About us, our focus and mission
Who We Are
Headed by the two most senior former Caixa Capital VC Team members, supported by a successful and experienced entrepreneur and a strong group of advisors, top entrepreneurs, we raised our first fund (authorized by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission – CMVM) from a cornerstone institutional investor (EIF) and international family/multi-family offices from Europe, and US. Ibisco Partners invests solely through Indico VC Fund I, a registered fund within CMVM.
The Opportunity
In addition to Silicon Valley, London, and Berlin, cities like Lisbon, Porto, Madrid or Barcelona have emerging startup ecosystems. Portugal and Spain went through a difficult macro environment years ago which led to a growth in the entrepreneurship culture and investment. We have excellent tech graduates and a global mindset.
Our Network
We leverage professional and personal relationships to enable a continuous deal flow as well as ensure a proper cross boarder strategy relying on a strong group of co-investment partners with potential to lead later stage rounds.
Investment Thesis
The Portuguese ecosystem has a strong backbone of engineering talent and its track record is on the enterprise tech and digital companies. Our focus is to support the best, high tech companies going from local to global and invest from €100k to €5M in areas like blockchain, artificial intelligence, big data, enterprise SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, among others.
Our step by step decision making process has been done by the team in dozens of past investments. We look for potentially unique global winners with amazing products, solving a big problem and a clear business model.
Working With Us
Hands-On, experienced VC Team
We are a complimentary team with VC background, entrepreneurial experience and a track record of backing the most promissing tech-based startups.
Our mission, going from local to global
The World Class, Local VC.
"We invest at an international level and standards, with a global outlook"
Thinking Globally.
"We look for potentially unique global winners, solving big problems with solid products"
What We Look For, Backing Scalable, ICT Companies
Artificial Intelligence
One of the disruptive areas in the next years with potential to impact all industries and sectors.
Blockchain
The base technology that is changing how businesses work and delivering a decentralized future.
Marketplaces
Businesses with high potential to scale and become unicorns.
Big Data
The backbone of future decision making and efficiency and thus capturing attention globally.
Enterprise SaaS
The trend for software as a service plays is clear and many industries are yet to be disrupted.
IOT / Robotics
A strong component of the 4th industrial revolution and a growing sector.
Fintech
High potential in terms of return since the sector is still very traditional but highly profitable.
Security and Privacy
With companies depending more and more of technology and the cloud, these are key areas.
