LC VENTURES

Enabling tech startups





Venturing an idea into a global business is a grueling challenge.


LC Ventures' team of well-versed engineers and business operators helps daring founders from incorporation to global takeover.


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About LC VEntures





LC Ventures seeks to partner with forward-looking founders exploring innovative ideas. We believe startups are the steps through which society builds the future, and is our mission to support unique founders aiming to show the path.


Founded in 2015, LC Ventures invests at pre-seed and seed stages of technology companies. LC Ventures investment in startups is followed by strategic and operational know-how as well as a carefully curated network of industry-leading players to help founders build businesses. Our focus lays on software-only solutions.


With € 16M+ under management and 40 portfolio companies, LC Ventures is emerging as the most active and hands-on venture capital fund in Portugal.



Our FUNDS





Our capital is split in one fund and two investment vehicles:

RCF LC Ventures I is a 10.2M€ fund targeting startups with relevant operations in Portugal, namely in the North, Centre, Lisbon, and Alentejo regions, and is participated in 47% by IFD;

LC Ventures II is a 5M€ investment vehicle, 100% private;

LC Ventures III is a 1.2M€ investment vehicle for pre-seed and seed investments in innovative tech companies that either have their headquarters or a subsidiary in the North, Centre and Alentejo regions of Portugal.








Our TEam



Set of proven entrepreneurs and technology professionals with skin in the game
and keen to stand side by side with founders.



LC Ventures



AV. DUQUE DE LOULÉ, 12, 8TH floor
1050-090 Lisbon
Portugal

General enquiries: info@lcventures.pt
Reporting of Irregularities: fiscalcouncil@lcventures.pt



EU Financing



LCV III



Project name | Lean Company Ventures III, Lda

Project code | IFD-FC&QC- BA-01/06

Main Objective | Pre-seed and seed investment in innovative ICT SMEs

Regions of intervention | North, Centre and Alentejo, Portugal Beneficiary | Lean Company Ventures III, Lda Date of approval | 03-11-2016 Start date | 23-12-2016 End date | 22-12-2026

Total eligible cost | EUR 1,154,020.00

Financial support from the European Union | ERDF - EUR 750,000.00

Objective | min. 16 investments with an average ticket size of EUR 72,127.00

Results | 37 investments - EUR 1,002,480,57



FCR LCV I



Project name | FCR LC Ventures I

Project code | IFD-FC&QC- FCR-01/06

Main Objective | Pre-seed and seed investment in innovative ICT SMEs

Region of intervention | North, Centre, Lisbon, and Alentejo

Portugal Beneficiary | FCR LC Ventures

Date of approval | 02-08-2017 Start date | 25-06-2018 End date | 24-06-2028

Total Fund | EUR 10.187.095,71

PO Name: Compete 2020

Regions: Norte, Centro, and Alentejo

EU Support: EUR 1.792.903,48

Total Amount: EUR 3.587.241,86

Executed to May 2020: 2.091.338

Projects up to May 2020: 21

PO Name: Centro 2020

EU Support: EUR 1,205,623.48

Total Amount: EUR 2.412.211,84

Executed to May 2020: EUR 1.572.500

Projects up to May 2020: 9

PO Name: Lisboa 2020

EU Support: EUR 954.609,55

Amount: 3.050.420,16

Executed to May 2020: 1.145.000,00

Projects up to May 2020: 5

PO Name: Norte 2020

EU Support: EUR 568.383,48

Amount: EUR 1.137.221,85

Executed to May 2020: EUR 0

Projects up to May 2020: 0