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:


Porto Uplink
Carlos Lei Santos
Uplink fuels network creation and growth by decentralizing the total cost of ownership of connectivity infrastructure. With a decentralized model, Uplink provides Connectivity-as-a-service to anyone.
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


Bavaria bikesale
Jörg Sendele
Bikesale provides B2C companies in the bicycle industry with customer retention opportunities by making bicycle returns effortless and refurbishes those bikes to the highest standards.
By 2030, substantially reduce waste generation through prevention, reduction, recycling and reuse


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
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 Learney
Henry Pulver and Matthew Phillips
Learney is accelerating the rate at which people learn by providing personalized and interactive educational maps that break down complex subjects into modular learning blocks powered through the resources of the internet.
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.


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
A smart online language learning service for professionals that combines AI-powered self-study courses and native language coaches from the refugee community.
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 loc.tax
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.


Copenhagen Platypus
Daniel Bowen and Nico Blier-Silvestri
HR tech solution that helps companies discover what their people value at every stage of the talent lifecycle, from attraction to management to retention
By 2030, reduce by one-third premature mortality from non-communicable diseases through prevention and treatment and promote mental health and well-being.
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


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.