Lince Capital

Lince Capital is an independent venture capital company founded in 2016 and based in Lisbon, Portugal. Drawing on over 30 years of experience from a family group in managing diverse investment funds, the firm specializes in investing across various stages of company development, including seed, early, growth, and later stages. Lince Capital focuses its investments on sectors such as consumer products, consumer services, information technology, healthcare, real estate, and technology-based industries. The firm is recognized for its personalized support and commitment to fostering close relationships with investors and business partners, backed by a dedicated and dynamic team.

Vasco Coutinho

CEO and Board Member

Tomás Peixe

Head of Venture Capital and Board Member

21 past transactions

Pleez

Venture Round in 2024
Pleez, headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, was founded in 2020 and specializes in restaurant management software that streamlines order processing through digital solutions. The company offers unique competitor data and machine learning-backed recommendations to help restaurants enhance their delivery offerings, including pricing, promotions, and menu composition. Additionally, Pleez provides AI-powered features such as the creation of delivery menu pictures and dish descriptions. By automating delivery channels, Pleez allows restaurants to focus on food preparation while efficiently managing their operations. The platform improves coordination among kitchen and service teams, ultimately enhancing the overall customer experience.

Sensei

Series A in 2024
Sensei offers a scalable, seamless store-wide solution that empowers the stores of the future to be check-out and cash free. Through an integrated system of cameras and AI algorithms, Sensei enables a new era of Phygital stores able to capture in-store product data and shoppers’ activities, to offer a wealth of analytics and smooth, frictionless shopping experience.

Bling Energy

Seed Round in 2024
Bling Energy is a startup that focuses on providing more efficient and sustainable energy solutions, mostly through solar panels.

FRVR

Venture Round in 2024
FRVR Limited is a Malta-based company that specializes in the development and distribution of online computer games. The company operates an instant gaming distribution platform that connects billions of players with engaging games, aiming to democratize access to gaming content. By collaborating with innovative partners, FRVR delivers both expertise and technology to enhance game distribution beyond traditional app stores. The company also works closely with game developers and studios to create captivating games that can be enjoyed across various platforms, including chat applications and social media. Through its efforts, FRVR seeks to adapt to the evolving landscape of gaming and entertainment, ensuring that users can easily access and engage with its offerings.

OSCAR

Venture Round in 2024
On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.

Vawlt

Seed Round in 2024
Vawlt is a dynamic storage platform that simplifies the operation of multiple clouds while improving data security standards. The company is working in several technologies related to data security because we believe everyone is entitled to control and decide the destiny of their own data, and companies should be more responsible in handling such valuable, and personal, assets. Vawlt is a start-up from Lisbon, Portugal, founded by researchers from a very prolific R&D group - LASIGE - within the University of Lisbon.

Zeoos

Seed Round in 2024
Zeoos offers to accelerate and simplify direct sales to end customers in the marketplace (Direct to Consumer), while also providing management and logistical services.

BIZAY

Series C in 2023
BIZAY operates a digital marketplace that specializes in customizable products, catering to a diverse range of customers across Europe and the Americas. The company offers the world's largest catalogue of customizable items, allowing local manufacturers, brands, and wholesalers to deliver personalized products efficiently. Its platform targets various customer segments, including B2B2C businesses, small and medium-sized enterprises, and major brands seeking customized solutions. BIZAY’s extensive offerings encompass promotional items, packaging, home and garden goods, fashion products, and beauty items. The company emphasizes sustainability and social responsibility by collaborating with partners focused on inclusion and utilizing recycled materials in production. BIZAY employs advanced supply-chain optimization technologies to significantly reduce production costs, empowering clients to enhance their marketing strategies through innovative customization options.

Paynest

Seed Round in 2023
At Paynest, we are simplifying employee finance. We are reshaping how companies operate and engage with their employees. With flexible, simple, and innovative solutions, we enable each member of your company to focus on their true strengths. We empower leaders by bringing simplicity into their journey, offering an integrated platform of solutions crafted to effortlessly streamline their daily operations: expense management, compensation on-demand, financial coaching, and more. Our team is dedicated to developing new products that are easy to use while championing the digital evolution of time-consuming tasks, making them simpler and more efficient.

PayNest

Seed Round in 2023
PayNest is a payments amalgamator, which was created with the core mission of digitizing cash collection in the Middle East.

BHOUT

Seed Round in 2023
BHOUT is an innovative gaming company that has developed a unique boxing bag equipped with advanced sensors, 3D computer vision, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. This technology creates an immersive fitness experience by transforming traditional workouts into gamified sessions. BHOUT focuses on an ENTERTRAINMENT ecosystem that encourages individuals to engage in boxing for fun while achieving their fitness goals. The company's offerings include customized boxing workouts that blend cardio exercises with strength training, synchronized to music and lighting for an engaging atmosphere. By combining gaming technology with physical fitness, BHOUT aims to enhance both mental and physical well-being, allowing users to feel empowered through an enjoyable and competitive approach to exercise.

sheerME

Seed Round in 2023
SheerME is a wellness marketplace that provides consumers with an efficient platform for booking and paying for beauty and wellness services. The app facilitates instant confirmation for appointments and features a wallet system that rewards users with cashback and benefits for their bookings. By making it easier for customers to find and schedule self-care services at any time, SheerME encourages more frequent use of wellness services, allowing users to earn rewards that enhance their overall experience. Through its user-friendly interface and robust incentives, SheerME aims to connect consumers with various wellness options tailored to their needs.

HiJiffy

Venture Round in 2023
HiJiffy is an innovative solution that centralizes, automates, and measures all hotel customer service activities, integrating innovative technology in a simple, reliable, and robust platform, used daily in more than 1400 hotels, in 30 countries. The hotels using HiJiffy have an average automation rate of 80%, being fundamental in a time when the guest’s contacts are more and more complex. With HiJiffy hotels can ensure that they will have instant replies 24/7 digital.

Cargofive

Seed Round in 2023
Cargofive is a logistics solution designed to assist freight forwarders in adapting to the digital landscape of the industry. The platform streamlines the pricing process by automating and processing rate sheets from various carriers, enabling forwarders to easily access freight rates in one location and generate quotes with minimal effort. This cloud-based system enhances operational efficiency, allowing users to manage contracts and reduce costs while improving service delivery to clients. Additionally, Cargofive's application can integrate with other systems, such as ERP and CRM, facilitating seamless data exchange and enhancing overall productivity.

Visor.ai

Venture Round in 2023
Visor.ai is a company based in Madrid, Spain, that specializes in designing and developing conversational artificial intelligence-based chatbots aimed at enhancing customer service. Its platform is tailored for non-technical customer service teams, allowing them to easily create and customize chatbots for marketing and customer support. Visor.ai's solutions automate interactions with clients, addressing numerous and repetitive inquiries efficiently. By streamlining customer service operations, the company helps businesses improve response speed and accuracy while reducing costs and enhancing service innovation.

Pleez

Funding Round in 2022
Pleez, headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, was founded in 2020 and specializes in restaurant management software that streamlines order processing through digital solutions. The company offers unique competitor data and machine learning-backed recommendations to help restaurants enhance their delivery offerings, including pricing, promotions, and menu composition. Additionally, Pleez provides AI-powered features such as the creation of delivery menu pictures and dish descriptions. By automating delivery channels, Pleez allows restaurants to focus on food preparation while efficiently managing their operations. The platform improves coordination among kitchen and service teams, ultimately enhancing the overall customer experience.

proGrow

Seed Round in 2022
proGrow, S.A. is a software as a service (SaaS) company based in Matosinhos, Portugal, founded in 2014. It specializes in providing a platform that enhances industrial frontline operations through the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity and data analytics. The platform automatically unifies production information from various sources, creating customizable real-time dashboards and automatic alerts that facilitate quick decision-making. By supporting Kaizen and continuous improvement methodologies, proGrow empowers operational teams with dedicated workflows and collaborative tools that enable immediate actions to address issues and enhance performance. The software is designed to help manufacturing plants optimize resource use while boosting operational efficiency and productivity.

OSCAR

Convertible Note in 2022
On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.

Lyzer

Seed Round in 2021
Optimize your supply chain. From order to doorstep. Boost your operational efficiency with our all-in-one solution that simplifies and enhances every step of order management, picking, and delivery. Streamlined Order Hub provides a centralized platform to consolidate orders from all sales channels, offering an intuitive dashboard for simplified management. This tool enhances efficiency by minimizing the complexity of handling multiple sales streams, making it easier to track, process, and fulfill orders in a single, seamless interface. With Smart Task Allocation, a cutting-edge algorithm dynamically assigns tasks based on real-time demand and resource availability. This feature optimizes workflows, ensuring that tasks are completed with maximum efficiency, improving team performance, and reducing bottlenecks in the order fulfillment process. Picking: 52% more efficient We found that our top-performing stores are 52% faster compared to our lowest-performing ones. This indicates room for improvement and suggests that our operations and technology are likely outperforming some competitors that don’t use similar tools. Delivery: 18% cost savings This is an estimate based on route and delivery optimization, including multi-delivery options and the use of non-branded vehicles. Time: 70% reduction in manual interactions We reviewed the number of questions handled via WhatsApp groups and found that 70% could be eliminated with proper adoption of our technology and features.

Heden

Venture Round in 2021
Heden provides co-working space.

AceCann

Seed Round in 2021
AceCann is a medical cannabis company dedicated to the organic cultivation, processing, and extraction of high-quality medical cannabis products. By employing smaller, scalable indoor farming methods, AceCann effectively manages critical environmental factors such as temperature and humidity, ensuring that each plant receives individualized care. This meticulous approach allows the company to produce cannabis products that meet stringent pharmaceutical standards. AceCann has distinguished itself as the first company in Portugal to receive an R&D certificate of suitability from the National Innovation Agency, underscoring its commitment to research and development in the field of medical cannabis. Through its innovative practices, AceCann aims to enhance the well-being of patients by providing premium medical cannabis that supports healthy lifestyles.
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