portotype.com

Investment activity (chronological)

1. AirCourts.com: Co-founder. Invested at incorporation. Board member.
2. Rows.com: Co-founder. Investor at incorporation. CEO. Board member.
3. Replai.io: Seed investor. Advisor. Series-A investor via Accel Starters.
4. Frond.com: Seed investor.
5. SalesLayer.com: Independent board member. Advisor.
6. Super-Agent.com: Investor at incorporation. Chairman. Board member. Seed investor via Accel Starters.
7. Maven.pet: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
8. Weld.so: Seed investor.
9. June.so: Seed investor.
10. Vawlt.io: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
11. Attio.com: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
12. Coverflex.com: Investor in the bridge to Series-A, via Accel Starters. Series-A investor.
13. Pipelaunch.com: Pre-Seed investor via Accel Starters.
14. Datafordeals.com: Pre-Seed investor via Accel Starters.
15. Relive.pt: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
16. Oscar-app.com: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
17. Smartex.ai: Series-A investor via Accel Starters.
18. Cowboy.com: Series-C investor via Crowdfunding. Tiny stake.
19. Zaplib.com: Pre-Seed investor (pooled). Company is now closed.
20. Puter.com: Pre-Seed investor. Investor in bridge to Seed. And investor in bridge to Seed via Accel Starters.
21. Framedrop.co: Pre-Seed investor via Accel Starters.
22. Kombo.dev: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
23. userled.io: Seed investor via Accel Starters.
24. mycelial.com: Safe Investor via Accel Starters.
25. xxx: TBD
26. xxx: TBA

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 shared 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. The amounts are typically $20-30k.
  • 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.

I made my first investments as Humberto (the person) and I now make investments as via my micro investment company (Portotype).

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 it’s good to give back to creators.