Semapa Next

Semapa Next is a venture capital firm that invests in teams of exceptional founders from Series A to late-stage funding. We support today the leaders of tomorrow. From Lisbon to Europe. We want to be a long-term partner of exceptional teams that are positively changing the world we live in. Besides investing with patient capital, we bring a mix of entrepreneurial, operational, and financial experience to our investments. Our team and network of advisors has direct experience in Sales & Marketing, Talent Management, Finance, and M&A with businesses across all stages of development. We provide access to Semapa’s Group and its international network of partners to leverage opportunities of business development, technology piloting and world-class expertise in managing and growing global businesses.

Hugo Augusto

CEO

Grégoire Viat

Principal

11 past transactions

Ferovinum

Series A in 2024
Ferovinum is a fintech platform tailored for the wine and spirits industry, focusing on providing working capital and stock management solutions. The platform facilitates access to capital while enhancing supply chain optimization for businesses in this sector. By integrating proprietary trading software, Ferovinum offers specialized tools that improve operational efficiency across production, supply chain, and e-commerce management. Additionally, the platform helps optimize ancillary services like insurance, freight, foreign exchange, and payments. It also connects brands with distributors, enabling more efficient trading and direct market access. Through these services, Ferovinum aims to support businesses in financing growth, increasing profitability, and mitigating risks.

Meisterwerk

Series A in 2024
Meisterwerk is a provider of a SaaS operating system tailored for small and medium-sized field service and craftsman companies. The company's application enhances operational efficiency by automating planning and coordination processes between offices and job sites. It facilitates mobile time tracking, digital forms, and information exchange, enabling seamless communication between the office and the workforce. By allowing managers to oversee employee resource allocation and track job progress in real-time, Meisterwerk helps firms optimize their operations, improve profitability, and unlock growth potential.

Overstory

Series A in 2023
Overstory is a company that utilizes artificial intelligence and advanced satellite imagery to provide vegetation intelligence for electric utilities. By analyzing satellite data, Overstory helps these utilities identify and prioritize potential vegetation risks near power corridors, enabling better decision-making and resource allocation. This proactive approach aims to prevent power outages, reduce wildfire risks, and enhance the safety and resilience of the electrical grid. Additionally, Overstory's platform offers global-scale automated analysis, segmenting tree species, estimating wood volume, and assessing tree health. This functionality supports corporations, NGOs, and governments in their efforts to combat deforestation and promote sustainable forest management practices.

Soveren

Seed Round in 2023
Soveren is a technology company focused on enhancing data observability and security, particularly within Kubernetes-based environments. The platform automatically identifies and maps sensitive data and assets, allowing organizations to monitor data flows and receive alerts before potential risks escalate into significant incidents. Soveren's solution supports security teams by enriching data inventories, providing near real-time visibility into sensitive assets, and protecting data in the cloud from common security threats. Additionally, the platform assists organizations in maintaining compliance with data regulations such as GDPR and PCI DSS, and it aims to minimize supply-chain attack risks while controlling sensitive data sharing. By filling existing privacy gaps and complementing current security measures, Soveren empowers teams to effectively manage privacy incidents and safeguard consumer data.

Airly

Series A in 2022
Airly is a company focused on providing individuals and communities with precise and localized information about air quality. By delivering accurate data on air pollution, Airly aims to enhance public awareness and understanding of the air people breathe. The company's mission is to transform perceptions of air quality by offering reliable insights that enable users to track pollution levels in real time. Through its initiatives, Airly seeks to empower users with the knowledge necessary to make informed decisions regarding their environment and health.

Overstory

Seed Round in 2022
Overstory is a company that utilizes artificial intelligence and advanced satellite imagery to provide vegetation intelligence for electric utilities. By analyzing satellite data, Overstory helps these utilities identify and prioritize potential vegetation risks near power corridors, enabling better decision-making and resource allocation. This proactive approach aims to prevent power outages, reduce wildfire risks, and enhance the safety and resilience of the electrical grid. Additionally, Overstory's platform offers global-scale automated analysis, segmenting tree species, estimating wood volume, and assessing tree health. This functionality supports corporations, NGOs, and governments in their efforts to combat deforestation and promote sustainable forest management practices.

RealFevr

Series A in 2022
RealFevr is a Portuguese startup based in Lisbon, established in 2015, that operates a fantasy sports platform aimed at enhancing the fantasy football experience. The platform has garnered over 1.2 million registered users globally, with a significant presence in Portugal, where it has over 150,000 users and partnerships with prominent organizations such as Liga Portugal and the Portuguese Football Federation. RealFevr offers various league formats, catering to both beginners and experienced players, and allows users to manage their teams through smartphone applications, integrating the opportunity to win NFTs. The company, which employs more than 25 individuals across Europe, leverages its team's expertise in IT, gaming, and blockchain to ensure a high-quality service for its users. With a proven track record in the fantasy leagues market, RealFevr aims to expand its influence in the global sports NFT sector and enhance its international presence.

kencko

Series A in 2022
Kencko is dedicated to making organic fruits and vegetables accessible in convenient forms that fit seamlessly into daily routines. The company specializes in producing instant smoothies that allow consumers to effortlessly incorporate organic produce into their breakfast. These smoothies are free from added sugars, chemicals, and colorants, ensuring that all nutritional content is preserved. By providing hassle-free options for healthy consumption, Kencko aims to transform the way individuals enjoy fresh produce, making nutritious choices easier and more appealing.

LOQR

Series A in 2021
LOQR is a provider of digital customer onboarding solutions tailored for financial institutions. The company offers a centralized platform designed to manage the entire digital identity lifecycle, encompassing identity verification and authentication. By delivering a comprehensive journey builder platform, LOQR empowers clients to enhance their digital banking experiences through services such as remote account opening and real-time consumer credit. With a focus on regulatory compliance and customer-centric solutions, LOQR aims to facilitate seamless and secure digital interactions for both financial institutions and their customers. Its expertise in artificial intelligence and compliance underscores its commitment to enabling clients to navigate the complexities of the digital landscape effectively.

Probely

Seed Round in 2020
Probely is a provider of an automated web vulnerability scanner aimed at helping businesses mitigate the risk of cyber attacks. Its platform specializes in identifying vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs, offering actionable guidance for remediation. With features such as machine learning, heuristic-based elimination of false positives, and fingerprinting for web application recognition, Probely enhances the security testing process. The solution integrates seamlessly into development workflows and continuous integration pipelines, allowing security and development teams to automate and scale their security efforts effectively. By streamlining vulnerability management, Probely enables organizations to improve their application security posture.

Defined.ai

Series B in 2020
Defined.ai operates an intelligent data platform that facilitates efficient data workflows for collecting, processing, and enriching training data. By integrating crowdsourcing, advanced tools, and machine learning capabilities, the platform provides customizable workflows to deliver high-quality, project-specific training data. In addition to its marketplace for buying and selling AI data, tools, and models, Defined.ai offers professional services designed to support clients in navigating complex machine learning projects. The company aims to foster a community of AI professionals dedicated to creating fair, accessible, inclusive, and ethical artificial intelligence solutions for the future.
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