EDP Ventures

EDP Ventures is a venture capital investment arm of EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A. specializing in seed, series A and early stage investments. It seeks to invest in, energy efficiency solution, energy storage, smart grids, electric mobility, and information technology sectors. The firm typically invests in all regions. It invests between €0.5 million ($0.58 million) to €5 million ($5.85 million). EDP Ventures is based in Lisbon, Portugal with an additional offices in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
RC

Rosario Cannata

Principal

Mariana Costa

Principal

LF

Luís Fábrica

Investment Associate

Frederico Gonçalves

Partner

LM

Luis Manuel

Partner and MD

AM

Alexandre Mateus

Investment Associate

Luis Santos Moro

Principal

Daniel Nascimento

Principal

AS

Andrea Salinas

Partner

Past deals in Portugal

Relectrify

Series A in 2021
Relectrify develops and supplies advanced battery control solutions, which increase the lifetime and reduce the cost of battery storage systems. The company's cell-level battery management and inverter technology is used in battery storage globally including for homes, industry and the grid, and is suitable for both second-life and new batteries.

Loqr, S.A.

Series A in 2021
LOQR's platform is a digital enabler. LOQR provides a fully compliant end-to-end platform that allows banks and other highly regulated verticals to take the next step to a digital business. Through LOQR's products portfolio, we enable organizations to offer services as remote account opening, real-time consumer credit, document signing, recovery access journeys, contact certification, data maintenance, and others services, as an integrated digital channel. Unleash your boundaries by using our platform as the foundation of your digital business ecosystem and exceed your customer's needs and expectations!

Aplanet

Series A in 2023
Aplanet provides the most complete software tools for CSR and sustainability professionals to manage their day-to-day. Their mission is to bring social responsibility to the forefront of business objectives by empowering organizations with the tools to manage, measure, and showcase their impact.

DefinedCrowd Corporation

Series A in 2018
DefinedCrowd develops a Crowd-as-a-Service intelligent data platform intended to accelerate enterprise data training and modeling. The company's platform combines machine learning and data science with crowd-sourcing to help companies to easily manage their global data collection and data enrichment efforts, enabling enterprises to improve quality, scalability and time-to-market for their artificial intelligence and natural language processing applications.

Clarke Energia

Seed Round in 2020
Clarke Energia is swooping in with analytics to help save SMEs some serious money. Its solution can evaluate the electricity fee a business is charged and see if it can be adjusted. The system also analyzes the viability of solar panels to cut costs.

Green Li-ion

Series A in 2022
Green Li-ion is a deep clean technology that solves the existential risk to the precious metals industry and the environment. Its patented deep technology is Cleaner, Faster, and 4x more profitable than current Lithium-Ion Battery recycling and the only technology to fully Rejuvenate the battery cathode. It was founded in 2020 and is based in Singapore.

Cyber Sepio Systems, LTD.

Seed Round in 2019
Cyber Sepio Systems, LTD. develops and delivers Rogue Device Mitigation security suite that protects organizations from hardware-based attacks and threats by leveraging a combination of physical fingerprinting technology together with device behavior analytics. Its SaaS-based security suite can be deployed on any physical or virtual environment in any combination of on-premises, private, and public cloud. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rockville, Maryland with operations in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; and Tel Aviv, Israel.

Delfos Intelligent Maintenance

Venture Round in 2021
Delfos is an intelligent maintenance platform that integrates state of the art machine learning modules, and technical knowledge to transform the already available data from the wind turbine into useful information. It was developed to provide customers the ability to achieve operational excellence by leveraging all the available operational data within the organization to optimize asset performance and retain key operational knowledge. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Fortaleza in Brazil.

ChemiTek

Seed Round in 2021
They develop, produce and commmercialize, environmental friendly, detergents for several industries, providing customers an innovative, customized and value-added solution.CHEMITEK wants to stand out for its innovative products. The position is find partners who have specific problems where we can act and solve with their Know-How, providing the ideal products for each area / customer.

Yotta Solar Inc.

Series A in 2021
Yotta is developing a modular energy storage device The SolarLEAF™ - a battery storage device that integrates with photovoltaic (PV). It has been designed to reduce cost and expand development of energy storage and grid resiliency. The SolarLEAFs biggest value is reducing the soft costs of designing, installing, and maintaining an energy storage system compared to traditional centralized systems.

HypeLabs

Seed Round in 2019
HypeLabs is the company that created the Hype SDK, an interoperable mesh networking software that improves connectivity on all kinds of devices, from mobile to desktop to IoT, allowing them to connect even when there is no internet. The software works by intelligently connecting devices in local mesh networks using existing connectivity technologies, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa and others. This network enables content to securely hop between devices, until it reaches a destination or an Internet exit point, improving range and deliverability. Founded in 2016, the company is located in San Francisco (USA), Porto (Portugal), London (UK) and Krakow (Poland). AngelPad #10 (Spring '16) alumni & Deutsche Telekom WARP alumni.

Tesselo

Seed Round in 2020
Tesselo makes it easy to access and extract environmental and business insights from Earth Observation data and Artificial Intelligence.

Glartek

Seed Round in 2019
Glartek is a technology-enabled services company focused on Industrial Internet of Things and Augmented reality solutions. With their experience in development solution for industry and their knowledge in field management, they are able to provide the best expertise in cloud analytics and augmented reality tools for the industry.

Energyworx

Venture Round in 2021
Energyworx B.V. develops Software-as-a-Service platform for energy data management and energy intelligence solutions that help utility companies navigate and monetize the energy transition. It offers platform for grid optimization and reliability, consumer engagement, monitoring, energy management and device control, energy efficiency, energy trading, social energy, energy theft detection, billing data, and meter data management. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Houten, the Netherlands with an additional office in Houston, Texas.

Clarke Energia

Seed Round in 2021
Clarke Energia is swooping in with analytics to help save SMEs some serious money. Its solution can evaluate the electricity fee a business is charged and see if it can be adjusted. The system also analyzes the viability of solar panels to cut costs.

YData

Seed Round in 2021
YData helps adopters of AI to improve and generate high quality data so they can become tomorrow's industry leaders. We offer a data-centric development platform for Data Scientists to work with high quality and synthetic data.

Drivit

Seed Round in 2019
Drivit is on a mission to help companies bring meaningful mobility services to the market. Our driving analytics solution can be integrated into any app to turn smartphones into high-quality telematics devices that both promotes safer and more sustainable behaviours and address business challenges.

Zypho

Equity Crowdfunding in 2018
ZYPHO is an innovative drain water heat recovery. Installed just under the shower, reduces any heat lost saving you energy and money.

Vertequip

Seed Round in 2018
Vertequip develops equipment, accessories, and services to improve the safety and productivity for working at heights. Its products include S.T.E.P. No Limits, a solution for any structure that requires access using only a harness; S.T.E.P. 4Two; S.T.E.P. Freedom, which is designed for ascending or descending easily into tall structures or mine pits; S.T.E.P. UP for vertical movements; S.T.E.P. Deep to access pit mines; S.T.E.P. Wind to perform maintenance tasks and repairs on wind towers; S.T.E.P. Offshore to perform difficult tasks in extreme conditions in wind towers and offshore platforms; S.T.E.P. Climber; S.T.E.P. Industry to work in confined spaces and around silos; and more. Vertequip was founded in 2011 and is based in Chamusca, Portugal.

PVComplete

Seed Round in 2018
PVComplete Inc. develops a solar design platform to streamline time consuming tasks in commercial rooftop project designs. Its software tool automates module layouts by utilizing a cloud based PV module database by observing roof zones and obstructions with shadow models. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Oakland, California.
Fractal Engenharia e Sistemas develops tools for assessing hydrological risk, power generation optimization, dam monitoring, and disaster prevention. The company’s products include SPEHC, a tool that predicts water flow and water levels; and Dam Management and Auscultation System (DAMS), an application software. It offers services, such as elaboration of thematic maps and geoprocessing, management of water resources, hydro-sedimentometric monitoring and modeling, urban drainage, natural disaster prevention, and structuring and implementation of monitoring networks. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Florianópolis, Brazil.
Delfos is an intelligent maintenance platform that integrates state of the art machine learning modules, and technical knowledge to transform the already available data from the wind turbine into useful information. It was developed to provide customers the ability to achieve operational excellence by leveraging all the available operational data within the organization to optimize asset performance and retain key operational knowledge. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Fortaleza in Brazil.

APERIO

Seed Round in 2018
Aperio Systems, Inc. develops cyber security and operational resilience system and software for industrial control systems. The company's proprietary data forgery protection technology detects artificial manipulation of industrial process data in real-time to safeguard industrial control systems, provide true state awareness, and allow quick and effective remediation without disruption to business. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts with additional office in Caesarea, Israel.

Dom Rock

Seed Round in 2019
Dom Rock is a provider of cloud-based analysis solutions designed and built to be a unified business data integrity environment in a simple, fast, and assertive way. It captures any kind of data from any source, whether in the form of texts, PDF files, transactions, or records of releases. Dom Rock unifies and publishes analyzes with full traceability eliminating the arduous task of incurring long processes in the search for data under deadlines pressure, often non-negotiable and having assertiveness in sensitive issues involving impact on cash generation of companies. Dom Rock was founded in 2013 and it has offices in Sao Paulo, Sao Jose dos Campos, and Campinas in Sao Paulo Estate of Brazil.

Sterblue

Seed Round in 2018
Sterblue develops software for drones inspecting outdoor structures. The software enables drones to inspect power lines or wind turbines with automated trajectories. The software caters to wind and solar energy sectors, electricity distribution, and electricity transmission. Sterblue was founded in 2016 and is based in Nantes, France.

ME SOLshare Ltd.

Series A in 2018
ME SOLshare Ltd. develops peer-to-peer solar electricity trading platform. It offers SOLbox, a bi-directional DC electricity meter that enables peer-to-peer electricity trading, grid management, remote monitoring, mobile money payment, and data analytics; and SOLcontrol, a charge controller for solar home systems. ME SOLshare Ltd. has strategic alliance with Micro Energy International, German Cooperation, IDCOL, raiSE SINGAPORE, ADB, GSMA, POWER FOR ALL, and SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Target Behaviour

Convertible Note in 2014
Portuguese company focused on developing products that promote behavioural change through mostly emotional triggers. Develops EGGY.

Enging - Make Solutions

Seed Round in 2019
Enging provides smart online monitoring solutions based on predictive maintenance for industrial electrical machines. The continuous working of Enging provides a paradigm shift in the maintenance industry, enabling the management of these assets to be done in a much more economical, efficient and simple manner. Enging was founded in 2011 and is based in Coimbra, Portugal.

Cyber Sepio Systems, LTD.

Series A in 2019
Cyber Sepio Systems, LTD. develops and delivers Rogue Device Mitigation security suite that protects organizations from hardware-based attacks and threats by leveraging a combination of physical fingerprinting technology together with device behavior analytics. Its SaaS-based security suite can be deployed on any physical or virtual environment in any combination of on-premises, private, and public cloud. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rockville, Maryland with operations in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina; and Tel Aviv, Israel.

ME SOLshare Ltd.

Venture Round in 2020
ME SOLshare Ltd. develops peer-to-peer solar electricity trading platform. It offers SOLbox, a bi-directional DC electricity meter that enables peer-to-peer electricity trading, grid management, remote monitoring, mobile money payment, and data analytics; and SOLcontrol, a charge controller for solar home systems. ME SOLshare Ltd. has strategic alliance with Micro Energy International, German Cooperation, IDCOL, raiSE SINGAPORE, ADB, GSMA, POWER FOR ALL, and SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Energyworx

Venture Round in 2020
Energyworx B.V. develops Software-as-a-Service platform for energy data management and energy intelligence solutions that help utility companies navigate and monetize the energy transition. It offers platform for grid optimization and reliability, consumer engagement, monitoring, energy management and device control, energy efficiency, energy trading, social energy, energy theft detection, billing data, and meter data management. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Houten, the Netherlands with an additional office in Houston, Texas.

Endeco

Series B in 2020
Endeco's Energy Management System (EMS) provides wireless energy management and control systems for retail, commercial and industrial users. Applications include building control, refrigeration control, demand management, price response, energy efficiency, and demand response. Our automated wireless systems seamlessly integrate into your existing operations and/or Building Management System (BMS) without any training of retail staff required.

Colab.re

Venture Round in 2020
Colab.re is a citizen-to-government engagement platform, where citizens socially interact to report city's daily issues, suggest urban improvements and rate public services. On the other end, they offer governments a freemium CRM and Workflow management tool. They currently (march 2016) have +150k users in Brazil, +100 clients including municipalities, state governments, federal departments and utility companies. They believe in creating better cities for the people, with the people.

Feedzai Inc.

Seed Round in 2011
Feedzai is AI. We’re coding the future of commerce with today’s most advanced risk management platform powered by big data and artificial intelligence. Founded and developed by data scientists and aerospace engineers, Feedzai has one mission: make banking and commerce safe. The world’s largest banks, payment providers and retailers use Feedzai’s machine learning technology to manage risks associated with banking and shopping, whether digitally or in person.

Loqr, S.A.

Seed Round in 2018
LOQR's platform is a digital enabler. LOQR provides a fully compliant end-to-end platform that allows banks and other highly regulated verticals to take the next step to a digital business. Through LOQR's products portfolio, we enable organizations to offer services as remote account opening, real-time consumer credit, document signing, recovery access journeys, contact certification, data maintenance, and others services, as an integrated digital channel. Unleash your boundaries by using our platform as the foundation of your digital business ecosystem and exceed your customer's needs and expectations!

Loqr, S.A.

Convertible Note in 2019
LOQR's platform is a digital enabler. LOQR provides a fully compliant end-to-end platform that allows banks and other highly regulated verticals to take the next step to a digital business. Through LOQR's products portfolio, we enable organizations to offer services as remote account opening, real-time consumer credit, document signing, recovery access journeys, contact certification, data maintenance, and others services, as an integrated digital channel. Unleash your boundaries by using our platform as the foundation of your digital business ecosystem and exceed your customer's needs and expectations!

Energyworx

Corporate Round in 2019
Energyworx B.V. develops Software-as-a-Service platform for energy data management and energy intelligence solutions that help utility companies navigate and monetize the energy transition. It offers platform for grid optimization and reliability, consumer engagement, monitoring, energy management and device control, energy efficiency, energy trading, social energy, energy theft detection, billing data, and meter data management. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Houten, the Netherlands with an additional office in Houston, Texas.

DefinedCrowd Corporation

Series B in 2020
DefinedCrowd develops a Crowd-as-a-Service intelligent data platform intended to accelerate enterprise data training and modeling. The company's platform combines machine learning and data science with crowd-sourcing to help companies to easily manage their global data collection and data enrichment efforts, enabling enterprises to improve quality, scalability and time-to-market for their artificial intelligence and natural language processing applications.

EGG Electronics

Seed Round in 2016
EGG Electronics is a Portuguese Tech Startup located in Lisbon. It was funded by EDP (Energias de Portugal) and Portugal Ventures. With its products the company aims at making the daily experience of charging electronic devices and gadgets a lot more easy and natural. EGG Electronics is recently on the spotlight because of its original EGG PowerStation - an innovative charging dock that allows to charge up to 15 devices simultaneously. With it's changeable and customizable covers it's refreshingly beautiful. Because of the flat surface, it can be placed anywhere, being available within reach of the hand. It is available both for individual consumers and for companies (as a business solution for meeting rooms or as a corporate gift)