Founded 2016. Early-stage fund backing digital transformation and consumer internet startups in Iberia.
Lisbon, Portugal
Accelerator
Seed to Series A
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Bandora is an AI-powered virtual facility manager that integrates with existing building management systems to optimize energy efficiency, reduce costs, and maintain comfort in commercial buildings. The startup has reported about USD 1M-1.5M in pre-seed/seed backing and won the CTA CEO Summit startup pitch in Lisbon, earning a complimentary exhibit space at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
Bloop is a social shopping network launched in Portugal in 2025 that combines social sharing and e-commerce while rewarding users with platform credit for product reviews. The company has reported EUR 2M in total investment and built its marketplace stack with Marketplacer plus Checkstep moderation tooling for EU DSA-aligned compliance workflows.
Class of Wonders is an impact-focused edtech startup building gamified classroom tools and inclusive learning experiences, including language-learning adaptations for migrant children. Through Lisboa Innovation for All, the team presented MAGOS for All, and it has also participated in ecosystem initiatives such as Techstars Startup Weekend in Viseu.
Comudel develops a business operating system that automates workflows, legal contract handling, and AI-assisted financial operations for companies. Founded in 2022, it is associated with Unicorn Factory Lisboa and Instituto Pedro Nunes, operates from The Fintech House in Lisbon, and participated in the SPRINT accelerator focused on compliance and enterprise operations.
DOJO AI is an AI marketing operating system for challenger brands, unifying strategy, content, SEO, and paid media workflows through agent-based automation. The company announced a USD 1M pre-seed round led by HEARTFELT with participation from COREangels and Axel Springer Porsche, and reports more than 20 clients across the US and UK including PensionBee, Unbabel, and Amplemarket.
FlowX.ai is a Romanian enterprise software company focused on modernizing legacy systems without forcing large institutions to replace their core infrastructure all at once. Its platform helps banks, insurers, and other complex enterprises build modern digital customer experiences on top of old back-office systems by abstracting integration complexity and accelerating delivery cycles. That makes the company relevant in one of the hardest areas of enterprise transformation: organizations that urgently need better digital products, but cannot afford multi-year core-system replacement programs. FlowX.ai therefore sits in a high-value layer between legacy infrastructure and modern application experience. In the European ecosystem, it demonstrates the depth of engineering talent emerging from Romania in areas that require architectural sophistication, enterprise sales discipline, and credibility with regulated industries. The company is also a useful bridge in the directory between legacy-enterprise modernization and newer fintech infrastructure players, showing how incumbents can adopt faster, more software-native operating models without rebuilding from zero.
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