Portfolio
Meet the daring founders building the businesses of the future. We implement the Impact Management Project guidelines and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal framework to assess, manage and report the social and environmental impact of our portfolio.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
Barcelona Biorce
Pedro Coelho
Biorce is transforming clinical trials with an AI-driven platform that automates protocol development and feasibility assessments. The all-in-one solution reduces costs, improves efficiency, and accelerates drug development, making trials faster and more accessible without the need for expensive infrastructure.
By 2030, end the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and neglected tropical diseases, and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases, and other communicable diseases.
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential healthcare services, and access to safe, effective, quality, and affordable medicines and vaccines for all.
By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes.
Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, particularly developing countries, and encourage innovation.
Madrid Samara
Iván Cabezuela & Manel Pujol Olivares
Samara is building a new-generation energy company that is cheaper and greener than energy incumbents and new energy challengers. The company offers an all-in-one subscription including hardware+software+energy that requires no upfront costs and is way cheaper than traditional energy thanks to technology and a virtual power plant.
By 2030, increase substantially the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.
By 2030, double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.
By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities.
Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning.
London Yurtle
António Ribeiro
Yurtle is revolutionising caregiver support in the workplace, empowering informal care networks and combating caregiver burnout.
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.
Recognize and value unpaid care and domestic work through the provision of public services, infrastructure, and social protection policies and the promotion of shared responsibility within the household and the family.
Ensure women's full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic, and public life.
London Win-Win
Ahrum Pak and Dr Johnny Drain
Win-Win is the future-proofing beloved flavors of chocolate producing ethical, sustainable, and delicious alternative ingredients with low-carbon, plant-based sources.
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources.
Newark Maven
Guilherme Coelho, David Barroso and Virgílio Bento
Maven is the first AI+Human veterinarian that knows if your pet is safe and healthy 24/7 from the palm of your hand.
By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature.
London Orbital Materials
Daniel Miodovnik and Jonathan Godwin
Orbital Materials accelerates materials discovery by utilizing generative AI alongside lab experimentation to create novel, high-performing materials ready for commercial application.
Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and trans-border infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all.
Porto Uplink
Carlos Lei Santos
Uplink is dedicated to bridging the global connectivity gap through innovative software solutions, striving to make more reliable, secure, affordable, and interoperable connections.
Significantly increase access to information and communications technology and strive to provide universal and affordable access to the Internet in least developed countries by 2020.
London FINDS
Jemma Stacey
FINDS is a peer-to-peer second-hand fashion marketplace focused on video, live streams, and social engagement driven by a data-driven algorithm that personalizes feed recommendations as app usage increases.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Berlin Ivy Protocol
Gilad Bechor, Niklas Terrahe and Liam Hänel
Ivy wants to completely transform the way carbon projects are brought into existence—speeding up the funding process, opening up this asset class to the world and circling back capital gains to project owners.
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries.
Paris AgroLeague
Jean-christophe Girondin-Pompiere and Loan Wacker
AgroLeague is a platform giving all the tools and data a large scale farmer needs to increase margins in scaling regenerative farming.
By 2030, achieve the sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources
By 2020, achieve the environmentally sound management of chemicals and all wastes throughout their life cycle, in accordance with agreed international frameworks, and significantly reduce their release to air, water and soil in order to minimize their adverse impacts on human health and the environment
London Sojo
Josephine Philips
London Your Juno
Margot and Alexia de Broglie
Juno is an app that teaches anyone who identifies as a woman, or non-binary people, everything they need to know about money and investing.
By 2030, eliminate gender disparities in education and ensure equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable, including persons with disabilities, indigenous peoples and children in vulnerable situations.
London Connect Earth
Alexander Lempka and Nicolas Carmont
By 2030, every product will become a climate product. Connect Earth is building the infrastructure to build climate-conscious products. We consolidate and harmonise sustainability data and make it available through APIs and toolkits.
Implement the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns, all countries taking action, with developed countries taking the lead, taking into account the development and capabilities of developing countries.
London Superflows
Henry Pulver and Matthew Phillips
Superflows is the AI customised chat copilot that will host an LLM on top of any software’s existing infrastructure, making this technology accessible to anyone instantly.
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
London Thrift+
Joe Metcalfe and Poppy Beer
An online marketplace for buying and selling second-hand clothing, shoes, and accessories that is accelerating the transition to a circular fashion economy.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
London Mindstone
Joshua Wöhle, Florian Zysset, Patrick Cootes and Stefan Keranov
Mindstone is a platform built to create better and continuous learning experiences and opportunities. Mindstone helps individuals and teams learn faster and remember more by keeping all the information in one place extracting and sharing key insights.
Increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.
Amsterdam Clear
Piet Hein van Dam and Madelon Bracke
An evidence-based precision nutrition solution that uses real-time bio-data to empower people at risk of diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular diseases take health into their own hands.
By 2030, reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
Lisbon Uphill
Eduardo Freire Rodrigues, Duarte Sequeira e Luís Patrão
Enabling health teams to improve outcomes and streamline care by applying evidence-based knowledge through stepwise clinical pathways.
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.
Lisbon Chatterbox
Mursal Hedayat and Guillemette Dejean
Chatterbox empowers marginalised professionals by connecting them with opportunities in the online economy and supports global brands in building diverse teams, reinvesting all profits into social impact initiatives.
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
Paris Iconoclass
Marie Taquet
A sales school that trains students in the profession of business development in 4 months, with a guarantee of employment.
By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship.
By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training.
Lisbon Goparity
Nuno Brito Jorge, Luís Couto and Manuel Nina
The first Portuguese crowdlending platform financing social and environmental projects using its community of investors focused on sustainable and financial impact.
Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity, and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services.
Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related disasters
Bristol KETS
Dr. Chris Erven, Dr. Jake Kennard, Dr. Caroline Clark, Dr. Philip Sibson
The leading quantum-safe hardware solutions provider that secures the world’s most valuable resource – information.
Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.
Munich Nui Care
Markus Mueller, Jochen Seemann and Christian Ehl
The app intelligent assistant that provides caregivers more peace of mind
Reduce mortality from non-communicable diseases and promote mental health.
By 2030, empower and promote the social, economic and political inclusion of all, irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, ethnicity, origin, religion or economic or other status.
Berlin refive
Cristian M., Mitul K. Jain and Antonio Nicotra
Helping brick & mortar businesses build better relationships with their customers while becoming more sustainable.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Brussels Loctax
Hans Kayaert, Kasparas Aleknavičius, Bart Van Remortele and Stevi Frooninckx
Promoting tax transparency and accountability across the corporate sector.
Combat organized crime and illicit financial and arms flows
Develop effective, accountable and transparent institutions
Lisbon Ohne
Nikki Michelsen and Leah Remfry-Peploe
Menstrual cycles brand focused on reshaping the way people experience their entire cycles.
Universal access to sexual and reproductive care, family planning and education.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Köln tl;dv
Carlo Thissen, Raphael Allstadt and Allan Bettarel
Interactive meeting recorder that empowers employees to live and work on their own schedule.
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.
Berlin Vanilla Steel
Matthias Affeldt, Clifford Ondara, Alexis Ducros and Simon Zühlke
First and only independent digital platform for excess steel and stainless in Europe
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Paris Outmind
Grace Mehrabe and Arthur Caillaud
Smart search engine that makes workplace information more accessible.
Achieve higher levels of economic productivity through diversification, technological upgrading and innovation, including through a focus on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors.
Porto Knok
João Magalhães and José Bastos
Telemedicine software for virtual healthcare, targeting especially elders and children. Knok partners with leading Hospitals, Healthcare Systems and Insurers to deliver industry superior telemedicine solutions.
Achieve universal health coverage, including financial risk protection, access to quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and affordable essential
Lisbon Kitch, acquired by Glovo
Rui Bento and Nuno Rodrigues
Kitch is a full-stack software for restaurants to manage online orders and delivery, giving full control to small and independent restaurants. Kitch’s manifesto is focused on supporting small and independent restaurant owners in maintaining control of their businesses whilst benefiting from the growth of the online food delivery industry.
By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes, with all countries taking action in accordance with their respective capabilities
By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Stockholm Omocom
Ola Lowden and Tobias Mård
On-demand microinsurance provider offering a digital system for risk calculation, matching, design of insurance terms and claims settlement for the circular economy.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse
Lisbon Flecto
Guilherme Guerra, Francisco Bento and João Loff
Platform that unlocks rental operations and optimizes the experience for both people and businesses. A rental model enables a higher turnover of products, extending their life cycle and thus reducing the need for non-renewable resources as well as unnecessary CO2 emissions.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse.
Lisbon Student Finance
Mariano Kostelec and Marta Palmeiro
A platform that scrapes real-time job market data and partners with education providers to finance educational outcomes through Income Share Agreements (ISAs).
By 2030, ensure equal access for all women and men to affordable and quality technical, vocational and tertiary education, including university.
Strengthen the capacity of domestic financial institutions to encourage and expand access to banking, insurance and financial services for all.