Building with entrepreneurs to conquer the unknown.
Laika Ventures is a venture studio. We create and fund AI ideas/companies — Collaborating with founders to develop businesses that achieve their full potential.
The Universe needs founders to discover the unknown.
Progress isn’t assured—it takes skilled, steadfast, and courageous explorers to drive it onward. We help founders to move quickly and steadily your product from 0 to take-off.
What we bring to the table
Expertise as a core competency
Deep knowledge about building successful ventures. Together we have built more than 200 products.
Capital resources
Capital to invest in fast validation, prototyping and go to market.
AI Knowledge
Technical team with experience in building AI tools that can guide your product development.
Our Network built through the years
Any type of connections you need to launch in Portugal, we’ve got you covered. From potential investors, clients, corporates, advisors and more.
What we bring to the table
Expertise as a core competency
Deep knowledge about building successful ventures. Together we have built more than 200 products.
Capital resources
Capital to invest in fast validation, prototyping and go to market.
AI Knowledge
Technical team with experience in building AI tools that can guide your product development.
Our Network built through the years
Any type of connections you need to launch in Portugal, we’ve got you covered. From potential investors, clients, corporates, advisors and more.
Laika Ventures in Numbers
15
partners from tech, finance, sales, product, advertising, sports, health, e-commerce, web3, and more.
+305
years of experience all together, we have been building companies at our own risk.
+145M€
raised from all of our ventures
+12
exits & Acquisitions & IPOs
Laika Ventures in Numbers
15
partners from tech, finance, sales, product, advertising, sports, health, e-commerce, web3, and more.
+305
years of experience all together, we have been building companies at our own risk
+145M€
raised from all of our ventures
+12
exits & Acquisitions & IPOs
Wall of fame
Our war medals during our journey as entrepreneurs and now partners.
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Who can we support?
Founders with market expertise
Tech individuals with vision and ideas, that are hungry to build, and have the guts but lacking expertise and resources.
Pitfalls
Unlock startup success by avoiding or unlocking common pitfalls—ensure your concept targets real market needs, scales effectively, and maintains profitability from day one, through our many many years of experience building startups.
AI first products
We are committed to partnering with founders to create AI products that drive innovation and advance humanity. No cool UX with a generic LLM running on the back-end. We take no bullshit products.
Validating and launching from Portugal
We’re the based in Portugal founders or that have a special interest in portugal. We bring to the table our vast network and deep expertise in bringing ideas to life. Starting in Portugal and growing globally impactful businesses.
spin-offs success
startups
AI ventures
the unknown
web3
data companies
vertical e-Commerce
spin-offs success
startups
AI ventures
the unknown
web3
data companies
vertical e-Commerce
Meet the partners and team
At Laika Ventures, we know that bold ideas need more than ambition—they need a trusted guide. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts, we’re here to help founders move fast, stay steady, and break barriers in a world hungry for innovation. Together, we’ll navigate risks, celebrate breakthroughs, and redefine what’s possible.
- Sales Guru
- Serial Entrepreneur
- Head of Retail Media LATAM & Iberia Kevel
- Serial entrepreneur (3 exits)
- Expert in accounting, finance and OPS
- CEO TVL & Cofounder Globalfy
- Engineer turned Marketing & Sales
- Experience in Telecom (NOS) and Health (Insparya Hair Company)
- First employee at Techcrunch, founder of WBS, CTO of Union which was acquired by Capital Factory
- Serial Entrepreneur
- Decades of experience in Digital Marketing & Advertising
- CEO Kevel
- Founder da Clever Advertising
- Marketing expert and serial entrepreneur
- Sports Marketing and Talent Manager at Polaris Sports
- Very well connected in the sports industry
- Co-founder of LayerX and TAIKAI (web3 space)
- Experience in Investment Banking
- 1 acquisition
- Co-founder Decipad
- CEO of YLD
- Expert in building products for the Digital Marketing & Advertising industry over 18 years
- 2 exits
- VP Product Kevel
- CEO Shairart (art marketplace)
- Co-founder & COO Barkyn (raised over 20M€)
- CEO Subvisual
- Multiple Exits on Web 3.0
- Co-Founder Lightshift Capital (36M€ fund)
- Multiple Investments & Exits (Utrust, Bepro)
- Experience in managing the incubation program at Unicorn Factory Lisboa
- Strategy Director at Impact.com
- Former Hedge Fund Manager
- Experience in Corporate Finance, Investment Banking, Readiness to M&A
- Investor & Mentor in multiple startups (Peekmed, Nutrium to name a few)
- Former Director of Startup Braga
- Pioneering VoIP (Voice over IP) Solutions Provider
- 1 exit
- Co-founder BySide / Core Media
Afonso Santos
Head of Retail Media
Kevel
Diego Sampaio
Founder & CEO
Globalfy
Francisco Freitas
Executive Board Member
Insparya
Fred Oliveira
VP of Engineering
Capital Factory
James Avery
Founder & CEO
Kevel
Luis Rodrigues
Founder & CEO
L&G Rodrigues Family Office
Miguel Ramos
Talent Manager
Polaris Sports
Mário Ribeiro Alves
Founder & CEO
LayerX
Nuno Job
Founder & CEO
Decipad
Paulo Cunha
VP Product
Kevel
Ricardo Macedo
Managing Partner
Laika Ventures
Roberto Machado
CEO
Subvisual
Sandra Leonor
Head of Operations
Laika Ventures
Tiago Dias
Strategy Director
Impact.com
Tiago Sequeira
CEO
Factory Workstyle
Vitor Magalhães
General Manager
BySide
Meet the partners and team
At Laika Ventures, we know that bold ideas need more than ambition—they need a trusted guide. Founded by experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts, we’re here to help founders move fast, stay steady, and break barriers in a world hungry for innovation. Together, we’ll navigate risks, celebrate breakthroughs, and redefine what’s possible.