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    Faber

    Lisbon, PortugalFounded 2012

    Faber is a Lisbon-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in teams transforming the world with frontier technology, with a focus on deep tech across AI/ML, climate and ocean tech, robotics, and biotech. The firm targets pre-seed and seed-stage startups across Southern Europe.

    Their most common stage is seed (56% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.7M (across 17 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    33

    Fund Size

    $64.2M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Alexandre Barbosa

    Alexandre Barbosa

    Managing Partner

    CF

    Carlos Ferrer

    Managing Director at Eurofins Environment Testing Spain

    Alejandro Martí

    Alejandro Martí

    Venture Partner

    Bruno Ferreira

    Bruno Ferreira

    Venture Partner

    Carlos Esteban

    Carlos Esteban

    Partner

    GS

    Gonçalo Serpa Pinto

    Investor, ex-Senior Partner McKinsey

    Jaime Jorge

    Jaime Jorge

    Venture Partner

    Mário Figueiredo

    Mário Figueiredo

    Venture Partner & Chief Scientist

    Niklas Koerner

    Niklas Koerner

    Partner

    Rita Sousa

    Rita Sousa

    Partner

    RW

    Rita Waite

    Partner at In-Q-Tel

    Rui Melo de Carvalho

    Rui Melo de Carvalho

    Partner & CFO

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    41 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Lumina logoLuminaSeries A$21MJan 2026
    LLuminate MedicalSeries A$17.5MJan 2026
    ISPTech logoISPTechSeed—Jan 2026
    Ponda logoPondaSeed$2.1MNov 2025
    Zymvol logoZymvolSeed—Feb 2025
    KOA Biotech logoKOA BiotechUnknown—Feb 2025
    PPHOTON IPSeed—Jan 2025
    ATMOS SPACE CARGO GMBH logoATMOS SPACE CARGO GMBHSeries A—Jan 2025
    Meight logoMeightUnknown—Dec 2024
    Vyoma logoVyomaSeed—Jun 2023
    Mitiga logoMitigaSeries A$14.4MMay 2023
    Kern logoKernSeed$2.9MFeb 2023
    Updraft logoUpdraftSeries A—Dec 2022
    iLoF logoiLoFSeed—Jul 2022
    ANNEA logoANNEASeed—May 2022
    MicroHarvest logoMicroHarvestSeries A—Jan 2022
    ANNEA logoANNEAPre-Seed—Jan 2022
    Abtrace logoAbtraceSeed—Aug 2021
    Sword logoSwordSeries B—Feb 2021
    Sword logoSwordSeries A$9MFeb 2020
    YDATA logoYDATAPre-Seed—Jan 2020
    Codacy logoCodacySeries A$7.7MOct 2019
    EnjoyHQ logoEnjoyHQSeed$2MAug 2019
    Unbabel logoUnbabelSeed$400KJan 2019
    Codacy logoCodacySeed$1MOct 2015
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    Last updated: 7 October 2026