Best Investment Industry Companies in Portugal
The 125 best Investment Industry companies in Portugal in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Connectology.
Portugal's Investment Industry is smaller than the headlines suggest, and this directory ranks the 125 companies we track here by disclosed equity funding and recent funding momentum. Total disclosed capital across the cohort sits at $1M, which tells you something about the early-stage nature of this market — and honestly, it's a number worth sitting with before you scroll.
Connectology leads the directory at $486,581 in disclosed funding, with Bgi close behind at $387,524. Fabrica de Startups rounds out the top tier at $142,632. No unicorns yet. But momentum is real: median install growth across investment banking and investment management apps is running at roughly +25% year-on-year across 82 tracked apps, and coverage themes like stock performance and investment deal flow are rising fast. Lisbon's pull as a capital magnet is already visible in adjacent sectors, and if you want the harder structural read on where fees and opacity cluster in this industry, this piece on the investment industry's dirty secret frames the context well. Most active investors here include Europa, CaixaBI and Charterhouse Capital Partners. The pipeline is thin but it's moving.
Ranked: Best Investment Industry companies in Portugal
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Connectology Sector-agnostic accelerator focused on startups | $487K | 56 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ana Barjasic Founder & CEO | 2017 | — | — |
| 2 | BGI Startup accelerator focused on UrbanTech sector | $388K | 36 mo ago | Funding Raised | Goncalo Amorim Founder & CEO | 2010 | WebflowCloudflare TurnstileHSTS+9 | — |
| 3 | Fabrica de Startups Startup accelerator and incubator | $143K | 88 mo ago | Funding Raised | António Lucena De Faria Founder and CEO | 2012 | Squarespace CommerceSquarespaceTypeScript+14 | 1 job opening |
| 4 | Startup Madeira Sector agnostic incubator focused on startups | $89K | 124 mo ago | Funding Raised | Carlos Soares Lopes Presidente Executivo | CEO | 2018 | WordPressMySQLPHP+26 | — |
| 5 | Ventures.eu Venture capital fund providing investment to European-based companies | — | 50 mo ago | Funding Raised | Mark Miller Limited Partner & Investor | 2019 | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+14 | — |
| 6 | MSM Venture capital fund focused on impact-based investments | — | 80 mo ago | Funding Raised | Antonio Miguel Co-Founder & Partner | 2018 | — | — |
| 7 | 200M Venture capital firm focused on multiple sectors | — | — | Deadpooled | Jaime Andrez Chairman | — | — | — |
| 8 | 33N Ventures Venture capital fund focused on cybersecurity and infrastructure software companies | — | — | Unfunded | Carlos Silva Co-Founder & Managing Partner | 2017 | Webflowcore-jsSwiper+13 | 1 job opening · 1 expansion · 1 award |
Top 6 Investment Industry companies in Portugal
#1
Funding Raised · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2010$387.5Kraised▾
Building Global Innovators is a startup accelerator focused on UrbanTech sector which runs a 6-month long program. The accelerator runs its programs in Lisbon, Portugal, Boston, and Massachusetts.
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$307.2K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$80.3K
#2
Funding Raised · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2017$486.6Kraised▾
Sector-agnostic accelerator focused on startups. Network that nurtures highly prosperous founders, institutions open for innovation, angel investors, and early-stage VC funds.
- Oct 2021Grant (prize money)$486.6K
#3
Funding Raised · Oeiras, Lisbon · founded 2012$142.6Kraised▾
Startups Factory is a startup accelerator and incubator based in Portugal. It is a sector agnostic accelerator which offers multiple acceleration program from ideation to incubation.
- Feb 2019Grant (prize money)$142.6K
#4
Funding Raised · Funchal, Madeira · founded 2018$89.3Kraised▾
Sector agnostic incubator focused on startups
- Feb 2016Grant (prize money)$89.3K
#5
Funding Raised · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2019—raised▾
Venture capital fund providing investment to European-based companies. The fund focuses on seed and series A stages, with opportunistic investments in series B and secondaries. Investment strategy targets companies with growth potential, global ambition, and impactful ideas. It offers support across IT, legal, financial services, and grant writing.
#6
Funding Raised · Lisbon, Lisbon · founded 2018—raised▾
Venture capital fund focused on impact-based investments
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