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    Bright Pixel Capital

    Maia, PortugalFounded 2016

    Bright Pixel Capital (formerly Sonae IM) is the corporate venture capital and technology investment arm of the multinational Sonae Group, headquartered in Maia, Portugal. It invests in cybersecurity, infrastructure software, retail technologies, and business applications from early stage to growth.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months vs 10 prior). Their most common stage is series-a (41% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $17.9M (across 51 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    52

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    João Günther Amaral

    João Günther Amaral

    Managing Partner & CEO

    Mike Privette

    Mike Privette

    Venture Partner, Cybersecurity

    Benjamin Junior

    Benjamin Junior

    Director, Infrastructure Software (Bright Ventures)

    Fernando Martins

    Fernando Martins

    Director, Cyber

    Filipa Costa

    Filipa Costa

    Director, Finance

    Manuel Queiroz

    Manuel Queiroz

    Director, Retail

    Marcos Osório

    Marcos Osório

    Director, Cyber

    Miguel Bagulho

    Miguel Bagulho

    Director, Retail

    Pedro Cunha

    Pedro Cunha

    Director, Legal

    Pedro Gomes

    Pedro Gomes

    Director, Intelligence & Transformation

    Daniela Coutinho

    Daniela Coutinho

    Principal, Cyber

    Francisco Nunes

    Francisco Nunes

    Principal, Retail

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    75 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Hackuity logoHackuitySeries A—Sep 2026
    Encord logoEncordSeries C$60MFeb 2026
    Mesh Security logoMesh SecuritySeries A$12MJan 2026
    Hackuity logoHackuitySeries B$19MJan 2026
    Second Nature logoSecond NatureSeries B$22MOct 2025
    DDaredevil ProjectSeed$16MSep 2025
    BRIA logoBRIASeries B$40MSep 2025
    Tidal Cyber logoTidal CyberSeries A$10MSep 2025
    Vanish ID logoVanish IDSeries A$10MApr 2025
    Sekoia logoSekoiaSeries B—Apr 2025
    Automaise logoAutomaiseSeries A—Mar 2025
    Knostic logoKnosticSeries A$11MMar 2025
    Keychain logoKeychainSeries A$5MFeb 2025
    Harmonya logoHarmonyaUnknown—Jan 2025
    Tidal Cyber logoTidal CyberSeries A$10MJan 2025
    Infraspeak logoInfraspeakSeries B—Oct 2024
    VVicariusSeries B$30MJan 2024
    Infraspeak logoInfraspeakSeries B$18MJan 2024
    Jentis logoJentisSeries A—Nov 2023
    Tamnoon logoTamnoonSeed$12MApr 2023
    Seldon logoSeldonSeries B$20MMar 2023
    Mayan logoMayanSeries A$5MMar 2023
    Seldon logoSeldonSeries B$20MJan 2023
    Sekoia logoSekoiaUnknown—Jan 2023
    Seldon logoSeldonSeries B$20MJan 2023
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026