Software isn’t just eating the world – it’s saving it too. Our founders are solving meaningful global problems through early-stage tech. We’re here to help them scale.
If you’re into developing solutions to tackle climate change or inequality, read on.
The great businesses of the future will solve the world's most pressing challenges – our goal is to find the best, today.
We invest in European early-stage impact ventures between pre-seed and series B.
We strive for speed and quality in our decision-making. That's why we walk every founder through a 6-step investment process designed to quickly take promising ventures from first contact point to our investment committee. We do this by prioritizing short feedback loops and granting internal buy-in as long as at least 1 senior principal and 1 partner believe in the opportunity.
Meet the people building businesses that solve problems we actually care about.
Telemedicine software for virtual healthcare.
Knok delivers house and video calls on demand, addressing the needs of the entire population, especially elders and children. Knok partners with leading Hospitals, Healthcare Systems and Insurers to deliver industry superior telemedicine solutions.
Sustainable delivery-first virtual kitchens.
Kitch is a Lisbon-based startup building delivery-first kitchens to house a selection of the city’s favorite restaurants, and most creative chefs, committed to implementing tech-based solutions to reduce food waste and improve energy efficiency in food production and delivery.
Micro-insurances for the circular economy.
Omocom offers tailored on-demand microinsurance solutions for the circular economy. It builds and develops digital systems for risk calculation, matching, design of insurance terms and claims settlement specifically for this new environment. The digital insurance solution is integrated directly into the sales flow on online platforms and it is activated only while the items are being used.
A rental marketplace for everyday items.
Rnters is redefining the future of ownership by giving access to everything while enabling people to earn extra income from previous investments. By making renting more viable than buying, Rnters will disrupt communities’ consumption patterns by tackling one of the biggest problems of our generation: overconsumption and its derived pollution. Rnters will continuously lead this path of reducing waste and avoiding unnecessary buying
Empowering HR to uncover organizations' true culture.
Platypus measures, analyses and tracks the alignment of an individual's values with the culture and values of an organisation. The solution helps transform company culture from a static, top-down mission statement into adaptable, measurable data of what employees actually value in a company. Platypus also assesses person-to-organisation alignment as culture develops over time in order to identify the areas that need further attention - minimizing the risk of losing employees.
Shaping the workforce for the digital economy by investing in the talent of tomorrow.
There are over 700k unfilled vacancies for technology roles in Europe. Mariano Kostelec, Marta Palmeiro, Miguel Santo Amaro and Sergio Pereira co-founded Student Finance to tackle this issue. Student Finance is a platform that analyses real-time job market data and partners with education providers of ‘in-demand’ skills, to finance their students through Income Share Agreements (“ISAs”).
Meet the team positioning Lisbon at the centre of European impact tech. They back climate change startups too, social tech is just a cooler buzzword.
António has worked in impact investment for +10 years in the UK, Canada and Europe. He serves on the board of Rnters, Kitch, Omocom and Ohne. He lives by the motto that 99 is not 100. Antonio teaches Impact Investment at NOVA SBE and previously was an analyst at Social Finance UK. He holds a MSc in Business Administration from Católica Business School and is a Global Shaper by the World Economic Forum.
He was formerly a Director and Portfolio Manager at BlackRock in London, having started his career at Goldman Sachs. Henry holds a First Class Honours degree from London School of Economics in Economics and Economic History. Henry serves on the boards of Winnow, Goodclub and Knok Healthcare.
Formerly Senior Vice President at Mubadala in Abu Dhabi, Project Leader with The Boston Consulting Group in New York, Chicago and Dubai, and Investment Banking Analyst with Goldman Sachs in London. London School of Economics BSc and Stanford MBA.
Cristina is a management consultant turned into storyteller. She was an analyst at EY, seconded at Impact Investment Group in Australia and learned the ins and outs of startups at Mellow. Cristina has created engaging content for +50 entrepreneurs and curated dozens of unforgettable MAZE events for our partners. BsC in Economics from NOVA SBE, BsC in Political Science from ISCSP.
Manuel is a waterman, a cyclist and an investor in our team. He is responsible for finding great founders aligned with our impact thesis. Manuel was formerly a Business Developer at Bloomberg working a lot in Nordics and the UK. Before that he had a go as a founder starting a small surf business in Portugal. Holds a BA in Economics and completed the 3 CFA Programme levels. He is a guest lecturer of Sustainable Finance at Nova SBE.
Sofia brings analytical rigour to our investment decisions and diligently builds the impact case of the ventures we partner with. When not working, Sofia can be found surfing or horseback riding. Previously a Financial Services Consultant at Deloitte. MSc in ESCP Europe, BSc in Management from Catolica Lisbon School of Business.
Prior to joining the fund, Ana was a Project Management Officer at BNP Paribas where she mastered the delicate art of managing operations. Ana is also an alumnus from SheCodes and a post-grad in Applied Management at Nova SBE in Lisbon. Ana holds a MSc in Culture Studies in Lisbon, and BSc in Languages, Literature and Cultures in Lisbon and Cambridge.
