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Investment firm

Start Ventures

Venture capital

LinkedIn pageCrunchbase profileLisbon·Portugal9known portfolio companies2people tracked20co-investors

Start Ventures is a venture capital firm. Team members are concentrated in Lisbon, Portugal. The known portfolio counts 9 companies, including WeatherPromise, Anansi, Fraudio, Zango, Jove Insurance and Sonant AI.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at Start Ventures

Start Ventures portfolio companies (9)

  • WeatherPromise
  • Anansi
  • Fraudio
  • Zango
  • Jove Insurance
  • Sonant AI
  • Quantee
  • ClaimSorted
  • ETHIACK

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About Start Ventures

The firm's listing covers sectors AI, FinTech and SaaS, and focus areas AI Applications, InsurTech, Speech and Wealth Management; known deals cluster at Seed and Series A.

Leone Carpi (Investor) and Nuno Marques Afonso (Venture Capital Analyst) are listed as the contacts to pitch at Start Ventures.

Start Ventures shares portfolio companies with 20 other investment firms, among them 🏛Insurtech Capital Partners, Bynd Venture Capital and Firstminute Capital.

Frequently asked questions

What is Start Ventures?

Start Ventures is a venture capital firm whose team is concentrated in Lisbon, Portugal, with a known portfolio of 9 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Start Ventures invest in?

Listed sectors include AI, FinTech and SaaS; listed focus areas include AI Applications, InsurTech, Speech and Wealth Management. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Start Ventures invest at?

The known deals of Start Ventures include Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Start Ventures?

Both people on file at Start Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm, each with their own profile page.

How do I contact Start Ventures?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 2 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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