Rising Ventures
Investor that co-invested with Portugal Ventures and Olisipo Way in Advertio (now Leadzai) in 2019. No official website; location and focus come only from a directory listing.
Not to be confused with Rising Ventures (risingventures.com), a consulting/investment firm in Santa Cruz, California.
- HEADQUARTERS
- Lisbon, Portugal
- FOUNDED
- 2014
- AUM
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- OUTSIDE CAPITAL
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- TEAM LISTED
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Focus
- STAGES
- Pre-Seed
- GEOGRAPHY
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Overview
ECO reported in February 2019 that Rising Ventures co-invested with Portugal Ventures and Olisipo Way in the first closing of the second funding round of Advertio, a digital-advertising startup that ECO later reported was renamed Leadzai. No official website or team page was found. The portugalvc.com directory describes it as a Lisbon pre-seed investor in adtech and sales/marketing technology founded in 2014, lists Climber RMS and doDOC (acquired) as further portfolio companies, and reports no new investments since 2020.
Investment thesis
Pre-seed investments in adtech and sales/marketing technology (per portugalvc directory; no official statement found).
PORTFOLIO (3)
- Leadzai (formerly Advertio)NOTABLESoftware & SaaS · since 2019
- Software & SaaS
- doDOCSoftware & SaaS · Acquired
Links
Frequently asked questions
Rising Ventures is a VC fund based in Lisbon, Portugal, founded in 2014.
Yes. Rising Ventures invests its own capital in private companies.
Rising Ventures invests at Pre-Seed stage in Media & Entertainment and Software & SaaS.
Rising Ventures's stated ticket size is €90K–€950K.
Rising Ventures's investments include Leadzai (formerly Advertio), Climber RMS and doDOC.
The most recent publicly reported investment by Rising Ventures is Advertio (now Leadzai) (Second round, first closing (with Portugal Ventures and Olisipo Way)), announced in Feb 2019.