Lurdes Gramaxo leads Investors Portugal alongside her partner role at Bynd Venture Capital, was named Europe's Female Investor of the Year in 2020, and brought over 20 years of management experience at a multinational family-owned group in the Netherlands into her venture career. She's known for connecting Portugal's startup scene with the Porto ecosystem specifically, and Sifted has highlighted her picks for standout Portuguese startups before they became widely known.
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Bynd Venture Capital
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AI, SaaS, Climate, Health, Consumer
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Bynd Venture Capital grew from a single angel investor in 2008 into an institutional fund by 2019, and now operates out of Lisbon, Porto, Madrid, and Barcelona to support founders across Portugal and Spain. The firm screens more than 1,500 startups a year, invests across a wide mix of industries from dental care to battery-swapping and wealthtech, and backs its portfolio with concrete resources such as Anthropic's Claude API credits and its own platforms for talent and founder support.
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