Angel Investment Vehicles

Angel investment vehicles are financial instruments utilized by high-net-worth individuals or groups to provide early-stage funding to startups and entrepreneurs.

These vehicles, often structured as individual investments or pooled funds, offer capital in exchange for equity or convertible debt, enabling promising ventures to grow and develop their business ideas.

Business angel investors, attracted by the potential for high returns and the opportunity to contribute to innovation, typically provide not only financial support but also mentorship, guidance, and valuable networks to the startups they support.

Through these vehicles, angels play a pivotal role in fostering entrepreneurship, driving economic growth, and shaping the landscape of emerging industries.

Below, you will find a group of Angel Investment Vehicles backed by business angel members of the VSM Investment Studio ecosystem.

Vega Ventures

Sector focus: Climate Tech Startups
Regional focus: Portugal
Headquarter: Coimbra
Status: Fully Invested
Number of startups: 22
Key angel investors:
José Basílio Simões
Jorge Landeck
Website: www.vegaventures.pt
Contact: jbs@vegaventures.pt

VSM Capital

Sector focus: Climate Transition
Regional focus: Portugal
Headquarter: Lisbon
Status: Fully Invested
Number of startups: 12
Key angel investors:
Tiago Vaz Serra
Jorge Dot Saldaña
Miriam Mesas Regidor
João Salema Garção
Website: www.vsmcapital.pt
Contact: tvs@vsmadvisors.com

Energy Planet

Sector focus: Energy Transition

Regional focus: Portugal

Headquarter: Lisbon

Status: Fully Invested

Number of startups: 8

Key angel investors:

Tiago Vaz Serra

Jorge Dot Saldaña

Miriam Mesas Regidor

Miguel Matias

Minimum investment: 25.000€
Website: www.energyplanet.pt

Contact: info@energyplanet.pt

Seedway Ventures

Sector focus: Technology & Innovation

Regional focus: Spain

Headquarter: Madrid

Status: Fully Invested

Number of startups: 11

Key angel investors:
Jesus Ávila Casa
Minimum investment: -

Website: in progress

Contact: jesus.avila@seedwayventures.com

Scale Vision

Sector focus: Climate Transition
Regional focus: Spain and Portugal
Headquarter: Lisbon
Status: Fund raising
Number of startups: 1
Key angel investors: Tiago Vaz Serra
José Basílio Simões
Jesus Ávila Casa
Sokhiba Mukhitdinova
Website and Linkedin: In progress
Minimum investment: 10.000€
Contact: tvs@vsmadvisors.com

Organic Planet

Sector focus: Agrifood innovation

Regional focus: Portugal

Headquarter: Coimbra

Status: Fund raising

Number of startups: -

Key angel investors:
Tiago Vaz Serra

José Diogo Albuquerque
Minimum investment: 10.000€

Website: In progress