Shilling VC
Venture capitalLisbon · Pre-Seed–Series B · 19 people tracked
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 · 19 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through Shilling VC went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 27 of 99 portfolio companiesSaaS ×10AI & Machine Learning ×9Enterprise Software ×5Fintech ×5Data & Infrastructure ×4Wellness & Fitness ×4Consumer ×3Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:Portugal×5United States×5Spain×1United Kingdom×1Georgia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×53 founders×14+ founders×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 99 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22022 · 12021 · 14 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 Partners
BioCollabs sells plant-based dietary supplements built around clinically-backed, trademarked phytosome ingredients aimed at supporting liver health, digestion, metabolism, and detoxification.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & Fitness
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 Capital
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)Wen H. Shaw(Founder)Wen-Hsiang Shaw(Executive Officer, Director)Chieh 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+2 more
Almada
Jose Velez(Executive Officer, Director)Luca Banderet(Director)
Food network orchestrator empowering home cooks to share authentic home cooked food with clients
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalSonae IM
Exclusible is a gaming studio that builds branded games, digital items, and in-game activations on the Roblox platform.
GamingMarketing Tech
Co-investors3Comma CapitalIndico Capital PartnersWhite Star 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
Co-investorsBynd Venture Capital
kencko makes powdered superfood smoothies produced from flash-frozen and slow-dried real fruits and vegetables with no additives, sold direct-to-consumer via subscription boxes of 28 or 40 servings.
Direct to ConsumerFoodTechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsCheyenne VenturesDraycottFLORA VenturesLince CapitalSemapa Next
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 Combinator6 Degrees CapitalExplorer
Luca Technologies provides bookkeeping software and business registration solutions for small and medium enterprises in Africa.
E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSChatsworth, US
Co-investorsTechstars6 Degrees CapitalExplorerHeartcore CapitalPlug and Play Ventures
Portuguese healthtech platform connecting nurses and healthcare professionals with available shifts at hospitals and clinics.
Co-investorsOW Ventures
Nhost is a fully managed backend platform providing a Postgres database, GraphQL API, authentication, storage, serverless functions, and an AI toolkit for developers building 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)
Co-investorsClaret Capital PartnersEntrepreneur FirstAccenture VenturesETF PartnersLocalGlobe
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)Jack Eckersley(Co-founder & CTO)
Co-investorsDraycottHeartfelt CapitalPlus Partners
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)João Vieira da Costa(Founder)inJoao Costa(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalHoxton Ventures
Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)FaberMomenta VenturesSOSV
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersFirestartrMSMGiant Ventures Global Llp
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 VohraVivek Sodera
Co-investors1809 Capital500 Global7BC Venture CapitalAndreessen HorowitzArcher Capital GroupArcher Venture Capital+24 more
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.vcMustard Seed Maze
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersTheVentureCity
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 VenturesShip2BTheVentureCityKfund
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)Phil Shawe(President and CEO)Jin Lee(Co-CEO)
Co-investorsAmino CapitalFaberFundersClubGreycroftNotion CapitalPoint72 Ventures+10 more
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 Program
Co-investorsFaber
Zeyton produces hydroxytyrosol and tyrosol extracts derived from olives and olive oil, offered in liquid and powder forms for uses such as olive oil enrichment and skincare applications.
BiotechCircular EconomyNew Materials
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)
Co-investorsGreenfield
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
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
Luca · forbes.com · Jul 1, 2026
Luca · forbes.com · Jul 1, 2026
Unbabel · essential-business.pt · Jun 24, 2026
Timeleft · trysignalbase.com · Mar 24, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Shilling VC made?
- Shilling VC has 97 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- 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 93 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 4
Indico Capital Partners is a venture capital firm backed by global institutions, funds of funds, corporates, education institutions, family offices and individual entrepreneurs, supporting promising companies and founders.
Heartcore Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm backing European founders from inception. It invests in startups from inception through Series A, and also invests in web3 protocols from idea to liquid tokens.
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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