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    Start Ventures

    Lisbon, PortugalFounded 2016

    Start Ventures (formerly BiG Start Ventures) is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm managed by Onetier Partners SCR, S.A., investing globally in early-stage B2B startups in fintech, insurtech, regtech, and cybersecurity.

    Their most common stage is seed (80% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $1.2M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    10

    Fund Size

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    João Menano

    João Menano

    VENTURE PARTNER

    João Freire de Andrade

    João Freire de Andrade

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Matilde Limbert

    Matilde Limbert

    PRINCIPAL

    Nuno Afonso

    Nuno Afonso

    ANALYST

    Rafik Shamsudin

    Rafik Shamsudin

    ANALYST

    NC

    Nuno Campos

    SENIOR CONSULTANT

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    10 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Les Opticiens Mobiles logoLes Opticiens MobilesSeries BJan 2021
    OneSignal logoOneSignalSeed$2MApr 2015
    Streem logoStreemSeed$2MApr 2014
    Lawdingo logoLawdingoSeed$850KOct 2013
    FFormafinaSeed$1.4MSep 2013
    Siasto logoSiastoSeed$750KJan 2013
    Inporia logoInporiaSeed$1.3MJan 2011
    Jove logoJoveSeed
    Vastrm logoVastrmSeed$1M
    Zigfu logoZigfuUnknown$150K

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    Last updated: 9 September 2026