Private Equity FundPuts its own capital into companiesLAST VERIFIED Oct 2026 · 5 SOURCES

LYNX Asset Managers

Also known as LYNX Asset Managers - SGOIC, S.A., LYNX Asset Managers - SGFIM, S.A., MNF Gestão de Ativos - SGFIM, S.A.

Lisbon fund manager (SGOIC, 2008) mostly of real-estate funds and SICs; in scope only for its book of 24 venture capital vehicles (FCRs) listed on its site. Over €7B AuM (Dec 2025).

Not to be confused with Lince Capital (Lisbon venture capital SCR).

HEADQUARTERS: Lisbon, Portugal
FOUNDED: 2008
AUM: €7B (2025)
OUTSIDE CAPITAL: Yes
TEAM LISTED: 8 people

Focus

STAGES: —
SECTORS: Real Estate & PropTech
ASSET MIX: Real estateVenture capitalPublic equities
GEOGRAPHY: Portugal

Overview

LYNX Asset Managers was founded on 19 March 2008 as MNF Gestão de Ativos - SGFIM, S.A., obtained its licence on 17 September 2008 and took its current name in September 2015. It manages real-estate investment funds, real-estate investment companies (SICAFI/SIC), securities investment funds and venture capital funds (FCRs); it launched its first venture capital fund in January 2014 and, by its own account, the first SICAFI in Portugal in 2017. Its timeline reports over €7B under management across 135 funds as of December 2025. This record is in scope only for its venture capital (FCR) book; most of the platform is real-estate funds and real-estate investment companies. It is registered with the CMVM under number 328.

People

João Lino de Castro
President of the Board of Directors · source
António Aranha
Member of the Board; founder; Structured Funds Division · source
Guilherme Borba
Senior Partner and Director, Commercial Department · source
Pedro de Sousa Mendes
Director, Compliance and Risk Management · source
José Mendes
Director, Investment and Markets Department · source
Luís Fragoso
Director, Compliance · source
António Gonçalves da Cunha
Director, Structured Funds Department · source
António Noronha Andrade
Director, Legal Department · source

Frequently asked questions

LYNX Asset Managers is a private equity fund based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 2008.

Yes. LYNX Asset Managers invests its own capital in private companies.

LYNX Asset Managers invests in Real Estate & PropTech.

Key people at LYNX Asset Managers include João Lino de Castro (President of the Board of Directors), António Aranha (Member of the Board; founder; Structured Funds Division), Guilherme Borba (Senior Partner and Director, Commercial Department) and Pedro de Sousa Mendes (Director, Compliance and Risk Management).

Yes. LYNX Asset Managers manages capital from outside investors.