Shilling VC
Venture capitalLisbon · Pre-Seed–Series B · 23 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Founder-led VC offering portfolio founders profit-sharing options and a structured platform granting direct access to 35+ founder-LPs for idea validation and accelerated global go-to-market.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 23 people
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Founder mafia
3 people who came through Shilling VC went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 30 of 98 portfolio companiesSaaS ×11AI & Machine Learning ×10Data & Infrastructure ×4Enterprise Software ×4Fintech ×4Wellness & Fitness ×4Consumer ×3Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:Portugal×6United States×4Spain×3France×2Germany×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 16 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×42 founders×83 founders×24+ founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 28 founders with education data
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya ×3University of Cambridge ×3University of Lisbon ×3EOI Business School ×2Instituto Superior Técnico ×2National Taiwan University ×2Nova School of Business and Economics ×2Universidad Carlos III de Madrid ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×12Business & Management ×9Computer Science ×9
Where their founders worked beforefrom 27 founders with career history
Airbus ×2Carnegie Mellon University ×2Google ×2LASIGE ×2LinkedIn ×2Mobipium ×2Replai ×2Uber ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)
Investments · 98 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 32024 · 12022 · 12021 · 22015 · 19 dated
Co-investorsTRUST ESPORT
Barkyn provides personalized dog nutrition — fresh steam-cooked meals and grain-free premium kibble delivered by subscription — bundled with ongoing veterinary monitoring for dog owners.
ConsumerDigital HealthDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesFive Seasons VenturesIndico Capital PartnersPortugal Ventures
Biocollabs offers the Alcohol Belly Protocol, a plant-based liquid supplement designed to support liver function and reduce visceral fat accumulation in people who consume alcohol.
BiotechConsumerDirect to ConsumerHealthtechWellness & FitnessLisbon, PT
Gualdim Redol(Co-founder)Natalia Redol(Co-founder)
Co-investorsDraycottFuture Positive Capital
Bizay is an online printing platform where businesses order customized marketing and promotional products including business cards, flyers, stickers, banners, packaging, branded clothing, and office supplies.
Advanced ManufacturingE-commerceMarketplaces
Co-investorsIndico Capital PartnersLeadX Capital PartnersLince CapitalEuropean Investment BankOmnes Capital
Cafler provides an AI platform that automates aftermarket operations for automotive workshops, handling processes from customer reception through vehicle delivery.
AI & Machine Learning
Co-investorsBrainstorm VenturesBStartupEoniq.fundWIND VenturesBBVA SPARKSeaya+1 more
CASAFARI provides a real estate data intelligence platform that aggregates and cleans property data across more than 20 countries, offering insights to help users find and close real estate deals.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructurePropTech
Co-investors1Sharpe VenturesArmilar Venture PartnersBlue Lion GlobalBynd Venture CapitalPrudenceLakestar
Cooby is a WhatsApp-based sales tool that tracks sales rep activity, follow-ups, and CRM logging on individual WhatsApp numbers, and offers managed sales agents on WhatsApp API numbers to qualify high-volume inbound leads.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US
Jocelin Ho(Founder)inWen H. Shaw(Founder)inChieh Ho(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsPear VC
Coverflex offers a compensation management platform that lets companies build flexible, personalized compensation and benefits packages for their employees, aiming to reduce costs and give workers more value.
FintechHR TechInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersBerliner Volksbank VenturesDraycottEndeavor CatalystLince CapitalMS&AD Ventures+4 more
Food network orchestrator empowering home cooks to share authentic home cooked food with clients
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalSonae IM
Exclusible is a creative agency that develops branded gaming experiences and immersive worlds on platforms like Roblox and Fortnite, helping brands connect with youth audiences through authentic, platform-native content.
Creator EconomyGamingMarketing Tech
Thibault Launay(CEO)inOlivier Moingeon(CCO)inPierre Guigouresse(COO)
Co-investors3Comma CapitalIndico Capital PartnersWhite Star CapitalApex Capital
Fraudio provides AI-based fraud detection and anti-money-laundering (AML) monitoring for payment companies, flagging fraudulent transactions in real time.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintech
João Moura(Founder)in
Co-investorsBynd Venture CapitalVolt
Kencko produces freeze-dried, instant smoothies made from fruits and vegetables, marketed as a convenient plant-based nutrition product.
Direct to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Tomás Froes(Founder)in
Co-investorsCheyenne VenturesDraycottFLORA VenturesLince CapitalSemapa NextSiddhi Capital
Luca provides AI-powered pricing optimization software for retail businesses, analyzing sales data to identify opportunities for revenue and profit improvement and recommending price adjustments to capture additional margin.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Tanvi Surti(Founder)inYonah Mann(Founder)in
Co-investorsHeartcore CapitalY CombinatorMenlo VenturesSoma Capital
Musiversal provides real-time collaboration platform for music makers to work with world-class musicians remotely.
Creator EconomySaaS
André Miranda(Founder & CEO)inXavier Jameson(Co-founder & CGO)in
Co-investorsLince CapitalREDangels
Portuguese healthtech platform connecting nurses and healthcare professionals with available shifts at hospitals and clinics.
Co-investorsOW Ventures
Nhost provides a development platform that enables developers to build applications.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAntlerNauta Capital
Open Cosmos designs, manufactures, and operates satellites that deliver Earth observation and communications data to address global challenges.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareSpace TechLondon, GB
Rafel Jorda Siquier(CEO & Founder)inRafel Siquier(CEO)inHan Lai(Cofounder)inAleix Megías(Co-founder & VP of Operations)in
Co-investorsClaret Capital PartnersEntrepreneur FirstAccenture VenturesETF PartnersLocalGlobe
PandaGo offers a Fleet-as-a-Service solution combining electric motorbike renting and fleet management for delivery riders and fleet managers.
CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsKibo Ventures
PAYZE provides payment processing infrastructure for businesses operating in former Soviet Union countries, enabling them to accept international transactions through a single integration.
FintechTbilisi, GE
Gega Tsurtsumia(Founder)inKakha Gelashvili(Founder)in
Co-investorsY Combinator
Probely is a security testing platform that discovers APIs and web applications, finds their vulnerabilities, prioritizes them, and provides guidance on how to fix them.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Co-investors33NBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonSemapa NextTIIN Capital
Punto Health builds digital tools for cognitive care, connecting patients, carers, and clinicians to provide continuous, personalised support and coordinated care.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Anna Muñoz-Farré(Co-founder & CEO)inJack Eckersley(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsDraycottHeartfelt CapitalPlus PartnersExceptional Ventures
Replai builds agentic AI workflows that encode the domain expertise and judgment of an enterprise's key people into systems that execute tasks autonomously.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPorto
Francisco Pacheco(Executive Officer, Director)inJoão Vieira da Costa(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalHoxton VenturesAccelLux CapitalSequoia CapitalSonae IM
Specter automation is a ConTech startup that builds software for digitizing construction sites, designed together with construction site users such as site managers and foremen.
Construction TechPropTechSaaSCologne, DE
Co-investorsLBBW Venture Capital GmbHTechVision FondsAlmaz CapitalTechVision Fund
Superhuman provides an AI-native platform for marketing teams that integrates AI agents, email management, and collaborative documentation within existing workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
Conrad Irwin(Founder)inRahul VohrainVivek Sodera
Co-investors1809 Capital500 Global7BC Venture CapitalAndreessen HorowitzArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture Capital+25 more
Physical therapy and musculoskeletal care
Virgílio ("V") Bento(Founder)in
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersDraycottEarl Grey CapitalFaberFounders FundHakluyt Capital+6 more
Timeleft operates a mobile app that connects people for in-person dinners with strangers and provides tools for group matching, post-event chat, and planning to help users build lasting friendships.
ConsumerSocialWellness & Fitness
Maxime Barbier(Founder)in
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesEnjoyventure ManagementPlay VenturesRedstoneTane Fund
tl;dv is an AI meeting recorder that transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes sales and customer calls, turning conversations into insights, CRM updates, alerts, and shareable clips.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsMSManother.vcKickstartMustard Seed Maze
Tucuvi provides digital health management solutions that enable remote monitoring and follow-up care for patients with various chronic conditions and post-treatment recovery through structured questionnaires and symptom assessment tools.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
María González Manso(Founder)inMarcos Rubio(Founder)in
Co-investorsCathay InnovationDraycottFrontline VenturesKfundShip2BTheVentureCity
Unbabel provides AI-powered machine translation software combined with human editors to enable multilingual customer support and localization for businesses globally.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Vasco Pedro(Founder/CEO)inJoão Graça(Founder/CTO)inBruno Prezado Silva(Founder/Lead Designer)inHugo Silva(Founder/Developer)inPhil Shawe(President and CEO)inJin Lee(Co-CEO)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalFaberFundersClubGreycroftNotion CapitalPoint72 Ventures+11 more
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Uniplaces operates an online marketplace for booking rooms and apartments for rent, primarily aimed at students and renters across European cities.
MarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsAtomicoCaixa Capitaloctopus investments
Vawlt provides a multicloud data storage and security solution that moves company data to the cloud across multiple providers (cloud-of-clouds), aimed at organizations seeking greater data control and security.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureLisbon, PT
Ricardo Mendes(Co-Founder & CEO)inTiago Oliveira(Co-Founder & CTO)inAlysson Bessani(Co-Founder & Tech. Advisor)in
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersBasinghall PartnersBeta CapitalLince Capital
Vitaance provides a platform for companies to create customizable, inclusive, and global employee benefits programs that allow workers to choose benefits tailored to their individual needs.
HR TechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCalm/Storm VCExtension FundSoftBank Investment Advisers’ Emerge ProgramSoftBank Group
Zeyton produces hydroxytyrosol-rich extracts from olives using a patented mechanical process without chemical transformations or solvents.
AgTechBiotechCircular EconomyCleantechFoodTechNew MaterialsLisbon, PT
Zharta is an on-chain credit protocol that lets institutions structure fixed-rate, customizable loans, using real-world assets, securities, or other digital assets as collateral.
Crypto & Web3FintechLisbon, PT
Pedro Granate(Founder)in
Co-investorsGreenfieldGreenfield OneOlisipo WayPossible Ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AlgoriAptivioAssimetriaAvenueBalanceBEPRO NetworkBEST TABLESBetmarketsBetterGroupBitskoutBounceCargofiveCell2BCircularConnectedCuynaDatalinksDeciDetech AiDreamstoriesElecctroEquallErgodicFramedropGiraHunter BoardsInductiva Research LabsInnovationcastKatooKomonLA WashLife SuppliesMAINFRAMEManieModattaNetworkmeNiloNookPhasePiperPromptlyPuterRealfevrReliveRely IoReviewpadRowsSmartexSpecterSpotliteStudent FinanceSuper AgentSwitchTalkaTonic AppUpflexUrban Food SnacksURBAN FOODSVelvet FormulaVolt GamesWeeelWorkfullyZaaskZax
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSword Health · qz.com · Sep 16, 2026
Fraudio · fintechprofile.com · Aug 17, 2026
tl;dv · blog.netizen.net · Aug 4, 2026
Uniplaces · ascendants.in · Jul 28, 2026
Tucuvi · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Unbabel · essential-business.pt · Jun 24, 2026
Punto · inforcapital.com · Apr 20, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Shilling VC made?
- Shilling VC has 98 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Shilling VC invest at?
- Shilling VC invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Shilling VC's typical check size?
- Shilling VC typically writes checks of $108K – $1.1M.
- What sectors does Shilling VC focus on?
- Shilling VC focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Media & Entertainment, PropTech, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Shilling VC located?
- Shilling VC is headquartered in Lisbon, PT.
- Does Shilling VC lead rounds?
- Shilling VC typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does Shilling VC co-invest with?
- Shilling VC most often shares deals with Armilar Venture Partners, Draycott, Lince Capital, among 95 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 4
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Haun Ventures backs founders building the future of finance, investing from seed to scale in teams applying decentralized technology to reshape the global economy.
Latitud is an early-stage investor and community platform connecting Latin American startup talent with Silicon Valley, including a Fellowship program for founders.
Firms observed investing alongside Shilling VC, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Shilling VC's recorded portfolio.
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