Fundraising FoxSonae IM
Corporate VCPorto · Seed–Growth · 2 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Bright Pixel Capital, the tech investment arm of Sonae Group, focuses on three core sectors it calls its DNA: cybersecurity, retail technologies and infrastructure software. Operating as an evergreen fund, it has deployed over 250 million euros across more than 50 direct investments in its first five years. The firm invests across stages from seed and early stage through growth and buy-outs, aiming to partner closely with founders and co-investors while contributing specialized sector expertise, a global footprint and experience supporting companies from early stage to IPO. It positions itself as financially driven and focused on growing business value.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
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What they invest in
from 19 of 30 portfolio companiesSaaS ×16AI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×10Retail Tech ×6Cybersecurity ×5Developer Tools ×4Cloud Computing ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2
HQs:United States×4United Kingdom×2Canada×1New Zealand×1Portugal×1
Investments · 30 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12022 · 32021 · 52020 · 52019 · 12018 · 217 dated
Provider of IT Solutions and Digital Services consulting specializing in business process digitization
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalZone Startups Vietnam
CB4 offers Spotlight, a patented AI software that runs machine learning on brick-and-mortar retailers' POS data to detect in-store physical issues holding back sales.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaSNew York City, US
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalLeadX Capital PartnersPereg VenturesOurCrowd
Global leader in mobile network automation and orchestration for telecom carriers and connected car OEMs
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalIntel CapitalJoule VenturesQualcomm VenturesVerizon VenturesDTCP+3 more
Citcon provides cross-border and mobile payment solutions for global e-commerce and digital wallet transactions.
E-commerceFintechSaaSSan Jose, US
Chunbo Huang(Executive Officer, Director)Chuck Huang(Founder)inWei Jiang(Co-Founder, President & COO)inCasey Bullock(Chief Executive Officer)in
BoardDavid Feinleib(Director)Priti Choksi(Director)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCota CapitalNorwest Venture PartnersSierra VenturesTSVCRace Capital
Provides businesses with customer analytics, insights, and advisory services for marketing decision-making
Tzachi Rosen(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalEmery CapitalNielsen Innovate
Cybersixgill (part of Bitsight) provides a cyber threat intelligence platform that captures, processes, and alerts security teams to emerging threats, TTPs, IOCs, and risk exposure, covering areas such as compromised credentials, vulnerabilities, ransomware, and adversary activity.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalTerra Venture Partners33NElron VenturesOurCrowdREV Venture Partners
Daisy Intelligence provides AI-powered software for retailers to optimize merchandise planning decisions including promotional item selection, pricing, demand forecasting, inventory allocation, assortment, and space planning.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSToronto, CA
Siva Vakalapudi(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalFramework Venture PartnersEv3 Ventures LlcVOLT CAPITAL
Daisy provides property management software and services that combine smart technology with structured operational support to simplify building management and improve resident experience.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaS
Co-investorsAlephFinTech CollectiveBright Pixel CapitalCottonwood Technology FundEv3 Ventures LlcFramework Venture Partners+2 more
Cloud-native workload protection platform designed for protecting applications on containers, VMs and serverless environments
Co-investors33NAllegisCyber CapitalBright Pixel CapitalChiratae Ventures
Duel offers a platform for brands to run, scale, and automate advocacy programs, measuring their impact on reach and revenue.
Creator EconomyE-commerceMarketing TechSaaSLondon, GB
Paul Archer(Co-founder)inJaclyn(Co-founder)Richard West(Executive Officer, Director)Carson Ingle(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRobert Irizarry, Jr.(Director)Donald Graves(Director)
Co-investors1818 Venture CapitalBright Pixel CapitalCreative UKMolten VenturesSuperSeed
Food network orchestrator empowering home cooks to share authentic home cooked food with clients
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalShilling VC
Encord provides a data platform for developing and deploying multimodal AI systems, serving AI development teams at scale across training and production environments.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsLondon, GB
Ulrik Stig Hansen(Co-Founder & President)inEric Landau(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCrane Venture PartnersCRV (Charles River Ventures)Next47Y CombinatorHarpoon Ventures+2 more
Platform enabling authentic product review experience by connecting prospective buyers with purchasers
Zurich
Rene Pfitzner(Executive Officer, Director)Niklas Etzel(Executive Officer, Director)Nicolas M Beck(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardIn Sik Rhee(Director)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalSICTICVertex VenturesBerkeley SkyDeck FundRembrandt Venture Partners
Secures the modern app-driven lifestyle across banking, email, shopping, and browsing.
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonCogitent VenturesVertex VenturesArrington CapitalBig Brain Holdings+2 more
Hackuity provides a vulnerability management platform that aggregates security tools and uses risk-based scoring to prioritize and automate remediation of cyber threats for organizations.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investors33NBright Pixel CapitalForgePoint CapitalSeventure Partners
IriusRisk develops ACSDA (Automated Cyber Security Design Assistant), a tool for real-time, automated security design and threat modeling of cloud infrastructure as code such as CloudFormation and Terraform.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Stephen De Vries(CEO of IriusRisk (now Chief Strategy Officer, ThreatModeler))inArchie Agarwal(Founder & Advisor)inKevin Gallagher(Chief Executive Officer)inKaren Higgins(Chief Financial Officer)inKrishna Bala(Chief Technology Officer)inMike LeBlanc(Chief Revenue Officer)in
Co-investors33N360 CapitalBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonPaladin Capital GroupSwanlaab Venture Factory+1 more
Jscrambler provides client-side security software that monitors and controls third-party and AI-powered scripts running in the browser to prevent supply chain attacks, data leaks, and code tampering.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investors33NBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonAce Capital PartnersPortugal Ventures
Mobileum provides analytics-based software for telecom operators, covering areas such as risk management, revenue assurance, roaming, and customer experience.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSCupertino, US
Bobby Srinivasan(Founder)inBernardo Lucas(Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, Head of Risk Management Business Unit)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalDCM VenturesPartners for GrowthPartners for Growth (PFG)Shackleton Ventures Ltd.Stellus Capital Management
Nextail provides an AI-driven merchandise planning and execution platform that connects buying, allocation, and replenishment decisions to granular demand across all points of sale for fashion brands and retailers.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Joaquin Villalba(Co-Founder & Nextail Ambassador)inCarlos Miragall(CEO & Co-Founder)inCeleste Carballo(VP of People & Culture)inCarlos Seguín-Lozano(CPO)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalKeen Venture PartnersNauta Capital
Ometria is a customer data and experience platform (CDXP) built for retail and DTC brands, combining customer data with AI-powered marketing across channels including email, SMS, on-site, in-store, social, and app push.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechRetail TechSaaS
Ivan Mazour(Founder & CEO)inJames Dunford Wood(Founder)in
Co-investorsAdjuvoBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonCraigie CapitalInfraVia Capital PartnersSamos Investments+5 more
OutSystems provides an AI-powered development platform that enterprises use to build, deploy, and manage mission-critical applications and AI agents with built-in security and governance.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSGrand Duchy, US
Rui Pereira(Director)
BoardJoaquim Rodrigues(Director)inPaulo Rosado(Executive Officer, Director)inStephen Shanley(Director)Christian Resch(Director)Michael Pehl(Director)
Co-investorsArmilar Venture PartnersGoldman Sachs33NBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonSolid Ventures+2 more
Portainer builds a container management platform that simplifies deployment and administration of containerized applications.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Anthony Lapenna(Founder)inNeil Cresswell(Founder)in
Co-investors33NAlt VenturesBessemer Venture PartnersBlack Nova VCBright Pixel CapitalMovac+2 more
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 VenturesShilling VCAccelLux CapitalSequoia Capital
Managed Security Services pure-player leader in Iberia and LATAM offering advanced threat detection and incident response
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalLobby Capital
Sales Layer is a Product Information Management (PIM) platform with AI agents that centralize, enrich, validate, and distribute product data across websites, marketplaces, distributors, and internal systems.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Alvaro Verdoy(Founder)in
Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalSwanlaab Venture FactoryGoHub VenturesPeakSpan Capital Partners
SENSEIDATA develops retail technologies including autonomous and hybrid stores, pods, zero-waste vending cabinets, and AI-driven data systems for the next generation of retail.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaSLisbon, PT
Co-investorsBlueCrow CapitalBright Pixel CapitalChamaeleonLeadX Capital PartnersLince CapitalTechstars+3 more
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ConsumerGamingLondon
Matthias Radestock(Executive Officer, Director)Alexander Richardson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKevin Comolli(Director)inJohn Newton(Director)in
Co-investorsAccelBright Pixel CapitalGV (Google Ventures)33NAccel-KKR
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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Sonae IM made?
- Sonae IM has 30 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Sonae IM invest at?
- Sonae IM invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Sonae IM focus on?
- Sonae IM focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, IoT, Retail Tech, SaaS.
- Where is Sonae IM located?
- Sonae IM is headquartered in Porto, PT.
- Who does Sonae IM co-invest with?
- Sonae IM most often shares deals with Bright Pixel Capital, Chamaeleon, 33N, among 33 tracked co-investors.
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