Faber

Faber is a venture capital firm based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 2012. It focuses on supporting early-stage technology companies, particularly in the fields of artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, climate tech, ocean tech, and web3 technology. Faber partners with entrepreneurs and teams aiming to create impactful software solutions that transform daily life and work. The firm emphasizes B2B and data-centric ventures with the potential for scalable, global distribution. By offering a comprehensive platform that includes tools, expertise, a robust network, and capital, Faber assists founders in accelerating their company-building efforts, refining go-to-market strategies, and fostering early growth. Its long-term mission is to establish itself as a leading value-added micro-VC firm in Iberia, dedicated to nurturing the development of influential technology companies.

Alexandre Barbosa

Managing Partner

Rui Melo de Carvalho

Chief Financial Officer & Partner

Sofia Santos

Partner

Carlos Silva

Partner

Past deals in Portugal

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.

Maven Pet

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Maven is a SaaS pet tech startup that provides a personal vet to track the pet’s safety and health 24/7. It focuses on using technology to improve the quality of life for pets, as well as offering pet owners peace of mind and a way to keep track of their pet's safety, health, and well-being on a continual basis through their own personal veterinarian. It was started by the founders of Findster Technologies in 2021 and is based in Porto, Portugal.

Sword Health

Series B in 2021
SWORD Health Lda. is a digital healthcare provider specializing in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders through technology-driven solutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Porto, Portugal, the company enables patients to undertake therapy in the comfort of their homes, effectively addressing chronic and post-surgical pain without the need for imaging, surgeries, or opioids. Since its launch in 2015, SWORD Health has partnered with insurers, health systems, and employers across Europe, Australia, and the United States, making its services accessible to a broad audience. The company combines the expertise of licensed physical therapists with innovative technology to deliver effective rehabilitation, aiming to alleviate pain for millions of people globally. SWORD Health maintains offices in New York City, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Sydney, and Porto.

EMOTAI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
EMOTAI is a privately held company based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 2018. It specializes in enhancing human performance through innovative technology. The company manufactures a wearable headband that monitors brain waves and heart rate, specifically designed for gamers. EMOTAI provides a platform that generates performance reports, offering insights into focus, stress, engagement, and heart rate levels. By tracking these biosignals, EMOTAI aims to improve gamers' focus and working memory, ultimately helping them to perform better in their gaming activities.

Sword Health

Series A in 2020
SWORD Health Lda. is a digital healthcare provider specializing in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders through technology-driven solutions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Porto, Portugal, the company enables patients to undertake therapy in the comfort of their homes, effectively addressing chronic and post-surgical pain without the need for imaging, surgeries, or opioids. Since its launch in 2015, SWORD Health has partnered with insurers, health systems, and employers across Europe, Australia, and the United States, making its services accessible to a broad audience. The company combines the expertise of licensed physical therapists with innovative technology to deliver effective rehabilitation, aiming to alleviate pain for millions of people globally. SWORD Health maintains offices in New York City, Chicago, Salt Lake City, Sydney, and Porto.

Codacy

Venture Round in 2019
Codacy is an automated code review tool that helps developers to save time in code reviews and to tackle technical debt efficiently. Developers spend 10%-20% of their time reviewing code. Gartner estimates the global technical debt to grow to $1 Trillion by 2015. Codacy tracks new issues by severity level for every commit and pull request and allows a hassle free customization of static analysis It provides advanced code metrics on the health of a project and on the performance of teams.

Codacy

Series A in 2017
Codacy is an automated code review tool that helps developers to save time in code reviews and to tackle technical debt efficiently. Developers spend 10%-20% of their time reviewing code. Gartner estimates the global technical debt to grow to $1 Trillion by 2015. Codacy tracks new issues by severity level for every commit and pull request and allows a hassle free customization of static analysis It provides advanced code metrics on the health of a project and on the performance of teams.

Hole19

Seed Round in 2017
Hole19 owns the golfers journey from start to finish. Before the round we help golfers discover golf courses & book tee times; during the round they can plan & track rounds with GPS and scoring; after the round we help golfers review performance and connect with like-minded golfers. Want to promote your product or brand to a community of over 1.2M golfers around the world that are passionate about golf? Reach out to our partnership team via partners@hole19golf.com

Unbabel

Series A in 2016
Unbabel Inc. is a provider of online translation services, specializing in human-corrected machine translation. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Lisbon, with additional offices in San Francisco, New York, and Pittsburgh, the company enables enterprises to communicate with customers in their native languages. Unbabel's service merges an AI-driven translation engine with a global community of human translators, ensuring fast and accurate translations for various user-generated content, including emails, wikis, and forums. Its solutions cater to customer service needs, such as support tickets and chat interactions. Unbabel has garnered over $31 million in funding and serves notable clients, including Facebook, Microsoft, Booking.com, and EasyJet, enhancing customer satisfaction and operational efficiency for these businesses.

Codacy

Seed Round in 2015
Codacy is an automated code review tool that helps developers to save time in code reviews and to tackle technical debt efficiently. Developers spend 10%-20% of their time reviewing code. Gartner estimates the global technical debt to grow to $1 Trillion by 2015. Codacy tracks new issues by severity level for every commit and pull request and allows a hassle free customization of static analysis It provides advanced code metrics on the health of a project and on the performance of teams.

Zaask

Seed Round in 2015
Zaask helps people hire the right professionals to accomplish their projects, be it to remodel the kitchen, photograph those special moments or even be it to learn a new language. Zaask is an online platform to compare and hire rated service professionals. Zaask is the Europe's largest player in this space.

bugle

Seed Round in 2014
Bugle is a simple, effective and beautiful online video training platform for businesses. It only takes bugle, a smartphone and your team’s creativity to publish and share video training, quizzes, challenges, articles, surveys and events, allowing Sales, Marketing, Operations, Customer Success, HR and other strategic teams to achieve better business results with their customers, partners, employees and other business stakeholders.

Passworks

Seed Round in 2014
Passworks offers an integrated solution for brands to create, manage and distribute pass-marketing campaigns through the mobile wallets of all major platforms including Passbook, Google Wallet and Windows Phone Wallet.

Liquid

Seed Round in 2014
Liquid in on a mission to help publishers automate their growth efforts on mobile apps. Liquid gives marketers the ability to automate their communication with their users in a meaningfull and timely manner. By using actions (such as Push Notifications, in-app messages, emails, notify your backend or any other third party via WebHooks or Zapier) when a user does something that matters to the business, publishers can communicate with their users or notify their team about it. Liquid machine-learning pre-build formulas help anyone automate their growth and easy and straightforward manner.

Codacy

Seed Round in 2013
Codacy is an automated code review tool that helps developers to save time in code reviews and to tackle technical debt efficiently. Developers spend 10%-20% of their time reviewing code. Gartner estimates the global technical debt to grow to $1 Trillion by 2015. Codacy tracks new issues by severity level for every commit and pull request and allows a hassle free customization of static analysis It provides advanced code metrics on the health of a project and on the performance of teams.

GetSocial

Seed Round in 2013
GetSocial S.A. is a company based in Evora, Portugal, that offers a content performance analytics platform designed for marketers and publishers. Established in 2013, GetSocial enables users to measure, promote, and enhance their content's visibility across various social media channels. Its platform tracks both public and private social interactions, ranking content based on its potential for organic reach. Key features include dark social tracking, content performance analytics, virality alerts, and automated distribution to social media platforms. By providing insights into social sharing activities, GetSocial assists content creators and audience developers in making informed decisions about which stories to promote and invest in, thereby addressing the challenges of traffic acquisition and monetization in the digital landscape.

Gleam

Seed Round in 2013
Gleam SA is a mobile application that enables users to discover the latest trends in global fashion. Founded in 2013 and based in Portugal, the platform allows users to create, organize, and share their favorite looks, as well as send style suggestions to friends via various messaging platforms. Users can plan their outfits and build a digital closet featuring products and styles they love. Additionally, Gleam provides links to products available from global online retailers. Following its acquisition by Farfetch, Gleam has also integrated analytics capabilities to help fashion brands stay aligned with consumer preferences and monitor changes in trends across different markets.