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Portfolio (chronological)

#	Company	Details on Role and Investment	State
1	AirCourts.com	Co-founded the business with the CEO, André. When I started Rows I moved to a Board position and he took over operations.	🟢 Acquired by Playtomic
2	Rows.com	Co-founded the business as CEO. Also a Board member.	WIP
4	Replai.io	Advisor to founders. Invested in Seed. Invested in Series A round via Accel Starters.	WIP
5	Frond.com	Invested in Seed round.	⚪️ Closed
6	SalesLayer.com	Independent board member & Advisor.	WIP
7	Super-Agent.com	Invested in incorporation round as co-founder to the CEO. CEO runs over all operations and I am a Board member and Chairman. Invested in Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
8	Maven.pet	Invested in Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
9	Weld.so	Invested in Seed round.	WIP
10	June.so	Invested in Seed round.	⚪️ Closed
11	Vawlt.io	Invested in Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
12	Attio.com	Invested in Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
13	Coverflex.com	Invested in the bridge to Series-A, via Accel Starters. Invested in the Series-A.	WIP
14	Pipelaunch.com	Invested in the Pre-Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
15	Datafordeals.com	Invested in the Pre-Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
16	Relive.pt	Invested in the Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
17	Oscar-app.com	Invested in Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
18	Smartex.ai	Invested in Series-A round via Accel Starters.	WIP
19	Cowboy.com	Invested in Series-C round via Crowdfunding. Super-tiny stake.	WIP
20	Zaplib.com	Invested in Pre-Seed round.	⚪️ Closed
21	Puter.com	Invested in Pre-Seed round. Invested in bridge to Seed round. Invested in bridge to Seed via Accel Starters and via Shilling Scouting.	WIP
22	Framedrop.co	Invested in Pre-Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
23	Kombo.dev	Invested in Seed round via Accel Starters.	WIP
24	userled.io	Invested in Seed via Accel Starters.	WIP
25	mycelial.com	Invested in Safe via Accel Starters.	⚪️ Closed
26	mycareforce.co	Invested via Accel Starters.	WIP
27	tably.com	Invested via Accel starters.	WIP

How I invest

I invest mostly in topics close to my interests: software that helps its users be the hero; generally that means work and productivity software, and in particular the more technically powerful the software, the more I like it. Exceptions to this are startups of people in my direct network who I know well, including some local heroes in Porto (PT) and the Berlin (DE) ecosystems.

Technically, I hold stock in startups via investments and agreements, sometimes both.

• Investments are situations where I directly invested money. I give cash, I get shares. I usually put in $10k, with a few rare exceptions.
• Agreements are situations where I get shares or the economic benefit of shares because of my involvement.
  • Scouting agreements reward me for helping a VC find good investments. I don’t actually sign the investment or send them money. Instead, I propose interesting companies and VCs invest. I may get a return if the company is successful. In my Portfolio, “Accel Starters” is a scouting program from Accel.com with amounts typically $20-30k. “Shilling Scouting” is the scouting program from Shilling.vc, where I do a recommendation for investment, and get a benefit if the company does well.
  • Advisor agreements are those that reward me with shares for helping a company or being a Board Member; conditions apply to these shares, including vesting, and I can be “let go” of the agreement. It depends a lot, but I’ve seen advisors get 0.05%-0.4% depending on when they join.
• “Personal investments” are executed via my micro investment company (Portotype), but in the past I held the investments personally.

Other investments

• Domains. I buy a few .com domains for my projects, occasionally sell them too.
• Tech news. I collect newspapers and print publications regarding big technology moments.
• Memes. I collect comic prints, mostly printed, signed and/or numbered memes. They are an inspiration and a reminder of the power of internet communication and art on the internet.