Lisbon, Portugal

Building the Future of
Portuguese Tech

GLE Capital is a family office dedicated to investing in Portugal's most promising startups and strengthening the innovation ecosystem.

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Conviction-driven investing in Portuguese innovation

We back exceptional founders building category-defining companies from Portugal. Our approach combines deep operational experience with patient capital, supporting startups from pre-seed through growth stages.

11
Investments
20+
Years in Tech
$25M
Prior Exit
4
Continents

Operator-Investor Approach

Having built and scaled SaaS companies from zero to acquisition, we bring hands-on experience that goes far beyond capital.

Portugal-First

Focused on the Portuguese ecosystem with a global market perspective.

Community Builder

Actively developing the startup ecosystem through mentorship and syndication.

Companies We Back

A diversified portfolio spanning AI, cybersecurity, healthtech, legaltech, cloud communications, and ecosystem development.

Advisor Conversational AI

AI-powered customer service automation platform enabling enterprises to handle 80% of interactions without human intervention. Trusted by Millennium BCP, BNP Paribas, and Generali.

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Advisor · Co‑Founder (GoContact) Cloud Communications

Enterprise-grade UCaaS and CCaaS provider delivering unified communications across four continents. Acquired GoContact — co-founded by João Camarate — for $25M in 2021.

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General Partner Venture Capital

Transatlantic Highway Ventures helps early-stage agentic AI and B2B startups in Portugal scale into the U.S. market, providing investment, go-to-market strategy, and fundraising support.

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Advisory Board Cybersecurity

AI-driven ethical hacking platform combining human expertise with autonomous pentesting. Winner of WebSummit's Most Promising Startup and Portugal's National Innovation Award.

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Advisor · Angel Legal Tech

AI-powered legal drafting platform supporting the full document lifecycle. Used by top law firms like PLMJ, helping lawyers recover 22% of their drafting time. Expanding into the U.S. market.

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Angel Investor HealthTech

Digital platform connecting 15,000+ healthcare professionals to shifts across 70+ facilities in Portugal and Brazil. Transforming healthcare staffing through intelligent automation.

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Angel Investor Angel Syndicate

Leading angel investment group in Portugal, co-investing in portfolios of 20-30 pre-seed and seed-stage startups with valuations below €5M. One of the most active angel groups in the ecosystem.

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Angel Investor Pre-Seed Fund

Community-driven pre-seed investment fund backed by 436 Portuguese investors, committing €1M to support twenty early-stage startups. Redefining grassroots venture capital in Portugal.

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Investor Consumer Tech

Your street-smart insider — a next-generation consumer platform delivering curated, high-signal information for savvy decision-makers.

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Investor Voice AI · HealthTech

Voice AI platform automating healthcare communications — from appointment management to care outreach. Customers automate 1M+ calls per year with measurable ROI within months.

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Investor B2B SaaS

Beach concession management and rental platform automating bookings, payments, and F&B operations. A full ERP for the outdoor hospitality industry, serving both operators and end consumers.

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João Camarate

João Camarate

Entrepreneur, investor, and operator with 20+ years building SaaS companies from scratch — bootstrapping, scaling to hundreds of employees, and exiting. Co-founded GoContact, which grew fully bootstrapped to $8M ARR before a $25M acquisition by Broadvoice in 2021, where he then served as CTO and CPO.

Today, João leads GLE Capital as a family office focused on investing in Portuguese startups and developing the ecosystem. He is also General Partner at Transatlantic Highway Ventures (THV), helping AI-first B2B startups scale from Portugal to the U.S. market. An active mentor at Startup Lisboa and Demium, he is deeply committed to building the next generation of Portuguese tech companies.

$25M
GoContact Exit
100+
Team Scaled To
40+
Countries Served
11
Active Investments

Let's Build Together

We're always interested in meeting exceptional founders building from Portugal.

jcamarate@gle-capital.com