. Headquartered in San Francisco with additional offices in New York, Pittsburgh, and Lisbon, the company combines machine translation with human editing to facilitate global business communication. Unbabel translates user-generated content like emails, wikis, and forums, offering solutions for customer service, tickets, and chat. Its services enable enterprises to serve customers in their native languages, bridging language barriers and fostering multilingual understanding.
Attentive
Seed Round in 2019
Attentive develops sales assistant software designed to enhance the sales process for users. Founded in 2014 and based in Braga, Portugal, the platform enables users to create and manage deals, monitor their status, and generate tasks efficiently. Attentive analyzes user activity and deals to provide insights that help close more transactions, identify deals that may impact performance, and determine optimal times to follow up on stagnant deals. By focusing on relevant key performance indicators, Attentive ensures that no deal is overlooked, maintaining an organized and streamlined sales pipeline. The software allows sales teams to operate smoothly and predictably, requiring minimal daily engagement to keep the revenue pipeline consistently updated.
Bitcliq
Seed Round in 2019
Bitcliq operates a blockchain-based marketplace connecting fishing fleets with buyers. Its platform enables real-time purchase of freshly caught fish by retailers and restaurants, promoting efficiency and sustainability in the seafood industry.