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🧠 The Wellness Factor: Why Does Founder Health Matter? Yesterday, Armilar and Endeavor Portugal brought together an inspiring and intimate group of founders and investors to discuss a topic that’s often overlooked but critical for long-term success: Founder Health and Well-being. 📣 In the fast-paced world of entrepreneurship, we obsess over KPIs, milestones and growth strategies—but what about mental resilience, burnout, and the emotional toll of building a company? If founders don’t take care of themselves, how can they take care of their businesses? A huge thank you to Endeavor Portugal, Morais Leitão for hosting us, and to our fantastic speakers—Ricardo Mesquita (Endeavor Portugal), Pedro Bizarro (Feedzai), Samuel Dennigan (STRONG ROOTS), Bianca Gfrei, and our CEO & Managing Partner Joaquim Servulo Rodrigues (Armilar)—for sharing their insights and personal experiences. 💫 #VC #Armilar #Endeavor #Founders #MentalHealth #Wellbeing #Startups #Innovation #Leadership

✈️ Last week, Ines de Macedo Santos was in Paris for two major deep tech events, connecting with top founders and investors from across Europe. 🚀 At EIC - European Innovation Council Deep Tech Investor’s Day, powered by EuroQuity - Bpifrance, Inês joined the jury for the AI, Connectivity & IoT session, evaluating groundbreaking startups from the EIC Accelerator program. 🤝 She also attended the Investor’s Day at Hello Tomorrow at STATION F — an incredible opportunity to meet founders and investors shaping the future of deep tech! Here’s to more weeks of innovation, bold ideas and game-changing startups! 🎯 #Armilar #VC #DeepTech #Innovation #Startups #EIC #HelloTomorrow #Paris

🎤 4YFN Barcelona, that’s a wrap! Last week, Juan Gonzalez joined Antonio San Segundo, Martin Davalos, and Alejo Costa Ribalta to dive into AI investment opportunities. 💡 The big takeaway? AI is reshaping industries—and how investors back the next big thing. From AI-native models to scalability and responsible AI, the discussion tackled both the potential and the challenges ahead. Beyond the panel, 4YFN was all about meeting founders, top innovators, and investors shaping the future of tech. Until next time, Barcelona! 🚀 #Armilar #VC #AI #Startups #4YFN #Innovation

🎙️Yesterday, Pedro Castel-Branco joined a roundtable discussion on “Fast-Tracking Success in Digital Health: Best Practices and Collaborative Insights”, alongside experts like Ana Brito (Instituto Pedro Nunes), Iván Rarís Filgueira (Cluster Saúde de Galicia, CSG) and Pearl Okeke (Health Innovation Network South London). 💡Pedro shared insights on fundraising for digital health startups and the evolving business models in this fast-growing sector. 🎯 Later, he also stepped in as a jury member for the startup pitch competition, together with Carolina Sampaio Dinis (EIT Health), Pearl Okeke and Antonio Rafael Ruiz González (Health Innovation Network South London), where he had the chance to evaluate five promising digital health startups in the Portuguese ecosystem: ablute, Actif, Complear, Kinetikos Health and SoulcareAI. Congratulations to the winners: Kinetikos (1st place), Complear (2nd), and Actif (3rd)! 🏆 An inspiring day of learning, collaboration, and innovation—we're excited to see how these startups continue shaping the future of digital health! 🧠 #Armilar #VC #DigitalHealth #Healthcare #Innovation #Startups

A true game-changer in the AI world, Feedzai continues to set the bar high! 🌟 At the HumanX Show, Feedzai led the conversation on building trust in AI, with insights from Nuno Sebastiao alongside with Kamala Harris about the power of empathy and responsibility in innovation. Congratulations to the entire team for driving the future of responsible AI. At Armilar we’re proud to support you on this incredible journey! 🎉 #Armilar #VC #AI #ResponsibleAI #Feedzai #Innovation #Tech #HumanX

🚀 We’re Hiring: Communications Manager! Armilar is looking for a proactive, creative, and strategic communicator to shape our brand’s voice and amplify our impact in the innovation ecosystem. In this role, you’ll drive our communications strategy, lead brand positioning, manage PR & social media, oversee events and community engagement, and help crafting thought leadership content. 📍 Based in Lisbon | Global Mindset | Innovation-Driven If you thrive in dynamic environments and have a passion for storytelling, brand building, and engagement, this could be your next big opportunity! 🔗 Apply now in the link below ⬇️ #Armilar #VC #Hiring #Innovation #Communications #BrandBuilding #Growth

Last week, Pedro Ribeiro Santos participated at the International Talents for Innovation event in Coimbra, as a roundtable speaker representing APCRI – Associação Portuguesa de Capital de Risco. 🎯 Organized and held by Universidade de Coimbra in partnership with Empowered Startups, the roundtable "Venture Capital in Portugal" aimed to discuss the current state and future of the national VC landscape, bringing together key players from Instituto Pedro Nunes, Universidade de Coimbra and Startup Portugal, and moderated by The Next Big Idea. Thank you for having us! We’re always excited to share our insights and strengthen connections between international entrepreneurs and national research projects. 🪜 #Armilar #VC #Innovation #Startups #Talent

☎️ Paris is calling! Next week, Ines de Macedo Santos is heading to the city of innovation for two exciting events: 🎙️ March 11 | EIC - European Innovation Council Deep Tech Investor Day – Powered by EuroQuity - Bpifrance As a jury member, Inês will join top investors Remi Prunier (Orange Ventures), Hugo Hubert (Omnes), Germain Gaschet (SHARPSTONE), and Quentin Besnard (Tikehau Capital) to evaluate some of the most promising deep tech startups from the EIC Accelerator program. 🎯 March 12 | Hello Tomorrow Investor Day STATION F A key gathering of deep tech founders and investors shaping the future of science-driven innovation. A great opportunity to connect with those backing and building the next wave of breakthrough technologies. If you're attending, let’s connect! 💫 #Armilar #VC #DeepTech #EIC #HelloTomorrow #Innovation #Startups #Paris

📢📰 Portfolio News: February Edition! We’re excited to share some of the latest achievements from the companies we proudly back! 🎯 Feedzai joined forces with Mastercard to protect even more consumers and businesses from scams, empowering financial institutions globally to tackle AI-driven fraud. 🎯 BERD - Bridge Engineering Research & Design contributed to the completion of the first viaduct at Delta Junction, marking a key milestone for the UK’s high-speed rail infrastructure and showcasing their cutting-edge technology in construction. 🎯 Maven.Pet was one of the winners of Pet Care Innovation Prize 2025 powered by Nestlé Purina North America, earning recognition as one of the top U.S. based pet startups. 🎯 OutSystems secured the #22 spot on G2's Best Software List for Development Products, celebrated for ease of use, scalability and speed-to-delivery. 🎯 Codee launched Codee 2025.1, introducing new features to enhance code correctness, modernization security, and optimization—reinforcing their commitment to code quality. 🎯 Neuraspace contributed to the European Space Agency - ESA’s Zero Debris Technical Booklet, presenting key solutions to reduce space debris and continue enhancing space safety.  Stay tuned for more exciting updates next month! 💫 #Armilar #VC #Portfolio #Innovation #Startups

Armilar was recently identified as one of Portugal’s top VC investors by ThousandInvestors! 🚀 It’s a privilege to support visionary founders and incredible companies and to be mentioned alongside Portugal Ventures, Indico Capital Partners, Faber and Bynd Venture Capital—together driving innovation and scaling bold ideas! 🔗 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dgPBf6e5 #Armilar #VC #Innovation #Startups #Investment #Portugal