BBright Pixel Capital
Bright Pixel Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of Portuguese group Sonae, based in Maia, Portugal. It was known as Sonae IM until it rebranded in May 2022. Sonae is its only limited partner. It invests from seed to growth stages in technology companies in retail tech, cybersecurity, infrastructure software, business applications, fintech and emerging technologies, mostly in the US, Europe and Israel. By 2022 it had invested more than €250M since 2016, and Sonae committed about €300M more for new investments. Its portfolio has included OutSystems, Feedzai, Arctic Wolf, Encord, HiveMQ and Codacy, and its exits include S21sec (to Thales), Probely (to Snyk), Sixgill (to Bitsight), ViSenze (to Rezolve AI) and Ona (to OpenAI).
SectorsCybersecurity, Retail Tech, Infrastructure Software, Business Applications, Fintech, Emerging Tech
VC MapCorporate VC
Team
Benjamin Junior
Director, Infrastructure Software (Bright Ventures)
João Günther Amaral
Managing Partner & CEO
Mike Privette
Venture Partner, Cybersecurity
Portfolio companies 5
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TTHEKER Robotics
entered at Series A, 2026
SSales Layer
led Series A, 2020
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MedUX
led Series B, 2018
Exited or sunsetted (2)
IIriusRisk
entered at Series B, 2022
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S21sec
per company site
Funding rounds 5
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-11 | THEKER Robotics | Series A | €73M |
CRV
+12 more
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| 2022-10-04 | IriusRisk | Series B | approximately $28.7M |
Paladin Capital Group
+4 more
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| 2022-06-20 | Sales Layer | Series B | $25M |
PeakSpan Capital
+3 more
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| 2020-05-11 | Sales Layer | Series A | €3.5M |
Sonae IM
+2 more
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| 2018-06-12 | MedUX | Series B | — |
Sonae IM
+3 more
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