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Portugal Ventures chooses Seedrs for Investment Partnership

Seedrs and Portugal Ventures announce a partnership that will provide a boost to the growing startup ecosystem in Portugal. The venture capital firm will start investing alongside the crowd, with a cap at €1.25 million, into the most innovative Portuguese equity crowdfunding campaigns on the Seedrs platform.

Portugal Ventures is the first Portuguese venture firm to partner with the Seedrs investment platform. The partnership will see the VC firm investing up to 50% of the funding target into Portuguese startups raising on the platform. Startups will benefit from access to the venture platform and network of Portugal Ventures. The venture firm is widening its portfolio within technology sectors, such as fintech, smart manufacturing, digital health, mobility, and travel tech.

Jeff Kelisky, CEO at Seedrs, says: “We’re very excited by this exclusive partnership as it gives ambitious early stage Portuguese businesses access to quality investment and an incredible opportunity to take their brand to the next level by building community and marketing value. We have a long-standing relationship with Portugal Ventures, having worked closely with them over the last couple of years and this partnership is now a strong demonstration of their belief in the quality of our deal flow, due diligence and the Seedrs platform.”

Celso Guedes de Carvalho, CEO at Portugal Ventures, says: “We are thrilled to deepen our ongoing relationship with Seedrs and to be able to syndicate on a leading equity crowdfunding platform. Seedrs provides a trusted and streamlined platform which will allow us to continue spearheading Portugal’s startup scene together.

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