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Faber
Capital de risco e participações privadas
Early-stage, specialty VC firm based in Lisbon investing in teams transforming the world with technology.
Sobre nós
We invest in teams transforming the world with technology. Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in outstanding entrepreneurs who innovate at the intersection of science and technology to drive digital transformation and climate action. The firm combines a specialist focus on deep tech early stage startups with dedicated funds, investment teams, and expert advisors to actively help founders build global companies powered by applied science or climate/ocean technologies. Faber’s unique approach in Southern Europe is led by an entrepreneurial management partnership and backed by notable thesis-driven institutions and private investors. Investing since 2013, the firm has been an early investor in hard tech companies such as Unbabel, SWORD Health, Codacy, iLoF, Smartex or Luminate Medical.
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http://www.faber.vc
Link externo para Faber
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- Capital de risco e participações privadas
- Tamanho da empresa
- 11-50 funcionários
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- Lisbon
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- Empresa privada
- Fundada em
- 2013
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Praça da Alegria, 1, 2nd floor
Lisbon, PT
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Congratulations to Luis Mendes, António Reis and the Meight team on this incredible milestone! 🚛✨ We’re proud to back Meight in their €3.4M seed round as they transform the road freight industry—an often-overlooked yet critical backbone of Europe’s logistics sector. The round was led by Cusp Capital, with the participation of Faber, Grupo Lusiaves, and EIT Urban Mobility to accelerate growth across Europe. By harnessing AI-driven automation, Meight empowers carriers to streamline operations, eliminate outdated workflows, and drive efficiency at scale. 🚀 We are excited to see them lead the way in building the future of trucking intelligence. 🌍💡
🚛 We’re thrilled to announce our €3.4M seed round! 🚛 Road freight carriers are the backbone of logistics, moving 77% of inland freight in Europe, yet many still rely on outdated, manual workflows. At Meight, we’re building the market’s fastest cloud-based transport system to transform this reality. Our mission? 🚀 To enable hands-off dispatching and streamlined operations monitoring through AI-driven automation and API standards, empowering the 95% of carriers—mostly family-owned businesses—by: • Eliminating paper-based workflows • Optimizing resource utilization • Driving operational efficiency We’re proud to partner with Cusp Capital as lead investor, alongside Faber, Grupo Lusiaves, and EIT Urban Mobility to accelerate our growth across Europe. A huge thank you to our incredible team and partners for believing in our vision to build the future of trucking intelligence. 🌍 Let’s drive forward—together. 💡 #logistics #RoadFreight #Transportation #AI #DigitalTransformation
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📣 Huge congratulations to Aaron Hannon, Barbara Oliveira , and the Luminate Medical team for their $2.5M Series A extension led by Atlantic Bridge. We couldn’t be happier to continue supporting Luminate Medical as they launch their first US clinical trial for the Lily Device—a groundbreaking portable system designed to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy. This milestone marks a major step toward FDA clearance and scaling its life-changing technology for patients worldwide. Read more about this round extension below 👇
We're announcing $2.5 million in additional funding as we launch our first US clinical trial this week! This week our first US trial of our Lily Device, a new portable system to prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy, begins recruiting. This new funding round will allow us to accelerate recruitment and move towards FDA clearance. Luminate Medical is proud to welcome lead investor Atlantic Bridge to the team as we partner to accelerate clinical trials of our Lily and Lilac devices. Alongside Atlantic Bridge's investment, we're excited to be working with a strong syndicate of angel investors and existing investors Faber. On top of this, we're unveiling Steven Pacelli as the Chairperson of our Board of Directors. Steve brings a wealth of experience as an executive at Dexcom, bringing the company from pre-revenue through to serving millions of patients around the globe. We wish outgoing Chairperson, Patricia Smith, all of the best in her next steps. Trish was an instrumental part of Luminate's early growth. Read more about the latest funding round here: https://lnkd.in/eV_ac5SR. We're hiring! For careers, visit: https://lnkd.in/enXPP3qZ. Charlie Taylor Dominik Leisi
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🚀 Ready to Join a Fast-Growing Startup? We have 60+ open roles across the Faber portfolio that are less than one month old. From pioneering AI advancements to driving ocean/climate change, our startups are making a real difference in the world. Visit our job page and join our Talent Network to stay updated on incredible opportunities. Your dream role could be just a click away!
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🚀 Congratulations to Unbabel on the launch of EuroLLM, a multilingual large language model supporting all 24 official EU languages! This milestone is a leap toward closing language gaps and fostering collaboration across Europe and beyond. We’re thrilled to back such a visionary team and can’t wait to see the incredible impact of this project.
🚀 Building the Future of Multilingual AI with EuroLLM. We are incredibly proud to announce the launch of EuroLLM, a new multilingual large language model supporting all 24 official EU languages! Developed from scratch in collaboration with Instituto Superior Técnico, The University of Edinburgh and Université Paris-Saclay, EuroLLM was trained on MareNostrum, one of Europe’s most advanced supercomputers. This marks an exciting milestone for multilingual AI— with the goal of delivering unparalleled accuracy, efficiency, and speed for task-specific applications. EuroLLM is yet another step towards cementing its AI sovereignty as the project aims to create a flywheel for innovation by sparking new opportunities for collaboration and growth whilst levelling the playing field by closing language gaps across Europe and the world. Thank you to our partners EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU) for making this possible! 🌍✨Go try it on Hugging Face today and available for users of Widn.AI https://hubs.li/Q02ZZB3Z0
Europe steps up its game to boost AI sovereignty with launch of ‘EuroLLM’
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Faber reinforces its Iberian focus with a collaboration agreement with Zona Franca Cádiz to review the #BlueEconomy #startups incubated at INCUBAZUL CÁDIZ. #investment #ocean #sustainability
En el marco de #BlueZoneForumInnovazul2024, el delegado Fran González y el representante del grupo luso Faber Carlos Esteban han firmado hoy un acuerdo de #colaboración para acercar la #inversión a las #startups de nuestra INCUBAZUL CÁDIZ. Toda la info aquí. 👇 https://lnkd.in/gvuqEFvA #SomosEconomíaAzul #EconomíaAzul #Financiación #Empresas #Colaboración #Faber
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We are thrilled to announce that B'ZEOS has successfully closed its Seed Round, led by Faber with the support of ICIG Ventures! 🎉 Founded in 2018, B'ZEOS has been on a mission to revolutionize packaging with scalable, seaweed-based solutions. This milestone marks a major leap forward in transforming that mission into a market reality. We are inspired by the B'ZEOS team’s vision and determination to drive sustainable change in the packaging industry. At Faber, we firmly believe in supporting game-changing solutions that address critical global challenges, and B'ZEOS embodies that ethos. Thank you for choosing us Guy Maurice, Adriana Ruiz Kyvik and Camilla Dore!
Big news from B'ZEOS! 🌊 We’re excited to share a major milestone in our journey: B'ZEOS has successfully closed our Seed Round of funding, led by Faber with participation from the industrial group ICIG Ventures. Since 2018, we’ve been on a mission to bring scalable, seaweed-based packaging solutions to the global market. This pivotal achievement brings us closer to turning that vision into reality. The seed round and strategic partnerships with Faber and ICIG Ventures will enable us to: • Scale up our innovative seaweed-based packaging solutions • Accelerate product development to meet industry demands • Initiate commercial production with corporate partners As our Founder and SeaEO, Guy Maurice, puts it: "We're not just focused on developing an eco-friendly solution; we are providing an industry-ready, scalable alternative for packaging manufacturers globally.” We extend our gratitude to our co-founders Adriana Ruiz Kyvik and Camilla Dore, the entire B'ZEOS team, and all our supporters. Stay tuned as we continue to innovate and grow. Read our full press release here: https://rb.gy/1dzubh #BZEOS #Sustainability #SeaweedPackaging #Innovation #SeedFunding #CompostablePackaging
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Big congratulations to the MicroHarvest team on achieving this incredible milestone! Scaling production to 10 tons of microbial protein per day in a single vessel is a game-changer for sustainable protein production. 🚀 We’re thrilled to support a company that’s redefining sustainability and making strides towards an annual capacity of 15,000 tons by 2026. The future of protein is here, and it’s brighter than ever! Check out the full story in Startups Magazine by Anna Wood. 👏 👇
🚀 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭! 🚀 We have exciting news...MicroHarvest has reached a major milestone in our mission to revolutionize sustainable protein production! 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 10 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥, 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 15,000 𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐛𝐲 2026. 📈 This achievement isn’t just about numbers—it validates our ability to meet the growing commercial demand for sustainable protein, faster and more consistently than ever before. Our unique process allows rapid scaling with minimized contamination risks, positioning MicroHarvest as a leader in the sustainable protein space. 🌍 💚 Thank you to Anna Wood and Startups Magazine for the great coverage on this exciting development! Check out the full article and learn more about how we’re scaling up to build a more resilient food system—the link is in the comments! 🔽 #ScalingSuccess #SustainableProtein #MicroHarvest #FoodTech #FutureOfFood #Innovation
𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭!
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📣 Unbabel just launched widn.ai, a standalone AI solution designed for a new wave of prosumers and businesses looking to scale globally with a fast, straightforward, and cost-effective solution. Widn is powered by the world’s leading multilingual LLM. With two-thirds of the global population now online, demand for digital content and e-commerce in native languages has never been higher! Congrats to the Unbabel team! Learn more below 👇
💥 Today we’re excited to announce the launch of our brand new product, Widn.Ai - our standalone AI solution built for businesses who are looking to scale into new markets with a fast, simple and cost-effective solution. Say hello to a tool powered by one of the world’s best multilingual LLMs that empowers you to widen your horizons, grow with confidence, and connect with new markets and people. And one that not only delivers translations you can trust but which is capable of understanding the nuances, intent and emotions behind language. So you can deliver accuracy without compromising on personality. 👇 Click below to learn more about Widn and try it for your own translation needs. #AI #Translation #Unbabel
Unbabel backs LLMs to lead the future of Language AI with launch of Widn.AI
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Today at Web Summit, our partner Carlos Silva will join a powerhouse panel (AI)nvesting to discuss the ever-evolving landscape of AI investing. With AI startups continuing to lead in the funding ecosystem, there’s no sign of a slowdown. From high-profile rounds like xAI to emerging ventures with groundbreaking potential, what makes venture capitalists so bullish on AI? And how do they envision the future of this market? Carlos will be joined by Kanu Gulati (Khosla Ventures), Kevin Jiang (Mangusta Capital), Clément BENOIT (Clone) and Jennifer Strong. Don’t miss their insights on what’s driving this AI investment wave and where it’s headed next: https://lnkd.in/dPVDs69Q #WebSummit #AI #VentureCapital #Innovation
Carlos Silva | Web Summit
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