Portugal Ventures

Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 2012 and located in Porto, Portugal. As a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group, it focuses on investing in early-stage companies, specifically at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A levels. The firm targets a diverse range of sectors, including digital technology, manufacturing, therapeutics, health technology, and tourism. Portugal Ventures aims to support innovative startups that are poised for growth in these dynamic industries.

Maria João Almeida

Investment Manager

Nuno de Almeida

Investment Manager

Miguel Barbosa

Investment Director

Miguel Botto

Investment Director

António Nabais Carvalho

Director

Rafael Conceição

Investment Manager

Patrícia Costa Ph.D

Investment Manager

Pedro Cunha

Investment Manager

Afonso Granate Fernandes

Investment Manager

Rui Ferreira

Executive Vice President

Fernando Peres Ferreira

Investment Manager

Adelina Figueiredo

Investment Manager and ICT Manager

Teresa Fiúza

Executive Vice President

Pedro Grilo

Investment Manager

Nuno Macedo

Investment Manager

António Martinez

Investment Manager

Filomena Pastor

Investment Director

João Pereira

Investment Director / Director, Digital

Pedro Quelhas

Investment Manager

Joana Rocha

Investment Manager

Sílvia Silva

Investment Manager and Deputy Director

Ana Xavier

Senior Investment Manager

Past deals in Hospitality

Yon Living

Seed Round in 2024
Yon Living is developing an innovative hotel brand focused on shared living experiences for individuals who can work remotely. By combining adventure and community with productivity, Yon offers a unique workspace environment that caters to the needs of modern professionals. The company provides a web-based platform for searching accommodations, alongside a mobile application for booking and managing stays. Additionally, Yon features a community forum that facilitates connections among users, enhancing the overall experience of remote work in diverse locations.

HiJiffy

Venture Round in 2023
HiJiffy is an innovative solution that centralizes, automates, and measures all hotel customer service activities, integrating innovative technology in a simple, reliable, and robust platform, used daily in more than 1400 hotels, in 30 countries. The hotels using HiJiffy have an average automation rate of 80%, being fundamental in a time when the guest’s contacts are more and more complex. With HiJiffy hotels can ensure that they will have instant replies 24/7 digital.

Hostels HUB

Venture Round in 2021
Hostels HUB is a hostel developer that is looking for opportunities both in city as leisure locations around Portugal.

HiJiffy

Seed Round in 2020
HiJiffy is an innovative solution that centralizes, automates, and measures all hotel customer service activities, integrating innovative technology in a simple, reliable, and robust platform, used daily in more than 1400 hotels, in 30 countries. The hotels using HiJiffy have an average automation rate of 80%, being fundamental in a time when the guest’s contacts are more and more complex. With HiJiffy hotels can ensure that they will have instant replies 24/7 digital.

Tripwix

Venture Round in 2019
Tripwix is a luxury rental company that specializes in providing high-end accommodations for discerning travelers. The company features a carefully curated portfolio of personally inspected and hosted homes in select locations around the globe. By focusing on quality and customer satisfaction, Tripwix aims to enhance the holiday travel experience for families and individuals seeking unique and upscale lodging options. With a commitment to traditional values paired with modern sensibilities, Tripwix stands out in the competitive luxury rental market.

XLR8 Revenue Management

Seed Round in 2019
XLR8 is a Revenue Management company focused on increasing the profitability of hotels and boutiques through the development of strategies aimed at each client.

Great Hotels of the World

Seed Round in 2018
Great Hotels of the World is a renowned sales and marketing representation company for upscale independent hotels. They provide hotel sales and marketing alliances, sales, marketing, technology, and upscale independent hotels.

GuestU

Seed Round in 2015
GuestU is a technology company that specializes in providing mobile solutions tailored for the hospitality sector. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company offers a cloud-based mobile platform compatible with iOS and Android devices, allowing hotels, guesthouses, short-term rentals, and hostels to create and customize their concierge services. The platform is fully integrated with over 100 hotel systems, including property management systems and point-of-sale systems, which enhances operational efficiency and guest engagement. GuestU's products enable hoteliers to improve guest satisfaction by delivering useful information, facilitating bookings, and providing offline GPS-guided navigation. With more than 400 clients across over 55 countries, GuestU aims to optimize the digital experience for guests while streamlining hotel operations. The company also has a presence in the United States, Spain, and China.

B-Guest

Seed Round in 2015
B-Guest is a Guest Engagement Platform that has been designed to shorten the distance between hotels and guests, connecting them in the best possible way. It provides a set of innovative services for hotels, fully integrated with their PMS's, helping them reduce costs, increase revenues and make guests happier: - Check-In: automate all check-in manual processes (online and at reception desk) and cut all the paper used, allowing hotels to save money and time as well as to provide a more ecological service; - Check-Out: allow guests to bypass reception increasing their satisfaction while decreasing workload at front desk. - In-Stay Marketing Campaigns: automate all communications with guests, via multichannel (e-mail, sms, push notifications and FB Messenger) either to up-sell either to provide relevant information - Mobile Concierge: allow hotel guests to see all hotel's services and request them trough a native app (iOS / Android), a web app and a bot. - Ratings: allow guests to provide real time feedback about hotel's services and avoid bad reviews on social media

XTourMaker

Seed Round in 2014
XTOURMAKER provides innovative mobile solutions to the hospitality and tourism sector, combining expertise with world class cloud-based technology. They are a fast-growing technology and services company with offices in North America and Europe. Founded by a group of entrepreneurs who launched several tourism brands in Europe. They have delivered over 100.000 GPS guided tours.

GuestU

Seed Round in 2014
GuestU is a technology company that specializes in providing mobile solutions tailored for the hospitality sector. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in London, the company offers a cloud-based mobile platform compatible with iOS and Android devices, allowing hotels, guesthouses, short-term rentals, and hostels to create and customize their concierge services. The platform is fully integrated with over 100 hotel systems, including property management systems and point-of-sale systems, which enhances operational efficiency and guest engagement. GuestU's products enable hoteliers to improve guest satisfaction by delivering useful information, facilitating bookings, and providing offline GPS-guided navigation. With more than 400 clients across over 55 countries, GuestU aims to optimize the digital experience for guests while streamlining hotel operations. The company also has a presence in the United States, Spain, and China.

Longevity Wellness Worldwide

Venture Round in 2012
Longevity Wellness Worldwide hotels with quality Spa and Wellness facilities. With two operations in the Algarve region of Portugal, Longevity combines cutting edge integrative wellness and medicine, world-class professionals, impact-driven programme design and a relentless pursuit towards the health and wellbeing of its clients and guests.

Serafim Silva

Venture Round in 2011
Serafim Silva is a hotel management and accommodation in Nazaré.

Convent of Espinheiro

Venture Round in 2008
Convent of Espinheiro is a hotel that hosts meetings and gatherings. The company is based in Evora, Portugal.
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