Bright Pixel Capital

Venture Capital
77investments
4exits
$133.3Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
3,948open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Bright Pixel Capital is a global venture capital firm investing in retail technology, cybersecurity and infrastructure software. It backs early and growth-stage startups internationally, bringing strategic insight from its parent group's retail and technology businesses. The firm is the corporate venture arm of the Portuguese group Sonae, formerly known as Sonae IM, and is headquartered in Maia, Portugal.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
77
46 of them startups
Hiring now
31
3,948 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
13
$133.3B raised
Exits
4
Focusshare of its companies
Cybersecurity 36%Artificial Intelligence 28%Software 19%Commerce 11%Data & Analytics 9%Telecommunications 6%Information Technology 6%Manufacturing 6%
Where its companies are
United States 26%Portugal 12%Israel 6%Spain 5%France 5%Germany 4%United Kingdom 3%Austria 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 62%Series C and later 18%Series B 12%Pre-seed & seed 9%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 77 investments
OpenAIVenture round $11B · this month · 798 roles BrijConvertible Note $5M · 1 mo ago ChamelioSeries A $26M · 1 mo ago · 13 roles HackuityVenture round $19M · 1 mo ago · 2 roles HuskeysSeries A $27M · 2 mo ago · 8 roles THEKERSeries A $85M · 5 mo ago · 17 roles AfreshVenture round $34M · 6 mo ago · 11 roles EncordSeries C $60M · 8 mo ago · 39 roles MeshSeries A $12M · 9 mo ago Second NatureSeries B $22M · 12 mo ago FeedzaiVenture round $75M · 13 mo ago · 8 roles TidalcyberVenture round $15.9M · 14 mo ago
3,948 open roles at 31 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Thales Group1371 new roles in 30 days OpenAI191 new roles in 30 days Cornerstone OnDemand68 new roles in 30 days Arctic Wolf54 new roles in 30 days Claranet Portugal26 new roles in 30 days Centric Software21 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Armilar Venture Partners 7 shared Techstars 4 shared Insight Partners 3 shared Portugal Ventures 3 shared SixThirty 3 shared Inveready 3 shared Y Combinator 2 shared CRV 2 shared Crane Venture Partners 2 shared Silicon Valley Investclub 2 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
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Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 3

News

Press release 2 months ago
Chamelio Raises $26M Series A to Replace Legacy CLM with AI-Native In-House Legal Operations Read more
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Blog 2 months ago
Hackuity raises $19 million to help enterprises prepare for the AI-driven vulnerability explosion
September 2026 CYBERSECURITY Hackuity raises $19 million to help enterprises prepare for the AI-driven vulnerability explosion Hackuity, the leading AI-powered Vulnerability Operations Center (VOC), today announced a $19 million funding round led by Forge
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Press release 2 months ago
Huskeys Raises $27M Series A, Led by Blackstone Innovations Investments, to Redefine How Organizations Manage Edge Security Read more
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Blog 4 months ago
Why we invested in THEKER by Miguel Bagulho
July 2026 BLOG POST Why we invested in THEKER by Miguel Bagulho Physical AI's Growing Role in Industrial Automation For decades, industrial robotics has been defined by powerful but rigid machines. Traditional robots excel in repetitive, highly structured
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Blog 5 months ago
Bright Pixel Capital appoints Mike Privette as Cybersecurity Venture Partner
June 2026 ANNOUNCEMENT Bright Pixel Capital appoints Mike Privette as Cybersecurity Venture Partner Appointment strengthens Bright Pixel's cybersecurity investment expertise and marks a new phase in the firm's evolution as a global investment platform. Br
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Press release 5 months ago
THEKER raises $85M in Europe's largest ever robotics Series A, led by CRV with backing from Samsung and LVMH Read more
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Press release 9 months ago
Encord secures $60M Series C to scale AI-Native data infrastructure as physical AI hits inflection point Read more
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Press release 10 months ago
Mesh Security Raises $12 Million Series A to Power Autonomous Execution for Cybersecurity Mesh at Enterprise Scale Read more
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Press release 10 months ago
ThreatModeler Acquires IriusRisk to Build Seamless Security For Enterprises In the AI Coding Era Read more
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Blog 12 months ago
Why we invested in Tidal Cyber by Marcos Osório
November 2025 BLOG POST Why we invested in Tidal Cyber by Marcos Osório A Doctrine That Broke Down For almost two decades, cybersecurity has lived under a deceptively simple doctrine: if we find and patch every software weakness, we will be safe. This vul
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Maia Portugal
HQ
10-50 est. staff